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Craig Mackail-Smith Bedford Town FC Eagles

Bedford Town land former Scottish international striker Craig Mackail-Smith

What began as a tricky week for Bedford Town Football Club, has ended on a high as the club have announced the signing of former Scottish international...
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Bedford Town FC manager “shock resignation” two games into new season

Bedford Town's manager Mark Ducket has announced his shock resignation this morning, citing "different opinions on some player recruitments" with...
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Blues see red as Bedford Town fall to opening game loss

Proceedings did not go to plan for Bedford Town in their opening league game of the season, as they had two men sent off in a tame loss at Thame United...
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Mini Blues back in socially-distanced training for new season

Under glorious sunshine, the players of Bedford Junior Blues enjoyed a return to training at Bedford Athletic Rugby Club...
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Kerri Surman Bedford Hockey

Bedford hockey ladies land Over 35’s Investec Masters title

The Ladies Over 35's landed the much-coveted Tier 2 Investec Masters Title at the weekend with a 3-1 victory against Timperley from Greater Manchester...
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Dan Jarvis

Bedford’s Dan Jarvis captures bronze at British Championships

Bedford and County Athletics Club’s Dan Jarvis won the bronze medal in the 3000 metre Steeplechase at the British Championships at SportsCity in...
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Daventry late show dumps Bedford Town out of the FA Cup

Bedford Town lost in the Preliminary Round of the FA Cup for the second consecutive season, losing 1-0 to Daventry Town in a bizarre game at...
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Bedford CC fall at the semi-final stage in Northamptonshire League knockouts

Bedford Cricket Club's Saturday side fell short of a place in the final of the knockout stages of the Northamptonshire Cricket League at the weekend...
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Raining goals at Bedford Hockey Club as Ladies progress to Masters final

For the majority of clubs, games continue to be pre-season warm-ups, however for the Ladies Masters Over 35's, they have reached the business end of an extended masters season...
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Bedford Parkrun

Bedford Parkrun organisers ‘cannot confirm’ events will resume in October

Despite national Parkrun events resuming by the end of October, Bedford's Parkrun team has confirmed that they have no immediate plans to bring back...
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