Team news should be just round the corner, time to see how much of a difference having more first choice players will have on us.  A win here would change the atmosphere and hopefully kick start the season, a loss and Monday suddenly looks big for Hurst.

Come on Town.

I think Pitman and LJL will be a good pairing.

Who is the guy running with Paul Walker ?

Connell and Disley on bench
Pitmann starts

Would not have dropped dis( not for this game) he gives us something in the box and he played there back in may, poor decision there paul

Disley has been poor this term so far and yet Paddy was our best player in pre-season.
Good move I think, lets the team know that no ones place is safe - even the captain's.

If we win the game Hurst will be congratulated for the decision, if we lose he'll be criticised.
Hope it pays off.

C'mon you Mariners

Personally I think this will be dizza last season. Give paddy his chance in midfield for a change we know what dizza gives us but from what ive seen he doesn't look as mobile or energetic at the moment.

Quoted from Hagrid

Would not have dropped dis( not for this game) he gives us something in the box and he played there back in may, poor decision there paul

Agree with this, it's a difficult match and feel that Disley's experience and the ability to get in the oppositions box would have been a big asset today.  Nevertheless, PH see's the players on a daily basis and no matter what we must trust PH whilst he is manager to make the right decisions.

Come on Town

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Team news.

McKeown, Boyce, Pearson, Toto, Magnay, McLaughlin, Brown, Neilson, Clay, Pittman and Lenny

Connell and Disley drop to bench. Very defensive midfield apart from Neilsen. Hope we can get it out to him on the left as Rodman now great at defending

Not at the ground but assume we will line-up like this.

                    McKeown

      Toto         Pearson      Boyce

Magnay           Brown            Neilsen

            Clay          McLaughlin

             LJL           Pittman

I suppose we need to rotate it a bit, with us playing 2 games in 3 days.    Think we need diz and alan in there though.  easier game on Monday (on paper!). Time will tell though.  UTM

Team chosen for deep defence and odd breakaways. We live in hope.

Personally think PH's thoughts are that he wants to keep Disley for Monday.

C,Mon Town, lets get our revenge today.

Come on town

We have the players available to not play players out of position yet that's exactly what Hurst has done. Very very confusing.

Quoted from pontoonlew

We have the players available to not play players out of position yet that's exactly what Hurst has done. Very very confusing.

Yep very strange

Is it on tunein in app pls?

sounds like a 4-4-2

                     McKeown

Magnay       Toto       Pearson       Boyce

Clay           Brown     McLaughlin      Neilsen

                   LJL       Pittman


Gateshead starting with reserve keeper as Bartlett Injured

Commentary here

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28898097

Not listening to the coverage, but that line-up looks like a 4-3-1-2 to me. Or 4-3-2-1 - El Tel's Christmas Tree formation!

Dropping Disley but leaving Clay in the team is baffling, unless Disley isn't properly fit.

Quoted from psgmariner

Is it on tunein in app pls?

Yep

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Adam Bartlett out, hopefully the new guy isn't great.

Yeahahahha

Do we know which game No commentary it is???

Quoted from Cumbrian Mariner

Yep

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Is it a live show? The humberside one isn't working. Playing a recorded message saying they can't do it for contractual reasons.

OG 1-0 Town

GET IN THE YOU flipping BEAUTY

yes

Get in 0-1 (own goal) but chased in by NEILSON

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OG

You beauty!  REVENGE for Baxter.

Gerrin !!!

It couldn't have happened to a better player.

Lets Go! The revenge is starting...

Little bit of justice

Quoted from psgmariner

Is it a live show? The humberside one isn't working. Playing a recorded message saying they can't do it for contractual reasons.

Sorry Paris, I'm listening on laptop but they have said on Radio Hull that it is live match 13 on Tunein app

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It's BBC live event 13 on tune in radio app

Joe Ironside puts Alfreton 1-0 up against Wrexham

HAHAHAHAHAH BAXTER THAT'S KARMA!

Get in!!

Oh you have to say that's just DELIGHTFUL

Have that Baxter you cheating sharp object

GIVE ME SOME COMMENTARY  ??)

