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Notts County 2 King's Lynn Town 2
Tuesday 3rd March
LEAGUE TABLES
Tuesday 3rd March
Vanarama National
17 Dagenham & Red 24 29
18 Woking 22 26
19 Wealdstone 23 26
20 King's Lynn 22 23
21 Weymouth 24 20
22 Barnet 22 12
23 Dover Athletic 15 10


Thurlow Nunn Div One
10  Diss Town 12 15
11  Framlingham Town 11 13
12  Needham Market Res 12 13
13  King's Lynn U21s 11 12
14  Cornard United 12 11
15  Sudbury Reserves 10 11
16  Debenham LC 10 10


When the going gets tough . . .
Against a background of off-the-field financial problems caused by COVID, resulting in players being furloughed and an incomplete substitutes' bench including a 50-year old assistant manager, Lynn travelled to Nottingham to take on the best defence in the division and a team that had already defeated Lynn at The Walks - albeit fortuitously.
It looked like a daunting task against the promotion chasing Magpies, but Lynn were up to it.
For the opening twenty minutes Lynn carved up the home defence with ease, buoyed by a goal from nothing with barely a minute on the clock.
Lynn broke forward, the ball eventually finding Cameron King who slipped it on to Sonny Carey. The 20-year old may not score many goals but when he does they tend to be rather special and this left footer came from nearly 30 yards into the top-right corner of the net.
Further chances fell to Lynn with Carey trying again from distance with a free kick.
County replied with Kyle Wootton turning Ruben Rodrigues' corner onto the post on 15 minutes but it was Lynn who still looked the most dangerous with Cary and Cameron King running the midfield
Kairo Mitchell was next to have an attempt for Lynn but fired over and Ross Barrows got on the end of a Carey pass but was denied by the home keeper.
The home side reorganised and play became more even, Enzio Boldewijn bursting through and setting up Wootton whose shot was saved by Mair.
Lynn had a chance to increase their lead but Clunan shot wide - once again Carey being the creator.
The home side were beginning to get the better of the game with a couple of efforts before two goals in a five minute spell gave the half time score an unfair reflection on the play.
Both goals came from crosses originating on the Lynn right and were scored from the head of Wootton.
County dominated the second half but Lynn continued to look dangerous on the break.
Rodrigues should have ended Lynn's challenge on 52 minutes but headed over when well placed but the introduction of Michael Gash gave Lynn new options.
Mitchell and then Clunan with a couple of chances gave Lynn hope but with 90 minutes on the clock the game looked lost.
Then into time added on, County needlessly conceded a foul. Lynn threw everyone forward including Mair and Carey's forceful free-kick found the far corner with a couple of touches on the way allowing Mitchell to claim the goal.
A fair result from an awe-inspiring performance.
County: Slocombe, Barnett, Lacey, Rawlinson, Kelly-Evans, Rodrigues (Wolfe 90), Doyle, Reeves, Boldewijn (O\'Brien 81), Wootton, Knowles (Effiong, 81). Subs Miller, Wolfe, O\'Brien, Effiong, Sam. Booked: Barnett, Rodrigues. Scorer: Wootton 38, 43
Lynn: Mair, Smith, Clunan, Richards, Jarvis (Gyasi 83), Fleming, King (Gash 46), Mitchell, Barrows (Kiwomya 57), Carey, Denton, Subs: Gash, Gyasi, Kiwomya, Bastock. Booked: Barrows. Scorer: Carey 1, Mitchell 90+3.