Notts County 0 - 0 Accrington Stanley

After the good times of the last few weeks, Notts have been brought crashing back down to earth, first with a defeat against Walsall that confirmed the end of our unbeaten run, and now an underwhelming 0-0 draw against lower-league opposition in the FA Cup.

The draw means that we'll have to travel up to Accrington in a week's time, in what will be a difficult and tricky tie - we really should have killed it off today when we had the chance.

Shay McCartan had the first chance of the game when he volleyed wide from a poor Roy Carroll clearance, before marauding forward into the final third later on and causing problems.

Notts did pick up as the game went on, with Gary Jones making some good runs from midfield before trying his luck with a powerful drive that flew wide of the post.

Josh Windass then caused problems in the 22nd minute when he fired over, but moments later, it was Notts's turn to threaten, Ronan Murray volleying just wide.

The Magpies continued working their way into the game, with another Murray effort and a Michael Petrasso drive threatening to break the deadlock for the home side.

Little else of note happened in the latter stages of the first half, and after the restart, it seemed like it was going to be more of the same.

Early on, Andrew Procter appeared to have brought down Murray, but the referee was not interested in giving a penalty.

Then, Garry Thompson picked out Murray in the box, but the Irishman's subsequent shot towards into bottom corner drew a good block from Tom Aldred.

As time ticked by, with little separating the two sides, Stanley began to push forward and won several corners themselves, but to little avail.

Thompson then had the chance to win it in stoppage time, but his effort curled just wide, ensuring that the result would be 0-0 and force Shaun Derry's side to travel to Accrington next Tuesday.