In League Two, there was a huge game for George Abbott and his Notts County side at lunch time. They were in the capital to face AFC Wimbledon â managed by former Tottenham Hotspur academy player Johnnie Jackson - whom came into the game one place and one point below the Magpies. The game was live on Sky Sports red button, for those in the UK.
Huge game down in League Two for Spurs youngster and his side
As per usual, the Spurs youngster was named in the starting XI by manager Stuart Maynard â for his 28th League Two start of the season, and 30th total game in the league. Â
After a dominant start from the hosts, they made their superiority count after 21 minutes when they took the lead. Then, ten minutes before the end of the first half â they doubled the lead, taking a healthy advantage into the half time interval. Â
That would be how it finished. The 2-0 lead at half-time would eventually become a 2-0 lead at full time. Notts only had seven shots all game, to their opponents 15, despite the game state of chasing the game for 70 minutes â albeit they had the only opta defined big chance of the game. Â
This sums up a pretty miserable time of it for Abbottâs side. That is now just one point from their last three games, and one win in their last six, where they have picked up just five points out of a possible eighteen. At one point, they were looking good to seriously get into one of those automatic promotion spots, but now their play off status is in serious jeopardy.Â
This defeat leaves them in fifth place in League Two, with 58 points from their 35 games so far. Next up is a big game away to Grimsby Town on Tuesday evening. Heading into the game, Grimsby are in eighth place, two points below Notts. Safe to say that Maynardâs side do not have a great record in the big games this season, so there is no better time to try and change the record. 19:45 GMT kick off. Â