Grimsby Town – Full Results History, Facts and Match Reports

Teams :
Grimsby Town –   Steve Mildenhall, McDermott (c), R. Jones, Whittle, Croft, Kalala, Bolland, Cohen (Barwick 81), Parkinson, Gary Jones (Gritton 46), Reddy.
Subs not used :  Ramsden, Newey, Ciaran Toner
Managers : Russell Slade
Spurs –  Paul Robinson, Paul Stalteri, Nourredine Naybet, Ledley King (c), Young-Pyo Lee, Michael Brown, Jermaine Jenas, Michael Carrick (Sean Davis 66), Andy Reid (Aaron Lennon 61), Robbie Keane, Jermain Defoe
Subs not used :  Radek Cerny, Stephen Kelly, Goran Bunjecevic
Managers : Martin Jol
Attendance : –  8,206

Ref : Graham Laws  (Tyne & Wear)
Linesmen : Mr. C. Bassingdale (Yellow/Red flag); Mr. S. A. J. Duncan (Plain flag)
Fourth official : Mr. J. P. Robinson
Match sponsor : L E S Engineering; Grimsby Telegraph
Match ball sponsor : Martin Anderson Insurance
Shirt sponsor : Young’s

Teams :
Grimsby Town –  Steve Sherwood, John McDermott, Kevin Jobling, Paul Futcher, Mark Lever, Shaun Cunnington, Gary Childs, Dave Gilbert, Tony Rees, John Cockerill, Neil Woods.
Spurs –  Erik Thorstvedt, Steve Sedgley, Pat van den Hauwe, Gary Mabbutt, Justin Edinburgh, David Howells (Gudni Bergsson), Vinny Samways, Paul Allen (Paul Walsh), Paul Stewart, Gordon Durie, Gary Lineker
Attendance : –   17,017

Teams :
Spurs –  Ted Ditchburn, Alf Ramsey, Charlie Withers, Harry Clarke, Tony Marchi, Ron Burgess, Les Medley, Len Duquemin, Sonny Walters, Billy Rees, Eddie Baily
Grimsby Town –  .
Attendance : –   46,423

Tottenham beat Grimsby Town at Blundell Park 3-2 with goals from Alf Ramsey, Les Medley and Les Bennett.

Teams :
Grimsby Town –  .
Spurs –  Ted Ditchburn, Alf Ramsey, Charlie Withers, Harry Clarke, Ron Burgess, Bill Nicholson, Les Medley, Len Duquemin, Sonny Walters, Les Bennett, Eddie Baily
Attendance : –  22,482

There were two goals each for Les Bennett and Len Duquemin with one for Les Medley in this 5-2 home win over Grimsby Town.

Teams :
Spurs –  Ted Ditchburn, Syd Tickridge, Charlie Withers, Harry Clarke, Ron Burgess, Bill Nicholson, Les Medley, Len Duquemin, Sonny Walters, Les Bennett, Eddie Baily
Grimsby Town –  .
Attendance : –  29,808

Spurs won the Christmas return fixture with Grimsby Town on Boxing Day at White Hart Lane 2-1 with the Grimsby goal coming from Pat Glover.  Two goals from Almer Hall took the points for Tottenham though.

Teams :
Spurs –  Allan Taylor, Fred Channell, Bill Whatley, Les Howe, Tommy Meads, Tom Evans, Wally Alsford, Jimmy McCormick, Hunt, Walter Bellamy, George Greenfield
Grimsby Town –  Tweedy, Kelly, Jim Wright, Hall, Betmead, Buck, Dyson, Bestall, Glover, Craven, Dennis Jennings.
Attendance : –  45,512

Blundell Park welcomed Spurs on Christmas Day but Grimsby Town bagged both points with goals from Buck, Craven and Glover.  

Teams :
Grimsby Town –  George Tweedy, Kelly, Hughie Jacobsen, Hall, Betmead, Buck, Jim Dyson, Bestall, Glover, Craven, Burley.
Spurs –  Allan Taylor, Fred Channell, Bill Whatley, Les Howe, Tommy Meads, Tom Evans, Willie Evans, Jimmy McCormick, Hunt, Eugene O’Callaghan, George Greenfield
Attendance : –  19,706

A comeback from 3-1 down gave Spurs both Division Two points as they recovered to win in the last forty minutes of the match.

Bestall had been the best player on the pitch in the first half showing great mastery of the football on a slippery pitch, but it was George Hunt who gave Tottenham a 35th minute lead with a thumping header to Willie Davies’ cross.  Grimsby turned the game on it’s head within six minutes as goals from Craven and Glover put them ahead and soon after the restart, Jennings made it 3-1. 

