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Joe Jones
Terry Hawkridge has reassured Notts County fans by stressing that the players will not struggle to get over their last-ditch 1-1 draw to Mansfield Town last weekend.
The Magpies were on the verge of recording a first league win over the Stags since 2005 in front of a bumper crowd that braved the snowy conditions at Meadow Lane.
Kevin Nolan's boys took the lead in the first half through Hawkridge, but the Stags were given the chance to equalise eight minutes into the seven minutes of added time at the end of the game.
Lewis Alessandra's arm was in the box and made contact with the ball, prompting referee Andy Woolmer to point to the spot, and Kane Hemmings made no mistake from 12 yards.
Nolan was furious with the ref's decision, but Hawkridge says the Magpies have no time to dwell on it ahead of their League Two game at Chesterfield on Sunday.
“It won’t be really tough to get over because it’s not the first time it’s not gone our way,” he told the Nottingham Post.
“We just have to keep our head down, keep working and just concentrate on us.
“I am sure it will kick us on because I thought we played really well and we were the better team.
“We just got to concentrate on Chesterfield now. We are building some momentum and we just have to aim to pick up points.”
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Yesterday (19 March) Pride of Nottingham spoke about Notts County's 1994-95 Anglo-Italian Cup win over Ascoli at Wembley, which had taken place 23 years prior.
Today (20 March) is the 24-year anniversary of their first Anglo-Italian Cup final appearance at England's national stadium, which unfortunately did not go the Magpies' way.
The Magpies had reached the final by overcoming Derby County and beating Nottingham Forest in the preliminary round before beating Ascoli, Pisa and Ancona in the first round, though the 3-1 loss to Brescia would be the first of two defeats to the Serie B side.
Then came victory against Southend United over two legs, though the game had to go on penalties as both legs finished 1-0 to each side, and so Notts went to Wembley to face the Lombardy side for the second time in the competition.
Only 17,185 made it to Wembley, under half the crowd who came to see Derby's meek 3-1 defeat by Cremonese the previous year, a fact that was picked up by much of the press when it came to the lack of people coming to the showpiece stadium.
The encounter itself - settled in the Italian side's favour by Gabriele Ambrosetti's well worked goal just after the hour - was given credit by the press, however.
The Independent described it as thus:
At least County made more of a match of it than Derby had, and they put together a thrilling fight in the closing minutes. This hearty, last-ditch charge served to reinforce the national stereotypes that had been on show all afternoon: the clenched-fist effort and aggression of the English Endsleigh League side almost matching the skill and flair of the Italian Serie B representatives, whose composure was as evident as their willingness to go down in the tackle.

Here is a not particularly flattering match report in an unspecified national newspaper, as quoted by the Up The Maggies site.
Wembley's twin towers glistened in the pale spring sunshine and the jobsworths on gate duty looked as inscrutable as ever.
But this was the final of the Anglo-Italian Cup, football's response to Frank Bruno's midweek heavyweight bout with Jesse Ferguson.
There was once a quiz question which few people ask these days: which league club used Wembley as their home ground. Answer: Clapton Orient, before the war, when their own ground was not available.
It is difficult to find anyone who watched Clapton Orient play at Wembley in the Thirties but the atmosphere must have been a little like yesterday's.
The Anglo-Italian Cup is a sham. Many of the fixtures have been accompanied by awful violence, though not so much of late, a happy by-product of the fierce apathy which currently surrounds the competition.
There were 17,000 at Wembley yesterday. Perhaps some of them watched Dame Bruno against Big Jesse in Birmingham last Wednesday. The ticket tout on Wembley Way was surely planted by the match organisers to lend some authenticity to the proceedings.
The afternoon built towards its crescendo. There was a penalty shoot-out, sponsored by the Nottingham Evening Post, a six-a-side match between the veterans of Notts County and Nottingham Forest and a section of music by the band of the Welsh Guards. Then some Italian restaurant proprietor called Paulo Rossi put in an appearance.
