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Notts County 4-1 Grimsby Town Solitary League Two fixture taking place on Thursday Hosts yet to win this season in their opening two games Grimsby have won once heading into their trip to Meadow Lane Alasaana Jatta gives Magpies early lead while Dan Crowley doubles their advantage Jodi Jones curls in cross-turned-shot to put hosts 3-0 up but Harvey Rodgers gets Grimsby on the scoresheet just before half-time Crowley bags second with deflected effort just before the hour mark to put Notts County in control These sides drew 5-5 in remarkable display in most recent league meeting in January #bbcefl, Whats App 03301231826, text 81111 (UK only – texts will be charged at your standard message rate) Tom Rostance Notts County 4-1 Grimsby Gary Croft Former Grimsby defender on BBC Radio Humberside It's that man again - Dan Crowley! I'm not sure he catches it incredibly well but it flicks up and over. The keeper is expecting the low shot and has to spring up. It's a perfect lob into the goal and that probably puts it beyond Town. Dan Crowley (57 mins) If Grimsby Town didn't have bad luck they'd have no luck at all. .. Lovely approach play from Notts with that man Jodi Jones playing the key pass again to Dan Crowley on the edge of the area, he's well closed down but gets a shot in, it takes a whacking great deflection off Cameron Mc Jannet and lofts up over the helpless Jordan Wright and in. Notts County 3-1 Grimsby Gary Croft Former Grimsby defender on BBC Radio Humberside Notts can't do anything more than that. The ball in was absolutely fantastic, great pace. Town escape luckily. Notts County 3-1 Grimsby I make that 18 shots on goal we've seen tonight, it's been open as you like. Notts County 3-1 Grimsby Jodi Jones, have a word. What a ball in from the assist meister, his cross from the left is a joke and Jacob Bedeau arrives on it beuatifully, on the slide he slams a shot against the crossbar and it bounces well clear. The hosts are inches away from a fourth. Notts County 3-1 Grimsby Well it's been all Grimsby since the resumption but one excellent pass from Jodi Jones slices them up, the ball is chopped back by Curtis Edwards to that man Dan Crowley and his shot/cross whistles past the far post. Just needed a touch from someone! Notts County 3-1 Grimsby Charles Vernam has started the half brilliantly, jagging away down the Grimsby left this time, he has two men inside and while Cal Ainley can't get on the end of his eventual pass, Kieran Green does and fires wide. Notts County 3-1 Grimsby Good, bright start from the Mariners. If they get the next one we will be up for a game. Notts County 3-1 Grimsby It's 15 years since Grimsby last won a game at Meadow Lane and these two have faced off in each of the top five divisions. Football heritage. The first chance of the second half comes Grimsby's way as Charles Vernam drives past a defender and arrows a shot just over from the edge of the area. Fine attempt. Notts County 3-1 Grimsby PLENTY of talking points and action in that first 45 minutes. More of the same? #bbcefl, Whats App 03301231826, text 81111 (UK only – texts will be charged at your standard message rate) A lifeline for Town? I’ll take anything at the moment. Kerry, Cleethorpes HT: Notts County 3-1 Grimsby Mark Stallard Former Notts County striker on BBC Radio Nottingham This first half has been strange. The substitutions maybe disrupted it a little. Notts County haven't controlled this half the way they did in their previous match when they were 1-0 behind. HT: Notts County 3-1 Grimsby Gary Croft Former Grimsby defender on BBC Radio Humberside What you have to say is well done to Notts County for a really good home performance. Dan Crowley has been magnificent. He's picking balls up in the back but he's quality in the box as well. Everything about what he's done is first-class. Town have been unlucky. That third goal was just a cross and for the second goal, it was a handball. They've just got to keep it tight. They've got to hold Notts back and they will get some chances themselves. Notts County 3-1 Grimsby A goal and an assist for Alassana Jatta, a goal and an assist for Jodi Jones and a goal and an assist for Dan Crowley. It was almost the perfect half for the hosts until that late Grimsby response. Notts County 3-1 Grimsby Notts County 3-1 Grimsby What a half this has turned into! More goals in this as well you feel. Notts County 3-1 Grimsby Mark