With forty minutes to play, it was Eugene O’Callaghan, Willie Evans and George Hunt who played some lovely football and with goals coming from Evans with two and O’Callaghan grabbing the other one, it was a turnaround that left Grimsby empty-handed.  In between Evans’ two goals, he stepped up to take a penalty, but hit it straight at Read, the Mariners’ keeper.

Teams :
Spurs –  Joe Nicholls, Bill Felton, Bill Whatley, Davie Colquhoun, Arthur Rowe, Tom Meads, Willie Evans, Willie Davies, George Hunt, Willie Hall, Eugene O’Callaghan
Grimsby Town –  Read, , , , , , Bestall, Craven, Glover, Dennis Jennings.
Attendance : –  33,395

Teams :
Grimsby Town –  .
Spurs – Joe Nicholls, Bill Felton, Bill Whatley, Davie Colquhoun, David Levene, Arthur Rowe, Willie Evans, Willie Davies, George Hunt, Jimmy Brain, Eugene O’Callaghan
Attendance : –   9,597

Teams : 
Grimsby Town –  .
Spurs –  Cyril Spiers, Tommy Clay, Edwin Herod, Cecil Poynton, Arthur Lowdell, Harry Skitt, Jimmy Dimmock, Fred Barnett, Eugene O’Callaghan, Jimmy Smy, Jack Elkes
Attendance : –    13,850

NOTE : –  Edwin Herod made his Tottenham debut.

Teams :
Spurs –  Joe Nicholls, Matt Forster, Cecil Poynton, Arthur Lowdell, Harry Skitt, Arthur Grimsdell, Frank Osborne, Eugene O’Callaghan, Walter Bellamy, Joe Scott, Jack Elkes
Grimsby Town –  .
Attendance : –    22,218

Teams : 
Grimsby Town –  .
Spurs –  Bill Jacques, Tommy Clay, Bob Brown, Jimmy Archibald, Arthur Grimsdell, Bert Smith, Jimmy Dimmock, Charlie Wilson, Bert Middlemiss, Jimmy Seed, Bert Bliss
Attendance : –   10,000

NOTE : –  Bert Middlemiss made his final Spurs appearance.

Teams :
Spurs –  Bill Jacques, Tommy Clay, Bob Brown, Jimmy Archibald, Arthur Grimsdell, Bert Smith, Jimmy Dimmock, Sid Castle, Jimmy Cantrell, Jimmy Seed, Bert Bliss
Grimsby Town –  .
Attendance : –    32,000

Teams :
Grimsby Town –  .
Spurs –  Fred Boreham, Ernie Coquet, Ollie Burton, Walter Bull, Danny Steel, Bobby Steel, Jabez Darnell, Doug McFarlane, Joe Walton, Billy Minter, Bert Middlemiss
Attendance : –  5,000

Teams :
Spurs –   Bob Hewitson, Ernie Coquet, Ollie Burton, Tom Morris, Danny Steel, Bobby Steel, Jabez Darnell, Joe Walton, James Morton, Vivian Woodward, Bert Middlemiss
Grimsby Town –  .
Attendance : –   14,000

NOTE : –  James Morton played his first game for Spurs.

Having looked comfortable to progress to the Fifth Round at 3-1 with seven minutes remaining in the second half, Tottenham’s Under-19s were taken to extra-time by Grimsby Town, with Spurs having to win the game for a second time to eventually record a 5-3 victory.

With a lenient referee allowing the home team’s physical approach to impose the Mariners on Tottenham, it was the clinical play that eventually won the tie for Spurs.  Kicking off, it was Spurs who began controlling the match with a high press and good passing, but Samual Archer had to be alert to come out of his area to head away a long through ball with eight minutes gone.  Ten minutes into the game, a ball inside by Harry Byrne to Luca Williams-Barnett brought a low save to the keeper’s left to keep out a low shot that would have crept inside the post.  A loose pass in the 18th minute presented Reiss Elliott-Parris the opportunity to take the ball into the box, past a defender and his left foot shot hit the base of the post, rebounding out to Williams-Barnett just inside the box and from 12 yards out he hit the bar.  Luca then pulled a save out of the Grimsby keeper with a volley after Tynan Thompson has dazzled down the left wing and then Spurs were denied a penalty when Elliott-Parris was knocked down in the box.

