Notts County’s four-match unbeaten run came to a shuddering halt as they suffered a crushing 5-1 defeat at Torquay United.
Plainmoor was the scene of last season’s agonising National League play-off semi-final defeat and there was to be no revenge for the Magpies as Connor Lemonheigh-Evans scored a hat-trick to add to Armani Little’s double to consign Notts to a defeat which sees them remain sixth in the table.
While defeat is a blow to their hopes of securing a top-three place - and a home pay-off semi-final - at the end of the season, it is by no means a fatal one, with Ian Burchnall sure to rally his troops for what looks like a favourable run-in against several teams struggling at the wrong end of the table.
