League One
February 9, 2013
Notts County
1 - 1
Crewe Alexandra
League One
15:00 +00:00, February 9, 2013
Meadow Lane, England
Referee: A Woolmer
Cofie rescues County
Scoring Summary
| Notts County | Crewe Alexandra |
|---|---|
| John Cofie (57') | Luke Murphy (pen 45') |
Teams
| Notts County | Crewe Alexandra |
|---|---|
| 23 Fabian Speiss | 1 Steve Phillips |
| 6 Dean Leacock | 6 Adam Dugdale |
| 3 Alan Sheehan | 5 Mark Ellis |
| 2 Julian Kelly | 2 Matt Tootle |
| 14 Gavin Mahon | 19 Abdul Osman |
| 20 Jamal Campbell-Ryce | 8 Luke Murphy |
| 28 Andre Boucaud | 31 Bradden Inman |
| 8 Gary Liddle | 14 Kelvin Mellor |
| 11 Jeff Hughes | 26 Chuks Aneke |
| 10 Alan Judge | 11 Byron Moore |
| 19 John Cofie | 10 Ajay Leitch-Smith |
| Substitutes | |
| 12 Liam Mitchell | Alan Martin 13 |
| 5 Emmanuele Smith | Gregor Robertson 15 |
| 18 Hamza Bencherif | Oliver Turton 12 |
| 25 Greg Tempest | George Ray 17 |
| 13 Francois Zoko | Ryan Colclough 27 |
| 9 Enoch Showunmi | Mathias Pogba 9 |
| 15 Yoann Arquin | Max Clayton 7 |
| Substitutions | |
| Yoann Arquin for Gavin Mahon (46) | Mathias Pogba for Byron Moore (64) |
| Francois Zoko for Jamal Campbell-Ryce (81) | Ryan Colclough for Chuks Aneke (78) |
| Enoch Showunmi for John Cofie (90) | |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Gavin Mahon (45) | |
| Dean Leacock (90) | |
| · Squads: Notts County | Crewe Alexandra | |
On-loan Manchester United youngster John Cofie scored on his Notts County debut to earn caretaker manager Chris Kiwomya his first point in a 1-1 draw with Crewe.
Cofie's superb second-half strike cancelled out the lead given to the Alex by Luke Murphy's penalty on the stroke of half-time.
The visitors almost went ahead in the fifth minute when Mark Ellis met Murphy's free-kick with a firm header but teenage goalkeeper Fabian Spiess palmed the ball away.
However, Crewe deservedly went into the break ahead after Gavin Mahon clumsily brought down Ajay Leitch-Smith inside the box after 45 minutes and Murphy dispatched the spot-kick with aplomb.
County came out revitalised in the second half and looked to have equalised when a sublime, dipping shot from 30 yards by Alan Judge hammered against the crossbar.
But the home side did not have to wait long to level when, in the 57th minute, a mistake by Adam Dugdale gave the ball to loan signing Cofie just outside the area and the 20-year-old planted a superb right-foot shot into the bottom corner of the net.
Murphy almost won it for Crewe with 13 minutes remaining when his free-kick was acrobatically tipped over by Spiess.