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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Blundell Park
  • Attendance: 3713
  • Referee: Evans, K

Live Commentary

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

81mins

Barnet are replacing John O'Flynn with Adam Birchall.

73mins

Robbie Stockdale goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.

61mins

Grimsby are replacing James Hunt with Simon Heslop.

56mins

Tomi Ameobi is being taken off, Nathan Jarman has come on in his place.

55mins

Grimsby are replacing Chris Llewellyn with Danny North.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 1.

45mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

44mins

Goal!! Neal Bishop scores for Barnet.

23mins

The referee has booked Ashley Carew.

20mins

Kenny Gillet goes into the referee's book for persistent infringement.

0mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, September 27th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Barnet finally managed a league win and in doing so ended a run of six straight defeats against Grimsby Town since they returned to the Football League.

The winning goal was a scrappy one in keeping with an awful game. In the 44th minute, Barnet broke down the right and a cross from Albert Adomah was bundled past keeper Phil Barnes by midfielder Neil Bishop.

Despite the referee playing nearly six minutes of added time in the first period, there was no reply from the home side and it wasn't until the 83rd minute that they finally managed a shot on target.

Malvin Kamara tested keeper Lee Harrison with the effort producing ironic cheers from the long-suffering home supporters.

A goal to the good, Barnet had no real incentive to push forward in the second half and by defending in-depth they gave Grimsby little chance to break them down.

Having said that, there was little spark or inspiration from the Mariners, who have scored only three goals all season.

At least Paul Fairclough, the Barnet manager, was happy to see his side's first win of the season, which was just about deserved, for they did carry a little more goal threat than the home side.

It is just fortunate for these two struggling teams that the three teams below them in the table all started with points deductions, although the margins are getting reduced as each game goes.

It was a happy journey back to north London for Barnet's 81 travelling fans, who got right behind their side and celebrated at the end of the game as though they had won promotion.

Grimsby Town

Barnet

Corners

34

Fouls

1017

Goal attempts

511

Shots off target

310

Offsides

86

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