It was the last time a few players ran out for the Kylies this season...
Kevin Kibble
A stalwart of the five-a-side days and assistant manager (or assistant to the manager), his KMLC career was dogged by injuries. Eleven appearances and three goals in 1994/95 shrank to two starts and three substitute appearances the season after and it was just two shows from the bench in 1996/97. Those returns don't do his contribution or his skills justice.
Chris Howell
After being around the team since 1991 and the second Kenilworth Cup, Chris played just twice this season. I can't remember why he stopped playing - getting married and settling down perhaps. Sixteen games and one goal in our first season, thirteen and another goal in the second. Chris was an energetic and fun presence on the left-side of midfield and defence.
Steve Kelly
The youngest, quietest member of the team, Steve led the line with Swatty in our first season when Kevin was absent. That first campaign was a struggle but he looked better at the start of the second season when hitting a hat-trick against Swindon Ambulance. He took his tally to six but the goals dried up and Watty knocked him down the order. He left to start a team with his friends. We wished him well.
Simon Williams
'Tanboy' had made a big impression during the second half of the previous season and looked at home in the Kylie midfield. It was just three run-outs this term though, all coming in the first five games, before he decided to concentrate on young man stuff like staying out late on Saturdays and his tan. Something like that anyway.
Dave Hector
Dave's one and only season for the Kylies lasted seven games and was over by early November. He thought he was better than we thought he was. It was a difference of opinion. It happens. He did get on the scoresheet though, in our first ever cup win over Kempsford in the Chairman's.
Tuesday, 25 April 2017
Monday, 24 April 2017
1996/97 MVP & Spoons
Five match awards gave Ian the MVP of the season honours.
Gould came joint-second in the MVP category but romped away with Spoons of the Season.
Gould came joint-second in the MVP category but romped away with Spoons of the Season.
| MVP | Spoons | |
| Carpenter | 1 | 1 |
| Cox | 3 | |
| Gould | 4 | 5 |
| Gunning | 3 | 2 |
| Hobbs | 1 | 3 |
| Kibble | 2 | |
| Lunt | 2 | 2 |
| Merry | 5 | 1 |
| Payne G. | 3 | 1 |
| Smedley | 1 | 2 |
| Summers | 2 | 2 |
| Swatridge | 4 | 1 |
| Warr B. | 1 | 1 |
| Warr M. | 1 | 1 |
| Watling | 3 | 1 |
Sunday, 23 April 2017
1996/97 Goalscorers
Watty was this season's Golden Boot with Gould and Merry also making it into double figures.
| League | Cup | Total | |||
| Goals | Goals | Goals | |||
| Cox | 4 | 4 | |||
| Gould | 11 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Gunning | 4 | 4 | |||
| Hector | 1 | 1 | |||
| Hobbs | 5 | 5 | |||
| Merry | 12 | 12 | |||
| Payne G. | 4 | 4 | |||
| Smedley | 3 | 3 | |||
| Summers | 1 | 1 | |||
| Swatridge | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Warr B. | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Watling | 12 | 2 | 14 |
Saturday, 22 April 2017
1996/97 Appearances
No ever-presents this season but Brian and Ian both played 26 out of a possible 27 games.