Get in there Baxter!! He deserves that after the playoff  ;D

Toto playing Right Back (played here as a youth player at Everton) and Magnay Left Back

Joe Ironside (former trialist) now playing at Alfreton gives them the lead vs Wrexham

Quoted from Stew0_0

Joe Ironside (former trialist) now playing at Alfreton gives them the lead vs Wrexham

Is there an echo in here.  ;)

baxter you total helmet! i hope you have a flipping mare

Thanks everyone.

Maddison nearly scores, not a bad player him.

Neilson yessssss

Get in scotty

goal!!

2-0!! Cracking goal from Neilson!

Scott Neilson get in there

NEilson screeeammeeerrr!  0-2

NEILSONS REVENGE!!!

Fkin get in!!!!

Haveithaveithvaveithaveit

flipping Scott Neilson I love you

REVENGE 8)

OMGODDDDD!!!! intercourse off gateshead!!

NEILSEN YOU BEAUTY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

KARMA is a wonderful thing!!!!

NEILSON LETS flipping GO

Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllllllllll 2-0 Scott NEILSON with an absolute beauty!

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Am loving it loving it loving it

Karma lama is out in force today

This is turning out to be a brilliant day, Baxter own goal and Neilson gets a goal, you couldn't make this up!  ;D

You couldn't make it up!  ;D

One big episode of karma right there, get in their Town!

Please help................lol

God dam went for a bob and now 2-0 up lol

keep attacking town

im realising i have a strong hate for gateshead! loving this get in there town

Town fans sound in good voice too!

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Sounds like we are playing bloody fantastic!

We are in control here, lets get this game sewn up and wipe the smile off Mills face.

I hope Magnay can get one aswell, and play a blinder.

If you had offered me anything this morning, a win with a Scott Nielson goal and a Baxter own goal would've been the top two on that list.

Lets hope Lewis gets a goal today.

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

Please help................lol

BBC Sport - Football - Conference - Gateshead v Grimsby - Commentary.

Hope this works!

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Do I dare say Andy Cook has just put Barrow 1-0 up?

Quoted from psgmariner

Is it on tunein in app pls?

You had any luck with this?

Paddy Mc has a goal disallowed following a push by The Shop.

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If its one team who we could hammer this season Gateshead would be top of the list!  ;)

Imps two nil up too

Quoted from Cumbrian Mariner

BBC Sport - Football - Conference - Gateshead v Grimsby - Commentary.

Hope this works!

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Can't get it on the blooming iPad

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

Can't get it on the blooming iPad

Download tune in app and search for bbc live event 13

     Alfreton Town     1 - 1     Wrexham
     Bristol Rovers     0 - 0     Telford
     Chester FC     0 - 0     Halifax Town
     Dartford     0 - 0     Torquay United
     Dover     0 - 1     Eastleigh
     Gateshead FC     0 - 2     Grimsby Town
     Lincoln     2 - 0     Braintree Town
     Macclesfield Town     0 - 0     Kidderminster Harriers
     Nuneaton Town     0 - 2     Barnet
     Southport     0 - 0     Altrincham
     Welling United     0 - 0     Woking

Even though we are just about on top and 2 goals up, why am I still so nervous :(

Cheers guys :)

I owe you a quarter of cola cubes each :)

Quoted from Madeleymariner

Even though we are just about on top and 2 goals up, why am I still so nervous :(

Get another and I might just start to relax.

gates head coming close

Gateshead have just had their first real shots - Boyce blocked the first and then the second went wide.

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They are playing to our strengths mostly, lumping long balls forward which Toto, Boyce, Pearson and Magnay are thankful for....


..... Great block by Boyce keeping the clean sheet.

Great start, think there might a few more goals in this one

Be good if we could get Boyce on a more permanent basis. I know he was only initially brought in to cover Toto and Pearson for the start of the season but the 3 can play together as is being shown today.

Another corner for town.............. header wide.

Alfreton 1 - 2 Wrexham

Is that the town fans???? Making all the noise?

Is it too early for me to reply to Gateshead's tweet from a few days ago?!

Quoted from poomehellt

Is it too early for me to reply to Gateshead's tweet from a few days ago?!

