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ood afternoon to everyone tuning in for our game against Bolton Wanderers at Blundell Park. Bolton have been the form team in League Two for the last couple of months and they are now in a great position to achieve automatic promotion this season. With that in mind, we know we face a really difficult challenge as we attempt to pick up some much needed points. If you look at the league table, the point against Cheltenham in our last home game is a good result, but we wanted all three. I thought we played really well in the first 20 minutes and thoroughly deserved to go ahead when Lenny tapped in from close range. However, Cheltenham are towards the top for a reason, and they responded well to going behind. We talked a lot about their long throws being a threat before the game, and although their goal came from one, I’ve studied the footage and defensively we didn’t do too much wrong. Sometimes you have to admit when someone is a real handful and, in truth, it’s a good header by the player. Cheltenham had the wind for the second half so we expected it to be tough. Despite that, I was disappointed with the way we began the half, but then I felt we came back into the game as the half wore on. They had chances to win it, and so did we through Hans first and then Greeny in the last minute. Apart from maybe the first 10-15 minutes of the second half, I thought it was a good performance. I can’t fault the players for their effort, commitment and good football they played at times in difficult conditions. I think it’s hard on this group of players who are playing week-in, weekout, because I don’t think they are a bottom-of-the-table team. However, the problem is that’s the situation we are in. Looking back at our game against Bradford last week, I thought we did okay and more than matched an outfit who are trying to get into the play-offs. We changed our shape for the game and I think they struggled to cope with our system. We created a couple of decent chances to get ourselves in front but they got the goal just before half time and, in truth, it papered over their cracks a bit. The sending off at half-time then certainly made our task more difficult than it needed to be in the second half. We had to change shape to try and find a way back into the game and I thought we had more than enough of the play and continued to create chances. Other than them hitting the bar once, I don’t think they put us under any real pressure. Genuinely, it didn’t seem like we were a man light which was credit to the players. The frustrating thing is that they kept the clean sheet, got the goal and ultimately won the game. We are now into the final few weeks of the season and there’s no avoiding the dangerous position we are in. However, with six games still to go, we are still in the fight and we will keep fighting right until the bitter end. UTM, Paul Hurst

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MACCA CAPTAIN’S COLUMN:

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I hope you’re all well and enjoying the next steps on the road to normality in the real world. Clearly last week was bitterly disappointing and it’s another game where we could have come away with a result, even with 10 men for the second half. We have to look at ourselves though because most games we have done enough to get a result, or win. It didn’t help being down to 10 men but, being as honest as I can, we all make mistakes. It’s not down to me, or us as players, to judge. All we could do was be professional in the second half and try and control what we could on the pitch. Unfortunately, with every game that passes, the task becomes that bit harder. However, while it’s still possible, we won’t be giving up. I can promise that. UTM, Macca

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GILES COKE

IN THE SPOTLIGHT Experienced midfielder Giles Coke has been a regular in The Mariners engine room of late. The 34-year-old joined Town in February after a registration issue had originally put his move to Blundell Park in doubt. The former Sheffield Wednesday and Ipswich Town midfielder began the season with Hereford in the National League North but after making 11 appearances for The Bulls, Coke was allowed to train with The Mariners as a free agent in January with a view to earning himself a deal with the club. After impressing Hurst during his trial, the new Town boss wanted to offer him a contract but a registration mix up meant that deal wasn’t able to be done outside of the transfer window. Luckily, Coke was able to speak to the National League and convince them to terminate his registration, leaving him free to become a Mariner. Since then, he’s featured 12 times and was even handed the captain’s armband for last weekend’s trip to Bradford City. At 34, Coke has added a huge amount of experience and maturity to the Town midfield - two qualities which are vital when you are in a relegation scrap. After breaking through at Mansfield and impressing at Northampton, he moved to the SPL to play for Motherwell before signing for Sheffield Wednesday. In his five years at Hillsborough, he played over 100 times for the club, the majority at Championship level. He also had loans with Bury, Swindon and Bolton during his time as an Owl. He signed for Ipswich Town in 2015 but injuries blighted his stay at Portman Road and also cut short his spell with Chesterfield in 2017-18. A frustrating period with Oldham Athletic followed before Coke dropped into non league for the first time in career to sign for Hereford in the summer. The intelligent and elegant midfielder always looks cool, calm and collected in possession - characteristics Paul Hurst would have undoubtedly wanted to add to his midfield when he was on trial. With the registration error now behind him, let’s hope Coke can call on all of those years playing in the Championship to help lead us away from relegation.

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When and where were you born? 3rd June 1986, London Are you married? No Do you have kids? Yes Apart from football, what other sport do you like? All sports - table tennis, rugby, cricket! What do you like to do in your spare time? Spend time with my family What TV show are you watching at the moment? Unforgotten Which musician are you listening to a lot? DMX Best film you have watched recently? Run Who would you like to play you in a film about your life? Denzel Washington Career high point so far? Playing at the level I did, for as long as I did Career low point so far? Injuries How would you sum up your time at your last club? Not bad, not bad at all! Who’s had the biggest influence on your career? My brother What’s the best game you’ve played in? Probably in the FA Cup against Man United or Man City Who’s the best player you’ve played with? Probably Ross Barkley, Kyle Walker, Barry Bannan or Eidur Gudjohnsen Who’s the best player you’ve played against? Jaun Mata, Ander Herrera, Wayne Rooney or Frank Lampard - quite a few good ones! What’s the worst injury you’ve had in your career? Operations on my knees What is the best goal you’ve scored? One for Mansfield Town against Shrewsbury, Joe Hart was in goal, the other against Brighton for Sheffield Wednesday Do you have a pre match routine or superstition? No Who’s your best friend in football? Daniel Jones, Bradley Johnson and Adebayo Akinfenwa

