Northern Premier League

RIGG COMES TO THE REDS’ RESCUE IN A FAB FINALE

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
17 November 2024

FC UNITED 2 WORKINGTON 2
By Steve Wood

STEVEN Rigg started and had the final say at Broadhurst Park, when his 89th-minute penalty secured a point for Workington at the death in their draw with FC United of Manchester.
The hosts should’ve broken the deadlock four minutes in after a sweeping move between Adam Le Fondre and Jordan Buckley saw the latter roll his strike beyond the far post.
They paid for that missed opportunity minutes later, when a free-kick was headed home by an unmarked Rigg.
Parity arrived ten minutes later when Matty Grivosti’s drive was neatly flick...

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