Yes, don't tempt fate!

Boyce said he was interested in signing long term, a season long loan deal appeals to both clubs and gives us a option like with Nathan Arnold.

do you know who's on the bench i hope Jack Mackreth is one he could come on late and attack them when Nielson feeling a bit tired.

Is it just me but are these two much easier (and more interesting) to listen to than JT and Buckley?  Or is it just because we're winning?

Anyone know who the co-commentator is?

Substitutes
02 Bignot
07 Mackreth
08 Disley
17 Connell
25 Winfarrah

Quoted from fiveallive

do you know who's on the bench i hope Jack Mackreth is one he could come on late and attack them when Nielson feeling a bit tired.

Bignot, Mackreth, Disley, Connell, Winfarrah.

Gateshead pressure at the min

Getting worried about Maddison keeps missing but making lots of space for the shots, he's going to get one right eventually.

We need to get foot on the ball again and calm us down till half-time

Halifax winning again, could make it 4 out of 4

Come on Town get out to them.

Wellng 1 Woking 0 so we move up to 11th

Cheers for the info.

Quoted from Stew0_0

Halifax winning again, could make it 4 out of 4

But we haven't lost yet ;)

SHOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SHOOOOPPP!

GET IN SHOP

OMFG!!   Lenny scores at last

LENNIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Did i just hear that correctly

He only scores when he wants to :)

good god!

SHOP! SHOP SHOP SHOP!!! SHOP! 3!!! SHOP SHOP SHOP

Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllll

3-0 The SHOP

Feed the Shop and he will score
Feed the Shop and he will score

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Brilliant!

always rated him

OMFG!!   Lenny scores at last

Well done LJL

Best player we have ever signed  :P

Yay. We want 4

Baxter o.g.
Neilson scores
LJL scores
3-0 up before half time.

Ah excrement. This is a dream isn't it. Strange, it all seems so real.

His name  is a chain of upscale department stores operating throughout Great Britain. The chain is owned by the John Lewis Partnership. The first John Lewis store was opened in 1864 in Oxford Street, London.

heres to many more LjL

Well in to him and well in to everybody on that pitch right now. Absolutely superb half of football, probably the best we've played in a long long time!

Proving a lot of us wrong today.

Oh, Hurst's selection policy against the far superior Gary Mills is a bit of an issue today, isn't it..

Imagine the confidence that will do to Lewis and the team as a whole, it sounds like we are playing a very good game here.

Just need Rodman harshly sent off or something to make this the perfect game.

Well you what this means our home play is the problem.   Away fans excellent home fans not so good.

great start lets hammer these cheating sods.

Quoted from pontoonlew

We have the players available to not play players out of position yet that's exactly what Hurst has done. Very very confusing.

It's bloody confusing me too being 3-0 up before half-time.  ;D

There's no "I" in team - wait till Hurst puts the subs on second half !!

Time for a Connell hat trick ?? i can dream !!

Jennings scores for the welsh

HIS NAME IS A SHOP!

How is Pittman getting on?

Half time Gateshead 0 Town 3

Quoted from Les Brechin

It's bloody confusing me too being 3-0 up before half-time.  ;D

;D

Easy to flag that up now we're 3-0 up Les!

With Cook, Ironside & Jennings scoring today i'd say for this boards sake it's a damn good job it is 3-0  ;D

Half time: Gateshead 0 Grimsby Town 3

Fantastic first half from Town.  Need to keep it up in the second half and and close this game down, would happily take this as the final result now.

Gateshead did start to come back into it for the last 15 minutes of the half and rattled a few shots in although they never threatened goal.  

Pleased for the whole team, especially for NEILSON.

UTM

Just to complete the day, Macca to save a penalty LOL

LJL scored, is this due to the fact he has had more than a couple of chances in the game, unlike most weeks where we only produce about 3 chances between the strikers

Brilliant stuff this!!! UTM

Subs being made by Mills. Does Hurst react or do we just keep doing what has worked so far?

yeHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!

get in

lolz

NEILSON!!!!!!!!!!!!

Neilson again!

Neilson AGAIN!!

Get in there. We want 5 lol

Have it

GET IN NEILSEN AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

UNBELIEVABLE!

