Source: PA
Burch on form for Magpies in score draw
Notts County goalkeeper Robert Burch made a superb 70th-minute stop to deny League One's 12-goal top scorer Bradley Wright-Phillips and maintain parity in a 1-1 draw at a mist-shrouded Home Park.
Right-back Stephane Zubar headed Plymouth ahead in the fourth minute, meeting Craig Noone's free-kick from the right with a far post effort which flew across goal and into the net via a slight deflection.
However County replied within three minutes. Former Argyle loan signing Alan Judge let fly from the edge of the box with a right-footed drive which smacked off a post and into the path of centre-forward Lee Hughes who tucked the rebound away from close range, despite offside appeals from the hosts.
Wright-Phillips then sent County keeper Burch to full stretch with a first-time volley from 15 yards following a pin-point pacy cross from the right by the impressive Rory Patterson.
Burch was the far busier of the two keepers in the opening exchanges but could only watch as Joe Mason's instinctive volley beat him and flew off the inside of the upright after 25 minutes.
County started the second half brighter, with home keeper David Button forced to palm out Lee Miller's 18-yard strike and then Judge's 25-yard shot. Yet it was Burch`s turn to steal the headlines with his save from Wright-Phillips to ensure honours were shared.
