Match Report
| Grimsby Town | Grimsby Town |  |  | West Ham United | West Ham United | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Liam Seaman | L. Seaman |  | 71 | G |  | 1 | | G | 56 | | Colin Waters | C. Waters | |||||||||
| Stuart Riza | S. Riza | | 67 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 57 |  | Krunoslaw Tomacic | K. Tomacic | |||||||||
| Robert Jeffers | R. Jeffers | | 63 | D | | 3 | | D | 51 | | Max Merson | M. Merson | |||||||||
| Wes Drake | W. Drake | | 56 | D | | 4 | | D | 42 | | Tim Stewart | T. Stewart | |||||||||
| Martin Dodd | M. Dodd | | 54 | D | | 5 | | D | 40 | | Marvin Beagrie | M. Beagrie | |||||||||
| Terry Lua-Lua | T. Lua-Lua | | 61 | M | | 6 | | M | 58 | | Marcus Stewart | M. Stewart | |||||||||
| Jacob Cooke | J. Cooke | | 56 | M | | 7 | | M | 55 | | Alan Barry | A. Barry | |||||||||
| Mervin Plowright | M. Plowright | | 56 | M | | 8 | | M | 53 | | Ralph Griffin | R. Griffin | |||||||||
| Hugo Okocha | H. Okocha |  | 56 | M | | 9 | | A | 56 | | Nicky Cope | N. Cope | |||||||||
| Ledley Deane | L. Deane | | 73 | A | | 10 | | A | 55 | | Leon Lawrence | L. Lawrence | |||||||||
| Martin Bailey | M. Bailey | | 53 | A | | 11 | | A | 55 | | Darren Milligan | D. Milligan | |||||||||
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Match Report
It's a sunny day here at Blundell Park where Grimsby Town play host to West Ham United. Its a sell-out today with the 5,000 capacity stadium completely full.
Grimsby Town are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while West Ham United appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
Grimsby Town are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while West Ham United appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
0.00
0-0The first half starts with Grimsby Town kicking off!
2.58
0-0Alan Barry flicks the ball to his team mate, Darren Milligan. Darren Milligan shoots from 25 yards but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
10.43
0-0Marcus Stewart catches Mervin Plowright on the ankles. Marcus Stewart is given a warning by the referee! Mervin Plowright stretches but gets up unharmed.
14.33
Robert Jeffers sees a break and surges forward. Robert Jeffers knocks the ball forward to Martin Bailey. Martin Bailey knocks in a cross ball towards Ledley Deane. Ledley Deane heads the ball goalwards but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
16.14
0-0Marvin Beagrie threads the ball through to Ralph Griffin. Ralph Griffin controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Darren Milligan. Darren Milligan shoots from long range. The ball dips but the keeper is a match for it. Saved!
18.26
Ralph Griffin controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Nicky Cope. Nicky Cope knocks in a cross ball towards Leon Lawrence. Leon Lawrence heads the ball goalwards but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
20.50
Darren Milligan clumsily knocks into Robert Jeffers. Darren Milligan is warned by the referee! Robert Jeffers stretches but gets up unharmed.
22.07
0-0Hugo Okocha knocks the ball forward to Ledley Deane. Ledley Deane deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Martin Bailey but the linesman indicates offside!
24.09
Martin Dodd makes a probing pass to Jacob Cooke. Jacob Cooke surges forward with the ball. Jacob Cooke plays a perfect one-two with Martin Bailey and rushes in on goal... Jacob Cooke shoots from just inside the box but it flies wide!
30.38
1-0Robert Jeffers makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Terry Lua-Lua. Terry Lua-Lua makes a simple pass to Ledley Deane. Ledley Deane plays a perfect one-two with Martin Bailey and rushes in on goal... Ledley Deane makes some space for himself and shoots at goal. Ledley Deane scores for Grimsby Town!!
33.09
Tim Stewart makes a probing pass to Ralph Griffin. Ralph Griffin surges forward with the ball. Ralph Griffin plays a perfect one-two with Darren Milligan and rushes in on goal... Ralph Griffin cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal but it curls horrendously wide!
36.05
Max Merson brings the ball forward. Max Merson knocks the ball to his team mate, Darren Milligan. Darren Milligan makes a probing pass to Nicky Cope. Nicky Cope takes a shot at goal but it flies wide!
38.34
Tim Stewart passes the ball forward to Ralph Griffin. Ralph Griffin makes a probing pass to Leon Lawrence. Leon Lawrence shoots from 25 yards. The ball comes in low, but Liam Seaman easily smothers it!
42.33
Martin Dodd deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Jacob Cooke. Jacob Cooke flicks the ball to his team mate, Ledley Deane. Ledley Deane sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal. It's there!! Colin Waters has to pick the ball from the back of the net!
45.00
The referee whistles the end of the first half!
45.00
West Ham United start the second half!
49.23
2-0Mervin Plowright kicks a strong pass forward to Martin Bailey. Martin Bailey knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
51.11
2-0The play is deadlocked with neither team giving up possession lightly.
54.06
Hugo Okocha makes a probing pass to Ledley Deane. Ledley Deane flicks the ball to his team mate, Martin Bailey. Martin Bailey tries a spectacular strike but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
55.30
Hugo Okocha sees space and advances. Hugo Okocha passes the ball forward but Ledley Deane is offside!
59.46
Jacob Cooke makes a simple pass to Ledley Deane. Ledley Deane whips in a cross ball towards Martin Bailey. Martin Bailey connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal but it is miles over!
66.17
Max Merson passes the ball forward to Ralph Griffin. Ralph Griffin makes a probing pass to Darren Milligan. Darren Milligan knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
67.51
Wes Drake makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Jacob Cooke. Jacob Cooke sees space and advances. Jacob Cooke knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Colin Waters who gathers it comfortably.
71.47
Jacob Cooke knocks the ball forward to Martin Bailey. Martin Bailey knocks in a cross ball towards Ledley Deane. Ledley Deane directs the ball goalwards with his head. It's there!! Colin Waters has to pick the ball from the back of the net!
75.45
Max Merson threads the ball through to Alan Barry. Alan Barry makes a simple pass to Leon Lawrence. Leon Lawrence knocks in a cross ball towards Darren Milligan. Darren Milligan powers a header at goal. It's miles wide!
77.26
Ralph Griffin passes the ball forward to Leon Lawrence. Leon Lawrence knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
85.02
Mervin Plowright makes a simple pass to Ledley Deane. Ledley Deane knocks in a cross ball towards Martin Bailey. Martin Bailey directs the ball goalwards with his head. It's miles wide!
90.00
Stuart Riza brings the ball forward. Stuart Riza knocks the ball forward to Martin Bailey. Martin Bailey plays a perfect one-two with Ledley Deane and rushes in on goal... Martin Bailey tries a spectacular strike but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
90.00
Full-time is reached with the referee blowing his whistle!
Match Statistics
Goals
3
0
Shots on Target
3
2
Shots off Target
6
5
Offsides
2
1
Fouls
0
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
59.3%
40.7%
Play Area
26.7%
43%
30.2%
Scorers
| Ledley Deane 30, 42, 71 |