The trophy is played for between clubs from the English First Division and the Italian Serie B. The First Division clubs are divided into eight groups of three (there is talk of doing away with the group system) and County ultimately won through by beating off the challenge of Southend United in the English semi-final. Brescia - and if you know where that is you deserve an Anglo-Italian Cup all in yourself - triumphed over Pescara.
Notts County finished second yesterday, and deserved to, but at least the contest was not as one-sided as last season when Derby County were totally out-manoeuvred by Cremonese, who now play in Serie A.
The goal, in the 66th minute, was scored by Gabriele Ambrosetti after a delightful chip from Domini and a blocked shot from Sabau.
County put the Italian club under sustained pressure in the final 20 minutes and Palmer had a shot cleared off the line in injury time.
Brescia, under the guidance of Romania's former manager Mircea Lucescu, played some fine football in fitful patches and in the delightful Gheorghe Hagi, also of Romania, we at least had the pleasure of watching one of the finest footballers in Europe.
It was not enough though.
And here is YouTube footage of the highlights.
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Joe Jones
Matt Tootle has praised the Notts County fanbase and believes he has a special bond with the supporters.
The full-back is one of the team's most liked players due to his impressive performances - complete with the odd goal - and his eccentric, likeable nature, which includes the 'slug' goal celebration.
Tootle says he is relishing the relationship with the fans and hopes he can reward their backing by helping Notts to promotion.
“I think that they think I am one of them,” he told the Nottingham Post. “They can see that I like having a laugh and I bring that onto the pitch a little bit.
“Hopefully they like me because I am a good player and they see how much I try, which is the most important thing.
“I enjoy the relationship I have with them and they said to me when I took a throw in at the Forest Green game that they wanted to see the slug, so I gave it to them. That’s a good relationship isn’t it?
“I do sense a bond with them. At Crewe I had a good relationship with the fans there too. At Shrewsbury I didn’t ever feel that I had any bond and it didn’t feel like it was going to start no matter what I did.
“I am just glad they have taken to me here and hopefully I can repay them on the pitch.”
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Former Notts County youth player Jamie Parkes is pleased to have found his vocation as a jockey and is hoping to embark on a long and successful career in the horse riding world.
The 18-year-old admitted he was "heartbroken" when, as a 15-year-old with a height of 4 foot 11, he was released from Notts County for being too small.
Mick Leonard, his coach at the time, had to break the bad news to Parkes - now 5 foot 8, a similar height to Lionel Messi and taller than Diego Maradona and Alexis Sanchez - but suggested that he try horse racing instead.
Parkes was not interested at first, given his disappointment at failing to make the grade at Notts.
However, he soon warmed to the idea and began learning the ropes, enrolling at the Northern Racing College near Doncaster.
After graduating from the college, Parkes spent time with Mick Appleby prior to joining Martyn Meade’s Newmarket stable.
Last Wednesday, his journey took the next step up when he raced in the 20:45 at Wolverhampton, partnering Sociologist for Meade in a 1m1f handicap, and came third in the race.
"It was unbelievable," Ravenshead native Parkes told the Hucknall Dispatch. "The best feeling I have ever experienced. He ran really well and gave me the perfect first ride.
"The build-up made me nervous, but as soon as I put my silks on and got on the horse, I felt all right.
"With him being 12/1, there wasn’t too much pressure. But about a furlong out, I thought I might win. I was only beaten a neck and a neck. It was really good."
"I’ve really knuckled down, and this is what I want to do now, for sure. Every young rider wants to be champion jockey.
"But my first aim is to ride as many winners as possible, get some good contacts and get a good reputation."
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Joe Jones
Notts County manager Kevin Nolan has claimed that the weekend 1-1 draw with Mansfield Town felt like a defeat to his players.
Terry Hawkridge gave the Magpies the lead in Saturday's League Two derby, played in front of a bumper crowd at Meadow Lane and in wintry conditions.
However, referee Andy Woolmer played beyond the seven minutes of stoppage time and, when Alessandra handballed with his arm in the area, he awarded Mansfield a penalty.
