McGoldrick is 'Superman' - Notts County boss Maynard

David McGoldrick has scored 26 goals in 56 league games for Notts County

Notts County boss Stuart Maynard called veteran forward David McGoldrick "Superman" after the fit-again striker came off the bench to seal Tuesday's win at Grimsby Town and maintain the Magpies' push for automatic promotion from League Two.

The 37-year-old made his first appearance for nearly six weeks after recovering from injury and scored a cracking goal from outside the box to wrap up Notts' 2-0 victory at Blundell Park after Alassana Jatta had poked them ahead on 56 minutes.

"He's Superman, isn't he?" Maynard told BBC Radio Nottingham.

"He comes along, he delivers, he just produces things on a football pitch that other people can't.

"I was screaming from the side as he was running through, 'square it to AJ' [Jatta], but he touches it wider, he knows where he's going, he reverses it across goal, what a finish - incredible."

The victory kept Maynard's side hot on the heels of Doncaster Rovers, who are in the third automatic promotion place, with the Magpies just a point behind going into the last 10 games.

Although McGoldrick has missed the past seven games, his goal - a sixth in his last six appearances -took his tally to 14 for the season.

His latest goal triggered emotional celebrations on the Notts bench between the medical team and the players in a show of unity in what has been a testing season with injuries.

Lewis Macari, Lucas Ness and Scott Robertson are all out for the rest of the campaign, winger Jodi Jones is still not fit while midfielders Connor Grant and Curtis Edwards - and now McGoldrick - have only just returned.

"When Didzy [McGoldrick] is in, even just on the bench, it gives all the young lads on the pitch a real lift, and that's what he's done," Maynard said.

"I think when you go through little blips in seasons, I think we all stick together as a staff. There's nothing that the medical team could have done about any of our injuries. So we've been very unfortunate this year.

"We work incredibly hard and the medical team are working around the clock 24/7 - they're in on Sundays - trying everything to get the lads back as quick as possible.

"They're playing a huge part in the success that we've had this season - the medical team have been incredible."