Stallard Former Notts County striker on BBC Radio Nottingham It's a shame but Grimsby have been in dangerous positions. This is a worry. It was just a floated ball to the back post. Notts have got to be better than that. That's took a bit of sweetness off this first-half because it was such a poor goal to concede. Harvey Rodgers (45+4 mins) Hello! A reminder that these two sides drew 5-5 in January. .. Grimsby are on the board as a deep free-kick is headed down and centre-half Harvey Rodgers takes a touch, swivels and finds the back of the net. Notts County 3-0 Grimsby Mark Stallard Former Notts County striker on BBC Radio Nottingham The Notts fan absolutely love Jodi Jones but I'm not sure even I can say he meant that. He puts a cross into the far post, it finds the far post and sails over the keepers head. A little bit fortuitous I would say but Jodi might say different. I'd claim it. Jodi Jones (45+1 min) Did he mean that? ! It doesn't matter as that magic man Jodi Jones puts Notts County three up. He has so much space wide right, too much, the defence are expecting him to cut inside once more but this time he drives outside and flashes in an early cross/shot which drifts over the head of keeper Jordan Wright, hits the post and goes in. Dan Crowley has now scored 17 goals in 49 league appearances for Notts County Notts County's Dan Crowley scored two goals and created another as his side beat Grimsby Town 4-1 at Meadow Lane to record their first League Two win of the season. A teasing cross from the Magpies captain helped Alassana Jatta to steer in his third goal in three games to put the hosts in front, before Crowley ghosted in unmarked to double the advantage. Jodi Jones then curled in a delightful chipped goal, only for Harvey Rodgers to reduce the visitors' deficit by finding the far corner. Crowley's deflected strike added gloss to the scoreline in the second half, as Notts County moved up to fourth in the early-season table and Grimsby slipped to 16th. The first clear chances of the night were a sign of things to come. A brilliant reaction save from Grimsby goalkeeper Jordan Wright prevented Crowley's low drive from giving the home side the lead. Notts sign Ness from Charlton for undisclosed fee Notts veteran Mc Goldrick 'ready to make impact' But these teams shared 15 goals in their two League Two meetings last year, so it was only a matter of time until the net rippled. Before the Mariners could draw breath, the hosts' skipper fired in a dangerous ball, which only required the slightest of touches for Jatta to turn home. Grimsby could have equalised soon after, but Magpies keeper Alex Bass was alert enough to kick away Charles Vernam's powerful strike. Crowley then capped off his lively opening to the game by controlling the ball with his chest and firing it into the far corner, though there was a suggestion of handball as he attempted to cushion Jones' delivery. Jones then floated a ball in from the right which sailed over the goalkeeper and crashed in off the post, with only the menacing winger knowing if he meant it as a shot. Harvey Rodgers' neat finish pulled a goal back for Grimsby on the stroke of half time, only for Crowley to have the last laugh in a quieter second half, as his shot spun into the goal off the helpless Mariners defender Cameron Mc Jannet. Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Last Updated 22nd August 2024 at 21: 56 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Stuart Maynard Formation: 3 - 5 - 1 - 1 Manager: David Artell Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 League Two All competitions All competitions All competitions The two league meetings between Notts County and Grimsby Town last season saw a combined 15 goals (3-2 Notts County home win, 5-5 draw in Grimsby’s home game), with only Harrogate Town v Mansfield Town (16) producing more in the EFL in 2023-24. Grimsby Town are winless in five Football League away games at Notts County (D3 L2), losing both of their last two such trips. They last lost more in a row away to the Magpies in the top four tiers in April 1973 (run of 5). Notts County have drawn each of their opening league games this season and haven’t drawn all three of their opening outings of an EFL season since 2007-08. After beating Cheltenham Town 3-2 last time out, Grimsby Town will be looking to claim successive league wins for the first time since March 2023. © 2024 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.