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FANTASTIC FARMAN SAVES THE DAY TO KEEP UNITED AT BAY…

By Richard Dore

DELIGHTED manager Graham Westley poured praise on his battling Stevenage side after they survived an early red card to Tom Soares to hold their promotion-chasing hosts to a goalless draw.
Soares walked after 19 minutes after a foul on Luke Gambin, but his teammates, one place above bottom-side Morecambe, held Colchester at bay as Paul Farman produced miracles between the sticks.
“What a work ethic – what a hunger, what a desire, what an appetite, what a togetherness,” commented Westley. “It was like the days of old. We all want to see a game of foo...

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