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Grimsby Town 1 - 2 Bradford Slitty

Grimsby slected a very attacking formation with 4 strikers, 4 tough tackling midfielders 2 defenders and a goal keeper for this match against their visitors; Yorkshire and Conference rivals Bradford SLitty.

Bradford turned up fresh from their friendly win over North Witch Victoria earlier in the day with defender Andy O'Brien missing the game carrying a slight knock. allowing a youth team prospect, Graham Silentstream to step up to the LOS in Andy's place.

The game started with Bradford taking possession and running about a lot with some nice passes, but no penetration behind a solid Grimsby defence. One veteren journalist from local rag, The Grimsby Daily Haddock stated in 27 years of watching Grimsby Town he had never seen such stirling defensive work and that they should play with 4 strikers every game!

After a quarter of the game had passed the tackles started flying in and both sides became more desperate, Grimsby to take out theball carrier and Bradford to fashion an opportunity to take the ball behind teh Grimsby line.

As the 1st half started coming to an end Braford made the breakthrough releasing Dean Windass to scamper of the line for his first TD for the club. The half ended with Grimsby almost racing through the Bradford defence for an equaliser, showing Bradford how its done...Clive Mendonca demonstrating his excellent scoring abilities at lower league level.

In the second half Grimsby looked pretty good with the ball and started to make some ground as they whittled down the Bradford defenders gaining a three man advantage mid-way through the first half. Suddenly it all turned as Bradord got three men off the picth and it was 7 v 7 again. The inspired the Bradford team to take possession from the demoralised Grimsby squad who had lost the ball. A quick pass to David Wetherall saw him scamper home for a second Bradford goal.

A brief flurry near the end saw Grimsby bravely go for the equaliser to no avail.

Slitty take a win in a close if somewhat frustrating game for Grimsby who might have felt the deserved a draw for their endeavours.


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Well played mate sorry about the dice....but I am sure we all will see some leveling out across a long season :-)”