Second-half goals from Alan Connell and Michael Leary made it back-to-back victories on the road for the Mariners and gave new managers Rob Scott and Paul Hurst a better idea of what their Grimsby Town squad is capable of.
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🤝 PLAYED FOR BOTH: Louie Soares
Midfielder Louie Soares was one of non league’s hottest properties when he arrived at Blundell Park in January 2012. But his Town career never really got going, and he went out on loan to today’s visitors Ebbsfleet, before returning to his old club Hayes & Yeading United in August 2013.
Continue reading⚫⚪ FLASHBACK: Hearn double fires Mariners to dramatic victory
As the Mariners welcome Ebbsfleet United to Blundell Park in the FA Cup First Round, here’s a look back at a dramatic festive feast of goals, when the two sides met in the Conference back in 2011.
Continue reading🐝 FLASHBACK: Grimsby Town 4 Brentford 0 – 17.01.98
Since a Coca-Cola Cup exit at Liverpool in November 1997, Alan Buckley’s Grimsby Town side had been on a marvellous run of results. This performance saw them surge towards the fringes of the Division Two Play Offs.
The week before this fixture against the Bees, the Mariners’ run had come to a halt. They suffered a 4-1 hammering at title-chasing Bristol City. Town were like a wounded animal for this visit of the West Londoners, and they were at their most dangerous.
Continue reading📚 A tale of two cup ties – the Mariners and Sheffield Wednesday story from 1997
A week is a long time in football; nine months is practically a lifetime. That was perhaps no more apparent than when the Mariners and Sheffield Wednesday faced each other three times in cup competitions during 1997. Here’s how the Mariners went from embarrassment to euphoria at Hillsborough in less than a year.
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