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MARINERS TRUST Good afternoon and welcome to this afternoon’s game against Bolton who are pushing strongly for automatic promotion and so once again it will be a very tough game. Every week we seem to comment that our results do not reflect performances, and that was true again last week despite playing half the game with 10 men. Hopefully today, if our play deserves it, we will get our just rewards. Today we kick off early as a mark of respect to HRH Duke of Edinburgh whose funeral takes place later this afternoon. Our thoughts are with Her Majesty the Queen and all of the Royal Family. Our thoughts are also with young Town fan Adam Barber who tragically died on Monday following a freak accident. Our thoughts are with all the family and we are happy to have made a donation to his funeral costs. If you would like to donate, here is the link to Adam Barber’s funeral Just Giving page. We were delighted to see the announcement that the Club and 1878 Partners Ltd have identified a solution to the proposed change of ownership of GTFC. We commend both parties for the speed and determination to get to this following the set back last week. The Mariners Trust board have met and agreed unanimously to support both the change from PLC to Private Company and the resulting change and updating of the Articles of Association. In anticipation of questions arising from this we have put together some FAQ’s: Who are 1878 Partners Ltd? 1878 Partners Ltd is a new company set up by Jason Stockwood and Andrew Pettit each with 50% shareholding. This is the holding company that will buy the shares from John Fenty providing the resolution is agreed. Why do the Club and 1878 Partners Ltd want to change the company from a PLC to a Private Limited Company? A key reason is that under the rules of a PLC, anyone securing more than 29.9% of the shares are obliged to make a general offer to buy all other shares. This is not the case with a private limited company. What are the other differences between Public and Private Companies? The other key difference is that a public company has more administration and regulatory rules to adhere to, particularly around the detail of accounts that must be made public. The key reason a company would want to be public would be to raise capital by having shares openly on sale to

the public. With the company being private it will be much simpler to operate. Does this mean we will get less information? In some circumstances this could be case with the detail of the accounts filed at Companies House much less for a private company than a public company. We do not, however, believe this will be the case for us with 1878 Partners Ltd committing to operate in a very transparent manner. How many votes are needed for the proposal to be sanctioned? For this proposal to be accepted 75% of votes cast must be in favour. As this is a poll vote, votes are counted according to value, and so for instance, if everyone voted then the Trust vote would count as 13.5% (our current shareholding). The Trust have mentioned previously about a members vote to decide about the offer from the consortium to buy the Trust shareholding in GTFC. Will this still happen? If the company was to remain public then 1878 Partners would be obliged to offer to buy our shares and this would have been a decision for members. If the company moves to a private limited company, a vote would no longer be needed as there is no obligation to offer to buy our shares. Why isn’t there a members vote to decide if the Trust proxy vote will be for/against the resolutions? As a board we are unanimous that we should vote for the resolutions presented. We know the overwhelming wish of members and other supporters is to help facilitate the takeover. So we do not think that a vote is necessary. I have got some shares of my own, what happens to them? You will remain as a shareholder. There is a provision that 1878 Partners have included in the notice to shareholders, which enables you to contact the club at philip@gtfc.co.uk if you wish to sell your shares. This offer is done without obligation, on a non legal binding basis, and is aimed at those with small share holdings. Will I still be able to buy shares in the future? Shares will not be on general sale in the future. Any share dealings would be on a private basis and so any purchases would

be for existing shares. Please also note sales are currently suspended while the voting process takes place. The document to shareholders mentions Tag Along, what does that mean? This has been included by 1878 Partners so that, if in the future they agree to sell on to new owners, the other shares in the company will “tag along” and the new owners would have to offer to buy them as well. This provides some security to those that are worried they will never be able to sell their shares in the future. The Trust statement mentions a B Corp, what is that? In the new Articles of Association, 1878 Partners have included a commitment for B Corporation Certification. This commits to operating the business for the benefit of the members as a whole and to have a material positive impact on the local community and the environment. This is something we are very keen to be involved with as it fits extremely well with our own values. More information on B Corp can be found here. Will there still be an AGM each year? Having an annual AGM is obligatory for public limited companies but not for private limited companies. 1878 Partners will decide if these will continue but, as we have already said, we have no worries at all about transparency to shareholders and supporters. Will the Trust retain the two board places? Yes - in all the discussions we have had, the two board places will remain. 1878 Partners are very keen to work with the fans and will be consulting as much as possible, starting with a fans survey soon after the takeover is complete. What happens next if the resolution is agreed at the EGM? Once agreed, 1878 Partners Ltd will immediately buy John Fenty’s shares and following that they will join the board with John stepping down at the same time. Jason will be appointed Chairman for a fixed 3 year term. Any other questions please email us enquiries@marinerstrust.co.uk. We intend to hold an open zoom meeting on this on Wednesday 21st April starting at 6.30pm. Please email us if you would like to join in and we will send you the access code.

