Non-League Paper

MAGPIES MOURN ‘CRUEL’ DEFEAT

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
29 May 2022

By Tom Blackett

IAN BURCHNALL admitted his Notts County players were “low” after the Magpies succumbed to more play-off heartache.
Burchnall’s boys were seconds away from a semi-final trip to Wrexham before Gavan Holohan’s last-gasp leveller and were then denied again in the last minute of extra-time by Mani Dieseruvwe’s winner.
It means County must spend a fourth season outside of the Footballl League.
“The players are low, it’s a cruel way to go,” the County chief said.
“They’ve put a lot into this season. In ...

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