Thought i would do it early as there will be another 3/4 created by the time we get there. Can't make it tonight but think i'm going to go to Parity to watch it, i think that town will come away with 3 points as they will be won in the last 10 minutes. My suggestion for team is as follows:
GK : McKeown  
LB: Townsend  CB: Miller  CB: Garner  RB: Silk
LM: Artus     CM: Disley   CM: Thanoj    RM: Coulson
                   ST: Hearn    ST: Elding

just finished work, come on town ;D

just remembered we have Soares too! Come on town!

how many glasses has that old boy cleaned in the background ;D

GTFC - McKeown, Silk, Townsend, Miller, Garner, Disley, Thanoj, Artus, Coulson, Elding, Hearn

GTFC bench - Church, Duffy, Pearson, Wood and Soares

hope to see soares at some point, well if needed ... Miller n Garner, deal with that lanky fornicator! come on town!

400+ fishies according to the tondeur

C'mon Town!!!

Stuck at Donny services due to some careless twit on the M62 setting his car on fire, and card bumping into eachother, sogot held up and ran out of driving time.

I shall be listening once I ve eeaten my (crap) fish and chips :)

looks bad :/

Scotty Garner knocked unconcious, ouch.

hope he's ok

sound like wer'e still on the bus.

Hate when they do this interview thing during the game.

town fans sound ace ;D

oh the irony ??)

Fuccccckkkkkkkk
WAKE UP TOWN

:(

felicitations sake town

We need to realise that the ball is for us to touch aswell!

not playing well at the moment, southport using the wind to their full advantage and penning us in our own half

John Fenty's fault.   ;)

LOVE THE TOWN! <3

Get with the program maxfox. Everything is the Trust's fault now.

giving away posession so cheaply!!!!!!!!!

how much cheese has dave smith got in his ears, sitting next to rob ;)
he looks distinctly uncomfortable  ;D

I'd take 1-0 at half time.

Quoted from Abdul19

I'd take 1-0 at half time.

WHS!

Who the intercourse is Will Hearn? lol

Watching the game online - First time i have seen GTFC in 9 years - Do we always play in Blue away from home? (not the most pressing question i know) its also strange putting faces to names!

:)

pretty shocking so far tbh lol . weve done nothing.

Rob Jones,good player,crap commentator

GEEETTTT INNNNNNNN!!!!

Ha 1-1

GET THE mammaries IN

flipping get in Miller!!!!!! hahahahaha out of nothing!

Quoted from Abdul19

I'd take 1-0 at half time.

I wont!!!! ;)

Miller!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GET IN THERE

Quoted from Abdul19

I'd take 1-0 at half time.

Or maybe not!

yeesssssssssss get in just before half time.
lets give the hoof ballers a lesson in football in the second half.

Quoted from logan412

giving away posession so cheaply!!!!!!!!!

PSML!  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Quoted from TWAreaTownSupporter

PSML!  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

PMSL??  :P

crap 45 mins, but 1.1 and all to play for. need to improve 2nd half

Oh ffs. If we went in 1-0 down at half time i'd take a draw, now I won't accept anything but a win. Victims of our own brilliance!

Awful half, ball just lumped towards us in the wind. Really needed that just before HT, with the wind and a Rob Scott rant and a sub or two let's go on and get this one in the bag.

perfect time to score ;D

Missed the goal, went to the loo came back and we had equalied.  ;D

I think premier sports have got the score wrong. It should be Southport 0-2 Grimsby.

No matter what goal Anthony Elding scores in, it counts as a goal for Grimsby.

#Eldingfacts

Great time to equalise, fortunate to get in level at half time level after spending so much time defending. Hopefully we can come out and play some football in the second half as we've found it difficult to do that so far.

urine poor half, very frustrating but hey ho, 1-1.

Everyone watching it ?
I'm watching it on Premier Sports.

It's been a Southport arial bomardment with the wind that we've generally dealt with well.
That said I'd have taken 1-0, fact we've got the late goal a huge bonus !

Been pressed and haven't had time to get it down or settle.
Loads longball and we're winning little in the air.
Our best play had been on the break and down the right side.
Pearson also missed unmarked free header - glorious chance !

2nd half we've got the wind need to get it down.
Or if we're using the wind I might stick Duffy on to help hold it up.

