Town VS Borough.
Predicted starting line up?

If anyone gets it bang on i'll personally send them the keys to my house.

             Mckeown

Hatton Miller Pearson Thomas

Colbeck Disley Chalmers Soares

          Southwell Cook

Quoted from sutton mariner

Town VS Borough.
Predicted starting line up?

If anyone gets it bang on i'll personally send them the keys to my house.

What's the deadline for entering and where is your house?

Before its on the OS! And Sarff Lundun, Semi Detatched with a decent size garden and garage.

Quoted from sutton mariner

Before its on the OS! And Sarff Lundun, Semi Detatched with a decent size garden and garage.

Are you in a flood area?

            McKeown

Hatton Miller Pearson Thomas

    Colbeck Chalmers Artus

      Cook Elding Hearn

Quoted from tintowner

Are you in a flood area?

yepp
Live at the top of the hill but the lot at the bottom weren't as lucky.  :-/

Mckeown

Hatton Miller Pearson Thomas

Thanoj Niven Artus

Pearson Cook Hearn

Reckon the two triallists will try and avoid passing to each other?  ;D

McKeown
Hatton Miller Pearson Thomas
Thanoj Chalmers Artus
Colbeck Hearn Soares

what if the OS don't put it on til tomorrow?

what's your council tax bill?

Seen a few twitter pics. But any team news yet?

Colebeck, Hatton and Pearson starting

YT keeper rumoured to be starting, so Harry Ashton?

Liam Higton I imagine, cracking keeper

Attendence 630 apparently so much for too many people turning up ;)

Quoted from cod.gtfc

Attendence 630 apparently so much for too many people turning up ;)

If I'd of known that I'd have gone, I was under the impression that by the time I finished work, home, changed etc that it would be too late and full by then.

Just wish i could be at the game - Whoever invented afternoon shifts needs shooting.. :-/

1-0 Town. Cook header from a Soares cross.

Andy cook! 1-0 :D

Looking on Twitter its Cook and Pearson up front, Soares and Colbeck on the wings, Disley also started.

1-0 after 6 mins Cookie Monster.

Following the mariner on twitter and reading like Cookie having a good game, sharp

Quoted from Longmariner

Following the mariner on twitter and reading like Cookie having a good game, sharp

Can you post a link to that mate? Cheers.

3-0 now, Disley and Colbeck with the goals

Killing it!

4 nil Joebeck!

Quoted from Southwark Mariner

https://twitter.com/gtfcprogramme

Thanks mate

4-1

4-2 now anyone know who is defence/goal? and who the 4th midfielder is?

4-2  the comeback's on!

I know it's the first game of preseason and I know it doesn't really matter, but i'm still slightly worried that we've conceded 2 first half goals to a bunch of amateurs.

5-2 Colbeck hatrick

5-2 now - 25 yard screamer from Cook. Sounds like him and Colbeck are having good debuts at least!

Quoted from Chrisblor

5-2 now - 25 yard screamer from Cook. Sounds like him and Colbeck are having good debuts at least!

Colbeck's screamer not Cook

Quoted from Chrisblor

I know it's the first game of preseason and I know it doesn't really matter, but i'm still slightly worried that we've conceded 2 first half goals to a bunch of amateurs.

thats why I asked who was in goal/defence could be the youths?

I understand the starting line up was G Pearson, Cook, Colbeck, Soares, Disley and S Pearson, as for the others anyone know?

Quoted from cod.gtfc

4-2 now anyone know who is defence/goal? and who the 4th midfielder is?

4th midfielder is Chalmers. Hatton is in defence along with S. Pearson. Unsure on the rest, but the keeper is tiny?

Keeper is Liam Higton #yt

taken from twitter

The Mariner ‏@gtfcprogramme

For those asking the ‪#GTFC‬ team: Higton, Hatton, S Pearson, YT, YT, Colbeck, Disley, Chalmers, Soares, Cook, G Pearson

Other two defenders was youth teamers too

Second half

Mark Robbo Robinson ‏@RobboGTFC

2nd half mckeown wood miller hamish the youth thomas southwell thanoj niven artus hearn elding

Looks like we've played 442 both halves?

Keeper in goal for town 1st half plays at playsport deputises for us sometimes.

My House is safe :)

I presume i'll be able to find highlights of this some where?

