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ello to everyone tuning in for our final home game of the season against Port Vale. I wanted to be going into this fixture still with a chance of avoiding relegation, but unfortunately that isn’t the case after our defeat at Exeter in midweek.

I think there was a moment after Jay Matete had put us in front that it looked like we might get the victory to keep us in the fight, but Jay’s red card, just a few minutes after the goal, completely changed the entire situation for us. At the final whistle, I’m sure our supporters could tell exactly how the players felt. With many it was written all over their faces and there for all to see. Understandably the dressing room was a very sombre place and it was a long journey home.

We’ll all have opinions on why we have been relegated. But let’s not kid ourselves, we haven’t been relegated because of a 3-2 defeat at Exeter. We were in a perilous situation when I took charge in January, in truth, the month that really damaged our chances was that first one. We had a lot of games against teams in and around us and we only managed to pick up a single point. While we’ll never know for DESPITE THE PAIN WE WILL certain, I believe that if I had the ALL BE FEELING NOW, I’M ALSO fully-fit squad that I’ve finished EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE FOR the season with, we would have GRIMSBY TOWN FC stayed up. I feel very sorry for this group of players because I feel that if we’d had a bit more time together, we’d have done enough. I can’t be too critical of the players and I commend the fight they have shown. However, ultimately we have collectively suffered a relegation and a major disappointment.

Although fans haven’t been at the games, we know just how much support there has been for the lads, and I would like to thank you all for that. Despite the pain we will all be feeling now, I’m also excited about the future for Grimsby Town FC. I said before, I think there are lots of things that we can do better as a football club and I genuinely feel that from the conversations I’ve had, things can be different for us next season. There’s a desire from myself, Chris, the rest of the staff, Jason and Andrew to improve our football club.

It has been a difficult season, and indeed time, for many people.

I believe better times will come and I ask that we all stick together in the coming weeks, months and years and I am convinced better times will return.

UTM, Paul

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MACCA CAPTAIN’S COLUMN:

Afternoon everyone,

This has been the toughest season of my career, on and off the pitch, and all I can do is apologise that we couldn’t turn it around. This group since the gaffer came in has fought and tried but ultimately it wasn’t enough.

We didn’t do enough from day one of pre season and this club should never have been in this position and I’m so sorry it is.

Words alone aren’t enough, but I do truly believe that this club will come back stronger. Losing our fans and that connection has hurt but I know the people of this town will use it as a motivation to drive this club/town on again. This has to be the lowest point before the turn… and I believe from the people connected to the football club it will be. I’m so sorry it’s hit this point, but stick by this bloody wonderful football club. I know it will come back bigger and stronger than ever.

WORDS ALONE AREN’T ENOUGH, BUT I DO TRULY BELIEVE THAT THIS CLUB WILL COME BACK STRONGER

We will still go out fighting these next two games and that’s the way it should be.

UTM, Macca

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MATT GREEN

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

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att Green probably travelled to Oldham last weekend expecting a place on the subs bench and maybe a few minutes of action in the latter stages of the game. Instead the former Mansfield striker received a last-minute recall to the starting XI and scored the equaliser in our 2-1 victory.

It’s been a frustrating campaign for everyone, but none more so than Matt Green. After scoring in the opening day draw with Morecambe and featuring regularly in the first few weeks of the season, the 34-year-old front man has been in and out of the side and struggled to hold down a place under both Holloway and Hurst as The Mariners slipped towards relegation. In complete contrast, Green began last season - his first year at Blundell Park - full of confidence and firing on all cylinders. He formed a great early partnership with James Hanson and scored a handful of goals; a couple of them, including the one at Chelsea, being real crackers! But as Town’s form began to dip, so did Green’s and he quickly became limited to cameos from the bench as Holloway favoured Charles Vernam and Billy Clarke in attack.

Green arrived at Blundell Park almost two years ago having already played over 500 games in his career.

After notable spells with Newport, Cardiff and Oxford, the 6-foot striker enjoyed two prolific years at Mansfield Town where he helped The Stags to the Conference title.

Signed by Birmingham City, the striker suffered a serious knee injury during his first season with the Championship club which blighted his time at St Andrews. Following his release, he re-joined Mansfield and continued to find the net for The Stags before joining Lincoln City and finally Salford City prior to his move to Cleethorpes.

