Notts County 2 - 0 Colchester United

Well, well, WELL!

What can I say? I am speechless. After losing eight games out of ten previously, which is the kind of form that would relegate teams without excuses, we now have three wins in three games. Just unbelievable.

All this talk of Great Escape, premature though it may be, is actually proving a fantastic galvanising agent for Notts County, given today's 2-0 win against Colchester United. There was an amazing feel-good atmosphere at Meadow Lane, and all the positivity clearly filtered to the players.

The only change for Shaun Derry's team was the reinstating of Mustapha Dumbuya to the starting XI after his absence in midweek. A tad harsh on Curtis Thompson perhaps, but he shouldn't feel too downbeat; we cannot take chances at the moment with our season in the balance.

In the first few minutes, the man everyone's now talking about, Ronan Murray, did it again. He struck a composed finish past the Colchester goalkeeper to send the fans into raptures, as the Great Escape theme was sung and played with determined glee.

To be fair, the away team became very dangerous after our first goal, and had several chances to pull a goal back or even get a few, thanks to chances from Freddie Sears, which Bartosz Bialkowski had to be alert to thwart, and Alex Gilbey, who headed over from six yards.

Midway through the first half, Sears and Dominic Vose combined to give the Magpies a huge scare, thanks to a low cutback followed by a powerful shot which cannoned off the post.

Remember how I'd always use the word "sucker-punched" to describe when we'd concede after being dominant in a half or game? Well, this time it was the other way round - despite being under the cosh for most of the half, a foul on Jack Grealish led to a free kick on the edge of the area. Alan Sheehan whipped in the set piece, which was met by the head of Haydn Hollis for goal number two.

Early in the second half, Notts nearly scored a wonderful goal thanks to a punt from Bart, which was met on the volley by Murray. Sadly, the keeper stopped the ball from going in.

Jimmy Spencer also came close with an improvised effort following another good cross from Sheehan, though Colchester did cause panic when Sears, ever the danger man, fired over from close range.

In the final stages, Gary Liddle's header was easily caught by the opposition keeper, but as the final whistle went, there was no hiding the celebrations - Notts County were out of the drop zone with six games to go.

Yes, there is still work to be done, and we can't rest on our laurels yet because Tranmere, Carlisle and Stevenage each have a game in hand and could potentially overtake us, but now the situation is no longer hopeless.

Fingers crossed, folks, because there may still be more twists and turns in this epic saga...