Non-League Paper

HURST HEROES ARE ALL HEART

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
29 May 2022

By Jon Couch

NOTTS COUNTY 1
Rodrigues 73 (pen)
GRIMSBY TN 2 (AET)
Holohan 90+6, Dieseruvwe 119

THE MAIN MANI: Grimsby Town’s Mani Dieseruvwe celebrates his last-gasp extra-time winner
PICTURE: Alamy

PAUL HURST says his Grimsby Town players will never pass a bigger test of character after scoring at the death, not once but twice, to continue their promotion dream.
Trailing to Ruben Rodrigues’ hotly-contested second-half penalty, Hurst’s men took the tie to extra-time when Gavan Holohan dramatically levelled in the sixth minute of stoppage time.
And then, with a penalty shoot-out l...

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