Notts County 5 - 3 Crawley Town

Well, what a truly exhilarating game today at Meadow Lane. Notts County surged into a three-goal lead within the first 40 minutes, before being pegged back to 3-2 until a grandstand finish saw Shaun Derry's charges establish a three-goal lead against Crawley Town.

The visitors then scored another goal, but ultimately, the Magpies would secure the win, 5-3, that meant a nine-game unbeaten run.

Garry Thompson opened the scoring in the ninth minute when he produced a great finish after collecting a pass by Stephen McLaughlin.

Just nine minutes later, McLaughlin provided another assist when his cross allowed Zeli Ismail to head home.

Crawley’s haphazard defending was exposed again in the 37th minute when a long ball from Jordan Cranston was headed down into the area by Shaun Harrad, with Thompson sneaking in at the near post to strike his second of the game.

After the break, the visitors reduced the deficit through Gwion Edwards's long range strike, which found the top corner.

Things became more tense for the hosts when Matt Harrold calmly slotted a ball past Roy Carroll to make it 3-2 five minutes before the hour.

Thompson, however, eased nerves by heading in McLaughlin’s corner and securing his hat-trick in the process.

With ten minutes left to play, Gary Jones’s deflected effort made it 5-2 to leave Notts cruising.

Marvin Elliott then struck a consolation third goal for his side with six minutes remaining, but despite having five minutes of added time, the visitors couldn’t add to their tally, and so Derry's charges secured a thrilling win and three points.