UTM.

great chance for Hearn that

Has Townsend been told to lump it everytime?? Shame if he has cos he can play on the deck really well too from what ive seen of him this season

nice bit of skill by thanoj! if only hed stayed on his feet

ywer both Silk and Town are lumping it, but hey ho, may work if Duffy comes on. Duffy and Soares on sometime this game

intercourse sake JT i nearly excrement myself

Get the intercourse onside!!!!!!!!!

thanoj great skill and the willingness to put his foot in .

the lad whipping the balls in for southport has a great delivery for this level of football

Disley very poor tonight by his standards. Time for Soares??

Come on shorty lets have a sub.

Disley for Soares & Duffy for Elds

please take coulson off

flipping GET IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

It's the hit man agian YEESSSSSSSS

EFFING GET IN THERE!!! LIAM YOU BEAUTY!!!!!!!!

Get in Hearnaldo

ten minutes to go.

My 15 minutes of pacing up and down and yelling at the telly have paid off.  Rob Scott would have been proud of me.  ;D

Well done A Church

MY BUM HOLE IS GOING 5P 5 QUID COIN 5 P 5 QUID COIN NOW

Almost fell out of my chair when that went in!! COME ON TOWN!! :)

Quoted from Dragon

My 15 minutes of pacing up and down and yelling at the telly have paid off.  Rob Scott would have been proud of me.  ;D

Watch it or you'll be sent to the bathroom.

Premier Sports doing my mammaries in!! Making out like we smashed and grabbed. We've been miles better team 2nd half!!

see this out town!

Quoted from springstomind

MY BUM HOLE IS GOING 5P 5 QUID COIN 5 P 5 QUID COIN NOW

lmfao

some shoddy camera work going on here

This will be a real test holding out for the win here. Come on Town. Be professional, break up play, waste time (other teams do it to us cynically) and keep the ball in Southport's half.

flipping loving this, come on town, hold on to these huge 3 points

Quoted from logan412

Premier Sports doing my mammaries in!! Making out like we smashed and grabbed. We've been miles better team 2nd half!!

I think overall Southport have been the better team to be fair and they've had a couple of good chances this half so i can see why they may think that.

I can't hardly breathe

intercourse SAKE TONDEUR

intercourse SAKE TONDEUR

Quoted from DocDock

I think overall Southport have been the better team to be fair and they've had a couple of good chances this half so i can see why they may think that.

Have to agree unfortunately!

Town fan found the mic!

Quoted from chicaneuk

Have to agree unfortunately!

We've been the better team lots of times and lost!

WHICH ONE IS WINNING we are. winning ugly is the way to promotion.

yyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeessssssssssssssss

Not for me fellas. Southport penned us in 1st half with long ball tactics and we've played the better football 2nd half in my opinion. Buts thats football for you, everyone never agrees :)

YESSSSSS!!!!! UTMM!!! :)

YESSSSSSSSSSSSS THREE MORE TO THE TALLY.
sounded ugly big defenders to cope with but go TOWN.

Brilliant! :)

Poor refereeing at the end though. No stoppages in added time and yet the referee plays an extra 45 seconds which nearly saw them grab an equaliser!  (mad)

great 3 points

That was a massive massive win.  Words simply couldn't do justice to how I feel right now.  flipping get in there!

massive win, on another note, why wasn't KHM not even in the squad?

Quoted from logan412

PMSL??  :P

Pissing MySelf Laughing.

[Assume you were referring to the Trust giving away possession too cheaply]

Much better 2nd half. Hard luck for Southport, they had bags of energy but MKeown wasn't kept really busy. The difference was Liam Hearn, right place at the right time.

I put on a bet when wwewent out 1-0 for Town to win at 5-1, 3pts plus a nice little earner to buy a few beers to celebrate.  A few months ago we would have lost that game 3-0 or 4-0, not now UTM

Quoted from TWAreaTownSupporter

Pissing MySelf Laughing.

[Assume you were referring to the Trust giving away possession too cheaply]

Oh i see, said the blind man.

Is it too late to claim i was being that witty??  ;D ;D ;D

Quoted from alvinghammariner

massive win, on another note, why wasn't KHM not even in the squad?

Strength in depth.

Quoted from logan412

Not for me fellas. Southport penned us in 1st half with long ball tactics and we've played the better football 2nd half in my opinion. Buts thats football for you, everyone never agrees :)

I'd agree with that. We barely got into their half in the first 45 minutes, which would give the impression they had better game, but IMHO we played the better football overall, plus we scored two genuine goals, Southport only managed to get on the score sheet through an own goal.

