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Notts County vs Wrexham
 2 - 1 
Date: 
27/10/2007
Venue: 
Meadow Lane
Attendance: 
4359
Referee: 
A Haines

It has got to the stage now that we are all looking at each other wondering, who has run over a black cat, walked under a ladder or broken a mirror lately!

We are having plenty of luck - but it feels that all of it is bad.

It was like a repeat performance of our last away trip to Macclesfield, when we managed to lose the game in the four minutes of added time. At Meadow Lane the fourth official had a board with four minutes in his hand and was about to display it to the crowd when lightening struck in the same place for a second time.

A ball over the top of our defence saw stand in shift full back Silvio Spann chase after countryman Hector Sam and bundle him over a yard outside the box.

As soon as referee Andy Haines blew his whistle you feared the worse for Silvio - as he was the last man, and sure enough he saw red, trooping discontentedly back towards the dressing rooms.

Worse was to follow, as up stepped midfielder Neil Mackenzie to lash the ball through the wall and into the top of Anthony Williams' net!

The home crowd went wild, while the Wrexham players and supporters were left dumbfounded at another late twist of the knife.

County had gone in front after 17 minutes when defender Steve Evans was guilty of a bad error and Spencer Weir-Daley showed great awareness to grab possession before rounding goalkeeper Anthony Williams and scoring.

The home side could have extended their lead soon after but Williams made a fine save to deny Myles Weston.

It was an effort repeated at the other end a minute before the break, when Kevin Pilkington denied Richard Hope, after the defender got on the end of a Spann free-kick.

Although County dominated the first period in terms of possession if not chances, it was a different matter after the break and Wrexham fought back to  stun the home side with a 70th minute leveller.

It was Trinidad & Tobago international Silvio Spann who got the goal with a magnificent strike from 25-yards for his first goal the Football League, which seemed to have given Wrexham a rare away point.

Notts County: Kevin Pilkington, Lee Canoville, Adam Tann, Stephen Hunt, Paul Mayo, Richard Butcher, Matt Somner, Neil Mackenzie, Myles Weston (Andy Parkinson 70), Spencer Weir-Daley (Hector Sam 87), Laurie Dudfield.
Subs: Tim Sandercombe, Austin McCann, Gary Silk.

Wrexham: Anthony Williams, Simon Spender (Michael Procter 79), Gareth Evans, Steve Evans (Matty Done 64), Richard Hope, Neil Taylor, Robbie Garrett, Mark Jones (Silvio Spann 28), Chris Llewellyn, Eifion Williams, Neil Roberts.
Subs: Mike Williams, Marc Williams.

Referee: A Haines (Newcastle)
Attendance: 4,359
Away: 286

Red Card -
Wrexham:
Spann (90, denying goal scoring opportunity)

Booking -
Notts County:
Somner (43, foul)

Please Note - There is a mistake in the statistics on the right of this article, which state that Marc Williams replaced Steve Evans, when it was indeed Matty Done who came on.

These stats are supplied by PA Sport and we have no control over their accuracy. Indeed, they are placed on the club websites directly by PA Sport and we are not able to correct any mistakes - even on our own site!

PA Sport also gave out an incorrect goalscorer at Notts County, claiming our goal was scored by Marc Williams rather than Silvio Spann.

We apologise for these errors, but once again would like to state that we have no control over them and they annoy us as much as they will annoy you. We make more than enough mistakes on our own, without anyone else helping us.

Silvio Spann celebrates his goal
Another last minute goal denies the lads a deserved point at Meadow Lane...
 Match Information
 
  Notts County Wrexham
Goals : 2 1
Possession : 62% 38%
Shots On Target : 5 3
Shots Off Target : 4 3
Corners : 4 2
Fouls : 12 12
Most Fouls : Weston (3) Roberts (4)
Yellow Cards : 1 0
 
Red Cards :
Spann 90 + 1
 
Scorers :
Weir-Daley 17
MacKenzie 90 + 2
Spann 70
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