Sam maintains he meant his backheel volley that bemused Oxford goalkeeper Ben Dudzinski in the 73rd minute, Notts assistant manager Greg Abbott was non-committal and City boss David Oldfield understandably made no comment.
A wider audience than would normally watch at Meadow Lane will enjoy making their owns minds up over Sam’s big moment that helped to take Notts into the semi-finals.
There looked to be little immediate danger when left-back Adam Chicksen curled a cross into the box but Sam, almost casually, stuck out a leg with his back to goal and flicked it over the Oxford goalkeeper before beginning to milk the moment.
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