FA Cup

RUGBY BOROUGH 0 NUNEATON TOWN 1

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
23 August 2026

By Max Hall

JAMES Armison’s
■ first-half strike at Rugby Borough was enough to send Nuneaton through to the next round.
Rugby’s Patrick Zito had became the first player to go into the book – for a foul on Terry Atem.
The only goal came in the 41st minute when a long throw from Josh Green found Armison, who fired home.
Zito killed his side’s chances of progression by getting into a shoving match with the Boro’s Liam Murphy after pushing the Nuneaton
man in the 78th minute and earning his second yellow card.
Town’s Green had already...

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