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NORTHERN YOUTH ALLIANCE CUP FINAL

Neil Woods’ youngsters slipped to a 3-1 defeat in the Northern Youth Alliance Cup Final at Blundell Park. Both teams made a bright start to the game but Adlard twice went close for The Mariners before Rochdale opened the scoring after a corner was flicked on and smashed home at the back post. Dale nearly doubled their lead after a string of poor clearances led to them hitting the bar from close range. HARVE Y TOMLINSON SCORED FROM THE SPOT Towards the break, Town had a sniff at goal when Khouri’s cross aimed for Adlard resulted in some excellent last-ditch defending. Rochdale flew out of the traps in the second half and scored almost immediately after the restart with a well-taken close-range finish. With Dale leading 2-0 and in firm control, the game started to slip away from The Mariners. Rochdale added a third when an unbelievable chip from 35 yards found the top corner. It was a goal which deserved to win a cup final. Town grabbed a consolation late in the game through a Tomlinson penalty but it’s Rochdale who will now progress to the National Final. However, this was the furthest our Under 18s had reached since winning the competition 11 years ago. TOWN: Boyes, Scott, Blakeley, Davey, Smaller, Goundry, Bramwell (Potts), Khouri, Essel (Milner), Adlard, Tomlinson. SUBS: Potts, Jacobs, Stratton, Milner, Grist.

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Town made a positive start and both Adlard and Tomlinson had opportunities to open the scoring. But The Mariners did break the deadlock when Potts’ free kick was headed home by Smaller just after half an hour. At the other end, Boyes had to make a smart save down to his left to keep Town ahead. The second half played out in a similar way to the first. County pressed high and put numerous balls in the box but the Town backline held firm. The Mariners went close to adding a second through Adlard and also Hodgson and Tomlinson forced the County keeper into making good saves. The away side put Town under lots of pressure but the youngsters defended very well as a team; blocking shots and winning important headers in their own box. TOWN: Boyes, Blakeley, Khouri, Davey, Smaller, Goundry, Tomlinson, Potts, Essel (Milner), Adlard, Hodgson (Braithwaite). SUBS: Milner, Grist, Braithwaite, Scott, Drinkell.

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Grimsby Town's fixture with Bolton Wanderers at Blundell Park this afternoon is dedicated to the work of Level Playing Field. Level Playing Field promotes a positive and inclusive experience for disabled sports fans. The key objective of the organisation is to raise awareness of good access and inclusion and how it benefits disabled fans and the wider community. Grimsby Town Football Club, along with the Education Trust and the Mariners Trust, hold several activities throughout the year to promote community cohesion.

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Adie Merrikin, Town’s equality, diversity and disability officer said: “We have worked extremely hard behind-the-scenes this year, we have ensured that all parts of the football club are working together to stride towards a better understanding of our community. We are fully aware of the importance of the football club in our community and our staff work tirelessly around the clock to provide the best possible service. We can’t wait for our fans to return to stadiums up and down the country as we have missed them greatly.”

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Hugely experienced goalkeeper Matt Gilks has been one of Bolton’s unexpected stars this season. After joining in the summer to work closely with his former teammate Ian Evatt and transition into a goalkeeping coach, the 38-yearold has become a regular since he was selected back in November. During his time as Bolton’s number one, The Trotters have emerged as promotion candidates. Gilks has played in excess of 500 games during his career, including 197 for his hometown club Rochdale and 200 for Blackpool - the team he won promotion to the Premier League with under Ian Holloway. While playing in the Premier League, Gilks was capped by Scotland and had spells with Burnley and Rangers. Over the last few seasons, the stopper has mainly been a squad player at his previous clubs. However, Gilks is said to have “fallen in love with the game all over again” at Bolton and looks set to play on for the foreseeable future at least.

Arguably one of Bolton’s most consistent performers this season has been Alex Baptiste. The veteran defender re-joined The Trotters in the summer after featuring six years ago during the 2013-14 campaign. The 35-year-old is a former teammate of boss Evatt, with the pair forming a great partnership while together at Blackpool under Ian Holloway; and his old pal has been able to get the best of the experienced defender with his performances being likened to Italy and AC Milan legend Paolo Maldini! Baptiste began his career with Mansfield Town and played close to 200 games for The Stags before signing for Blackpool. In five years at Bloomfield Road, he won promotion to the Premier League, played in the top flight and clocked up just shy of 200 games for the club. Since his days with The Tangerines, Baptiste has turned out for a number of Championship clubs and looked to be coming to the end of his career after rarely featuring for Doncaster Rovers last term. However, after winning over the fans and impressing his former teammate-turned-boss, Baptise, like Gilks, could be a Trotter for a while longer.

Eoin Doyle is having another memorable season in League Two. The 33-year-old has so far notched 17 goals this term following his move in the summer from Swindon Town. Doyle top-scored for The Robins last season with 25 goals as they won the League Two title but chose the switch to Lancashire so he could be closer to his family home. The Dublin-born striker began his career in Ireland and his form at Sligo Rovers earned him a move to Hibernian. After a couple of years in the SPL, he joined Chesterfield and enjoyed a red-hot goalscoring streak during 2014-15 which earned him a big money move to Cardiff City. Despite being a regular under Russell Slade initially, he fell down the pecking order and joined Preston North End on-loan before signing permanently. The Irishman didn’t feature much at Deepdale though and spent time on loan at Portsmouth and Oldham Athletic prior to a two-year spell at Bradford City and later Swindon Town. Doyle is one of the best finishers in the lower leagues, so the Town defence will need to keep him quiet this afternoon.

Career: Rochdale, Norwich City, Blackpool, Shrewsbury Town (Loan), Burnley, Rangers, Wigan Athletic, Scunthorpe United, Lincoln City, Fleetwood Town.

Career: Mansfield Town, Tamworth (Loan), Burton Albion (Loan), Blackpool, Bolton Wanderers, Blackburn Rovers (Loan), Middlesbrough, Sheffield United (Loan), Preston N.E. (Loan), QPR, Luton Town (Loan), Doncaster Rovers.

Career: Shelbourne, Shamrock Rovers, Sligo Rovers, Hibernian, Chesterfield, Cardiff City, Preston N.E. (Loan), Preston N.E, Portsmouth (Loan), Oldham Athletic (Loan), Bradford City, Swindon Town (Loan), Swindon Town.

