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t's the 92nd minute of the match.
It's cold, it's wet and it's bleak on the Lancastrian hillside.
The pies have been gobbled, the pitch is cutting up and those WAGs who had come to watch have already retreated to the warmth of their cars.
In reality, it should have been a routine final minute of stoppage time; Widnes FC are leading 3-1 away from home and look comfortable. However, Padiham FC had other ideas.
This weekend's match really shouldn't have been a game of note. Eighth vs ninth in the North West Counties League, the ninth tier of English football, with neither harbouring realistic promotion hopes. It should have been little more than a footnote at the bottom of the local paper.