Green hasn’t managed to score as regularly as he used to earlier in his career, but maybe his goal last weekend could be the start of a strong end to the season for the experienced striker?

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CAREER:

Newport County, Cardiff City, Darlington (Loan), Oxford United (Loan), Torquay United, Oxford United (Loan), Oxford United, Cheltenham (Loan), Mansfield Town (Loan), Mansfield Town, Birmingham City, Mansfield Town, Lincoln City, Salford City.

20 QUESTIONS MATT GREEN

When and where were you born?

Bath, 2nd January 1987 Are you married? No Do you have kids? Yes Apart from football, what other sport do you like? Carp fishing What do you like to do in your spare time?

Bit of gardening and working on my little allotment What TV show are you watching at the moment? I’m not really a big TV show fan Which musician are you listening to a lot?

Bob Marley Best film you have watched recently?

13 Hours Who would you like to play you in a film about your life? Will Smith Career high point so far? Goal at Chelsea Career low point so far? Relegation How would you sum up your time at your last club? We won promotion so yeah it was good; successful Who’s had the biggest influence on your career? My mother What’s the best game you’ve played in?

Liverpool in the FA Cup Who’s the best player you’ve played with?

Robbie Fowler Who’s the best player you’ve played against? Tim Cahill What’s the worst injury you’ve had in your career? ACL, my cruciate What is the best goal you’ve scored? Oxford versus York in the play-offs at Wembley Do you have a pre match routine or superstition? Drink plenty of water and relax Who’s your best friend in football?

John Akinde

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MARINERS TRUST

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elcome to today’s final home game of the season against Port Vale and with relegation now confirmed we can hopefully at least finish with a victory. It is important to keep going and finish second to bottom if possible because in this strangest of seasons it is entirely possible one or more clubs could be in financial difficulty as happened to Macclesfield last season.

Although it is true that over the season teams generally finish where they deserve there is no doubt that over the last dozen or so games we have not achieved as many points as the displays have merited and when we have needed the rub of the green it has not been there. Many of these games have been against teams in the mix for promotion and, with the exception of the Morecambe game, we have more than matched our opponents and it just shows how fine the margins are between winning and losing. Tuesday night was a good example of this with a very impressive performance producing a 2-1 lead before the controversial sending off of Matete and dubious second goal for Exeter.

The reasons for the relegation quite rightly will be the subject of a lot of debate and understandably supporters are upset and angry. All we would ask is that it is kept to constructive criticism, some of the online abuse that has already been seen is horrible to see. We know this just doesn’t apply to GTFC and this weekend sees all EFL clubs supporting a social media blackout to highlight the issue of racial and all other abuse on social media. We fully support this campaign and although in it’s own right it will not solve the problem it will hopefully highlight the issue and make some people think a bit more before pressing send on their phone or computer.

To make a bigger impact there needs to be more action from government and the social media providers and we know the Football Supporters Association will continue to campaign strongly on this issue which we will be right behind.

With the change of ownership taking place next week it is time to look forward and not back, with all the conversations we have had so far we are very optimistic that the future will be bright. What we would ask is that fans are patient and realistic about the pace of change, the important thing is that fans will be very much involved in whatever changes take place. The best thing we can all do is pull together and support the club in everything it does, it will certainly be exciting to see the plans unfold over the coming weeks.

The first thing to support will be 2021-22 season tickets and we know this is one of the first things that will be discussed post takeover. We expect details will be available very soon and it will be a great opportunity for the fans to show the manager, players and new owners that we are fully behind them and all in it together.

Keep the faith and UTM, The Mariners Trust Board

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The YDA is a group of volunteers and club staff dedicated to raising funds for the academy to help it’s continual improvement. As part of this we have launched the Friends of the YDA scheme which gives supporters various rewards in return for making monthly contributions.

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SCUNTHORPE UNITED U18s GRIMSBY TOWN U18s

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The Youth Team drew 1-1 with Scunthorpe United last weekend.

The Mariners fielded an even younger than usual side with both Evan Khouri and Luis Adlard away with the first team at Oldham and Neil Woods’ young guns did well against The Iron.

Town started the match well and enjoyed some good passages of play. Bramwell shot from distance but found their goalkeeper, Scott forced a good save and Milner fired HARVE Y TOMLINSON over after a good run. But Scunthorpe had the ball in the back of the net first but it was ruled out for offside. The Mariners took the lead when Markham’s long range shot was followed up by Tomlinson. However, Scunthorpe responded immediately with a powerfully struck shot from distance that beat Jacobs to make it 1-1.