Overall the statistics show Southport were on top most of the time but its a brilliant result and a
great three points thank you Liam!!

Quoted from TWAreaTownSupporter

Pissing MySelf Laughing.

[Assume you were referring to the Trust giving away possession too cheaply]

he was correcting the PSML I assume

Church did fantastic for our winner, great tackle

Quoted from RoboCod

Much better 2nd half. Hard luck for Southport, they had bags of energy but MKeown wasn't kept really busy. The difference was Liam Hearn, right place at the right time.

with the right build up and final pass.

huge 3 points, very happy

Saw the second half n thought town looked by far the better footballing team and got what we deserved. They hoofed everything forward. Were showing we can mix it or play football depending on circumstances!

fcuking HUGE win

Got to say, I'm confused by all the "Spend big" comments about town. How much did we actually pay for Hearn?

Quoted from logan412

Oh i see, said the blind man.

Is it too late to claim i was being that witty??  ;D ;D ;D

Claim it! It was too good to be an accident.

10k

massive massive win

Quoted from SlouchyMetal

10k

No what I'd class as a massive spend. That would barely buy you a new car lol

liam hearn is magic..

superb ! ;D

Very big win tonight I think, well done Town for sticking at it. :)

Anthony Church deserves credit for the tackle, Hitman being in the right place at right time,  Overall the team for seeing the performance out and winning ugly - a true sign of a good team. Fantastic town.

Hard earned , but great fighting performance.... well done you Mighty Mariners and well done the fans too

Cracking win! Much improved in the second half but we definitely weren't at our best. UTM!

30k, I'd imagine with add-ons too. That is a hefty transfer fee for this level, a few clubs aside. Especially for a club who posted a loss of £1m last year.  :X

Quoted from wodewick

with the right build up and final pass.

Yeah, taking nothing away from the team, great pressuring to get the ball in to Hearn. But seeing the replays of their chances, two were fluffed wide and one hit weakly at Macca. They didn't really have a striker that took the eye for all their endeavour, Hearn is so often the difference in the two sides.

Quoted from GtfcGarner

Anthony Church deserves credit for the tackle, Hitman being in the right place at right time,  Overall the team for seeing the performance out and winning ugly - a true sign of a good team. Fantastic town.

whs - also good performances by townsend (as usual) and the unsung hero artus who did particularly well first half. mckeown looks soooo much better than in the first 2-3 months - very safe confident performance

who cares... 3 points....  :)(100)

Quoted from GtfcGarner

Anthony Church deserves credit for the tackle, Hitman being in the right place at right time,  Overall the team for seeing the performance out and winning ugly - a true sign of a good team. Fantastic town.

Agree with that mate - also thought Pearson did a decent job when he came on

Brilliant result, maybe not a brilliant first half, nevertheless a brilliant result.  Played better in the second half with the wind and scored the winner infront of the Town fans.

What a start to the weekend, thanks Town.

Looked to a great following from the Town fans, well done!

Proud to be a Mariner, as always!!

UTM

Garner also needs credit for giving us those 2 minutes ;)

Their right winger looked handy, forgotten his name.

Such a crucial three points. Fckin well done Town, let's all enjoy the weekend! UTM

1st half struggled playin into the wind,everytime we played a ball forward did it come straight back. Great to get a goal before end of the half. 2nd half i expected southport too tire with them playing tuesday and being part-time but they never did and whalley was one of the best players on the park. coulson seem to thrive playing with all that space on the right wing and the wind certainly helped our play as did attacking our own support. It was a scrappy game but a very good important victory against a good side especially from set pieces and crosses. WELL DONE GTFC UTM!!!!!!

Quoted from upthestripes

Garner also needs credit for giving us those 2 minutes ;)

Their right winger looked handy, forgotten his name.

whalley

here's the linky thingy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_Whalley

Quoted from Mandy Dunnit vs Hettie

Such a crucial three points. Fckin well done Town, let's all enjoy the weekend! UTM

Or, alternatively, we could start an argument about he trust straight away......

A great away against a team above us. We were not at our best but again came from behind to win.  This is what promotion bound teams do.

