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Another Tuesday and another match, this time against play off contenders Doncaster, looking to return to the Championship they have put together a steady run mainly based on away performances. They won at home against Colchester last time out although the outcome may have been different if Chris Porter had scored from an early penalty kick.
More of the same for North End only possible change could be the return of Clarke following concussion. Dropped two points at the Keepmoat due to a Jones error deep in injury time, keep the run going lads.
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Awful tonight got a very late leveller, but it puts us second with a game in hand, full blog tomorrow
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Keeps the unbeaten run going and as you say moves you up to 2nd with a game in hand. Your form is distinctly better than MK Dons and Swindon, so lets hope you can keep your nose in front of them. Brizzle look untouchable at the top though!!
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Actually feels like a win SCO
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It was only a few short weeks ago that the top 2 were starting to pull away from you and you were looking over your shoulder at the blunts. Now you are back in the top 2 and 10 points clear of them!! Those last minute equalisers sure do feel good!!!
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With virtually the last kick of the game North End salvaged a point after being second best for the best part of this game. Doncaster could probably count themselves very unlucky not to have gone away with three points, but Beckford's classy finish denied them the win.
Donnie dominated from the start, Razzaq forcing Johnstone into a scrambling early save. Against the run of play North End took the lead with Johnson side footing home from 18 yards after a fine team move. For a brief period of time North End dominated until running out of steam and ideas at a very early stage.
Donnie had plenty of the ball with Wellens running the game for them in midfield, but they could not a way through the well organised home defence.
The second half carried on in the same vein with a decidedly tired looking home side dropping deeper and deeper. Ten minutes from the end Donnie were level Coppinger found Forester whose pass cum shot wrong footed Johnstone. Worse was to follow a cross from the right was headed home by Main, cue five minutes injury time and Beckford's late goal.
A strange feeling felt like we had won instead of dropping two points, up to second with a game in hand.
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