Who is our number 20 this half? Apparently he's cracking.

Third goal shipped!

Bloody hell we should not be letting 3 goals in..  :-/

Quoted from LondonMariner43

Looks like we've played 442 both halves?

According to GTFCprogramme its 4-3-3 in second half with Southwell-Elding-Hearn up front.

Quoted from cmackenzie4

Bloody hell we should not be letting 3 goals in..  :-/

McKeown not on for 2nd half

Quoted from cmackenzie4

Bloody hell we should not be letting 3 goals in..  :-/

i don't think we need to get the alarm bells ringing just yet. I'd be surprised if they've even had any balls out in pre-season training yet. Plus we're playing loads of YT's.

And No 6, Elding

Gaol No 6 that is. Not shirt No...

Well at least we are scoring a few. :)

20 is apparently Southwell.

Him or Elding got the 6th depending who you believe!

7-3 Hearn

7-3. Well those there are getting a good game!

Sounds like a kickabout training session to start losing the rustiness, not too worried about goals conceded. Great entertainment for the crowd, should be an annual thing I reckon.

8-3 Hearn

8-3

8-3 Hearn

not worried about conceding its the only area on the pitch that is playing Youths in it, and its also the only area that will need improving if we sign either Niven/Chalmers or both, as we havn't signed any center-backs yet.

Always knew they would do it..  ;)

Can we reach double figures?

How long is left?

We are going up say we are going up !!   :P

Artus makes it 9

Didn't we score 13 in a friendly a few years back? Is that the year we went down!

Quoted from sutton mariner

Didn't we score 13 in a friendly a few years back? Is that the year we went down!

Yeah, 12-1 away at Winterton...

Quoted from upthestripes

Can we reach double figures?

yes.

Quoted from upthestripes

Can we reach double figures?

yes 10-3 now Elding

TEN  

10-3 Elding

think 10 - 15 mins left

lets hope a few other names grab a goal

10-3 elding

Need to stengthen the forwards before start of season !  ;D ;D ;D

We want 11  8)

anyone know if Fuller and Andy Taylor are playing ?

thanoj   goooooooaaaalllll

andy taylor yes, fuller not sure

11-3 Artus

Quoted from Gainsbro_Mariner

anyone know if Fuller and Andy Taylor are playing ?

I think Taylor scored one of theirs

We want 12  8)

Not enough goals from midfield, need to strengthen!  ;D ;D ;D

hearn hat trick

S&H out

12-3 FT

I hope someone took a phone with a lot of memory.

Full Time. A dozen goals. Good stuff, let's get on to the stiffer opposition now.

Full time

Grimsby Borough 3-12 Grimsby Town

Colbeck (3) Hearn (3) Elding (2) Artus (2) Cook, Disley

ft 3-12
sounds like a fun team building exercise

Quoted from cod.gtfc

Full time

Grimsby Borough 3-12 Grimsby Town

Colbeck (3) Hearn (3) Elding (2) Artus (2) Cook, Disley

Could've sworn Thanoj got one?

Quoted from upthestripes

Could've sworn Thanoj got one?

GTFCprogramme said Thanoj got one but half dozen other people including official Grimsby borough tweet said it was Artus. Majority rules

Quoted from upthestripes

Could've sworn Thanoj got one?

I think Artus only got 1 so Thanoj got the other.

Quoted from cod.gtfc

Full time

Grimsby Borough 3-12 Grimsby Town

Colbeck (3) Hearn (3) Elding (2) Artus (2) Cook, Disley

Thought Elding only got one and Southwell scored?

Quoted from upthestripes

Could've sworn Thanoj got one?

Well... grimsby borough say artus got two but the mariner says artus got one and thanoj got one

Can't fault the goals we let in due to the YT defence and keeper, fantastic score line, lets try get a result from Donny!

sure the players loved being back playing and as a Town fan you've got to enjoy 12 goals scored

Didn't we put 12 past Winterton, then we got relegated  :-/

Good result, cant really read that much into it, but its the kind of score we should get against this level of opposition which can only be positive :)

Quoted from Chrisblor

I know it's the first game of preseason and I know it doesn't really matter, but i'm still slightly worried that we've conceded 2 first half goals to a bunch of amateurs.

ffs moan moan its the first game for godsake

Shows you can't trust GTFCprogramme the only person to get the wrong scorers twice ;)

Grimsby Town FC ‏@OfficialGTFC

Full-Time from Bradley: Grimsby Borough 3-12 The Mariners (Colbeck 3, Hearn 3, Elding 2, Artus 2 Disley & Cook).