What the Fu@k is going on?  4-0 Nielson

Quoted from MeanwoodMariner

Subs being made by Mills. Does Hurst react or do we just keep doing what has worked so far?

Probably the latter

Gateshead taught a lesson here I think the playoff defeat etc has definitely spurred us on

Toto almost makes it 5-0.  Keeper parrys away...

.... Boyce, another save

Im in ecstasy

This is a dream right?

Nearly 5!!

We're bloody rampant!

If Nielson gets 3, can it be arranged for Baxter to hand him the match ball  ;D

Gooooooooooooallllll!

4-0 NEILSON

Am I dreaming here or what?

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Neilson makes a big difference to the team, wait till Arnold and Hannah are back too!

Just need one of our defenders to get one from a corner then we wont be able to moan about anything this weekend.

Is it a coincidence that when we have a decent winger and a natural winger playing we create chances. When we have 2 natural wingers playing then we will create more.

Is Neilson playing in a free role?

RODMAN, WHAT'S THE SCORE,
RODMAN, RODMAN, WHAT'S THE SCORE.

;D

What sums it up for me is we seem to be playing with real positivity in the team, If we can keep hold of Boyce and injury free i can see our defence being really strong this season.

bad

1-4 maddison

Petition Boyce for the season.

No clean sheet bonus today then

Well not another clean sheet then.... who cares 4-1!

Bug her

I'm panicing.

Lincoln now 2-1 and down to 10 men

1-4 Town

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Gateshead stepping up the pressure, we need to score again to settle the nerves

Had a couple of quid on both teams to score so Maddison's made it an almost perfect result

Quoted from Madeleymariner

Getting worried about Maddison keeps missing but making lots of space for the shots, he's going to get one right eventually.

Sometimes I hate being right :(

Just get another goal now Town to take the pressure totally off!  

Lincoln 3-1 up and scents losing so staying bottom of the league.can it get any better?

Not listening to the commentary (as I'm a jonah when I do), but it wouldn't perhaps be too bad a thing for Maddison to do well today, providing we still win.

Might give Peterborough the impetus to sweeten the deal and get him signed up!

Boyce cleans up again, good player he is!  Nsiala serms to be doing well too!

Should of had a PEN!!

Penalty denied for Town. :-/

Nailed on pen knocked back by the ref following Paddy Mc having his standing leg taken away!

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Quoted from Maringer

Not listening to the commentary (as I'm a jonah when I do),

What's Alan Buckley doing streaking????????





And Ivano bonneti's wearing a full body suit of the colonel!

Very happy with Town today, we sound very dangerous and well in control.

Alfreton 1 - 3 Wrexham
Brizzle Rovers 1 - 0 Telford
Chester 0 - 2 Halifax
Dartford 0 - 0 Torquay
Dover 1 - 1 Eastleigh
Heed 1 - 4 Town
GIMPS 3 - 1 Braintree
Macc 0 - 0 Kiddie
Nuneaton 0 - 2 Barnet
Southport 1 - 1 Altrincham
Welling 1 - 0 Woking

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Dodgy ref coming out of the woodwork, wondered when this would happen with us doing so well

The Shop is denied a 5th when the keeper stops with his legs.

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Ah LJL I can't be mad at you when we're winning by 3 goals

Gateshead are getting a few chances at the minute, they have to go for it but we need to just kill the game off and slow it down.

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Good job we're 4-1 up - hearing 'Lenell John Lewis should have scored' would have seen this board go mental!

We have had a few corners today which is a good sign!

How is pittman doing

Alfreton 2 - 3 Wrexham

288 Town fans

Quoted from Meza

How is pittman doing

Playing his part in a 4-1 lead...doing ok for me!  :)

Mackreth on for Neilson, great game Scott.

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Will hurst sub neilson for an ovation in the last 10 mins lol

Well done to Neilson.

Good to hear jostein and the Nordic fans getting a shout

Picking up too many cheap yellow cards

Quoted from Meza

How is pittman doing

Will be interesting to hear from those who are there what impact he's had. He's obviously quick so possibly his mere presence on the pitch has given us an extra dimension and enabled us to do so well.