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Fleetwood Town

Gethin JONES

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Carlisle United

MJ WILLIAMS

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Blackpool

Ricardo SANTOS

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Barnet

Ryan DELANEY

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Rochdale

Nathan DELFOUNESO

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Blackpool

Brandon COMLEY

Midfielder

Colchester United

Eoin DOYLE

Forward

Swindon Town

Antoni SARCEVIC

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Plymouth Argyle

Matt GILKS

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Fleetwood Town

Reiss GREENIDGE

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Stoke City

Alex BAPTISTE

Defender

Doncaster Rovers

Declan JOHN

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Swansea City

Kieran LEE

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Sheffield Wednesday

Dapo AFOLAYAN

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West Ham United

Zachary ELBOUZEDI

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Lincoln City

Ben JACKSON

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Huddersfield Town

Adam SENIOR

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Trainee

Sonny GRAHAM

Midfielder

Trainee

Lukas JENSEN

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Burnley

Matthew ALEXANDER

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SIX

OF THE BEST

vs BOLTON By John Kirk

Back at the dawn of time, when I thought it was OK to have a very temporary second team, I have to admit that it was Bolton Wanderers. OK, just for the one match, the 1958 FA Cup Final against Manchester United. Two Nat Lofthouse goals, the second when he barged Harry Gregg into the net saw them safely pick up the trophy. But first to our own FA Cup game and goalkeeping controversy…

1897 – FA CUP, FA CUP REPLAY AND FA CUP SECOND REPLAY: 0-0, 3-3, 2-3

In the previous close season, Town sold star keeper James Whitehouse for a record £200, and picked up Tom Cain for a not-inconsiderable £20. He lasted two games before being dropped and never seen in the Town goal ever again. His place was taken by “Nune” Wallace from Attercliffe. Nune had failed to star in the Attercliffe goal when Town buried EIGHT goals past him in 1894, but here he was in Grimsby and given the regular keeper’s jersey. That season, we were straight into the FA Cup “proper” rounds, and drawn against Bolton. The match at Abbey Park ended goalless, the game at Burnden Park ended 3-3 with Town goals from Rogers, Bell and Tommy McCairns, and so to the neutral Bramall Lane for the decider. Minutes from the end, Town were leading 2-1 via a Harry Fletcher strike and an own goal. But in the final few minutes, Wallace let in two very simple goals. He had always been known for erratic keeping, but there were allegations of him having taken a bung – never proven one way nor the other, and that was the last time he played for the Mariners. In the next match his place between the sticks was taken by Edwin Daw for his second and final game! For the last six games of the season

GRIMSBY TOWN 1901-02

George Hardie went in goal – and that proved to be his only games for Town! Four keepers, all seeing the start and the end of their Town career in a single season. That has to be a record?

TOWN 4-1 BOLTON 1ST FEBRUARY 1902

Bolton were of course one of the original founders of the Football League in 1888, four years before Town helped initiate the Second Division. The clubs had met in Division 2, in 1899-1900, but Bolton were promoted that year in second place, and then Town won the championship of Division 2 to gain their first experience of top-flight football, so the home win against such established elite as Bolton at Blundell Park by 4 goals to 1 was some achievement for our unfashionable club. Inside right Duncan Ronaldson did the damage with a brace whilst the others were added by “Cockles” Appleyard and “Happy” Nelmes. Town won by the same score in February 1931, also in the top division, in front of an unbelievably low crowd of 5,741 one of their lowest ever in the top flight. To be fair, the game was on a Tuesday afternoon in the middle of a bitter winter, and three days after they had lost at Everton in front of the biggest gate they had performed in front of up to that point (65,500).

1960 AND 1965 - LEAGUE CUP: 2-6 AND 4-2

Town fans will all know that our very first League Cup game was against the Trotters at Burnden Park when we were hammered (you’ll see what I did there in a minute!) 6-2, with Ron Rafferty scoring our first ever goal in that competition, and then doubling up for good luck! Four seasons later, and we were facing Bolton again in the League Cup, this time gaining revenge for that first game with a 4-2 victory. Rod Green (2), Ron Foster and Bobby Ross ensured a Town RON RAFFERTY victory, which then brought us up against Preston who were efficiently dealt with 4-0 with a Matt Tees hat-trick and the other from Ron Foster. That, in turn, brought us up against England’s World Cup Squad, or at least a significant part of it, playing for the Hammers (there you go – did you spot it coming?). In front of over 16,000, the teams couldn’t be separated, finishing 2-2, with our goals coming from Tees and Green. We did finally lose 0-1 at the Boleyn ground but hey – Germany – you’d have been chuffed with that! But did the Hammers goal cross the line? You can never be sure of these things.

TOWN 1-0 BOLTON 25TH SEPTEMBER 1982

The significant point about this game is that it is Town’s last victory against today’s opponents! After almost 40 years, I think we’re due another! Bob Cumming scored the match’s only goal.

TOWN 4-0 BOLTON JANUARY 1981

We had come up the previous season as Champions of Division 3, which had itself been our first season there after coming up from the fourth. We were going great guns, and seriously threatening a third straight promotion under the magical George Kerr. Town were in the middle of a nineteen game run where there was just one defeat… and that wasn’t to Bolton! Drinkell (2), Bobby Cummings, and Joey Waters cracked in the four goals with no KEVIN DRINKELL response, in front of 9,300 fans. Nine games later, we were up in 3rd spot, and playing in front of 12,000 home fans. 12,000, when we were on the verge of promotion to the top division!