Town started the second half on top with Essel and Stratton linking up well, Braithwaite passing the ball around nicely and Sims, Grist and Jacobs all looking solid at the back. Although much of the game took place in Scunthorpe’s half, the final ball was lacking for The Mariners. Scunthorpe were a threat from set pieces but neither side were able to create any clear cut chances and the game ended in a draw.

TOWN: Jacobs, Markham (Stratton), Zerboni, Bramwell, Grist, Sims, Milner, Braithwaite, Essel, Scott, Tomlinson. SUBS: Stratton, Dennis, Wilden, Hearn, Lloyd.

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Town fans will already be aware of Evan Khouri after the 18-year-old broke into Paul Hurst’s first team in recent weeks. Although a central midfielder by trade, Evan has recently proved that he’s comfortable playing on the left flank as well. He joined the club as a scholar for the 2019-20 season from West Ham United and became a regular in Neil Woods’ U18s side. This season he’s been captain of the youth team and also an ever present. Khouri is a left footed player who is very comfortable in possession and certainly doesn’t shirk a tackle! He’s made six appearances for The Mariners already and is likely to feature more before the end of the season.

JA Z GOUNDRY DEFENDER

Towering left-footed centre back Jaz Goundry joined as a scholar in the 2019-20 season from the Sheffield United Development Programme. The big defender took a while to adapt to life playing for the youth team but this season he’s been an ever-present and put in a number of commanding displays at the back.

Jaz is not only great in the air, he’s also comfortable clipping balls out of defence with his left foot. The young Yorkshireman has a fantastic attitude, loves competing and he’s already featured for the reserves multiple times. Hopefully Goundry can continue his development next season with The Mariners.

LUIS ADL ARD FORWA RD

Luis Adlard has been in the Grimsby Town academy for the best part of a decade after initially joining as an Under 9 player. This season the young forward, who can play out wide or centrally, has made three appearances for the first team and often been part of the matchday squad under both Ian Holloway and Paul Hurst. Adlard is a very athletic player and over the last two years he’s scored and assisted a lot of goals for the youth team. He was also part of Neil Woods’ Under 18s side that won the EFL North East Youth Alliance in 2018-19.

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MIDFIELDER

MIDFIELDER

01. SCOTT BROWN

10. TOM CONLON

07. DAVID WORRALL

Vale have arguably one of the best keepers in League Two in Scott Brown. The 35-year-old is a safe pair of hands between the sticks, having played well over 500 games during his career. After spells with Wolves, Welshpool Town and Bristol City, he made his debut in the EFL with Cheltenham Town in January 2006. Establishing himself as their first-choice goalkeeper, Brown played a total of 282 games for the club, including an appearance at Wembley in the 2012 League Two play-off Final. He was voted as Cheltenham Town’s Player of the Year for the 2012–13 season before moving to Scotland a year later to sign for Aberdeen.

He joined Wycombe Wanderers in July 2016 and was ever-present in his final season at the club, as Wycombe were promoted to Sky Bet League One in 2017-18. He joined Vale in 2018 and played a pivotal role during his first season in the Potteries and he swept up the end-of-season awards including Player of the Year and Players’ Player of the Year.

Tom Conlon is Vale’s club captain and current top scorer with 10 goals from 46 appearances. The midfielder is known for scoring spectacular goals - none more so than his stunning strike from inside his own half last weekend against Barrow. After being released by the Stoke City academy, he eventually turned professional at Peterborough United, where he made three appearances during 2013-14 prior to joining Stevenage on loan. Having impressed right off the bat, Conlon permanently signed for Stevenage in the January transfer window and enjoyed a breakthrough season in 2015. He scored his first professional goals in a 2-1 away win to Hartlepool United in February 2015 and over the next three seasons he made over 70 appearances for The Boro.

Conlon joined Vale in July 2018 following a successful trial and he featured heavily under John Askey.

The midfielder won the Goal of the Season award in 2018-19 for a breathtaking volley and in January this year he was appointed club captain.

