Match stats: Fleetwood Town v Grimsby

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Thursday 1 January 2026

Division 4

Fleetwood Town 0

Grimsby Town 1 Kabia (89)

Attendance: 3,023 (525 away fans)

Our gaffer says

The lost or possibly last Chuckle Brother chortled his way into 2026 with a selection box of metaphors and allegories:

"Terrific performance against the ball, their xG must have been extremely low...not a day for pretty football, horrific conditions...that pitch could have bowled 'em like Adelaide."

Or maybe Big Dave was hungry:

"We've got us fingers in a lot of pies and we're waiting to see if many get thrown in our faces or they taste rather nice."

So are these transfers with or without gravy?

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Their gaffer says

The usually livid Wild man of the West was rather mild as he sighed through the obligatory post-match journo-joust

"Both teams done nothing...a rubbish game of football, nothing's happened whole game, rubbish".

I said mild, not sane, it's all relative and a question of perspective:

"As soon as we touched them they threw themselves on the floor...again another ref that's been hoodwinked"

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Line-ups

Fleetwood Town: Lynch, Mullarkey, Potter (Haughey 17), Hughes (Medley 38), Neal, Ennis, Virtue-Thick (J Davies 78), Helm, McCann (Bonds 66), Graydon, Evans (W Davies 78)

Subs not used: Harrington, Morrison

Booked: Neal, McCann, Evans

Town: Smith, Rodgers, Tharme, McJannet, Sweeney (Staunton, 87), Turi (McEachran, 62), Amaluzor (Burns, 68), Green, Khouri, Vernam (Walker, 62), Soonsup-Bell (Kabia, 62)

Subs not used: Casper, Warren

Booked: Rodgers, Burns

Referee: Mr E Bell