BOBBY CUMMING

BOLTON 0-0 TOWN 2ND MAY 1983

Someone operating the big football computer in the sky must have been having a laugh when Town fixtures were announced. It turned out that the last three matches – Bolton, Burnley and QPR were to be against the eventual bottom two clubs, and the champions (QPR). Town were in a desperate situation themselves, but three draws – the one mentioned against Bolton, followed by a 1-1 draw against Burnley (Drinkell) and a final 1-1 draw with QPR (Cummings) was sufficient for us to be safe and the Lancashire rivals to go down to the third tier. Remember - the only way is up!

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AIDAN DAVISON Davison may have been the man between the sticks when Town claimed a famous double in 1997-98, but he also had four years as a Trotter. Davison began his career in Newcastle United’s youth team in the late 1980s but after failing to earn a professional deal at St James’ Park, he signed for local non league club Billingham Synthonia. The young goalkeeper’s performances in the Northern League alerted the attention of many scouts and during the 1987-88 campaign he signed for Notts County. However, he only managed a single appearance for The Magpie’s during his two years at Meadow Lane before signing for Bury following a brief loan spell in 1989. The stopper, who’d just turned 21, also struggled to break through at Gigg Lane and spent time out on loan at Chester City and Blackpool ahead of joining Millwall, who became his sixth club in just three years. Luckily for Davison, he became a regular for Millwall between 91-93 and his performances even earned him the player of the year award.

Rather ironically, Davison signed for The Mariners (the team he’d help to relegate) ahead of the 1997-98 campaign and enjoyed arguably the best season of his career. The Town faithful got to see the goalkeeper right at the top of his game, as his stoicism and maturity helped make Alan Buckley’s defence one of the meanest in the whole of England. Though rarely called upon to make spectacular saves, Davison was a fantastic talker and had the knack of being able to anticipate what second division attackers were going to do before they even did! He began the 1998-99 season in equally fine form and was one of the main reasons why Town were mounting a serious play-off push in the First Division at one stage. However, with his contract up in the summer and a number of bigger clubs chasing his signature, the keeper didn’t feature too often during the second half of the season and Town’s promotion hopes began to fade. Coincidence?

In the summer of 1991, Davison was signed by Bolton Wanderers for £125k. Bruce Rioch, his old Millwall boss, brought him to the club to compete with Keith Branagan for the number one jersey at Burden Park. Over the next four seasons, Davison did exactly that, although he did spend a lot of time on the bench with Branagan often preferred. Bolton won promotion to the Premier League in 1995 and he made a handful of top-flight appearances as Wanderers finished bottom of the league. During his final year with the Lancashire club, Davison became a Northern Ireland international and featured in games against Sweden and Thailand and had spells on loan at Ipswich Town and Hull City before joining Bradford City on a free transfer in March 1997. The Bantams were deeply embroiled in a relegation battle at the time (with The Mariners) and he featured in 10 games for the West Yorkshire club as they successfully beat the drop.

Davison signed for Sheffield United on a Bosman but after just six months at Bramall Lane he re-joined Bradford City who’d recently been promoted to the Premier League. In three years at Valley Parade, he made almost 50 appearances before returning to Blundell Park for the ill-fated 2003-04 campaign and struggling with injury for the majority of it. After Town’s relegation, he moved to Colchester United and helped The U’s win promotion to the Championship in 2006 a couple of years before hanging up his gloves. Although Davison won’t ever be considered in the same league as Tweedy, Wainman or Batch, the 30 clean sheets he kept in the 1997-98 campaign still make him one of the best to don the number one jersey.

Programme editor Jack Johnson recalls the events which led to him attending his first Mariners game on 13th August 1994, an exciting 3-3 draw against Bolton Wanderers at Blundell Park.

was already aware of Grimsby Town long before I watched my first proper game. I’d been to a floodlit reserve game with my brother (to test the water) in the very early 90s and I have a memory of peering out the front room window at 5pm on a Saturday and watching what seemed like thousands of people walk down Grimsby Road. In this memory, I can still hear someone announcing the final scores on Grandstand as I try to pick out the silhouette of my brother who’d been at the game. My brother was 20 years older than me and was already a bit of a BP vetran by the time the 1994-95 season came around. He’d seen the promotions under Newman, Kerr and Buckley and travelled all over the country watching The Mariners. By the summer of 1994, he was clearly at peace with giving up his usual Saturday routine to take his little brother with him. Back then, Town offered a free junior season ticket with every full paying adult in the Main Stand. It was a great way of getting the next generation of fans hooked without fleecing parents or designated guardians in the process. Without that offer, perhaps I wouldn’t have become a Town fan? I remember attending the pre-season photocall day at Blundell Park the Sunday before the start of the season to get a look at the ground in the daylight and see the players I’d be cheering on from the stands. I have no recollection of how it happened, but somehow I ended up giving my thoughts on team affairs to Alan Buckley during a Radio Humberside recording. What I said when the microphone was thrust in front of me, I’ll never know. But I don’t even remember being made to feel silly by Buckley or the journalist. They obviously took the innocent advice of a six-and-a-half-year-old with the good grace the situation deserved. Afterwards I posed for a few photos around the ground and got an autograph from my adopted new favourite player, Jim Dobbin. To this day I don’t know why I picked Dobbin as my favourite player. Maybe he was the one who seemed most approachable? The night before the first game of the season, I remember being told that I’d be able to get a complimentary Wagon Wheel on the way into the ground thanks to a campaign the Grimsby Telegraph was offering. Much to my brother’s dismay, I honestly think I was a lot more excited for that than the game itself against a team I’d just learned the name of. Bolton Wanderers. On 13th August 1994, I walked with my brother down Grimsby Road to Blundell Park on a matchday for the very first time. Little did I know it would be a journey we’d make together hundreds of times over the next decade or so. Down Fuller Street, past the identical terrace houses that seemed to stretch on forever, and then on to Harrington Street where we came across a programme seller near the Main Stand