Last season’s Player of Year David Worrall will no doubt be a handful for Town if he’s selected by Darrell Clarke. The hard-working attacking midfielder has been a regular for Vale since his move from Millwall back in 2017. He made his first-team debut for Bury at just 16 after progressing through the youth system and was sold to West Bromwich Albion in March 2007. With limited opportunities at the Hawthorns, the midfielder joined Accrington Stanley and Shrewsbury Town on loan before he returned to Bury - also initially on loan. Worrall helped Bury clinch promotion into League One in 2010-11 and the following season he won the club’s Player of The Year award.

He had short spells with Rotherham United and Oldham Athletic and later joined Southend where earned another promotion for his CV. A third promotion was achieved during his time at Millwall but with a year left on his contract he decided to join Vale in 2017. Since then he has showcased great ability in the wide areas and he’s become a regular under every manager he’s worked with.

Career: Bristol City, Cheltenham Town, Aberdeen, Wycombe Wanderers, Eastleigh (Loan), Cheltenham Town (Loan).

Career: Peterborough United, Stevenage (Loan), Stevenage, Billericay Town (Loan).

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142

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Wycombe Wanderers

James GIBBONS

Defender

23

107

1

Trainee

Adam CROOKES

Defender

23

58

1

Nottingham Forest

Luke JOYCE

Midfielder 33

129

1

Carlisle United

Leon LEGGE

Defender

35

118

8

Cambridge United

Nathan SMITH

Defender

25

247

15

Trainee

David WORRALL

Midfielder 30

152

15

Millwall

Tom POPE

Forward

341

115 Bury

Tom CONLON

Midfielder 25

112

14

Stevenage

Cristian MONTAÑO

Midfielder 29

137

17

Bristol Rovers

Theo ROBINSON

Forward

32

49

8

Southend United

Mark CULLEN

Forward

29

48

11

Blackpool

Kurtis GUTHRIE

Forward

28

17

1

Bradford City

Zak MILLS

Defender

28

25

2

Oldham Athletic

Shaun BRISLEY

Defender

30

41

2

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Jake TAYLOR

Midfielder 22

13

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Danny WHITEHEAD

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18

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David AMOO

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64

6

Cambridge United

Scott BURGESS

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59

4

Bury

Devante RODNEY

Forward

22

42

12

Salford City

Harry McKIRDY

Forward

24

10

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SIX

OF THE BEST

vs PORT VALE

By John Kirk

Port Vale were in the inaugural season of the Division 2, along with ourselves. The first 34 times that we met were all in Division 2!

1893 TWO WINS FOR TOWN

4-1. Less than two months later, they went a couple better at home when they ran out 6-1 winners. Of the ten goals, goal machine Tommy McCairns netted four!

The games were part of a 12 match sequence where we won 11 games. The isolated defeat was a narrow 3-2 loss against Manchester United. (No, I’ve done the topical bit already!).

The first season we played one another, Town scored a double over the Potteries side - 2-0 at Abbey Park, and 1-0 at their place. Looking at some of the sides that we beat or lost to that season through modern lenses we see doubles over Ardwick (Manchester City) and three defeats against Darwen - one of them in the FA Cup. At that rate, maybe Darwen should have initiated a European Super League? Oh, Kirky goes all topical!

TOWN 4-4 VALE 9TH APRIL 1927

By the late twenties, Town were of course playing at Blundell Park, and on this date the crowd of almost 9,000 were treated to an eight-goal thriller, with the points shared. Joe Robson was the new goal machine, with the familiar cry from the Pontoonites of “Give it to Robbo!” He slotted home two of Town’s goals that day.

1895-96 A DOUBLE AGAIN!

In front of just 300 spectators in Burslem (the club was called Burslem Port Vale at the time), on 16th November, Town ran out comfortable winners by

TOWN 1-0 VALE 3RD APRIL 1979

When John Newman’s Mariners met Vale for the first game of April, the team faced another seven games that month!

Remarkably, The Mariners went right through the month undefeated with five wins and three TONY FORD draws, as we climbed out of Division 4, and headed for an eventual flirtation with promotion to the top tier of English football two years later! Tony Ford scored the game’s only goal. A few years down the line, Tony would sign for Vale’s potteries rivals Stoke City for just £35,000 - a steal if ever there was one!

JOE ROBSON WAS THE NEW GOAL MACHINE IN 1927

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VALE 0-1 TOWN 2ND MAY 1992

Port Vale had beaten Town at BP in October, but the return was the final game of the season, with Port Vale heading down to the third tier. In a tough match the only goal of the game was a close range effort by Tommy Watson right in front of the massed Mariners fans. Tommy retired from professional football having had to undergo no fewer than FIVE cartilage operations!