Quoted from woodi147

ffs moan moan its the first game for godsake

He didn't know we were playing kids at the back, else I think it would've been a fair point

Quoted from Madeleymariner

Good result, cant really read that much into it, but its the kind of score we should get against this level of opposition which can only be positive :)

Didn't England beat a Sunday League team 12 - 0 before the '66 World Cup ?

The scorers that cod.gtfc said were correct.

Quoted from cod.gtfc

Shows you can't trust GTFCprogramme the only person to get the wrong scorers twice ;)

Grimsby Town FC ‏@OfficialGTFC

Full-Time from Bradley: Grimsby Borough 3-12 The Mariners (Colbeck 3, Hearn 3, Elding 2, Artus 2 Disley & Cook).

Ah shame, would've been nice if Thanoj had got one too.

Well, 12 goals isn't a bad way to start pre-season! Doesn't matter who it's against, it'll build a bit of confidence.

All of GY Boroughs scorers were ex GTFC players too

Pretty sure Southwell scored a near post header?

To anybody who went - How did we play and how did the new signings look ?

Quoted from cod.gtfc

Shows you can't trust GTFCprogramme the only person to get the wrong scorers twice ;)

Grimsby Town FC ‏@OfficialGTFC

Full-Time from Bradley: Grimsby Borough 3-12 The Mariners (Colbeck 3, Hearn 3, Elding 2, Artus 2 Disley & Cook).

The goal that went in off the post when Hearn put him through was Artus and the nearpost header was Southwell.

Quoted from ClarkeyUTM

Pretty sure Southwell scored a near post header?

He did.
Elding only got one.

Quoted from cmackenzie4

To anybody who went - How did we play and how did the new signings look ?

Andy cook looked very impressive..big unit who did very well..

Greg pearson looked strong and quick,impressed me..

Joe colbeck looked a bit nervous but once got into it did well,scored 3 too and the 3rd was a cracker..

the others did well too but these 3 impressed me the most.

Quoted from Gainsbro_Mariner

anyone know if Fuller and Andy Taylor are playing ?

Both played

Quoted from jonnyboy82

Andy cook looked very impressive..big unit who did very well..

Greg pearson looked strong and quick,impressed me..

Joe colbeck looked a bit nervous but once got into it did well,scored 3 too and the 3rd was a cracker..

the others did well too but these 3 impressed me the most.

Cheers johnnyboy - Encouraging news then, Roll on the start of the season. :)

really enjoyed the match and a good first run out for the lads,quick review of what i thought of the players

colbeck- scored a cracker of a volley,very clinical finisher and attacking minded

cook-great headed goal,he seems he's gunna be our target man from set-pieces,for a big gguy hes got good footwork

pearson-linked up well with cook playing off each other,had a few good efforts on goal

soares-was creative and attack minded in his play was unlucky to score a fantastic goal cleared off the line

thomas-linked up with liam down the left side,puts in a awesome pacey cross,also seems to be 2 footed

niven-undecided gave the ball away for a goal,but broke up the play well infront of the back four and seems a calm tidy footballer, definatley deserves another run out

thanoj-i think he did score nut megging 2 defenders then rifling a shot at goal

southwell-did well to beat his man at the near post to score his goal

hearn-typical liam got his goals always the no1 threat

elding-much the same as last yr putting the effort in all over the park,just needs his finishing polishing up seems to miss 3 score 1 etc

as of the others disley,pearson wood,mckeown,hatton,miller,artus all put a shift in

UTM

How was Chalmers?

:) :) :) :)
What a great work out it was worth twice the entrance fee IMHO all the new lads were good but will be even better by league kick off.
I like the young keeper he has promise for the future I never expected a game like it credit must go to grimsby bough for not letting thier heads drop.UTMM ;D ;D

Did anybody see me?

Southwell has tweeted that he scored so official GTFC was wrong

Quoted from aaron rattray

Did anybody see me?

No, what position was you playing Aaronn ?

What was dizza's goal like?

