Pathetic Notts County disemboweled by local rivals Mansfield Town

In what has to go down as one of the most embarrassing days in Notts County's recent history - possibly even more so than the Salford City loss, also this season - the Magpies fell to an abysmal 5-0 defeat to Nottinghamshire rivals Mansfield Town in Saturday's League Two clash at Field Mill.

The Stags were quickest out of the starting blocks and were ahead as early as the sixth minute when Mal Benning's cross evaded the Notts defence before being drilled home by Matt Green for his 15th goal of the season.

Mark Cooper's charges rallied round and performed admirably up until the half-time whistle, when it seemed like they could have got back into the game, although their front line - with Izale McLeod the worst culprit - was wasteful.

Things soon took a turn for the worse, however, when Mansfield doubled their lead just before the hour, Adam Chapman firing home a free kick from the edge of the box after a sloppy Wes Atkinson tackle..

A poor clearance from the normally steady Mike Edwards was responsible for the Stags' third strike minutes later, as Green seized on the error and coolly slotted past Scott Loach.

Reggie Lambe then made it 4-0 on 67 minutes after Matty Blair's cross gave him a simple tap-in, and with seven minutes to go Mitchell Rose tapped home after Loach spilt a shot into his path.

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