TOWN 5-2 VALE 24TH AUGUST 2019

In the ‘olden days’ before the terrible virus hit all our lives, a 5-2 victory was quite something. Just over 4,000 fans were in Blundell Park to see Vale take a 13th minute lead that was pulled level by Jordan Cook seven minutes later. And so it stayed until half time, after which Town faced the Pontoon Stand. Moses Ogbu and Matt Green put Town in the driving seat, before Port Vale pulled the score back to 3-2, but a goal by Luke Waterfall in the 79th minute restored the two goal advantage and four minutes from time James Hanson brought us the fifth. Along with the same scoreline against Tranmere the previous season, this was the biggest win of Michael Jolley’s time as Town manager.

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LUKE WATERFALL RESTORES A TWO-GOAL ADVANTAGE TWO YEARS AGO

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By John Lyons, executive editor, The Football League Paper

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t’s not always easy to shake off the hangover feeling of relegation, so credit to those clubs who have bounced back at the first attempt – or are still fighting to do so.

In the Championship, Watford joined alreadypromoted Norwich in making an immediate return to the top-flight last weekend.

I watched the Hornets a couple of times under manager Vladimir Ivic in the first half of the season and it was clear that things weren’t clicking. There was a lack of sparkle in Watford’s play and it eventually cost the Serb his job, even though his side were fifth in the table.

Bringing in inexperienced boss Xisco Munoz to replace him seemed a big gamble, but the Spaniard quickly won over his players, built a real togetherness and appeared to bring a lighter mood to Vicarage Road.

XISCO MUNOZ Hull City shared the front page spotlight with Watford in our edition last weekend and you have to take your hat off to manager Grant McCann for lifting his players following their demoralising relegation from the Championship last term.

While others, notably Brentford and Swansea, faltered in the last couple of months, Watford got stronger and stronger. Clearly, they always had good players, but they needed someone at the helm who could harness that ability and get the best out of them.

Going to fellow League One promotion-chasers Lincoln and winning 2-1 was certainly a fitting way to win promotion, with influential attackers Josh Magennis and Mallik Wilks, the latter with a late penalty, sealing the deal.

It culminated in last weekend’s 1-0 home win against Millwall, which clinched promotion back to the Premier League.

“We rightly got relegated,” admitted McCann. “We went down with a whimper. But you’ve got two choices, haven’t you? You either stay under the rock and hide. Or you climb out from under it and respond. I think you saw today which way we went.

Munoz, who was thrown aloft by his jubilant players in the post-match celebrations, said: “Now is the moment for us to enjoy because we worked very hard to go up.”

Highly-rated winger Ismaila Sarr scored the early winner from the spot and clinching promotion gives the Hornets a better chance of hanging on to him. It’s going to be interesting to see how much business Munoz does over the summer in terms of bringing new players into the squad.

“I couldn’t be more proud of all the players, all the staff and everyone connected with the club.”

With the experience of relegation and promotion under their belts over the last two seasons, Hull should be stronger for it when they return to the second tier. You get the feeling the Tigers will be determined to set the record straight and sink their teeth into the challenge next term - after the promotion celebrations subside.

The nucleus of a competitive group is certainly there, but they may well need to sprinkle a little extra stardust to be able to compete with the Premier League’s big guns.

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REMEMBERING

ZHANG ENHUA

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The club were saddened to hear of the sudden passing of former loan star Zhang Enhua just a few days ago. In this feature, programme editor Jack Johnson takes a look back at the short but memorable time when the Chinese international defender was a Mariner 20 years ago.

f you saw Cristiano Ronaldo cruising down a beach in a swanky convertible or a famous WAG doing a bit of shopping somewhere along the Med, you probably wouldn’t be that surprised. After all, we tend to associate international superstars with places like Madrid and Monte Carlo. Grimsby, on the other hand, we don’t. Back in the noughties, when The Mariners were struggling to stay in the second tier, Zhang Enhua, one of the most famous footballers in Asia, had a brief spell at Blundell Park. Quite how the Chinese international’s agent managed to sell Grimsby to the five-time Jia-A League champion no one can be sure. Still, the one-time China captain signed for Town on a three-month loan deal and was an instant hit with the supporters.

