Northern Premier League

Reds are denied a point at the death

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
4 January 2026

WORKINGTON 1 LANCASTER CITY 1
By John Walsh

WORKINGTON are having it tough at the bottom of the NPL Premier and this was a particularly hard one to take for the Cumbrians.
Backed by a superb crowd of 1,219 they were seconds away from what would have been a vital victory when City equalised.
The visitors had dominated play for much of the second-half, particularly after Workington’s returning mid-fielder Brad Carroll was shown a straight red card for a tackle in the 82nd minute.
But the Reds had defended superbly and seemed to be closing in on a clean sheet and their first wi...

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