The TV commentary and tweets were something else.  Grimsby fans did not expect to win the League at the first attempt.  That is lazy supposition.  It is NOT hard to get out of this league.  Lincoln might disprove that. :) Coulson was "anonymous in the first half but joint best player on the pitch in the second half".  Grimsby have NOT won ugly a lot this season.  We do NOT often concede late goals this season.  Barrow was an exception.  

We were second best in the first half.  The wind was underrated for favouring Southport.  We had the wind in the second half and were the better team. More credit should have been given to having to change the CB pairing so early in a vital away game.  And we lost a sub. We were a bit rusty and this should have been acknowledged.  

Liam should not have been booked for his challenge with the keeper, as was suggested.  He just fell over at speed trying to avoid the onrushing keeper.

We won because we believe we can - and often do now.

Well done town, urine poor first half with, Artus being the only real light up intill the Miller goal. I would of been happy and taken that at half time, but you have to give the lads credit they controlled the majority of that second half and credit where credit is due we wouldn't of gooten that goal had the defender not been a pratt and hoofed it clear like your tought to do at school, but well done Churchy for closing him down and taking the ball without fouling again i was plesently suprised by that thought the southport player was just going to drop to the deck.

Well done town 14 undefeated on the trot now? lets keep this up unitl may 2014  ;)

UTM

Quoted from upthestripes

Or, alternatively, we could start an argument about he trust straight away......

;D ;D ;D

Quoted from forza ivano

whalley

here's the linky thingy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_Whalley

That's the fella, cheers Forza ;) The best player on the pitch tonight imo.

when's the York game been re arranged for?

[img]http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwe8c3W6Oi1qm6sfao1_500.gif[/img]

Quoted from oldludensian

when's the York game been re arranged for?

march 13th

Brilliant result. Away win at a team in the top four! Incredible.

On current form we must be the best side in the BSP. No reason why we can't make the play off.

Well done guys!

How many Town supporters? Noticed the crowd was 1934, much more than they normally get so those free tickets clearly made a difference.

"I've been watching Ian Miller since he was a junior player at Bury Town almost 10 years ago, and I can re-assure you that you have done very well to get hold of him.  The last time I was able to see him play was at Wembley on May 7th last year - and on that occasion, he was waving the FA Trophy above his head.  In a month's time, you will be asking yourselves why he isn't playing league football - he has a truly professional attitude and he is a leader.  If you weren't sure about your captain - you've got one now!"

There ya go - I told you at the beginning of January that you'd got a good 'un! ;)

all am saying is UTFM.

Quoted from immariner

How many Town supporters? Noticed the crowd was 1934, much more than they normally get so those free tickets clearly made a difference.

RH says 340

Quoted from AlfromBuryTown

"I've been watching Ian Miller since he was a junior player at Bury Town almost 10 years ago, and I can re-assure you that you have done very well to get hold of him.  The last time I was able to see him play was at Wembley on May 7th last year - and on that occasion, he was waving the FA Trophy above his head. In a month's time, you will be asking yourselves why he isn't playing league football - he has a truly professional attitude and he is a leader.  If you weren't sure about your captain - you've got one now!"

There ya go - I told you at the beginning of January that you'd got a good 'un! ;)

Give it 3 months and he might be.

Interesting, they gave away 2000 tickets and only got less than 1600 home fans. Dont think they will be taking many to Wembly if they make the playoffs.
:)

Great win for town, not pretty but job done!

Apparently second biggest gate this season only beaten by their Luton game, according to the tv coverage?

Taken from the Southports forum, some good summaries from the game then I found this...

Quoted Text

Thought it was a great game and we totally out played them for 80% of the game,closing them down and not allowing them to play.
Loads more corners and free kicks,just couldnt put them away.
Some of the quick passing was scintilating from defence and up to the area.
Mukendi I thought was great he won nearly every ball in the air and was a constant menace.
Moogan was brilliant as was Whalley,their keeper was by far the busiest.
Its the best I have seen us play this season,cant help thinking a Fearns would have had a hat trick tonight.
Akrigg and Grand were fantastic,if we play the lesser teams with that skill and effort we will be in the play offs no doubt.
After the match their supporters said we were the best they had played.
Thought the Premier pre match interviews with Charlie and Liam were very good,and showed SFC up very well.
Gutted!

Jesus H, those are some powerful rose tinted specs. Either he went home at half time or his maths is very poor.