Enhua began his career with his hometown club Dalian Wanda, making his debut as a 20-year-old during the 1994 season. Gradually the stocky centre-half began to establish himself at the heart of their defence and helped his side to the Jia-A League title in his first season. By the mid-90s, the defender had also become a regular in the national team as well as a key figure in the Dalian side that dominated the Chinese league with three successive league titles in ’96, ’97 and ’98.

He would have probably been the nation’s favourite player, if it weren’t for Dalian Wanda’s prolific striker Hao Haidong - the so-called ‘Chinese Alan Shearer’.

Enhua was left heartbroken when China narrowly missed out on a place in the World Cup in 1998; a 3-2 home defeat to international minnows Qatar ended any hopes of reaching the finals. The loss probably still haunts Englishman Bobby Houghton, the former Malmo boss who happened to be in charge of China at the time. Enhua, it seemed, was destined for another summer extending his trophy cabinet – but then he got a phone call from a Premiership club in England.

Whilst the whole world admired Bergkamp’s touch, Michael Owen’s frightening pace and Zidane’s bald patch, Enhua and his China teammate Fan Zhiyi had an unsuccessful trial with Southampton. Although

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neither managed to win a contract with the Saints, Fan Zhiyi somehow caught the eye of Terry Venables and he signed for Crystal Palace. It seemed as though Enhua had missed his chance to play in England, so he returned home and carried on winning more league titles for Dalian.

Two years later, Grimsby Town were in the midst of a defensive crisis. Messrs: Handyside, Smith and Raven were all spending more time on the treatment table than the training ground, so Town boss Lennie Lawrence decided to make a few phone calls and pull a few strings – It was either that or become the first club in football history to try a system without defenders.

The fans expected a rooky premiership reserve or two, what they didn’t expect was a coveted Chinese international.

After rushing through mounds of paperwork, Enhua made his Mariners debut in an impressive 2-0 win at home to Norwich City on a chilly December afternoon.

In the absence of any fit centre-halves, Zhang’s partner that game was Paul Groves. The 34-year-old midfielder slotted into the back four effortlessly. For the first time that season the club appeared to have solved their defensive problem. Over the next few weeks, inspired performances from both Zhang and Groves helped Town to unexpected victories over Preston and Portsmouth. Grimsby appeared to be turning the corner.

A couple of weeks later, Stan Ternent’s Burnley came to Blundell Park with the Mariners still floating precariously above the drop zone. Town managed to nick it 1-0, with Zhang scoring his first goal in English football after bounding in at the far post to nod home a fantastic corner from Menno Willems. His energetic goal celebration in front of the Pontoon Stand that day caught the attention of ITV producers. For the next few months the footage of him rejoicing was used in the opening credits of popular Yorkshire TV programme Goals on Sunday.

Three days later, Zhang again grabbed the headlines when another powerful header earned Grimsby a surprise point away at promotion-chasing Bolton. Until then his spell on Humberside had been a relatively lowkey affair. No one bar the people that read the local paper knew who Zhang Enhua was. Now the whole of the division was talking about the Chinese international who kept scoring for Grimsby Town. With only week’s left of the season, Enhua returned to China after his 3-month deal had come to an end and although a permanent deal was discussed, an agreement was always unlikely with the player reported to be on a hefty five-figure sum a week during his loan. However, despite being without the new fans’ favourite, Town managed to defy the odds and avoid relegation with four wins in the last seven games.

Back in China, Enhua resumed his career at parent club Dalian Shide (at the turn of the millennium, Dalian Wanda decided to change their name, for some reason) and earned himself two more

championship medals. When China qualified for the 2002 World Cup finals in Japan and South Korea, Enhua was part of their 23-man squad, but sadly he never got any game time. After the World Cup, he returned for one more season at Dalian Shide before brief spells with Tianjin Teda and South China before hanging his boots up in 2006.

Although Zhang Enhua’s spell in England was only a relatively short one, he wouldn’t have forgotten his time in North East Lincolnshire. His first child, Gary Enhua, was born in the Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby; making Gary an honorary Grimbarian. Perhaps one day Gary will go on a pilgrimage back to the place where he was born and he’ll get to hear Town fans rejoice about the time when his dad captured the imagination of Mariners supporters? He certainly captured mine.

A version of this article by Jack appeared in When Saturday Comes magazine in November 2010.

