Championship

RATHBONE LEVELLER SAVES THE DRAGONS

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The LeaguePaper Team
11 October 2026

CHAMPIONSHIP
Nigel Gardner

RESCUE JOB: Wrexham’s Ollie Rathbone nets the equaliser
PICTURES: Alamy

DERBY COUNTY 1 Szmodics 9
WREXHAM 1 Rathbone 88
WREXHAM boss Phil Parkinson saw his team’s late goal as a reward for the character his players showed in the draw at Derby.
Ollie Rathbone pounced in the 88th minute to deny Derby, who had led through a moment of quality from Sam Szmodics’s superb early strike.
Wrexham kept pressing and Derby’s defence was finally breached when Kieffer Moore headed down a deep cross and Rathbone reacted quickly to turn t...

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