IMO Chalmers was very good, worked hard and passed well whilst also putting his foot in

Quoted from aaron rattray

Did anybody see me?

yep..even managed a sneaky pic  of ya..

[img]http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080215042103/uncyclopedia/images/d/de/Retard_BU.jpg[/img]

;D

Over 7,000 views for a friendly, wow

How many was at the game.

Well what can i say very impressive although against poor opposition (especially boros 2 keepers). 12 goals against any team is impressive. First half we played 4-4-2. Trainees in goal, at centre back and left back. Hatton and pearson. Coulbeck rt. Soares lt with disley and chalmers in the centre. Pearson and the cookie monster up top.
We played some sharp football 1st half, cook opened the scoring with looping header, colbeck and disley with side footers and coulbeck with bullet finish in off cross bar. Coulbeck completes hat-trick with 25 yard belter. 4-0.
Mistake by trainee full back and 4-1. Deflected shot 4-2.  town make it 5-2 on half time.
Standouts 1st half coulbeck obviously. Cook. And the impressive soares.

Second half. 4-3-3. Mckeown. Wood. Trainee. Miller. Thomas. Thanoj. Niven. Artus. Up top southwell rt side. Elding. Hearn lt side. Mistake at the  back and 5-3. Then town boss it. Hearn hattrick. Elding. artus. O.g. And thanoj make it 12-3 and that wasnt harsh on boro. Could have been double.

Standouts in second half hearn. Thomas. Thanoj and derek niven. Get this guy signed up. Hes what weve missed for seasons. A real yard dog with good positional sense. Looked fit with a good engine and taller than i expected. Won a bit in the air. In contrast chalmers had a quiet game.

Overall a very satisfying workout. Roll on saturday. Hope to see a few more town fans there. You missed a treat tonight. Utm

Coulbecks screamer was the 5th goal on half time. My bad. Sorry guys

If Niven was the second half trialist then he did much better than Chalmers. I really liked the look of him, he got about the pitch well, looks really fit. he won and passed the ball well and got forward when possible. Thomas also was excellent going forward, tricky player and crossed the ball well. Artus and Andy Thanoj were lively and very creative. I also thought Southwell did well. Defence were never under any real pressure. Hatton seems to be more of a footballer than Bradley Wood at right back, he had better control and got forward with purpose. Soares and Greg Pearson look quick and sharp and Andy Cook is a good old fashioned centre forward, strong and keen to get in goal attempts. his headed goal was classic. We must bear in mind the opposition but the town lads looked in good shape and everyone got 45 mins in.

Good game very happy and looking forward to Saturday, I wouldn't sign any the two yet obviously I haven't seen them in training  but I would give. It until at least after Saturdays game. Both had decent games.

Joebeck looks very good addition..they all do to be fair.


Excited for the season now!

Quoted from aaron rattray

Did anybody see me?

Yes you kept doing laps around the ground, pre-season fitness training?

Quoted from Liam94

Yes you kept doing laps around the ground, pre-season fitness training?

Was you the boy who whispered to his mate as i passed " that is Aaron rattray hes a boring poster on the fishy" where was you?

Quoted from Stew0_0

Coulbecks screamer was the 5th goal on half time. My bad. Sorry guys

Missing Coulson already? It's Colbeck ;)

I thought Niven Artus and Thanoj worked well in the second half. I wonder when we will start playing a full stregnth team for a whole 90 minutes...

Not sure we know our starting 11 yet. Got a very strong squad with 5/6 more new faces still to come

Quoted from aaron rattray

Was you the boy who whispered to his mate as i passed " that is Aaron rattray hes a boring poster on the fishy" where was you?

Near the bar. Don't recall even mentioning your name.

Quoted from Liam94

Near the bar. Don't recall even mentioning your name.

To be fair i reckon half the crowd were whispering that as he walked round !!  :P

Quoted from moosey_club

To be fair i reckon half the crowd were whispering that as he walked round !!  :P

that explains the laps, must have been trying to sound out the whisperers.  ;)

Weren't Borough formed around 2002? The OS report says it's the first meeting between the two sides in 22 years

Quoted from aaron rattray

Did anybody see me?

yes you walked around the pitch before kick off, loving thr tracsuit you had on. then you was stood with another guy next to the dugout just before second half. ;)

Quoted from slide to unlock

yes you walked around the pitch before kick off, loving thr tracsuit you had on. then you was stood with another guy next to the dugout just before second half. ;)

Yeah where was you? Must of been close

thought there number 6 played well. the one who scored there first goal. good player, danny grant, youth team captain last year, know robbie liked him but wasnt offered anything, played centre back and right back and can play cm.