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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 Khouri Khouri Khouri Khouri

Coke Clifton Coke Coke Spokes Coke Coke

Matete Matete Matete Matete Matete Matete Matete

Payne Payne Williams Clifton Lamy Spokes Spokes

John-Lewis John-Lewis Payne John-Lewis John-Lewis John-Lewis John-Lewis

Hanson Hanson Hanson Hanson Hanson Green Green

Habergham, Green, Spokes Coke, Green Waterfall, John-Lewis, Clifton, Spokes, Lamy Spokes, Jackson Jr Waterfall, Jackson Jr Jackson Jr Habergham, Scannell, Jackson Jr

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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 487 119 5 5 26 69 4 64 7 15 55 11 23 2 13 23 3 1 18 1 122 5 19 3 2 16 1 41 3 20 3 125 34 64 1 17 57 4 19 9 6 8 3 2 1 12 15 6 63 3 13 1 9 6 1 36 1 13 2 20 1 9 6 14 25 2 29 1 6 1

LENELL JOHN-LEWIS HAS NETTED FOUR GOALS SINCE HIS JANUARY RETURN

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

WLEY TOWN FC CRA WEST

SU

SSEX

NOLI CEDERE

18

96

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

P 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44

W 23 23 22 21 20 19 18 18 17 17 17 17 16 16 13 15 15 11 11 13 10 13 9 9

D 10 8 10 9 12 12 14 13 15 11 10 9 12 10 17 9 9 19 19 10 17 8 14 13

L 11 13 12 14 12 13 12 13 12 16 17 18 16 18 14 20 20 14 14 21 17 23 21 22

F 57 66 54 65 54 55 51 54 68 57 51 57 52 48 37 71 46 50 45 51 43 41 26 36

A 37 44 47 58 48 41 33 50 48 49 49 53 55 51 38 74 53 54 51 56 61 63 56 66

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GD 20 22 7 7 6 14 18 4 20 8 2 4 -3 -3 -1 -3 -7 -4 -6 -5 -18 -22 -30 -30

PTS 79 77 76 72 72 69 68 67 66 62 61 60 60 58 56 54 54 52 52 49 47 47 41 40

TUESDAY 27TH 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 36 36 1 2 3 2 23 3 33 3 1 18 11 3 12 3 16 7 2 12 11 2 7 6 9 14 3 1 11 7 1 30 5 2 6 13 3 2 13 3 1 6 2 1 20 3 13 5 4 36 1 1 6 26 1 4 19 2 6 4 2 7 1 2 2 1 9 3 12 3 6 10 3 1 6 3 6 1 6 11 2 2 12 8 1 6 3 6 12 2 8 7 2 26 3 1 3 3 1

Bradford City 0-1 Salford City Cheltenham Town 1-1 Carlisle United Exeter City 3-2 Grimsby Town Forest Green Rovers 0-2 Barrow Newport County 4-0 Scunthorpe United

FRIDAY 30TH APRIL Harrogate Town v Cambridge United

SATURDAY 1ST MAY Barrow v Southend United Bolton Wanderers v Exeter City Bradford City v Scunthorpe United Colchester United v Salford City Forest Green Rovers v Tranmere Rovers Grimsby Town v Port Vale Leyton Orient v Carlisle United Mansfield Town v Oldham Athletic Newport County v Cheltenham Town Stevenage v Crawley Town Walsall v Morecambe

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LAST LINE-UPS STARTING XI vs EXETER CITY (A) 27.04.2021 L 2-3 21

07 14

20

08

15

31 26

06

22

01

01 22 06 26 15 20 08 14 31 21 07

James McKeown Elliott Hewitt Luke Waterfall Rollin Menayese Harry Clifton Jay Matete Giles Coke Luke Spokes Evan Khouri Lenell John-Lewis Matt Green

STARTING XI vs BRADFORD CITY (H) 24.04.2021 W 2-1 34

12 10

04

18 07

02 16

05

06

01

01 02 06 05 16 07 18 04 10 34 12

Scott Brown James Gibbons Nathan Smith Leon Legge Shaun Brisley David Worrall Danny Whitehead Luke Joyce Tom Conlon Will Swan Theo Robinson

MATCH OFFICIALS REFEREE:

Will Finnie

ASSISTANT:

Conor Brown

ASSISTANT:

Declan Ford

FOURTH OFFICIAL:

Daniel Woodward