FGR 3 Grimsby 3 – A View from Pontoon Pat

THE EAGLE HAS LANDED

Robert Eagle scored his first goals for the Mariners on Thursday night, in a sensational game against Forest Green.

Heres a look at the goals that saw Grimsby nearly lose to a struggling side:

1-0

tyche latched onto a through ball from their number 8, beat Watt and O’Donnell to the ball and chipped home from the edge of the area

2-0

0 yard pass from the number 8, a cross field ball, Norwood caught on edge of the area and half volleyed the ball across the keeper – a well hit shot that the keeper could have done better with.

2-1

elee led to Bore heading back into the box and Eagle heads a looping header from 12 yards over the keeper.

3-1

n 52 minutes number 19 played a one two with Styche before slotting home

3-2

free kick half cleared and Wright hit a rising shot, that surprisingly still went in low from about 12 yards

3-3

ore hit a fantastic cross beating 3 men, got to the goal line, cut it back and Eagle sidefooted home a volley, calm as you like, from 12 yards

Grimsby down the flanks were awesome and when they had the ball they looked good, however when they didn’t, as Neil Woods said, they were shocking. A team 23rd in the table scored 3 times against the Mariners, and once again the lack of luck in front of goal, with Connell mising chances, is costing the club dearly.

Grimsby Town


38 O’Donnell
19 Wood 5 Kempson 16 Watt 3 Ridley
2 Bore 8 Cummins 28 Wright 29 Eagle
18 Carlton 17 Connell


Grimsby Town Substitutes


30 Croudson (G) 6 Garner (D) 15 Samuels (D )4 Hudson(M) 10 Peacock (F)
Forest Green Rovers

1 Bittner
20 Caines 2 Hodgkiss 5 Jones 23 McDonald
8 M Fowler 16 L Fowler 26 Flood 25 Watson (F)
18 Norwood (F) 9 Styche (F)


Forest Green Rovers Substitutes

21 Jones (G) 22 Grimes (D) 4 Herring (M) 19 Klukowski (M) 17 Else (M)

Forest Green Rovers 3 – 3 Grimsby Town

Stadium: The New Lawn
Attendance: 1,007
October 7, 2010, 19:45 BST
Referee Andy Hendley


Scorers


Forest Green Rovers
Reece Styche (12) James Norwood (18) Yan Klukowski (52)


Grimsby Town Robert Eagle (20 & 68) Andrew Wright (65)


Forest Green Rovers Grimsby Town
Shots (on Goal) 5(4) 9(4)
Fouls 14 11
Corner Kicks 4 4
Offsides 3 8
Time of Possession 46% 54%
Yellow Cards 1 0
Red Cards 0 0
Saves 2 1

Subs
Yan Klukowski for Chris Flood (46)
Ian Herring for Jared Hodgkiss (67)
Jon Else for Ben Watson (83)


Grimsby Town Substitutions
Lee Peacock for Danny Carlton (56)
Dwayne Samuels for Lee Ridley (56)


Forest Green Rovers Yellow Cards
Reece Styche (73)