turnstiles. My brother purchased two programmes, one for me and one for him. I knew what programmes were because I’d seen his collection (under supervision, of course), so I was pretty excited to have one of my own. After being allowed to have a look at the cover and a quick flick through, he put my programme with his in a safe part of his coat. He’d already explained to me that it was good to get a programme from each game I attend because in the future I’d be able to look back and know which ones I went to and sometimes remember details of the game or occasion as well. How right he was. But I doubt he expected his little blonde haired six-year-old brother would go on to become editor of that programme. My memory of the game itself is pretty sketchy. I can remember being aware of how vivid my surroundings were though. The sun was beaming down on the action, which made the grass that shade of green that you only ever see at the beginning of a new season, and there were so many colours coming from the spectators in the crowd. Being a warm and sunny August afternoon in the 90s, there would have been plenty of eye-catching t-shirts and jackets on show. Something which also left an impression on me were the Bolton fans there were so many of the crammed into the Osmond Stand and I remember them being so loud. Every time Bolton scored, the away end exploded with joy and few overzealous supporters even scrambled onto the pitch to celebrate in front of Paul Crichton. In some ways, it seemed more exciting when they scored than when we did! For those who don’t know, the game ended up being a pulsating 3-3 draw and Clive Mendonca claimed an impressive hat-trick. In terms of a first game to go to, it certainly wasn’t a bad one! I kept returning to Blundell Park for the rest of the season and I remember snippets from the games I saw. Flashes of play that happened in front of me, goals which caused inexplicable mayhem and certain things that supporters around me said and did. By the final few games of the season, I’d obviously shown enough interest (and not missed too many games favouring trips to the cinema or a school friend’s birthday party at Fantasy World) to warrant me going to an away game as well. Almost 27 years have passed since then and I can’t wait to walk down Grimsby Road on a matchday, buy a programme from a seller outside the ground and watch a game of football at Blundell Park again. The next time I do it though, maybe I will be the one taking the next generation of Mariners supporters with me, just as my brother did in 1994? All we need now is the Grimsby Telegraph to do another Wagon Wheel promotional giveaway…

CLIVE MENDONCA

PAUL FUTCHER

THE SUN WAS BEAMING DOWN ON THE ACTION, WHICH MADE THE GRASS THAT SHADE OF GREEN THAT YOU ONLY EVER SEE AT THE BEGINNING OF A NEW SEASON

TOWN TAKE ON BOLTON IN AUGUST 1994

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H A H H A H H A H

L2 L2 L2 L2 L2 L2 L2 L2 L2

1-4 1-2 0-2 1-1 1-3 1-0 1-2 1-3 0-0

BCD 654 BCD BCD 2,000 BCD BCD BCD BCD

18 20 20 20 20 19 20 22 22

McKeown McKeown Russell Russell Russell McKeown McKeown McKeown Russell

Hendrie Hendrie Hendrie Clifton Hendrie Hendrie Hendrie Hendrie Hendrie

Preston Preston Clifton Preston Preston Preston Preston Preston Preston

Waterfall Waterfall Waterfall Waterfall Waterfall Hewitt Waterfall Waterfall Waterfall

Idehen Pollock Pollock Pollock Pollock Pollock Hewitt Pollock Pollock

Cambridge United Port Vale Southend United Scunthorpe United Stevenage

H A H A H

L2 L2 L2 L2 L2

1-2 0-3 0-0 0-3 1-2

BCD BCD BCD BCD BCD

23 23 23 23 23

Russell McKeown McKeown McKeown McKeown

Hendrie Hendrie Hendrie Hendrie Hendrie

Preston Preston Habergham Habergham Habergham

Waterfall Waterfall Waterfall Menayese Menayese

Pollock Pollock Pollock Pollock Waterfall

A H A

L2 L2 L2

0-1 2-1 0-1

BCD 23 BCD 23 BCD 24

Eastwood Eastwood Eastwood

Hewitt Hewitt Hewitt

Bunney Bunney Hendrie

Menayese Menayese Menayese

Waterfall Waterfall Waterfall

Leyton Orient Forest Green Rovers Carlisle United Colchester United Tranmere Rovers Mansfield Town Barrow Walsall

H H A H H A A H

L2 L2 L2 L2 L2 L2 L2 L2

0-1 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-0 2-2 1-0 1-1

BCD BCD BCD BCD BCD BCD BCD BCD

24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24

Eastwood Eastwood Eastwood McKeown McKeown McKeown McKeown McKeown

Hewitt Hendrie Hendrie Hendrie Hendrie Hendrie Hendrie Hendrie

Bunney Habergham Habergham Clifton Clifton Clifton Clifton Clifton

Menayese Menayese Menayese Menayese Menayese Waterfall Menayese Menayese

Waterfall Hewitt Hewitt Hewitt Hewitt Hewitt Hewitt Hewitt

Salford City Cheltenham Town Bradford City Bolton Wanderers Morecambe Oldham Athletic Exeter City

