Notts County left Oldham with a commanding victory on Tuesday evening, the final scoreline reading 0-9 in what amounted to a thorough and largely uncontested dismantling of the home side.
County took control almost immediately. Kane Drummond opened the scoring inside five minutes, and Oliver Norburn doubled the advantage on 24 minutes. Nick Tsaroulla added a third four minutes later, and Jodi Jones made it four before the half-hour mark had properly settled. By the time Lee Ndlovu struck on the stroke of half-time, the contest was effectively finished.
The second half brought little relief for Oldham. Norburn grabbed his second within three minutes of the restart, and Mike Fondop, Keanan Bennetts and Luke Browne scored in a frenzied three-minute spell between the 56th and 58th minutes. Fondop added a tenth on 69 minutes before a flurry of substitutions arrived at the 75-minute mark, with Matthew Dennis, Josh Hawkes, Oliver Hammond and Harald Tangen all introduced by their respective sides.
Joe Garner and Kane Taylor came on in the 84th minute, though by that point the evening belonged entirely to County.
Oldham offered no sustained periods of pressure and were repeatedly exposed in behind. County's movement was direct and their finishing composed throughout. The volume of the scoreline reflects not merely individual quality but an organised collective that knew precisely how to exploit the space they were given.
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