Scunts have equalised

250 travelling Mariners - well done to all.

Sub: Disley for Pittman.

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Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay 5-1

yeahahahaha!  Dizza!

Dizzzzzzzzzer

CAPTAIN DISLEY!!

Looking forward to mariners player

Dizzzaaaaaa!!!!  ;D

5-1 to the Mariners!! :) :) :) :)

woohoo, time for one more?  ;D

Get in there 5-1 dizza

Goooooooooooooooooooallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll DISLEY - Get in!

1 -5 - Game Over.  Well done Dizzers, first of the season and more to come (hopefully)

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Disley makes it 5. thankyou and goodnight!

Wonder what Rodman is thinking.............

Quoted from Cumbrian Mariner

250 travelling Mariners - well done to all.

Sub: Disley for Pittman.

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288 according to Gateshead's tweet.

I think i'm going to have a nose bleed  ;D

Ok statues.when was the last time we won away by this amount? Rush den?

Get the fu@# in you f##$!@ beauty

Hurst's substitutions need to be questioned.. Taking an attacker off for a midfielder?

The Shop and Disley are excrement!  ;)

Quoted from RonMariner

Wonder what Rodman is thinking.............

How's my hair look?

Rodman whats the score :-)

Get Winfarrah on!

Great result for Town!  This could be the spring board to a good run now, this will give the team a massive boost going into Mondays game.

The Town fans are chanting "Rodman, Rodman whats the score

Rodman, whats the score"

Get in

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Im in heaven

Interesting, Dover (10 men since half time) beating big money Eastleigh 2-1

Eastleigh losing to Dover :-)

Quoted from RonMariner

Wonder what Rodman is thinking.............

WHO ?  I've only heard his name mentioned a couple of time in the whole match..

Quoted from Stew0_0

Eastleigh losing to Dover :-)

But Dover are tinpot, part time whipping boys aren't they?

5.1 and we are still pressing, impressive stuff by Town!

Footage of Disley's goal ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spPjpy5rEuQ

Quoted from 1740[b

]Great result for Town! [/b] This could be the spring board to a good run now, this will give the team a massive boost going into Mondays game.

To early to say yet, they could score four ;)

Lincoln fans getting exciting at being 2nd in the table lol

someone said how can they score five when they have struggled in the last 3 games....easy we had 8 players out

SHOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SHOPPPPPP!!!!  6-1.  I LOVE SHOP!

Lewis yesssssss. 6.1

ffs ;D

SIX

LENNY, this is unbelievable !!!

The Shop must have wanted to score today :)

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllllllllllllllllllll !

1-6 The SHOP

Feed the Shop and he will score
Feed the Shop and he will score

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Well you have to say that's just magnificent

Marriiinnnerrrsss!   8)

flipping hell I don't even know what to do with myself anymore, this is mental  ;D

A few slices of humble pie being readied all over the land

Full time 6-1 and we even got a mention on final score

FT 6-1!!!!! Can you believe it?!? Superb Town, absolutely superb and very sweet revenge  :)

tears in my eyes!

This just proves we can do it and more than capable of pushing for that top spot.

Quoted from immariner

Footage of Disley's goal ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spPjpy5rEuQ

thats last seasons lmao!!

Mills targeting 10 out of 12 by the end of this weekend rings a bit hollow now.

So pleased !! EGg On My face Our Season Has Started !  ;D UTM

He scores when he wants, he scores when he wants, lenel john Lewis, he scores when he wants. (clap)(clap)(clap)

The just back thread will be an interesting read tonight.   Am holding my breath for Bruce Springsteen to put up his hurst must go thread

Delighted. Well done town, Hurst, LJL et al. Let this be the catalyst for the season

Wow. Stunned. I actually enjoyed the radio coverage too. 2am so off to bed HAPPY  :)

Quoted from mike_d

Mills targeting 10 out of 12 by the end of this weekend rings a bit hollow now.

ha ha.  what's that?  goals conceded?    ;D

Great display by town,heros all over the park. Must also add super commentary by both commentators. UTM..
Same again monday please.

