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MAGPIES ARE DENIED AS RICE SHOWS COOL HEAD

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
19 January 2025

TAUNTON TOWN 2 WIMBORNE TOWN 2
By Ed Colman

JACK RICE netted a 99th-minute penalty to earn Taunton Town a draw and deny Wimborne Town all three points form their trip to the Viridor Stadium.
It was an end-toend and action-packed encounter.
Both sides started brightly, with the hosts rattling the crossbar inside three minutes, before Jez Bedford forced the hosts’ keeper to make the first save of the day with a powerful curling effort in the 11th minute.
The game continued to be played at a high tempo, which led to openings for both sides.
The deadlock was broken in the 29th ...

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