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Buxton 1-2 FC United of Manchester: Bucks can’t stop the Red Rebels

FC UNITED shocked table-topping Buxton, clinching a deserved win with a fine second-half comeback and Joe Duckworth’s late winner.
Buxton

League leaders fall to United again
By Tony Tomlinson

BUXTON 1
Tear 29

FC UNITED 2
Jones 56, Duckworth 80

GET IN THERE! FC United manager Neil Reynolds leads the post-match celebrations
PICTURE: Mark Lee

FC UNITED shocked table-topping Buxton, clinching a deserved win with a fine second-half comeback and Joe Duckworth’s late winner.
However, football history students were possibly not so shocked, as the Bucks have now won only three of the 21 meetings between the clubs.
Buxton created three chances in the first seven minutes.
James Hurst had a shot blocked, a fine incisive move set up T...

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