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Grimsby

24/05/2016
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2016 Play-Off Finals – The Last Chance At Promotion

So this year’s season is wrapping up shortly – Leicester made the fairytale come true to win the Premier League, Burnley went straight back up with Middlesbrough returning after 7 years away, Wigan get back on the right path and head back to the Championship having only been in the top tier as recently as 2013 whereas Burton continue to surprise with automatic promotion in their first ever year in the third tier, and in League Two Northampton Town put financial worries aside to demolish the division, with Oxford United... Read More

04/12/2015
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The Calm Before The Storm: FA Cup, Round 2…

The big boys are looming… time for the teams still in the FA Cup to fight for a win more than ever, because the all-important third round is next. For the smaller teams, a win means an opportunity to possibly be drawn against the big English teams, which would give a massive financial boost – where else would you see the likes of Manchester United possibly playing Stourbridge, for example? At this point, the most high-profile teams in the competition are from Leagues One and Two (who joined the competition... Read More

13/05/2015

The Playoffs – We’re Halfway There

So, the chase for promotion continues – and two of our finals are set. The first of these happens this Sunday, when Bristol Rovers and Grimsby Town fight for a league position next season. Neither are strangers to league football, either – for Rovers, they spent 94 consecutive years there until their relegation last year, whereas Grimsby went 117 consecutive years there, and are only the fourth team to have competed in all top 5 divisions. Grimsby since have been oh-so-close in returning for the past few seasons – in the last... Read More