A H A H H A A

L2 L2 L2 L2 L2 L2 L2

1-1 1-1 0-1 12:30 19:00 15:00 19:00

BCD 24 BCD 24 BCD 24

McKeown McKeown McKeown

Hendrie Hendrie Hendrie

Clifton Habergham Habergham

Menayese Menayese Menayese

Hewitt Hewitt Hewitt

Port Vale Cambridge United

H A

L2 L2

15:00 15:00

SEPTEMBER

COMP RES

ATT POS STARTING XI

OCTOBER Sat 10 Tue 13 Sat 17 Tue 20 Sat 24 Tue 27 Sat 31

NOVEMBER Tue 3 Sat 7 Tue 10 Tue 17 Sat 21 Tue 24

DECEMBER

Tue 1 Sat 5 Tue 8 Sat 12 Tue 15 Sat 19 Tue 22 Sat 26 Tue 29

JANUARY Sat 2 Sat 9 Sat 16 Sat 23 Sat 30

FEBRUARY Sat 6 Newport County Tue 23 Crawley Town Sat 27 Harrogate Town

MARCH

Tue 2 Sat 6 Tue 9 Sat 13 Wed 17 Sat 20 Tue 23 Sat 27

APRIL Fri 2 Mon 5 Sat 10 Sat 17 Tue 20 Sat 24 Tue 27

MAY

Sat 1 Sat 8

*lost 3-4 on penalties, ^won 5-4 on penalties

WLEY TOWN FC CRA WEST

SSEX

NOLI CEDERE

USED SUBSTITUTES Scannell Hope Scannell Taylor

Hewitt Taylor Williams Clifton

Rose Clifton Taylor Tilley

Williams Spokes Rose Edwards

Tilley Edwards Edwards Williams

Green Gibson Green Green

Khouri, Edwards, Gibson Khouri, Boyd, Jackson Jr Boyd, Gibson, Tilley Gibson, Mohsni, Starbuck

Pollock Preston Pollock Pollock Taylor Preston Preston

Taylor Clifton Taylor Tilley Morton Taylor Bennett

Rose Morton Rose Spokes Clifton Morton Taylor

Williams Tilley Williams Morton Tilley Tilley Rose

Windsor Edwards Windsor Edwards Williams Windsor Green

Green Gibson Green Gibson Windsor Hanson Windsor

Edwards, Gibson, Scannell Windsor, Idehen, Hanson Morton, Edwards, Gibson Bennett, Gomis, Hanson Hanson, Starbuck, Green Gibson, Gomis, Green Gomis, Hanson, Gibson

Taylor Clifton Preston Preston Edwards Hewitt

Bennett Rose Rose Rose Williams Rose

Rose Morton Morton Spokes Taylor Wright

Windsor Windsor Scannell Scannell Rose Scannell

Wright Bennett Williams Bennett Gibson Edwards

Gibson Green Gibson Green Windsor Green

Williams, Morton, Preston Williams, Gibson, Scannell Jackson Jr, Gomis, Spokes Edwards, Sisay, Williams Preston, Hewitt, Green, Wright, Scannell Clifton, Gomis, Adlard, Starbuck

Clifton Hewitt Taylor Hewitt Clifton Morais Morais Morais Morais

Rose Rose Rose Bennett Edwards Bennett Bennett Bennett Edwards

Hewitt Edwards Hewitt Rose Hewitt Clifton Clifton Clifton Hewitt

Scannell Scannell Edwards Taylor Rose Spokes Spokes Hewitt Rose

Edwards Bennett Bennett Windsor Windsor Gibson Gibson Green Williams

Green Windsor Gibson Williams Jackson Jr Jackson Jr Jackson Jr Jackson Jr Green

Pollock, Bennett, Gomis, Adlard, Taylor Williams, Gibson, Taylor Windsor, Williams, Starbuck, Morton Edwards, Morais, Gibson, Jackson Jr, Tilley Morais, Tilley, Gibson, Bennett, Sisay Edwards, Green, Tilley, Starbuck Green, Edwards, Tilley, Rose, Starbuck Gibson, Edwards, Tilley, Williams Tilley, Clifton, Jackson Jr

Morais Morais Wright Wright Pollock

Bennett Bennett Preston Preston Rose

Hewitt Hewitt Hewitt Hewitt Matete

Rose Rose Spokes Matete El Mizouni

Tilley Clifton Williams Green Jackson Jr

Green Green Green Hanson Hanson

Gibson, Clifton, Jackson Jr, Williams Habergham, Williams, Gibson, Wright Hanson, Jackson Jr, Scannell Williams, Spokes, Rose, Scannell, Jackson Jr Payne, Preston, Spokes

Adams Morais Pollock

Clifton Rose Coke

Matete Matete Matete

El Mizouni El Mizouni El Mizouni

Payne Adams Payne

Hanson Payne Hanson

Lamy, John-Lewis Hanson, John-Lewis, Coke, Hendrie John-Lewis, Morais, Adams

Morais Morais Morais Morais Morais Lamy Spokes Spokes

Rose Coke Coke Coke Coke Coke Rose Coke

Matete Matete Matete Matete Matete Matete Matete Matete

El Mizouni El Mizouni Lamy Lamy Lamy Jackson Jr Payne Payne

Adams John-Lewis John-Lewis John-Lewis John-Lewis John-Lewis John-Lewis John-Lewis

Payne Hanson Hanson Hanson Hanson Payne Hanson Hanson

Hanson, John-Lewis, Lamy Bunney, Green, Payne Bunney, Clifton, Waterfall, Green Payne, Adams, Jackson Jr Jackson Jr Williams, Spokes, Green, Adams Coke, Green Rose, Williams, Jackson Jr

Lamy Waterfall Morais

Coke Clifton Coke

Matete Matete Matete

Payne Payne Williams

John-Lewis John-Lewis Payne

Hanson Hanson Hanson

Habergham, Green, Spokes Coke, Green Waterfall, John-Lewis, Clifton, Spokes, Lamy

