According to reports in today’s Daily Mail and The Athletic (paywall), two Premier League giants are carefully monitoring the progress of a young Mariners’ duo.
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Mariners set to add another Swedish defender
Grimsby Town manager Michael Jolley is set to add another Swedish defender to his ranks at Blundell Park, according to a report in the country’s Sportbladet. Continue reading
Jolley to move back into Swedish market for former Chelsea target
Sources in Scandinavia are suggesting the Mariners are poised to make central defender Ludvig Ohman one of their January captures in the transfer market. Continue reading
Dream Debuts | Beasant & Dobbin topple Keegan’s Newcastle
IT is not often an England International goalkeeper arrives in Cleethorpes looking to resurrect his career but that is exactly what happened when Dave Beasant rolled into town in October 1992. Continue reading
Former Chelsea Stopper on Wimbledon, Liverpool, the FA Cup and the Mariners
FROM WIMBLEDON to Wembley to the World Cup, goalkeeper Dave Beasant will forever be remembered for being the first goalkeeper to save a penalty in an FA Cup Final, when he denied John Aldridge on the way to the Dons’ famous 1-0 victory in 1988.
What many football fans outside North East Lincolnshire will forget is that the stopper, affectionately referred to as ‘Lurch’, had to resurrect his career with Grimsby Town after being cast onto the scrap heap at Chelsea.
In 2006, I was fortunate enough to sit down with the former England international, who talked about everything from the ’88 Final to his spell in Cleethorpes to the fortunes of then-club Fulham. Continue reading
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