County close to the end..

A defeat at high-flying Wycombe today left County hanging on to their Football League status by a thread.

Ray Mathias stuck with the same side which saw off Southend last week, with Anthony Elding leading the line in a 4-5-1 formation.

Elding had the first shot of the match, firing just past the upright after just one minute played.

But soon it was normal service resumed and Lewis Montrose fired Wanderers into a tenth minute lead with a follow-up strike to a poorly defended free-kick, lashing past Matty Glennon in goal.

And just three minutes before the half-time whistle, County effectively sealed their own fate when Jamie Vincent inexplicably handled Montrose’s cross, and Scott Rendell stroked past Glennon from the resulting spot-kick.

A 4-1 triumph for Barnet at struggling Burton lifted the Londoners three points above The Hatters, with Burton sitting five points ahead of County and two points ahead of Barnet with three games in hand on both.