Cod Almighty | Match Stats

Sunday 24 August 2008

Division 4

Grimsby Town 0

Chesterfield 1 Ward (42)

Attendance: 3306

Nah.

"We never looked like scoring all afternoon."

"I don't remember Trevor having a lot to do."

They deserved a 0-0 draw more than Town. Lesterless but not listless, they scurried and hurried Town, particularly through their version of the long and the short and the tall. Ward was a pest in a vest, chasing everything. He had to, for that was their game plan: hit it long, hit it often. These red dervishes were far less impressive than they were in losing last year, but they stuck to their plan and knew their limitations. They didn't think out of the box, for they didn't have to. What am I saying? The less worse team won.

Mr N Swarbrick (Lancs)
This man can count to ten, with a little help from his friends in the crowd, but he doesn't get ten for technical merit. Despite the braying, he wasn't the root cause of defeat; he didn't deny Town a point by failing to point to the penalty spot. He seemed relatively sensible. And he's the first referee ever to count out ten full goose steps for the opposition's wall. One, two, three, four, five, six... point, four, five, nine. There, his score in ten easy words.

Tom Newey does a fine impression of Stan Laurel.