Kane Hemmings then slotted home from 12 yards out to give David Flitcroft's side a share of the spoils, leaving Nolan bemoaning a “poor” decision and hoping it won't have repercussions later in the season.
“It’s not that it plays on your mind, it’s what it does to you at the end of the season,” he told the Nottingham Post. “If we miss out on a playoff place by two points what are we going to look back at?
“They (referees) can’t keep getting things wrong and my lads deserved more.
“They managed everything exceptionally well and they should have come off that pitch looking forward to a couple of days off with their friends and families.
“They should have been happy, but they were not because of another poor decision. It felt like a defeat to them because they were robbed of three points.”
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Joe Jones
On this day 23 years ago, Notts County found themselves playing at Wembley for the second season in a row and the fourth time in the decade when they took on Ascoli in the Anglo-Italian Cup final.
Having enjoyed Wembley glory in 1990 and 1991, winning the Third Division playoff final and then its Second Division counterpart, the Magpies then fell flat in 1994 when they fell to a 1-0 loss to a Georghe Hagi-inspired Brescia.
However, they would be back once again just a year later against Ascoli, who boasted Germany star Oliver Bierhoff in their ranks.
In the 1995 showpiece, Notts manager Howard Kendall allowed assistant Russell Slade to lead the team out, whilst recent signings gave way to younger players, long serving players or those who hadn't previously played at Wembley.
One sour note is that only 11,704 spectators turned up, around 5,500 less than for the previous season's final, perhaps due to the team's poor league form - which would ultimately culminate in relegation from the second tier - making the occasional a little too bittersweet.
Notts took the lead on 12 minutes as a long throw by Andy Legg deceived the Ascoli keeper and went into the back of the net, but Tony Agana was judged to have got a faint touch on the ball and so he was credited for the goal.
Ascoli, also fighting against relegation domestically and third bottom of Serie B, equalised on 32 minutes when Shaun Murphy's attempted clearance cannoned off Michael Johnson and fell to Walter Mirabelli, who had the easy task of finishing off.
However, Kendall's side retook the lead and, as it turned out, scored the winner just before the break when transfer-listed forward Devon White headed home from Paul Devlin's cross.
Despite the glory of winning the trophy, the celebrations were muted because Notts were back in training the very next day to prepare for a midweek league clash against fellow strugglers Bristol City, which would yield a 1-1 draw.
One more Anglo-Italian Cup competition would be contested before being discontinued due to fixture congestion, with Port Vale losing to Genoa in the 1996 final.
The Valiants' defeat meant that Notts were the only English team to win the trophy the four seasons that the modern version was contested, having previously been contested in on and off during the 1960s until the 1980s.
Bierhoff went on to score both goals in the Euro 96 final, with Germany beating the Czech Republic 2-1, and would go on to have fruitful spells at Udinese and AC Milan before winding his career down at Monaco and Chievo Verona.
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Former Notts County defender Sol Campbell has suggested that he didn't get the Grimsby Town job due to a lack of experience.
The 43-year-old has been linked with a number of managerial roles but is yet to secure his first coaching job since he retired from football in 2011.
Campbell, once a star for Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal and England was believed to be in talks to take the reins at Oxford United in February but nothing came of it.
This led to the one-time Magpie appearance holder to bemoan the fact that "one of the greatest minds in football" was being overlooked for jobs.
Campbell was then was invited for an interview with the Mariners, who eventually appointed former Burnley Under-23s coach Michael Jolley.
"I went to Grimsby for an interview," Campbell told Sky Sports at the weekend. "I didn't have much time to prepare.
"It could be experience, knowing that division, I totally understand and I think it's fair. But you can get people around you who do. I understand there's always a plus and minus in everything you do, but there's experience in knowing the league.
"I'm prepared. If I need to get my hands dirty, I'll get my hands dirty. If I need to get someone around me who knows the league, I'll do that. That's all part of building a team together. You need your mini-team around you to help you."
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Joe Jones
Former Notts County manager Martin Allen has just begun his fifth spell in charge of Barnet.
The 50-year-old, who had a spell at Meadow Lane between 2011 and 2012, remains well liked at Meadow Lane.
