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  • Kick-off: 12:00
  • Venue: Blundell Park
  • Attendance: 5533
  • Referee: Mason, L

Live Commentary

90mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

90mins

It's red. He's off. Scott Kerr has been sent off.

85mins

Goal!! Grimsby have scored with Gary Jones putting it in the back of the net.

85mins

Jamie Hand is booked for unsporting behaviour.

79mins

Lee Frecklington is being taken off, Jamie Hand has come on in his place.

76mins

Sam Hird goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

73mins

Louis Dodds is replaced by Oliver Ryan.

72mins

Martin Butler is replaced by Andy Taylor.

70mins

Ryan Bennett is booked for unsporting behaviour.

65mins

Grimsby are replacing Danny North with Gary Jones.

63mins

The referee has booked Scott Kerr.

46mins

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

45mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

0mins

It's 12am on Saturday, December 29th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

A late goal from substitute Gary Jones decided a Lincolnshire derby in Grimsby Town's favour.

All the chances fell to Grimsby but they were not taken until, with five minutes to go, the vital moment came.

A free-kick on the left by Danny Boshell caught in the wind and keeper Ben Smith could only touch the ball onto the bar with Jones nodding in from a couple of yards out.

The afternoon went from bad to worse for Lincoln when they had skipper Scott Kerr sent off in the last minute for a second bookable offence.

At the end of the day, Lincoln had just the one goal scoring opportunity from a header by Lee Frecklington which went wide.

At the other end, Grimsby wasted quite a few openings, although a header from man-of-the-match Robert Atkinson was brilliantly saved by Smith in the first half.

It was the sort of game that had 0-0 written all over it until Jones, who has scored match winners against Mansfield and Brentford of late, made it a third with his vital touch.

The victory - only Grimsby's third at home this season - erased the memory of the Boxing Day defeat at home to Accrington, but this was Lincoln's third successive loss over the holiday period and real cause for concern for manager Peter Jackson, who had appeared to be turning things around.

Grimsby now face difficult looking away games at Chester and Chesterfield, while Lincoln must be looking for full points at home to Bury on New Year's Day.

With the early kick-off, Grimsby moved up four places in the League Two table, with Lincoln still right in the thick of the relegation dogfight.

Grimsby Town

Lincoln City

Corners

95

Fouls

1414

Goal attempts

88

Shots off target

26

Offsides

10

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