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Down in League Two, there was a final game of 2024 for Tottenham Hotspur loanee George Abbott and his Notts County side, as they made the trip across to Gloucestershire to face Cheltenham Town for match day 22 of the 24/25 season for the Magpies. They came into this game on the back of consecutive win to nil victories.

Incredible game down in League Two for youngster's side

For this one, manager Stuart Maynard deployed Abbott as a central midfielder in a two man midfield, playing alongside. The teenager had started in the same role last week, where he scored his first ever goal in league football.

It would be the nightmare start, however, with the hosts taking the lead within the first five minutes of the game. After that, Notts would completely dominate possession and territory - and got an equaliser after 26 minutes, with Gambian international Alassana Jatta converting from close range.

With just over five minutes of the first half remaining, Notts would then take the lead. This goal was enough to give them a 2-1 lead heading into the interval. It would not last for very long, though. Within the first two minutes of the second half, Cheltenham equalised and the game was all square once again.

After around 58 minutes or so, Abbott made it two league goals in as many games, with an incredible strike. A Notts corner was cleared as far as the edge of the box, where the on loan Spurs midfielder cut across the ball, and lacing the ball into the top corner.

Then, after an hour - Cheltenham equalised for a second time in the game, making it 3-3. Incredibly, incredibly, Notts would then retake the lead yet again just two minutes after that, making it 4-3 with the third goal in a four minute spell, and fourth goal in seventeen second half minutes. Unbelievable.

Finally, after that - the game settled down. At least in the scoreline. For a while after that, the game stayed at 4-3 to Notts for a while. That was until stoppage time, where Jatta scored his second goal of the game, making it 5-3 to Maynard's side, and at last, making sure that all three points would be heading back to Nottingham.

This win makes it three points in a row for Abbott's side, propelling them all the way into second in the lead, with games in hand on the immediate three teams below them. Walsall have a 12 point lead on top, but in terms of automatic promotion - things are suddenly beginning to look a lot rosier.

Three wins in eight days, and two goals for Abbott. As productive a festive period as you could have asked for. That is a wrap for 2024, with Notts' next game against the aforementioned Walsall side in top spot on New Year's Day, with a 15:00 GMT kick off.