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RIGHT STUFF! Carroll keeps Notts County cleansheet DAY AFTER playing for Northern Ireland

Notts County goalkeeper Roy Carroll was back in action yesterday less than a day having played for Northern Ireland.

The former Manchester United and West Ham United keeper lined up against Coventry on Saturday - less than 18 hours after featuring in Northern Ireland's 2-0 defeat to Romania on Friday night.

He played 90 minutes in Bucharest - conceding twice - as Michael O'Neill's side fell to defeat for the first time in four matches.

Carroll was kept busy on Friday night, saving six shots before being named Vauxhall's Northern Ireland man of the match.

But the 37-year-old didn't fancy excusing himself from Notts County's League One clash at the Ricoh Arena on Saturday afternoon, and started the 1,700-mile journey back to the Midlands to play his second match in 24 hours.

Carroll kept a cleansheet as the Magpies won 1-0.

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