Bury 2 Notts County 3 (after golden goal) by Steve Canavan
GLYN Garner will remember his debut for a long time - in fact he will have nightmares about it.
The young reserve goalkeeper was given a chance to impress in this LDV Trophy tie by Shakers boss Andy Preece but ended up with egg on his face after spilling a simple through ball and allowing County's Danny Allsop to score a 114th minute extra time winner.
But Garner should not be the only embarrassed man at training today. Jon Newby was a culprit too, missing a straightforward one on one chance minutes before Allsop's winner.
It was almost too much for Preece to bear. He had watched his team hit the bar, have two headers cleared off the line and miss a host of other gilt-edged opportunities.
"We created enough chances to have won this game but it just wasn't to be," sighed the Shakers boss.
"I feel sorry for Glyn because he made a great save to keep us in it right at the end of normal time and I thought he played well. It was just one of those things that could happen to any keeper.
"Jon feels bad too because he should've scored and, to be fair, I expected him to."
At least there were good things to take from the match. Youngster David Borley made a sparkling, skilful debut and Ian Lawson scored a home goal at last.
It came on 10 minutes but County levelled through Tony Hackworth and then took the lead on 58 minutes when Danny Allsop squeezed in a shot from a quick corner.
Sam Collins had two headers cleared off the line and Newby hit the bar before a looping Danny Swailes header beat Steve Mildenhall to make it 2-2.
But it all ended in tears with Newby's miss and Garner's gaffe and Bury were out.
BURY: Garner 6, Unsworth 6, Collins 7, Swailes 7, Nelson 7, Stuart 6, Reid 7, BORLEY 8, Forrest 7, Newby 7, Lawson 7. Subs: Clegg (for Lawson 105), Whiteman, Connell, Syros, Kenny.
Attendance: 1,197
BOOKINGS: Collins (34 foul)
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