Tottenham’s press was keeping Grimsby penned back in their own half, with a defender appearing to handle in the box when Miracle Adewole’s cross popped up in the box, but Williams-Barnet hit a volley as the ball came down bringing another another good save at the keeper’s right hand post.  With some rustic and rugby-style defending to stop Williams-Barnett, the Mariners got through to half-time without conceding.

Williams-Barnett scuffed one shot wide and missed another low ball in from Adewole in the opening minutes of the second half, but a  neat piece of footwork in the box opened the way for a pass from Reiss Elliott-Parris to give Luca the chance to slide the ball in from the left of the goal three yards out.

Elijah Upson did well to race back to ease Brown off the ball when it looked as though he might be through on goal and the Gromsby keeper kept out a Elliott-Parris shot out, but when Giles got away on the right, he pulled the ball back square for Midwinter, who was just on as a sub, to power a shot past Archer at the near post.  Some late tackles by Grimsby brought a talking to by the referee and from one free-kick, Spurs played it short and then Tynan Thompson cut in from the left and struck a low right foot shot from 20 yards that beat the keeper at the foot of his right-hand post. 

The pitch was cutting up form early on, making running with the ball difficult, so when Williams-Barnett tried to move inside with the ball he had to poke it on to Ellis Lehane, who took a touch to his right and then crashed a shot past the keeper from the edge of the box to put Spurs 3-1 up with seven minutes left.  Tottenham had to make a couple of changes before the goal with Hardy and Tye Hall picking up injuries, but it had not seemed to upset their pattern of play.  Having taken off Williams-Barnett with a couple of minutes left, a free-kick to the home side was won on the edge of the box with a header down for Giles to put the ball past Archer from six yards.

A very crude challenge on Lehane by Axcell riled the Spurs players and the Town centre-half got booked, but with nothing to lose, Grimsby poured forward and Adewole did well to clear a pull-back with men free behind him.  Five minutes into added time, Archer saved a shot, Upson headed the ball away and the ball was knocked back into the six yard box for Onoh to force the ball home with the last kick of the second half.

The fight-back had taken the tie to extra-time and on the restart, Tottenham tried to take the heat out of the game, with some good passing to keep possession.  While Grimsby still tried the physical approach, the length of the match and the state of the pitch was taking its toll and when Dexter Oliver floated a cross into the heart of the home penalty area, Jun’ai Byfield rose highest to head down past the goalie to make it 4-3 to Tottenham.

In the second period of extra time, Adewole did well to keep the ball in, sliding it down the right touchline for Oliver Salter, with the winger taking on his man before pulling a low ball back into the middle of the box.  Lehane controlled it with his back to goal and when it looked as though he might set up Dexter Oliver for a shot, he shifted the ball to his right from Ronny Moncur to run onto and fire home from 15 yards.  The referee tried to impose some authority by sending Williams-Barnett and Hardy to the dressing room from the bench as they had celebrated the goal along with all the other subs, although he had been letting the Spurs players be kicked from pillar to post.

Teams : –
Grimsby Town : –  Seb Auton, Callum Storr, Alex Graham, Alfie Foy (Fortun Onoh 74), Finley Axcell  , Charlie Hatton (Manadou Jalloh 61), Jack Collins, Shipstone (Carlo Midwinter 65), Grayson Giles, Henry Brown (c) (Jaxon Blankley 96 (Charlie Carrick 101)), Tom Rennardson.
Unused subs. : –  Hayden Rogers, Harvey Booth
Manager : – Neil Woods
Spurs : –  Samual Archer  , Elijah Upson, Harry Byrne, Jun’ai Byfield, Malachi Hardy (Dexter Oliver 80), Tye Hall (George Feeney 73), Miracle Adewole, Callum Olusesi (c) (Ronny Moncur 80  ), Reiss Elliott-Parris (Ellis Lehane 73  ), Luca Williams-Barnett (Oliver Salter 87), Tynan Thompson  .
Unused subs. : –  Blake Irow, Jamel Bangura
Manager : – Stuart Lewis.
Referee : –  Gareth Thomas
Attendance : – .

Scorers : –  Grimsby Town : –  Midwinter 65m 09s, Giles 88m 37s, Onoh 90+6
Spurs : –  Williams-Barnett 51m 16s, T. Thompson 71m 37s, Lehane 82m 16s, Byfield 102m s14, Moncur 108m s.
Yellow card :-  Grimsby : – Axcell 90+2
Spurs : – Archer 68, Lehane 88, Moncur 107, Thompson 117