Jamie Fullarton: 'Notts County growing in confidence with each game'

Notts County manager Jamie Fullarton has claimed that his players are growing in confidence with each passing game.

Since replacing Ricardo Moniz at the helm, the Scot has overseen a return of nine points from a possible 15 in League Two.

On Tuesday night, the Magpies survived a fightback from Hartlepool United to secure a 3-2 win. They had been two goals up at Victoria Park at half time, before being pegged back by their hosts, only for Jon Stead to bag his second of the night in the 80th minute and clinch the victory.

Fullarton said: "I think we deserved the three points. On reflection of the overall game, I think the three points were well merited. 

"But the way the game panned out, it taught me something else about the group, individually and collectively, in terms of their resilience that they're growing together with the confidence and the belief in what we're doing.

"It tells you how we're evolving as a group, and believing in what we're doing. I thought some of our play, our passages of play and chances created throughout the game, was a step up and a progression from what we've done in the last month."

"I think with the conditions as they were, they would play a part, in my eyes, on how they would resort in the second half when they were 2-0 down.

"I thought it would be a real test for us. The two chances in particular that could have put it beyond doubt in the first half, and gone in at half-time with three or four, changes the dynamics of the game.

"The impetus they gained when they did score a goal, it would have been lessened (if the Magpies had been 3-0 up) because I thought their crowd and the atmosphere was a testing cauldron. I think that then reflects really well on our group; how we responded."

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