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Ollie rises to rescue a point

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
27 January 2019

By Graham Dunn
WIMBORNE TOWN 1
TAUNTON TOWN 1
WITH a gusting wind and driving rain coming straight down an increasingly greasy pitch, the two teams deserve plaudits for providing the large crowd with a proper game of football.
Defences were on top in the first half and shackled the free-scoring attacks.
Luke Burbidge curled a shot inches over on 12 minutes for the home side, while at the other end Taunton’s Ed Palmer’s header from a freekick came back off the cross-bar two minutes later.
Andrew Neal had a golden opportunity to open the scoring for the visitors five minutes befor...

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