4-2 wins

I've been struggling to think of past games we've won 4-2.

Off the top of my head I can think of a fair few 5-2 wins, Port Vale, Tranmere, Stevenage, Alfreton, Barrow, Dartford but struggling to recall previous 4-2 wins. I think we might have beaten Alfreton 4-2 one season as well as a 5-2 once, but could be wrong.

Anyone recall any other 4-2 wins!

I'm sure Rob will pop up to give us a definitive list of past 4-2's.

I remember Grimsby 4 Alfreton 2. Listened to it on a really bad internet connection from South Africa must have been 2012 or 2013.

Did we beat Chesterfield 4-2 around 2009 seem to remember Boshell scoring a rare brace from the point, North 1, cannot recall the other scorer

The database thing on here would be worth checking. I would do it but gotta put the dinner on.

Remember 4-2 at Stockport 1990? and around same time Burnley at home.

Quoted from Todmorden Mariner

Remember 4-2 at Stockport 1990? and around same time Burnley at home.

I was gonna mention Burnley! Great game. Think Ian Knight might have scored.

Quoted from Todmorden Mariner

Remember 4-2 at Stockport 1990? and around same time Burnley at home.

Was just thinking of that Stockport game. Didn't we throw away a 2-0 lead against 10 men then won it fairly late? Big away following that day.

England won the World Cup 4-2 if that helps?  😀😀😀😀 ( I watched it on TV so know it happened).

Quoted from Todmorden Mariner

Remember 4-2 at Stockport 1990? and around same time Burnley at home.

I remember that Stockport game well. We had loads there that day. I think Chris Hargreaves scored the fourth.

Just remembered another one, early 90's I think at home to Barnsley. We were 2-0 up but they got it back to 2 all.

Didn’t we beat Boston 4-2 from 2-0 down?, Peter Bore got a couple or maybe three?

Just before  England won the World Cup  we beat Q.P.R.  4-2 think it was April

We actually best Newport and Northampton (funnily enough) by that score in our promotion season of 71/72, think we signed the great Lew Chatterley from Northampton just after that game.

Let’s hope history repeats itself.

By the way I don’t remember both those scores but half recalled the game v Northampton as they were promotion rivals at the time the game was played, so looked it up on the database.

Beat Barnsley 4-2 on a Boxing Day in the 90's.  2-0 up..Barnsley pulled it back to 2-2 and two late goals won it for us.

Quoted from Masirah Mariner

I remember Grimsby 4 Alfreton 2. Listened to it on a really bad internet connection from South Africa must have been 2012 or 2013.

Richard Brodie netting his first of many for the club.

Quoted from The Yard Dog

Did we beat Chesterfield 4-2 around 2009 seem to remember Boshell scoring a rare brace from the point, North 1, cannot recall the other scorer

Cracking game!

https://twitter.com/onthisGTFCday/status/1094145847988752384

Yeovil under returning hero Russell Slade, Jamey Osborne scoring a beauty.

The 4-2 home win against Stockport in 1990 was my first ever Town match. I was only 7 but was hooked from then on.  

Quoted from Lincoln Mariner 56

We actually best Newport and Northampton (funnily enough) by that score in our promotion season of 71/72, think we signed the great Lew Chatterley from Northampton just after that game.

Let’s hope history repeats itself.

By the way I don’t remember both those scores but half recalled the game v Northampton as they were promotion rivals at the time the game was played, so looked it up on the database.

What a player he was😄

Quoted from barralad

Beat Barnsley 4-2 on a Boxing Day in the 90's.  2-0 up..Barnsley pulled it back to 2-2 and two late goals won it for us.

Was that the day the pitch was really icey and only Diddy Gilbert could keep his footing?

Quoted from KingstonMariner

Was that the day the pitch was really icey and only Diddy Gilbert could keep his footing?

Yes indeedy  

Quoted from barralad

Yes indeedy  

I seem to remember it being a good introduction to panto  season 😁

Quoted from Abdul19

Cracking game!

https://twitter.com/onthisGTFCday/status/1094145847988752384

I was in Hull Royal then as I was due to have my brain tumour removed the day before but the op was cancelled. It was cancelled again on the Monday but it was finally done on Tuesday 12th.

My best mate who lives in York went to the game though and came to visit me on his way home and brought me a programme from the game.

Quoted from Rodley Mariner

Was just thinking of that Stockport game. Didn't we throw away a 2-0 lead against 10 men then won it fairly late? Big away following that day.

Here you go, Gents...

Burnsy comentating

https://youtu.be/SO7FtzDOT5I

Quoted from Peeler_Crab

Here you go, Gents...

Burnsy comentating

https://youtu.be/SO7FtzDOT5I

Spot on that - cheers for finding and sharing. Just wondering how come I can remember that from 30 years ago but I can't remember why I just went to the kitchen.

I think that game at Stockport 30 years ago was 4:2 after we threw away a two goal lead. Didn’t they have a player sent off too? Gilbert got two, Birtles and Hargreaves got the other two.

I can picture it like it was two minutes ago. Can’t remember what I had for tea though.

In the 60's we beat Preston and Bolton in the league cup.

One was 4_0 the other was 4_2 but can not remember which was which.

Then played West Ham in the next round.

1965 I think

I think Shrewsbury sometime around 2008?