| 1996/1997 | |||||||||
| League | Cup | Total | |||||||
| Appearances | Sub | Appearances | Sub | Appearances | Sub | ||||
| Carpenter | 19 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 1 | ||||
| Cox | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | |||
| Garratt | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Gould | 22 | 2 | 24 | 0 | |||||
| Gunning | 22 | 3 | 25 | 0 | |||||
| Hector | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| Hobbs | 21 | 1 | 21 | 1 | |||||
| Howell | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Kelly | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Kibble | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Lunt | 21 | 21 | 0 | ||||||
| Merry | 23 | 3 | 26 | 0 | |||||
| Payne G. | 19 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 1 | ||||
| Smedley | 13 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 5 | ||||
| Summers | 20 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 2 | ||||
| Swatridge | 15 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 1 | ||||
| Warr B. | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | ||||
| Warr M. | 8 | 4 | 8 | 4 | |||||
| Watling | 18 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 1 | ||||
| Williams | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Woolford | 23 | 3 | 26 | 0 | |||||
Friday, 21 April 2017
1996/97 Division Six Final Table
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Team
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P
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W
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D
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L
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F
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A
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Diff
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Pts
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Home
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Away
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1
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Akers Garage Sports
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24
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17
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3
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4
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93
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41
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52
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37
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2-3
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3-3
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2
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Lyenham Athletic
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24
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16
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2
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6
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78
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37
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41
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34
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4-1
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4-1
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3
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Hewers Bakery
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24
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15
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3
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6
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85
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45
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40
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33
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1-4
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0-4
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4
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KMLC FC
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24
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14
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3
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7
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67
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45
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22
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31
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~
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~
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5
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Cursor Graphic
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24
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13
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5
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6
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59
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41
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18
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31
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0-1
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0-1
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6
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Work Base Resources
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24
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11
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2
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11
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64
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73
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-9
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24
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1-1
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6-3
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7
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Swindon Ambulance
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24
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11
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2
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11
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65
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80
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-15
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24
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4-3
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2-1
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8
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Nationwide
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24
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9
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5
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10
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63
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65
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-2
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23
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5-1
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2-2
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9
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Patriots Arms
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24
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10
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2
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12
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54
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84
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-30
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22
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1-3
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2-4
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10
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Motorola
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24
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9
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1
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14
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59
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63
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-4
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19
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2-1
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6-1
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11
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AFC Purton
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24
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5
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3
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16
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56
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73
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-17
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13
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7-4
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3-2
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12
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ISSC
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24
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6
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1
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17
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35
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58
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-23
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13
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4-0
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3-1
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13
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Curriers Arms
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24
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3
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2
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19
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35
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108
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-73
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8
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3-0
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1-0
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Another season where the chance of a trophy slipped through the team's fingers. The defeats to ninth-place Patriot Arms the difference between fourth place and the runners-up trophy.
Thursday, 20 April 2017
Smedley brace ends season with draw
20 April 1997, Division Six at Pipers Way
Nationwide 2 KMLC FC 2
After the game against AFC Lyneham on 23 March KMLC found themselves in the position where they would take the Division Six title if they won their last four matches.
This was the last of those four matches and the only time the team avoided defeat. Chris Smedley got both goals, one his trademark straight from a corner effort, and his only MVP of the season.
The sad footnote is that this was to be the last time that Kevin pulled on the Kylie shirt, injuries meaning it was time for him to hang up his boots.
Watling
Carpenter, Woolford, Summers, Gunning
Smedley, Merry, Gould, Hobbs
Cox, Payne
Subs: M.Warr for Summers, Kibble for Hobbs, Garratt
Goals: Smedley 2
MVP: Smedley
Spoons: Cox
Next match - in September!
Thursday, 13 April 2017
Hewers continue double trouble
13 April 1997, Division Six at Mannington
KMLC FC 1 Hewers Bakery 4
A third straight defeat with the season petering out for the Kylies. Like the previous two defeats to the Patriots and Cursor it completed a home and away double for the winning side.
Hewers won 4-0 back in September and only a Hobbs goal, his fifth of the season, stopped the repeat.
Looks like Big Al picked up a knock as Matt replaced him during the game. Or replaced someone who replaced him in goal. Neil perhaps as he won Spoons. Or Watty as he played in goal in the next match. It's hard to know. It was 20 years ago.
Lunt
Carpenter, Woolford, Summers, Gunning
Payne, Merry, Gould, Hobbs
Watling, Cox
Subs: Smedley for Cox, M.Warr for Lunt
Goal: Hobbs
MVP: Watling
Spoons: Summers
Next match - 20 April v Nationwide
Thursday, 6 April 2017
Title dreams end in Graphic defeat
6 April 1997, Division Six at Moredon
KMLC FC 0 Cursor Graphic 1
Any hopes of the Kylies winning a first title were extinguished with this defeat.
Cursor Graphic had ended the nine-game wining run in February and repeated the treatment at Moredon. By the same scoreline too with just the one goal in the game.
Gunning picked up a third MVP in four matches (with Merry) but there's no record of Spoons. Did everyone play so well that there wasn't one? Or have the records been lost in the infinite corridors of time?
Lunt
Carpenter, Woolford, Summers, Gunning
Payne, Merry, Gould, Hobbs
Swatridge, Watling
Sub: Cox for Watling
MVP: Gunning and Merry
Spoons: ?
Next match - 13 April v Hewers Bakery
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