2020-21 PLAYER STATS James McKEOWN Luke HENDRIE Joe BUNNEY Danny ROSE Luke WATERFALL Matt GREEN Giles COKE James HANSON George WILLIAMS Sean SCANNELL Montel GIBSON Ollie BATTERSBY Luke SPOKES Harry CLIFTON Ira JACKSON JR Alhagi TOURAY SISAY Filipe MORAIS Max WRIGHT Jay MATETE Lenell JOHN-LEWIS Elliott HEWITT Sam RUSSELL Mattie POLLOCK Rollin MENAYESE Joseph STARBUCK Evan KHOURI Duncan IDEHEN Luis ADLARD Louis BOYD Sam HABERGHAM Kyle BENNETT Idris EL MIZOUNI Ben DAVIES Stefan PAYNE Julien LAMY Jake EASTWOOD Bilel MOHSNI Ludvig OHMAN Owen WINDSOR Owura EDWARDS James MORTON Virgil GOMIS Terry TAYLOR James TILLEY Danny PRESTON Joey HOPE Joe ADAMS

GTFC CAREER APPS GLS 483 118 5 5 26 66 4 62 6 12 53 11 23 2 12 23 3 1 14 1 118 5 16 2 2 16 1 41 3 16 121 33 60 1 17 57 4 15 9 2 8 3 2 1 9 15 6 63 3 13 1 8 6 1 36 1 13 2 20 1 9 6 14 25 2 29 1 6 1

SAM HABERGHAM RETURNED TO THE STARTING XI IN TOWN’S LAST TWO GAMES

SKY BET LEAGUE TWO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

WLEY TOWN FC CRA WEST

SSEX

NOLI CEDERE

Cheltenham Town Cambridge United Bolton Wanderers Morecambe Tranmere Rovers Newport County Forest Green Rovers Exeter City Carlisle United Salford City Leyton Orient Bradford City Crawley Town Port Vale Stevenage Oldham Athletic Harrogate Town Walsall Scunthorpe United Barrow Mansfield Town Colchester United Southend United Grimsby Town

P 40 41 41 41 41 40 40 40 40 40 41 40 41 41 41 41 41 41 40 40 41 41 41 40

W 21 21 20 19 18 17 17 16 17 15 16 16 15 15 12 14 14 10 13 12 9 8 8 7

D 9 8 10 9 11 11 11 12 8 13 10 10 11 8 17 9 8 19 8 10 19 17 13 13

L 10 12 11 13 12 12 12 12 15 12 15 14 15 18 12 18 19 12 19 18 13 16 20 20

F 54 61 51 58 52 49 51 65 55 46 46 46 51 53 36 64 43 42 39 49 46 39 24 30

A 35 41 45 54 48 40 46 46 46 33 43 45 53 52 36 68 48 47 51 51 52 59 53 58

GD 19 20 6 4 4 9 5 19 9 13 3 1 -2 1 0 -4 -5 -5 -12 -2 -6 -20 -29 -28

PTS 72 71 70 66 65 62 62 60 59 58 58 58 56 53 53 51 50 49 47 46 46 41 37 34

TUESDAY 13TH APRIL

RESULTS & FIXTURES

01 02 03 04 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 26 29 31 32 33 34 36 37 38 39 40 42 44 -

2020-21 TOTAL APPS SUB GLS 32 35 1 2 3 2 23 3 31 2 1 16 11 2 9 3 14 7 2 12 11 2 7 5 9 14 3 1 8 6 1 26 5 2 6 10 2 2 13 3 1 6 2 1 16 9 5 3 32 1 1 6 26 1 4 15 2 6 2 7 1 2 2 1 7 2 12 3 6 10 3 1 5 3 6 1 6 11 2 2 12 8 1 6 3 6 12 2 8 7 2 26 3 1 3 3 1

Barrow 2-1 Exeter City Bradford City 0-2 Crawley Town Harrogate Town 2-2 Leyton Orient Morecambe 4-1 Scunthorpe United Newport County 0-0 Carlisle United Salford City 0-1 Bolton Wanderers Walsall 1-0 Tranmere Rovers

FRIDAY 16TH APRIL

Crawley Town v Cheltenham Town

SATURDAY 17TH APRIL

Carlisle United v Port Vale Colchester United v Walsall Exeter City v Southend United Forest Green Rovers v Scunthorpe United Grimsby Town v Bolton Wanderers Harrogate Town v Bradford City Leyton Orient v Barrow Morecambe v Oldham Athletic Newport County v Cambridge United Stevenage v Mansfield Town Tranmere Rovers v Salford City

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OFFICIAL CLUB SPONSORS of

THE MARINERS

LAST LINE-UPS STARTING XI vs BRADFORD CITY (A) 10.04.2021 L 0-1 09

40 10 18 36

26 01

01 02 22 26 36 18 20 08 10 40 09

James McKeown Luke Hendrie Elliott Hewitt Rollin Menayese Sam Habergham Filipe Morais Jay Matete Giles Coke George Williams Stefan Payne James Hanson

STARTING XI vs SALFORD CITY (A) 13.04.2021 W 1-0 09 30

25 29

13 02 05 27 28 04 29 23 25 30 09

Matthew Gilks Gethin Jones Ricardo Almeida Santos Alex Baptiste Declan John Jordan Williams Kieran Lee Lloyd Isgrove George Thomason Oladapo Afolayan Eoin Doyle

MATCH OFFICIALS REFEREE:

Carl Brook

ASSISTANT:

Anthony Da Costa

ASSISTANT:

Stephen Wade

FOURTH OFFICIAL:

Charles Breakspear