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Oliver King

Luke Williams insists lessons will be learned ahead of Notts County's play-off campaign

Notts County boss Luke Williams has said his side will learn from their 1-1 draw with York City ahead of their play-off campaign next week.

The Magpies were forced to share the spoils in their final league game of the season as Shaq Forde's late equaliser cancelled out Macaulay Langstaff's 42nd goal of the campaign.

With results elsewhere, Notts will play either Barnet or Boreham Wood in their semi-final fixture at Meadow Lane on Sunday, 7 May (12:30pm kick-off) for a place in the National League play-off final at Wembley.

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In front of a crowd of over 11,000 inside Meadow Lane, the Notts boss spoke of his disappointment in not giving the home supporters the three points they deserved - labelling the fans as 'the best player' this afternoon.

"I am actually very disappointed for the fans because they were absolutely top today and the team were not quite as top, that's the truth," Williams told BBC Radio Nottingham.

"We were almost perfect, but then we release our grip and it's a big mistake and the fans deserve to see us win because of the noise and the energy that they gave us - we should have won the game for them and scored more goals for them, but honestly the best player today were the fans by a mile.

"You can't loosen your grip when you have it, the keeper for them was magnificent and he made some unbelievable saves, but then you say somehow it remains 1-0 and when you make a breakthrough in a game like this, you cannot release your grip.

"We are still learning, we have to learn and today is no different."

It brings to an end a memorable league season, ending the campaign on 107 points - four behind title winner Wrexham who drew 1-1 away to already relegated Torquay United.

But attention will quickly turn to their semi-final fixture in eight days time, with Williams explaining the result is a timely reminder that his side can't take anything for granted despite having finished 23 points ahead of third place Chesterfield.

"We have to try and use it to keep extra focus and to let them know they can't take anything for granted.

"Maybe we are in a situation where we are comfortable in a play-off game then people start thinking further down the line, it's dangerous, don't look further down the line and win the game in front of you."

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