Fook me I wish I had draw town in les's pontoon. Lol bloody scunny have let me down by actually scoring the useless scunts.

Brilliant result, totally out of the blue and the best reaction possible after the first 3 games. Especially John Lewis who i'm happy to say has clearly had a stormer today. Hopefully both he and the rest of the team can use this as a catalyst for the season and Hurst realises this team CAN attack and can score goals.

Totally different feeling towards the season already and hopefully this will only spark fans enjoyment of it again. Hopefully the football stays positive, positive football = positive fans.

Fantastic result, great performance by the whole team, staff and fans.  

This is what we have been threatening for a long while, need to take stock of what has happened today and take this performance into Mondays game and climb back towards the top of the table.  This will make the league sit up and take notice, bring on Alfreton.

One happy Mariner tonight.

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I honestly thought Gateshead would thump us today, but am delighted to have been proven wrong! Incredible result! Well done Town and well done Hurst!!!  :)

Quoted from forza ivano

The just back thread will be an interesting read tonight.   Am holding my breath for Bruce Springsteen to put up his hurst must go thread

Yeah - BS's smug, predictable and repetitive negativity is so annoying that I blocked him.  I like to ENJOY following Town.  Simples.

Truly magnificent & fully deserved !

Well done Hurst, players and travelling faithful.

Get in ! (yahoo)

Humberside said that we shredded Gateshead into pieces.  A quite graphic description.

They also said "who expected this result?", and a voice in the background replied "no one!".

Interesting to note comments at this start of this thread regarding the team selection being defensive in midfield. What will be capable of with our strongest team and having the confidence to really go at teams?

I still don't think that was our strongest side, I've a feeling in an ideal world Hurst would probably have had 3 different players on the pitch which is quite exciting.

Macca makes the point that we have been playing with 4 centre midfielders due to injury and suspension. If we win on Monday then I would say it has been a good start considering we have been down to the bare minimum in terms of players available to us.

Quoted from gtfc82

I honestly thought Gateshead would thump us today, but am delighted to have been proven wrong! Incredible result! Well done Town and well done Hurst!!!  :)

Thought the same , very unexpected . Well done Town . Next match just as important , more of the same and the crowd will show their appreciation .

Anyone know what the odds were for this result? Did anyone get close with their bets?

I suppose we need to identify what it was we did differently and well, and replicate it! Sounds like the shape was right. Quite a few of us have been discussing this for a while. No coincidence that Hurst did one or two key things differently and it's paid off - treated Disley's selection as a matter of merit, played Paddy in his correct position, reminded LJL what he expects of him, replace Connell with JP etc...

What Grimsby did right was press Gateshead from the start they had the players to do it.

Neilson was outstanding early on and Pitman and LJL. The og was caused by the continuous pressing and Neilson's goal was a belter.

At 2 - 0 up the confidence was clear to see and the team today was very balanced.

Special word for Craig Clay - who seemed to play just in front to the back four  - he did not look out of place and his role seemed to be breaking down the opposition midfield thrusts - a lot fitter than when I last saw him.

LJL capped his performance with goals. If he can do this with some regularity this season - the season will be a good one

Quoted from Teestogreen

Special word for Craig Clay - who seemed to play just in front to the back four  - he did not look out of place and his role seemed to be breaking down the opposition midfield thrusts - a lot fitter than when I last saw him.

I slated him when he signed but he will play a vital role this year in that holding midfield Brown. With Clay and Brown in the team we are very solid in the centre and offer a lot of protection for the back 4. It also gives a licence for our wingers and full backs to get forward more. Does anyone know when Ross and Arnold are back?

Yeah, Dave Moore.  :)

He doesn't think they'll be fit for Alfreton. Possibility for Aldershot.

Good to hear about the pressing. The best non league performance ,away at Cambridge 2 years ago, was noticeable for precisely that reason. Wonder why we can't do this more often

Quoted from TheRonRaffertyFanClub

Team chosen for deep defence and odd breakaways. We live in hope.

:o

Just watched the gatehead highlights.  Cracking first goal from Neilson.
Very open game though, I don't think I've seen so many good chances go begging.  Reckon it could have ended 10-10 if both teams had converted them.