We won 4 2 at Cardiff in 84/5 though I sadly didn't make the game. I did see us beat them 6 3 at home later on that season.

I think we were losing at HT at Cardiff too, a team that we had a poor record against in the early 80s.

I don't recall beating Alfreton 4-2? I always thought it was 5-2 at their place and then we beat them at our place when Phil Barnes played for them but I thought that was 2-0 or 2-1 or something?

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I don't recall beating Alfreton 4-2? I always thought it was 5-2 at their place and then we beat them at our place when Phil Barnes played for them but I thought that was 2-0 or 2-1 or something?

https://www.skysports.com/football/grimsby-vs-alfreton-t/265922

Quoted from gtfc82

The 4-2 home win against Stockport in 1990 was my first ever Town match. I was only 7 but was hooked from then on.  

I think we beat them 4-2 away the same season

Quoted from KingstonMariner

Was that the day the pitch was really icey and only Diddy Gilbert could keep his footing?

Yep, I remember it well, was there with my Dad on the terrace between the Pontoon and the Main Stand.

Quoted from lee65

Didn’t we beat Boston 4-2 from 2-0 down?, Peter Bore got a couple or maybe three?

That was 3-2. First day of 06/07, Graham Rodger's finest moment. Bore came off the bench for his debut and scored 2 and set 1 up and was gonna be topscorer as we romped to the title after playoff final disappointment the season before.

There was a 4-2 win the other year against Lincoln in the County Cup.

Quoted from Son of Cod

That was 3-2. First day of 06/07, Graham Rodger's finest moment. Bore came off the bench for his debut and scored 2 and set 1 up and was gonna be topscorer as we romped to the title after playoff final disappointment the season before.

To be fair, the top scorer bit was true! (joint at GTFC)

We did beat Alfreton 4-2 at home.

But the very first season we played them, we beat them 5-2 at home (Hearn with 4) and 5-2 away.

Incidentally, we've played them 8 times, won 7, drew the other 1.

Aggregate score across those 8 games? 31-10 - that's an average of just over 5 goals per game!

Quoted from RichMariner

We did beat Alfreton 4-2 at home.

But the very first season we played them, we beat them 5-2 at home (Hearn with 4) and 5-2 away.

Incidentally, we've played them 8 times, won 7, drew the other 1.

Aggregate score across those 8 games? 31-10 - that's an average of just over 5 goals per game!

That would be around the same time of the Liam Hearn/Matt Green argument.

I used to post on a general non-league forum and there was a big argument between Grimsby and Mansfield fans as to who was the best striker, Liam Hearn or Matt Green! All Mansfield fans were adamant that it was Matt Green.

Well I have a spare few hours and using Rob's database I found out the following regarding 4-2 wins for Town.
In total we have won 4-2 36 times during our history, the first being in 26/12/1895 against Arsenal, 27 home and 9 away.
In 1990 we have the most 4-2 wins in a season,3, including a double against Stockport.

Going through the scores I noticed a few interesting things.

In the seaon of 2005/6 we played the following teams
Darlington
Barnet
Rusden
Stockport
Chester
Boston
Notts C
Bury
Wrexham
Torquay

10 teams that are no longer in the football league.

1979/80 season went on a 15 mtach unbeaten until the end of the season.
1997/98 played 68 games in the double winning campaign.
160/61 3 consecutive games were 6 goals scored by a team Halifax at home won 6-1, Bolton away lost 2-6 and Tranmere away won 6-3 averaging 8 goals per match.
1955/6 only dropped 4 points in the final 17 games of the season 14 wins 2 draws 1 lost, total of 30 points out of 34.
1951/55 only dropped 4 points in the final 20 games of the season, including 11 consecutive wins, 17 wins, 2 draws 1 lost, total of 36 points out of 40.
1933/34 played Man Utd on 25th & 26th Dec winning 3-1 away and 7-3 at home.
1920/01 quirky season, played our only season in Division 3 South, 32 fixtures were we played one team, follwed by the reverse fixture next game.

Full list of 4-2 wins
25/02/2020 H Newport
02/02/2013 H Alfreton
09/02/2008 H Chesterfield
26/12/1992 H Barnsley
01/01/1990 H Stockport
17/02/1990 H Burnely
14/04/1990 A Stockport
08/02/1980 H Notts County FA Cup
02/12/1980 A Preston
02/10/1973 H Blackburn
15/01/1972 H Newport
19/02/1972 H Northampton
04/10/1967 H Brighton
13/10/1965 H Bolton League cup
07/05/1966 H QPR
22/09/1962 A Derby
15/04/1961 H Torquay
16/01/1960 A Accrington
19/04/1957 H Doncaster
26/12/1953 A Tranmere
23/02/1952 A Workington
09/12/1950 H Swansea
28/10 1950 H Southampton
15/04/1950 H Bury
26/02/1939 H Huddersfield
08/12/1936 H West Brom
24/09/1929 H Huddersfield
04/12/1926 A Leyton Orient
18/12/1920 A Kettering FA cup
05/03/1910 A Birmingham
19/09/1899 H Walsall
04/09/1897 H Gainsboro
06/05/1897 H Darwen
23/11/1895 H Lincoln C
14/03/1896 H Man Utd
26/12/1895 H Arsenal