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PENALTY SEES DALE SUFFER DEVILISH DAY

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The LeaguePaper Team
23 August 2026

By Andy Burns

ROCHDALE 1 Ebanks-Landell 54

CRAWLEY TOWN 2 Aderoju 8, Watson 72
CRAWLEY TOWN boss Colin Kazim Richards praised his side’s discipline, following Louie Watson’s late penalty to seal victory over Rochdale.
After finishing with nine players against Crewe in their opening league match, Kazim-Richards ex-plained he did not fear a repeat, while they were rewarded at the other end with Peterborough loanee Pemi Aderoju’s opening goal – as well as Watson’s winning spot-kick.
“We learned from last week and some good things came from ...

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