Tooley's Take
Yesterday at 07:34 AM
Phil Tooley takes a look at the game and its context Notts County 1 Chesterfield 2 League Two Game #36 2020, Wooton 90, Rodrigues stoppage time, County win 3-2 on our grass. 2021, play-offs, Ellis 90, Magpies win. 2023, Wembley, Bostock 87 to grab extra-time and ultimately a pens win. 2024, 90+4, Max saves McGoldrock's pen, rebound slotted home, 2-2. 2025, EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAY! About time too. Nailed it, early mind you, only 88 on the ticker, still potential cry time and pressure on the other sort of ticker, but the last few minutes, which have officially been aligned to the classic film (and decent remake) The Day The Earth Stood Still, were nervy but mainly celebratory. Best result of the season? Undoubtedly, based on position #4 hosting #14, based on the aforementioned history, based on Notts levelling ten seconds after it should have been 2-0 to Town, based on the fact that they were good (you'd be a tough judge to say that they weren't the better side over the contest as a whole), based on the limbs and scenes in the immediate aftermath of Tom's goal and based on Danny Webb's unfettered and joyous dancing in […]