So just a quick question...... Did Hearn score the hat-trick playing wide of a front 3?

It will be a better test on saturday, it was a good run out though and it was nice to see the new signings who all played well. Really impressed with Aswad and Thanoj.

Quoted from cjbill

So just a quick question...... Did Hearn score the hat-trick playing wide of a front 3?

Yes left side cutting in on his right foot

Quoted from AdamHaddock

Weren't Borough formed around 2002? The OS report says it's the first meeting between the two sides in 22 years

There was a Grimsby Borough I think approx 30 years ago as I worked with one of the guys involved, I don't know if the current set up is anything to do with that club.

Did Andy Taylor live up to expectations from his GTFC days

Quoted from Stew0_0

Yes left side cutting in on his right foot

So it suggests having better players in the squad does benefit him being out wide

Like a lot of people turned up at 6.10pm to be met by a big queue. No worries, I thought, the club have advertised that there's a bar there that will be open before kick off. Car was parked in an overflow field, and I was more than a little concerned that it might resemble Silverstone at the end of the night.
Got in and purchased 5 programmes, and saw that they'd sold out by 6.46pm, so when one of them goes on ebay later tonight am hoping for a decent return to help with the fuel costs. Went into the bar, only to be advised that they weren't selling alcohol before the game. "**???!!*>!!" The shitey reason was because there were children playing nearby and they didn't want them to be subject to the obscenity of watching responsible adults having a quiet pint before the game. What a load of tosh. It eventually opened at 8pm - while the frigging game was on, FFS, and guess what? The kiddies were still playing outside, and have undoubtedly now been permanently traumatised by being exposed to folk being seen with a glass to their lips.
Said to my good friend who had accompanied me, "we'll leave with 10 minutes to go so we don't get bogged down in the car park" FFS, missed 33% of Town's goals by having done so! Anyway, thoroughly enjoyed the day out, and got a cracking bootful of haddock, smoked haddock, and hake to take back north of the border from Permier Fisheries in Riby Street. Top shop!!!
Whatever happened to Freemo though??????????????

Oh yeah i think while i was doing my laps around the ground i heard you saying to somebody that you can't get a pint

Quoted from cjbill

So it suggests having better players in the squad does benefit him being out wide

Not really. He was playing a pre-season friendly against a team way below us. No tough tackling etc. He could have had a hat-trick wherever he played.

just out of interest aaron, why were you doing laps around the ground?(Confused)

Quoted from big bad bob

just out of interest aaron, why were you doing laps around the ground?(Confused)

Because he's a very very strange little boy!

Quoted from aaron rattray

Yeah where was you? Must of been close

i was other side of the pitch i could smell you.. :P

bed time alert ..............................aaron............go to bed now ...............as a good boy.............!

I was doing laps to get a proper view from each side to see what it's like

Quoted from aaron rattray

I was doing laps to get a proper view from each side to see what it's like

;D

Turmoil!

Whats what like?

Quoted from big bad bob

Whats what like?

The view from each side

Quoted from aaron rattray

The view from each side

its green , has white markings and goals at each end....

Quoted from AdamHaddock

Weren't Borough formed around 2002? The OS report says it's the first meeting between the two sides in 22 years

There was a previous incarnation of Grimsby Borough who were formed in the mid/late 1980s and played in the Central Midlands League. Home games were , at first, played at the King George Stadium. Borough stepped down to the Lincs League for season 89/90, playing at the Littlefields club in Grimsby before disbanding in the early 90s.

I did notice a claim in the programme from last night that this was the first time that Grimsby Town had played in Grimsby.......... they actually played at the Littlefields Club (Grimsby) against Grimsby Amateurs (1988/89) and Grimsby Borough (1989/90).

Quoted from aaron rattray

Did anybody see me?

Unfortunately I see you everyday, it fills me with pain, but I shall kick you out as soon as you get a nice council flat down freemo.

Senior barrymore strikes again

Did anyone get any of the goals on their phone by any chance?