Grimsby Town 1 (F. Cartwright) Shrewsbury Town 2 (Lloyd, McMahon-Brown)
Grimsby Town have problems – make no mistake about it. They allowed a quite ordinary Shrewsbury Town side to dictate the play on a sunny October afternoon at Blundell Park. There are some names when you see them on the team-sheet and you know the Mariners are in for a rough ride. There are some names when you don’t see them on the team-sheet and you know that the Mariners are in for a rough ride.
Continue readingThere’s been a party atmosphere around Blundell Park for the last three weeks. It reached it’s crescendo at 3pm and 26 seconds on Sunday 10 May. Around three minutes later, it came to a crashing end, and now David Artell’s Grimsby Town side have one last chance to rectify that in Friday night’s return leg in Greater Manchester.
Continue readingWhen the final whistle blew on the final day of 2024/25, and Town had missed the play-offs by two agonising points after defeat to AFC Wimbledon, disappointment barely had time to settle before minds at Blundell Park turned to what came next.
Continue readingBarrow’s efficient finishing and compact defending made the difference, while Grimsby were left ruing missed opportunities in January’s defeat in Cumbria. The Mariners’ League Two campaign remaining in need of an away turnaround.
Continue readingIf you grew up in the nineties then the Mariners’ momentous Carabao Cup Second Round victory over Manchester United has a bit extra sweetness to it. If you are to believe the majority of the football content churned out on 24-hour news channels and social media, football began in 1992 with the dawn of the Premier League.
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