By John Lyons

CLASH: Newcastle U21’s Rosaire Longelo holds off Port Vale’s Ryan Lloyd

THE group stages of the Leasing.com Trophy came to a conclusion in midweek – with an avalanche of goals.
A whopping 72 goals were scored in 19 ties across Tuesday and Wednesday, making an average of almost four per game. Cheltenham’s Jonny-Rocks Stadium witnessed 11 of them, with visitors Newport County weighing in with seven. In an incredible match, the Exiles led 5-3 at the interval before going on to triumph 7-4.
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