Vs Selby Town

Selby Town 8 v 2 Grimsby Borough

H/T 4-2
Att: 48

Grimsby Borough took three regular players, two returning players and the rest were youth players to The Selby Times Stadium of Premier League side Selby Town to play a friendly. Despite the odd patch of standing water the surface looked good after several days of rain. The game kicked off and on the first attack Selby earned a penalty, The ball came in from the right and fell to the unmarked Rockhill just inside the area. He controlled the ball with his chest and took the ball out but with the referee standing in front of him, he awarded the penalty. Rockhill protested by showing the ref a mark on his clean shirt,but to no avail. Leister stepped up and dispatched the penalty.

Borough started to put some good football and Stephenson pulled a goal back to give Borough some hope. The game was going from end to end with both sides struggling to find the finish. Leister broke the deadlock on 25 minutes with a superb chip shot. As the half was coming to a close Oswin equalised on 40 minutes. Selby though found their second wind and grabbed two goals as the half ended.

Half Time Selby Town 4 v 2 Grimsby Borough

Both teams made substitutions at half time and the new Grimsby blood looked well in the game. All was well until a lapse lasting twelve minutes gave selby four golden goals, the class and pace of the Premier side out played the young Borough side. with the game beyond Borough they finally started to show some grit, playing simple balls and on some occasions putting the Selby Defence under pressure.

The young Grimsby team stood up well to a side a full level above them in the football pyramid. Taking this performance, experience and fight on board, the team will become a handful to others in the near future.

Full Time Selby Town 8 v 2 Grimsby Borough

Scorers...
Selby Town... Liester 1 (pen) 25, Dove 43 70, Lyon 45, Collier 58, Mathhew 60 68

Grimsby Borough... Stephenson 15, Oswin 40

Grimsby Borough

Goodwin, Wright, Forrest, Unsworth, D.Newby, Rockhill, Mascall, Hutchinson, Stephenson, Oswin, Draper
Subs... Brown, Gale, Knowles