Substitute Callum Roberts gave the confident visitors a half-time lead with a wonderful solo strike before Daniel Kanu made the points safe.

It could have been even more emphatic with Lucas Smyth and Roberts seeing great chances go begging for the Magpies just after half-time.

County started on the front foot, with Kanu and Conor Grant both having shots saved inside the opening 15 minutes.

Roberts fired the visitors into a 29th minute lead, four minutes after coming on, with a brilliant long-range strike.

Smyth was inches away from doubling the lead when he hit the post with a glancing header seconds after half-time.

Roberts wasted a brilliant chance to score when he tamely shot straight at the keeper despite having time to pick his spot.

However, County wrapped the game up in the 65th minute when Kanu took full advantage of a horrendous blunder by Louis Reed to fire home.