FC managed to get through a tough away tie in the League Cup on Saturday, away at Nantwitch. Despite the reds beating them with a proffesional 3-0 victory at Gigg Lane at the start of the season Nantwitch gave a good account of themselves in the first half and possibly deserved a lead, but for great saves from Sam Ashton.
Marginson's half time team talk did the trick for United though and they came out in the second half showing alot more urgency. With 48 minutes on the clock Giggs made his mark after a great passing move saw him run down the left before cutting inside and firing a low shot past the despairing keeper. The second was an absolute screamer by Stuart Rudd, Howard did well to play Rudd into plenty of space but still with 25 yards from goal and two defenders left to beat. Rudd measured a curling shot right into the top corner to make it 24 for the season. Nantwitch spent most of the rest of the game run ragged by FC's fluent passing moves, finnally capped of with less than ten to go when captain marvel Dave Chadwick grittly scrambled home from close range to make it 3-0.
Another win for the reds and keeps alive hopes in all three competitions, next up Salford City in the Vase.
2 Matty Taylor
3 Alex Mortimer
4 Steve Spencer
5 Dave Chadwick(captain)
6 Dave Brown
7 Rhodri Giggs
8 Simon Carden
9 Stuart Rudd
10 Josh Howard
11 Nick Platt
Subs Used 12. Danny Allen(for 11, 67mins) 14. Gary Sampson(for 4, 81mins) 15. Mike Lomax(for 3, 85mins) Attendance:1240
Scorers Giggs 49, Rudd 70, Chadwick 80