Almost two months to the day since Notts County last won at home (dispatching Portsmouth from Meadow Lane with consumate ease), Paolo Di Canio’s traveling circus pulled up in NG2 hoping to heap more pressure on Keith Curle after another tumultuous week in the club’s recent past.
After last week’s 2-2 draw at Scunthorpe, hopes would’ve been high going into the new week having seen a glimpse of the old Lee Hughes. He would be unsurprisingly back on the bench for Tuesday’s game at Preston North End – only to be handed a three match ban later for an off the ball elbow back at Glanford Park.
As we approach the much-lauded ten game barrier from which we’re supposed to get an idea of where a club’s season lies, Keith Curle’s record breaking Notts County may have just finally seen things click just enough to suggest that promotion is very much on the year’s agenda.
Word of warning – this won’t make for good reading.
Having last week opted against going into any great detail over another glorified pre-season fitness session, yesterday’s trip to Bridlington for a friendly with Scarborough Athletic was as enjoyable a test against non-league opposition as you’re likely to find.
No matter how much you convince yourself a Notts win will leave you content – the final whistle still hit you like a sledgehammer.
With just two games left to play of the season, you’d be forgiven for thinking the campaign might’ve been done with Notts County and epic battles.
Alan Judge’s cross onto the head of Lee Hughes should so easily have set Notts on their way towards solidifying their play-off place within just 16 seconds on Saturday.
