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Notts County 2-0 Grimsby Town

 

18th Booking of the seasonWell this match report will start with the only action from the first half and that was a fine save from Notts keeper Kevin Pilkington, when he tipped the ball over the bar from Toner.


Notts manager Steve Thompson made a change at half time replacing N`toya with Andy Parkinson and this brought more life into the Notts squad and it was only a few minutes when smith made the keeper force his shot wide.

 

Jason Lee was the next to have a chance but his effort went just wide. Notts were now putting Grimsby under a lot of pressure and on 52 minutes the ball was crossed into the Grimsby box which Dudfield flicked on before the ball could reach Lee on the back post Newey stuck his foot out and put the ball passed his won keeper giving the magpies a 1-0 lead. caused first goal with a flick on

 

Dudfield was the next to test the Grimsby keeper when after a fine move from Parkinson, Pipe and Smith found Dudfield un-marked in the area but he hit his shot into the ground and the keeper managed to save the effort.



On 86 minutes Notts made the game safe when some fine play from Parkinson pressuring the Grimsby defence caused an error and the same player found Smith un-marked in the area who on the second attempt put the ball in the net and the 3 points were in the bag.

 

Ref : C Penton

Att : 4,724

Half Time : Notts County 0-0 Grimsby Town

Full Time : Notts County 2-0 Grimsby Town