Grimsby Town are lining up a deadline day swoop for Nigerian striker Moses Ogbu, according to sources in Sweden, where the player turned out last season for IK Sirius. Continue reading
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Flashback | Lincoln City 0 Grimsby Town 0
LINCOLN CITY 0 GRIMSBY TOWN 0
The Mariners and the Red Imps played out a stalemate at Sincil Bank in the Lincolnshire derby. It was a game packed full of action and passion, although neither side really troubled their opposing goalkeepers with Peter Sweeney’s goalbound clearance from an Adam Watts’ header being the closest either side came to breaking the deadlock. Continue reading
Flashback | Lincoln City 4 Grimsby Town 4
LINCOLN CITY 4 GRIMSBY TOWN 4
Division Two | 03.09.58
The start of the 1958/59 season was an extremely eventful one for Grimsby Town. Division Two was a highly competitive league, with a number of teams believing themselves to be worthy of higher status. Fans knew that the Mariners would have to be at their best to avoid the drop. Continue reading
Flashback | Lincoln City 0 Grimsby Town 1
This was redemption for Grimsby Town FC. Just two months earlier, the Mariners’ players sat in the centre circle at Sincil Bank as manager Russell Slade lambasted them for a shocking first-half performance against local rivals Lincoln City that saw Town trailing 4-0. Continue reading
Grimsby’s Forgotten Upset – North Nods Middlesbrough Out at Ayresome
The FA Cup is renowned for its giant-killings and one of the tournament’s greatest ever upsets took place on 7th January 1989 when non-league Sutton defeated 1987 Cup Winners Coventry 2-1 at Ganders Green Lane.
And only that result could overshadow Fourth Division strugglers Grimsby travelling to top flight Middlesbrough and coming away with a 2-1 win thanks to a brace from Marc North. Whilst Sutton’s exploits are now part of FA Cup folklore, the Mariners’ goals are consigned to the archives and a short video clip on YouTube.
Here I take a look back at that famous win, one that deserves so much more credit than it receives. How tragic that both the Mariners’ heroes that day – North and Keith Alexander are regrettably no longer with us.
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