Reds remain consistently inconsistent, and produced another Jekyll and Hyde performance – encouragingly good in the first half but abjectly poor in the second. And it prompted a frustrated response from Billy Barr who labelled the side as ‘a forty-five-minute team’ shortly after they had slumped to their heaviest defeat under his tenure. The first-ever meeting between the clubs was refreshingly open with play switching from end-to-end throughout. Yet, whereas Workington lack

Reds will play in Oldham on Wednesday, fifty-one years since their last visit, but they won’t be making their way to Boundary Park like they did in the mid-seventies!

Match photos from the Workington vs Guiseley game on Saturday 15 August 2026.

Skipper Matty Douglas got Reds back on track after they looked hopelessly lost in a disjointed first half. Reds were lucky to be only two goals in arrears at the break, but a much-improved display in the second saw them salvage the game, grabbing their first goals and point of the season in the process. Douglas made a vital clearance at the end of the first half to prevent Amir Berchil netting a third goal. Had that gone in, it would have been all over. And it was Douglas wh