[5] After signing a new two-year contract in April 2009,[6] Bignall made his debut for the Royals with a start in a League Cup first round match versus Burton Albion on 11 August 2009.
[7] Bignall made what would be his final Reading appearance early in the 2010–11 season, with a start in a 1–0 League Cup first round extra time victory over Torquay United on 11 August 2010.
[3] In March 2014, Bignall dropped into non-League football to join Conference South club Basingstoke Town and he was a part of the squad which won the 2013–14 Hampshire Senior Cup.
[18] He departed for the final time during the 2015 off-season and had short spells with Lincoln City and Gainsborough Trinity,[18] before joining National League South club Hungerford Town in 2016.
[20] After a year out of football,[21] Bignall played for Isthmian League South Central Division clubs Bracknell Town and Uxbridge during the 2019–20 season.