But much like one of those annoying on-off relationships between Z-list celebrities that are constantly plastered all over the news, Allen and Barnet find themselves together once again.
Allen, whose love story with the Bees began in 2003, saw his fourth spell in charge end in 2016 when he left to take over at National League side Eastleigh but lasted just 14 games in the role.
As for Barnet, they parted ways with Graham Westley just over two months in the role to make room for Barnet's return.
Allen returns with Barnet seven points from safety, at the foot of League Two, with eight matches remaining this season.
“Everyone at The Hive London would like to wish Martin the best of luck as he joins our fight to keep Barnet in the Football League,” the Bees said in a statement.
“The club would like to encourage every Bees fan out there to get behind Martin and the team for our crucial eight-game run-in and for us all to pull together as we look to maintain our league status.
“Barnet Football Club can also confirm the departure of head coach Graham Westley and head of technical Mark McGhee with immediate effect.”
We at Pride of Nottingham wish Mad Dog Allen and Barnet all the best - we're sure this time it will last forever and ever.
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Joe Jones
Notts County were pegged back eight minutes into injury time as Mansfield Town's late, late penalty saw them leave Meadow Lane with a point in a 1-1 draw.
The Magpies were on the verge of recording a first league win over the Stags since 2005 in front of a bumper crowd that braved the snowy, cold, treacherous conditions at the San Sirrel.
Kevin Nolan's boys took the lead in the first half through Terry Hawkridge bundling home, but the Stags were given the chance to equalise eight minutes into the seven minutes of added time at the end of the game.
Alex MacDonald headed into the box in the last minute of injury time with the ball hitting Lewis Alessandra on the arm, prompting referee Andy Woolmer to point to the spot.
Kane Hemmings made no mistake from 12 yards, and so the hoodoo against the bitter rivals continues.
How did the Notts contingent (Kevin Nolan, players and fans) react to the result? Here is Pride of Nottingham's post-match reaction compilation.
Kevin Nolan (official site)
"I don't think I've ever been involved in a game with weather conditions like that.
"I'm delighted with the lads for the way they went about it in really difficult conditions.
"We shaded it, had chances and limited them to very few until the last minute, when they are going to throw everything at you.
"The way we handled everything - the occasion, the atmosphere and the conditions - was absolutely spot on.
"They deserved to win after the performance they put in."
Kevin Nolan (Nottingham Post)
“My lads have been robbed of two points. We played really well and they got the goal they deserved. They limited Mansfield to very few chances.
“The first chance they had in which the keeper had to make a save was in the 97th minute.
“I am flabbergasted and I don’t know how we have come off the pitch having drawn the game.
“The referee cost us two points with a horrendous, terrible, decision. It was outside the box and the referee has no excuses.
“It’s so bad because my lads had to earn the right to get a goal and to try for a clean sheet.
“We did enough to win the game, but the referee has given them a penalty out of nothing.
“This is third v fifth. It’s so disappointing and it is happening week in and week out. But I am so proud of my lads.”
Terry Hawkridge (OS)
"I thought we played really well today. It was tough but I thought we dug in well, were the better side on the day and did enough to win the game but some decisions go your way and some don't.
"The lads are disappointed because it was a late goal and we thought we could hold on but we have to carry on and concentrate on the next game. This could prove to be a good point in the end."
The Black and White Army (PON social media)
Lee Atkins: 7 mins stoppage time so he gives a penalty in 7 mins 30 seconds!!! Mmmmmmm.
Derek Gill: Too many points dropped after 90 mins, will cost promotion this year.
Magpie Moomin: The only person who saw a pen was the ref where the F**K did he find 7 mins???
Richard Wood: It was a definite penalty. We asked for trouble tbf.
Dave Woolley: If we had a striker a last minute penalty wouldn’t have mattered. Same old same old.
Geoff King: They could come with us... Getting very interesting.. The top 7 could all look very different on Easter Tuesday.
Ian Rogers: Robbed by a Referee who somehow managed to pluck 7 minutes of added time from thin air, and then play 10 - W ⚓ ! !
