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Tense first round of 2025/26 National League, North, South play-off eliminators

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Tense first round of 2025/26 National League, North, South play-off eliminators

It was a tense first round of 2025/26 National League, North, South play-off eliminators with Scunthorpe, Buxton and Weston going through.

Scunthorpe advanced to the National League play-off semi-finals, setting up a meeting with second place Rochdale after knocking out Southend, thanks to Callum Roberts with the only goal of the game, just five minutes in.

None of Southend’s effort really threatened the hosts, and they went down to ten men right at the end, with Harry Taylor shown a second yellow in injury time.

Wednesday night sees Boreham Wood and Forest Green Rovers battle it out in the second play-off qualifier, with the winners facing Carlisle in the second semi final.

In the National League North, Buxton will take on second place South Shields in this weekned’s National League North semi final after they beat Scarborough Athletic 4-2.

Four goals in the final 30 minutes for Buxton, with Scarborough pulling goals back through Stephen Walker and Harry Green.

Wednesday night sees Macclesfield welcome Chester for the second eliminator, with the winners heading to Kidderminster on Saturday.

And in the National League South, Hemel Hempstead and Weston-super-Mare went right down to the wire, the latter going on to win it on penalties.

Weston-super-Mare went 1-0 up in the 2nd half but the home side found an equaliser in the 94th minute. A 6-5 win in the shootout means WSM will face Hornchurch.

The other eliminator sees Dorking Wanderers play Maidenhead United, with the winner of that taking on Torquay at the weekend.

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