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Saturday 9th August 2025

THE GREAT ESCAPE

LATE RODGERS & KABIA SALVO RESCUES MARINERS

HARROGATE 3 - 3 THE MARINERS

Grimsby headed to Harrogate with expectation more than hope this afternoon. After a tough first half both sides struggled with their respective head and tail winds.  With neither side threatening too much 0-0 half time score line was probably fair though Harrogate seemed to be the quicker of the two teams.

The referee in his first EFL start seemed keen to make everyone aware of who he was, in what wasn't a dirty game with Harrogate getting 3 early yellow cards.  He seemed to try and even it up throughout the game but it didn't feel like a game of 8 cards, with 5 going to the home side and the remainder to Town.

The game burst into life in the second half when Harrogate took a free kick quick and the Town defence looked not to be alive to it and SMITH took his chance with 58 minutes on the clock.  

It was up to Town to push for an equaliser, but they looked to be huffing and puffing in their search for an equaliser, when Green whipped the ball in from the right a Town forward over stepped it leaving VERNAM in a great position to finish for 1-1.

That should have settled us down but Harrogate came again and in getting the ball forward for Duke-McKenna he bore down on Pym's goal and the unfortunate Town keeper hesitated before diving in to take down the forward in yellow and a penalty resulted. Ellis TAYLOR despatched the spot kick on 71 mins.

Harrogate went further ahead 5 minutes later when a quick break wasn't shut down and new signing MCALENY finished from the edge of the box.  Town looked dead and buried with 14 minutes left.

David Artell threw the dice bringing on Walker, Amaluzor and Gardner and again Town lifted and got into more forward positions.  It was Walker who worked the ball inside from the right and he played the ball to the edge of the box for Harvey RODGERS to rifle home from 23 yards.  At 3-2 Town's tails were up and there was always the feeling that the game wasn't over.

The fourth official signalled 6 minutes of added time and Town took advantage in the second minute of that, when the excellent substitute Gardner headed on for KABIA to chase and the former Truro man got ahead of his man and finished with aplomb.  The match had turned on its head in the final 10 minutes of the game for a 3-3 draw that looked really unlikely at 4:35pm.

All involved with Town will be delighted with the rescue of a point and the 3 good goals but a little concerned with the conceding of 3.  

The Mariners will need to be better when they're on top if they have any kind of aspirations this season, but overall unbeaten 4 from 6 points is a creditable start.

Pym 6, Rogers 7, Tharme 7, McJannet 7, Sweeney 7, Green 7, McEachran 8, Khouri 6, Burns 6, Vernam 6, Kabia 8

FINAL SCORE:  HARROGATE 3 -3 TOWN

Yorkshire Battle for First Awayday

The Mariner's and their fans always love a match against a Yorkshire rival.  The season's first game thrilled the Blundell Park crowd, and Town will be looking to capitalise on that fantastic start later today when the face the Yorkshire outfit at the Exercise Stadium.

Even the most optimistic Town fan wouldn't be expecting for the same exact performance forty five more times, but we'll be hoping for the same, effort, energy and application knowing it will goa long way to securing points.

The lads return to the scene of Greeny's wonder goal and Jason's thunderbolt, hoping that any lead gained would need to be defended effectively.  Town have the pacy Jaze Kabia, as a new weapon this year and it will be interesting to see how he follows up his excellent first outing.

TOWN LINE UP (expected):

Pym, Rogers, Tharme, McJannet, Sweeney, Green, McEachran, Khouri, Burns, Vernam, Kabia