Alan Turner: No wonder managers get in to trouble, for speaking their mind. When the FA keep protecting these idiots, and put them in a glass cage. They should be made to be held for their mistakes, and explain them. Not whitewashed over. A lot is riding on games these days. Not only money but people's livelihood. Rant over. 🤡
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Notts County were pegged back eight minutes into injury time as Mansfield Town's late, late penalty saw them leave Meadow Lane with a point in a 1-1 draw.
The Magpies were on the verge of recording a first league win over the Stags since 2005 in front of a bumper crowd that braved the snowy, cold, treacherous conditions at the San Sirrel.
Kevin Nolan's boys took the lead in the first half through Terry Hawkridge bundling home, but the Stags were given the chance to equalise eight minutes into the seven minutes of added time at the end of the game.
Alex Macdonald headed into the box in the last minute of injury time with the ball hitting Lewis Alessandra on the arm, prompting referee Andy Woolmer to point to the spot, and Kane Hemmings made no mistake.
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Joe Jones
Notts County came so close to claiming a first league victory against Mansfield Town since 2005 but ultimately fell just short as the opposition scored a late penalty in what ended as a 1-1 draw..
The big League Two derby, which kicked off at 1pm, saw the Magpies take the lead midway through the first half at a snowy Meadow Lane.
Terry Hawkridge was the man who scored the opener, a scrappy goal bundled home from close range after Conrad Logan had palmed Shola Ameobi's header back out into danger.
The Stags improved in the second half but Notts had appeared to have done enough when the clock ticked past the seven minutes of added time.
But the game continued and, in the eighth minute, Lewis Alessandra's handball in the box - though even that is contentious - led to a penalty, which Kane Hemmings converted for an ill-deserved share of the spoils.
Notts County have uploaded the match highlights, and we've shared them on here for you so you can relive the action from the game.
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ARLukomski
Notts County came so close to claiming a first league victory against Mansfield Town since 2005 but ultimately they fell just short in heartbreaking circumstances.
The big League Two derby, which kicked off at 1pm, saw the Magpies take the lead midway through the first half.
Terry Hawkridge was the man who scored the opener, a scrappy goal bundled home from close range after Conrad Logan had palmed Shola Ameobi's header back out into danger.
The Stags improved in the second half but Notts had appeared to have done enough when the clock ticked past the seven minutes of added time.
But the game continued and, in the eighth minute, Lewis Alessandra's handball in the box - though even that is contentious - led to a penalty, which Kane Hemmings converted for a final score of 1-1.
Pride of Nottingham writer and vlogger ARLukomski was at the Lane for the big game and gives his pre-match, mid-match and post-match thoughts.
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Kevin Nolan has claimed that Notts County were "robbed of two points" as they played out a 1-1 draw against Mansfield Town on Saturday.
The Magpies took the lead in the first half through Terry Hawkridge bundling home, but the Stags were given the chance to equalise eight minutes into the seven minutes of added time at the end of the game.
Alex Macdonald headed into the box in the last minute of injury time with the ball hitting Lewis Alessandra on the arm, prompting referee Andy Woolmer to point to the spot, and Kane Hemmings made no mistake.
“My lads have been robbed of two points,” Nolan told the Nottingham Post following the derby at Meadow Lane.
“We played really well and they got the goal they deserved. They limited Mansfield to very few chances.
“The first chance they had in which the keeper had to make a save was in the 97th minute.
“I am flabbergasted and I don’t know how we have come off the pitch having drawn the game.
“The referee cost us two points with a horrendous, terrible, decision. It was outside the box and the referee has no excuses.
“It’s so bad because my lads had to earn the right to get a goal and to try for a clean sheet.
“We did enough to win the game, but the referee has given them a penalty out of nothing.
“This is third v fifth. It’s so disappointing and it is happening week in and week out. But I am so proud of my lads.”
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A penalty awarded after the declared seven minutes of injury time saw Notts County pegged back to a 1-1 draw by Mansfield Town in Saturday's big League Two derby.
