‘Basketball on a football pitch’ – Grimsby and Notts County share 10 goals

Grimsby Town manager David Artell described it as a “basketball game on a football pitch” as they and Notts County played out an astonishing 5-5 draw at Blundell Park.

That came after veteran County striker David McGoldrick struck his second goal of the afternoon and what looked to be the winner, but Wood had other ideas with the final say.

Mariners captain Danny Rose, Abo Eisa (two) and Harry Clifton were also on target while Macaulay Langstaff and Aaron Nemane (two) also scored for County.

Rose put Grimsby ahead from the penalty spot with seven minutes on the clock and Eisa – the player crowded in the build-up – made it 2-0 eight minutes later when adding the finishing touch from a half-cleared corner.

County fought back in the run-up to the break as McGoldrick and Langstaff netted in almost identical fashion from Jodi Jones deliveries.

Nemane twice restored parity for County after Clifton and Eisa neted and there was even more to come at either end with Grimsby substitute Wood canceling out a late strike from McGoldrick.

“It was a basketball game on a football pitch,” Artell told BBC Radio Humberside.

“It was a real good game, not just because it was 5-5, but there was some real good football on the pitch.

“But we didn’t help ourselves at crucial moments. We could have been 3-0 up and then we can’t defend like we defended.”

Report supplied by PA Media.