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Lincoln
City 5 Grimsby Town 0
25th March 2006
Lincoln City responded to their defeat at Boston United
last Saturday, in the best possible way!
Imps' boss Keith Alexander made a couple of alterations
to the side that lost 2-1 at Boston. Striker Simon Yeo is
injured so his place was taken by Imps' debutante Jamie
Forrester, who was joined by Marvin Robinson in place of
the dropped Gary Birch. In midfield, Steve Robinson lost
his starting place to Luke Foster.
A first minute free-kick conceded by Lincoln led to
Grimsby winning an early corner. Thankfully, the danger
ended due to a foul on Nat Brown. Two minutes later, and
Brown was involved in the action at the other end when he
headed wide from 6-yards.
Local derby games are usually cagey but not this one, as
Paul Bolland was next to try his luck. His 4th minute
effort was held by Imps' goalkeeper Alan Marriott. Former
Imp Ciaran Toner then attempted to score but his
speculative 6th minute shot flew high and wide.
Forrester was next to rue his luck when he headed Scott
Kerr's cross inches wide during the 9th minute. Before
Lincoln could truly regret that missed chance, they took
the lead. Paul Mayo's throw-in was met by Foster, who headed the ball into the
net for 1-0 to Lincoln.
The Imps' lead was doubled just four minutes later, when
Brown's pass was latched on to by Forrester. The former Leeds United
striker showed no rustiness, despite starting very few
games this season, to send a 20-yard lob into the goal
for 2-0.
Grimsby were stunned, and it could have been 3-0 but
Franny Green's 17th minute effort went wide. Two rare
Grimsby attacks saw them waste corners in the 20th and
31st minutes.
Brown collected a 22nd minute caution for a foul on
Michael Reddy. Twelve minutes later, Kerr saw his corner
gathered by Steve Mildenhall.
Unfortunately for Mildenhall, he let his team down in the
36th minute when he fouled Marvin Robinson inside the
penalty area. Mayo duly made him and Grimsby pay
by blasting the resultant penalty into the goal for 3-0.
Lincoln were by far the dominant side and had they
converted all their opportunities, then they could have
been 6-0 ahead by half-time. In the 41st minute, Green
was very unlucky to see his shot hit the crossbar after
superb work to create the space for the shot. A minute
later, a foul by Gary Croft on Kerr allowed Kerr to fire
in a free-kick that Mildenhall did very well to save.
Just in case Grimsby were considering a regrouping
exercise for the second half, Lincoln killed off the
match by scoring a fourth goal. It came in the 43rd
minute when Forrester's cross was converted by the right
foot of Marvin Robinson for 4-0.
Toner tried two long-range efforts in first half stoppage
time but they were to be his last contributions to the
match, as his return to Sincil Bank was prematurely
ended. At the start of second half, Grimsby manager
Russell Slade opted to replace Toner and Justin Whittle
with Jean-Paul Kamudimba and Rob Jones respectively.
Bizarrely, Slade refused to allow any of his players to
return to the dressing room.
The substitutions worked to the effect that Lincoln
failed to exert themselves further. However, when a team
is 4-0 ahead with a difficult fixture looming on Tuesday
evening, it could well have been Lincoln who decided to
take things a little easier.
Grimsby won two corners that came to nothing, before
Green forced Midenhall into a fine save in the 58th
minute. A couple of corners quickly followed for Lincoln
before Mildenhall was able to deny Marvin Robinson by
catching the ball from Robinson's header.
Shortly after Bolland had tested Marriott via a
long-range 69th minute shot, Lincoln opted to make a
substitution. The fresh legs of Birch replaced Marvin
Robinson, causing Birch to be straight in the midst of
the action. Four corners in quick succession came in the
72nd minute before a hesitant Grimsby defence finally
cleared the ball.
By now, even the players who seldom score were fancying
their chances, as Beevers showed in the 76th minute when
he shot wide. A minute later, Forrester was replaced
Martin Gritton, who was eager to face his former
team-mates.
In 82nd minute, Beevers did succeeded in scoring his
first league goal for Lincoln City when he scored to make
it 5-0. Birch's pass allowed Beevers to beat his defender
before scoring from 20-yards out. This goal signalled the
time for Lincoln's final substitution as Kerr was
replaced by Lee Frecklington.
The score line remained at 5-0 to Lincoln, who scored
more than four goals against a Grimsby Town side for the
first time since October 1932.
Lincoln
City: A
Marriott, C Cryan, J McCombe, N Brown, P Mayo, L Beevers,
L Foster, S Kerr (84 L Frecklington) , F Green, J
Forrester (78 M Gritton) , M Robinson (71 G Birch)
Unused subs: J Stirling, S Robinson
Grimsby: S Mildenhall, G Croft (84 M Goodfellow) ,
J Whittle (45 R Jones) , B Futcher, T Newey, C Woodhouse,
C Toner (45 J Kamudimba) , P Bolland, G Cohen, M Reddy, G
Jones
Unused subs: M Goodfellow, A Parkinson, J Mendes
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