A snowy Meadow Lane played host to the two Nottinghamshire rivals, both of whom are thick in the promotion shout.
Notts began brightly in the poor conditions and had their first effort on six minutes as Carl Dickinson played the ball  into the box where Jon Stead sent a header wide of the left post.
Four minutes later, Stags goalkeeper Conrad Logan punched a ball to the edge of his area and Liam Noble was quickest to the loose ball but his attempted lob landed on the roof of the net.
Mansfield took a while to get into gear but soon they were matching the Magpies on the pitch, winning several corners, and Ben Hall did well to clear a cross before Danny Rose could turn it home.
Just after the half-hour mark, the Stags mustered a shot on target when Rose was played the ball on the edge of the Notts box but saw his low effort picked up by Adam Collin.
From the ensuing break, Jorge Grant was able to cross for the unmarked Shola Ameobi just five yards out, but Logan made a save with his legs to send the ball behind for a corner.
The set piece led to County's opener as Ameobi nodded goalwards, Logan parried the header onto the bar and when it came back out again, Terry Hawkridge was on hand to nudge the ball into the back of the net.
Kevin Nolan's side went in at the break a goal up but the visitors improved after the break, with Kane Hemmings, Paul Anderson and Alex MacDonald all weighing in with efforts.
Midway through the second half the handbags came out after Mal Benning had brought Jon Stead down on the flank, with MacDonald and Noble involved in a bit of afters.
Both sides continued to exchange blows but the sucker punch for Notts came 30 seconds past the seventh minute of added time.
MacDonald headed the ball back into the Notts area and it made contact with Lewis Alessandra's arm, prompting the referee to award a penalty which Hemmings slotted low beyond Collin from 12 yards.
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Head to head
The first fixture between Notts County and Mansfield Town was in October 1937, a 2-0 win for the Magpies in Division Three (South).
Mansfield now have the upper edge, with Notts on 18 wins, 19 defeats, and 14 draws.
Between 1989 and 2001, the two sides met six times – and Notts won each time.
County's record over the last 10 meetings, however, is poor, standing at two wins, six defeats, and two draws.
This record is embellished by the fact Notts have beaten Mansfield twice in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy in the last two years.
In reality, the Magpies haven't got a league win over the Stags since August 2005.
The Stags have lost none of their last seven league visits to Meadow Lane, keeping clean sheets in each of their last four.
The Magpies have already lost twice to Mansfield this season (once in a league game, once in a EFL Trophy game), last losing three matches to an opponent in a single season in 2002/03 against Wigan Athletic.
Mansfield's last three league games have all finished 1-1, with the Stags taking the lead on each occasion.
Opposition history
The Stags were formed in 1897 as Mansfield Wesleyans, changing their name to Mansfield Wesley in 1906 before settling on Mansfield Town in 1910.
Mansfield won the Football League Trophy in 1987, in their first game at Wembley Stadium.
After a 1–1 draw with Bristol City, they won the cup 5–4 in the deciding penalty shootout, thanks to Kevin Hitchcock saving two penalties.
That remains the only cup win in their history, though they did win the Division Four title in 1974-75, Division Three two seasons later, and the Conference in 2012-13.
Famous people from Mansfield include Olympic swimmer Rebecca Adlington, media presenter Richard Bacon, FA Cup-winning goalkeeper Steve Ogrizovic and award-winning fashion designer Elspeth Gibson.
Team news
Kevin Nolan could name an unchanged team from last week's late 2-1 win at Forest Green which extended his side's unbeaten run to three games.
However, the gaffer could also be tempted to restore Matty Virtue to his starting line-up in place of winger Terry Hawkridge.
New Mansfield boss David Flitcroft could be forced to reshuffle his side as they look to bounce back from last week's draw with Colchester United.
Captain Zander Diamond was forced off with a hamstring injury while Jacob Mellis suffered a knock to his ankle in the same game.
However, neither injury is as bad as was first feared and Flitcroft hopes both players could be available for the derby.
Will Atkinson and Paul Digby are among those pushing to start after coming off the bench last week.
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