Having beaten the league leaders Hull City 2-0 on Saturday, Notts youth team defeated mid-table Grimsby by the same scoreline this afternoon at Arnold and moved up to second place in the league table – just three points behind the leaders.  

 

Notts were ahead after only three minutes when a cross from Colby Bishop was fired home by Rico Fyfe.  Notts doubled their lead on seven minutes when a Grimsby defender handled the ball in the penalty area and Colby Bishop coolly slotted home the penalty.

 

The rest of the game saw Notts in control and trying to extend their lead with only the occasional attack by Grimsby.

 

A very good performance by the young ‘Pies whose upturn in both performances and results could be linked to the arrival of Paul Hart – or it could be just a coincidence.

Impressed with Paul Hart last night.Thanks for updating.

Despite trying to keep an eye out, I tend to forget which these help me keep updated as I am interested.

Sounds like a good response by our young lads, I do hope they wasn't that downhearted about being knocked out of the cup because at youth level their progress is all about learning from these games. Good result for us!

Thanks Dave

@shepshedpie when are the youth team playing next? With the first team not having a game, I will try harder to get down to their game (I encourage others to do the same).

Youth team are away at Doncaster on Saturday - don't have the rest of the fixtures with me at the moment but they are on the official site

hopefully hart and the other guy can do them well, it would be nice to have a quality academy.

Hart has a very good record with young players and I for one hope he will be around for a long time, it can only benefit the club as a whole.

@shepshedpie thanks for sharing that

 

well done to the young uns, who knows another 5 years and the future really could be bright!!!