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Pathetic Notts County disemboweled by local rivals Mansfield Town

By Joe Jones

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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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    CliftonMagpie

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    Only hope of a silver lining is to extend Coopers deal and for new owners to give us a fresh approach. This is a cardinal sin losing 5, 5-0 in a local derby. Unacceptable by any means.

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    theMagpies

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    The result ruined my weekend but it could be worse, just think if we had not secured our safety before.

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    Piety

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    Yesterday, I said :-

    We know they will be big and physical, and try to intimidate. We know they will be happy to put the boot in, ( I think most of them would happily kick their gran), because that's the man-feeled  way. They have had a good season and rumbled over a number of teams and by nearly reaching the play offs they will have met their expectations.

    The big question is:-  Is local pride worth a good kicking? we will see who at Notts is committed to the cause, and try to play when there is nothing left to play for.

    The answer would appear to be not many

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    upthepies

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    I thought Mansfield played well, again they looked more organized and wanted the result more. 5 goals don't deny that but I hope its just a bad day in the office.

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