Match ends, Nuneaton Town 0, Grimsby Town 1.
Nuneaton Town 0-1 Grimsby Town
- From the section Conference
Grimsby moved into the Conference Premier play-off places with a win against Nuneaton.
The only goal came early on, when Alex Rodman converted a deep cross from Aswad Thomas.
Nuneaton had a chance to level after the break but Wesley York shot wide from inside the box, before he saw another blocked in added time.
Between York's chances, team-mate Theo Streete's shot from the edge of the area forced James McKeown into a save.
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Grimsby boss Paul Hurst told BBC Radio Humberside:
"It's a good win - that's all I can say. It was an important game - a game that I felt we needed to take something from.
"It's a nice big pitch and it was always going to be windy, but I just went with the team that I felt was best suited to get three points and cause Nuneaton some problems.
"We spoke a lot about starting, and not giving them anything to give them some momentum and to cause them some problems in their own half, and I think that performance today was about that."
Line-ups
Nuneaton
- 19Belshaw
- 28MagriSubstituted forMoultat 62'minutes
- 5Dean
- 4CowanBooked at 45mins
- 6Walker
- 13Sleath
- 20Trainer
- 11Streete
- 26HibbertSubstituted forPearsonat 86'minutes
- 10Brown
- 16York
Substitutes
- 8Adams
- 9Moult
- 15Gordon
- 18Pearson
- 17Taylor
Grimsby
- 13McKeown
- 3Thomas
- 5PearsonBooked at 56mins
- 30Boyce
- 15BignotSubstituted forMcDonaldat 57'minutes
- 8DisleyBooked at 82mins
- 11NeilsonSubstituted forThanojat 73'minutes
- 4Kerr
- 23Rodman
- 29Jennings
- 14John-LewisBooked at 26minsSubstituted forCookat 90'minutes
Substitutes
- 18Thanoj
- 17Hannah
- 28Tounkara
- 9Cook
- 12McDonald
- Referee:
- Chris Kavanagh
- Attendance:
- 1,585
Match Stats
Home TeamNuneatonAway TeamGrimsby
- Possession
- Home50%
- Away50%
- Shots
- Home11
- Away4
- Shots on Target
- Home3
- Away2
- Corners
- Home0
- Away0
- Fouls
- Home10
- Away11
Live Text
Attempt blocked. Wes York (Nuneaton Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Full Time
Second Half ends, Nuneaton Town 0, Grimsby Town 1.
Attempt missed. Louis Moult (Nuneaton Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high.
Foul by Andy Brown (Nuneaton Town).
Aswad Thomas (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick.
Substitution
Substitution, Grimsby Town. Andy Cook replaces Lenell John-Lewis.
Corner, Nuneaton Town.
Attempt missed. Andy Brown (Nuneaton Town) header from the centre of the box is too high.
Booking
Oumare Tounkara (Grimsby Town) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution
Substitution, Nuneaton Town. Greg Pearson replaces Dave Hibbert.
Foul by Phil Trainer (Nuneaton Town).
Andi Thanoj (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick.
Booking
Craig Disley (Grimsby Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Craig Disley (Grimsby Town).
Wes York (Nuneaton Town) wins a free kick.
Attempt missed. Adam Walker (Nuneaton Town) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Attempt saved. Theo Streete (Nuneaton Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved.
Foul by Phil Trainer (Nuneaton Town).
Andi Thanoj (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick.
Attempt missed. Louis Moult (Nuneaton Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right.
Foul by Danny Sleath (Nuneaton Town).
Craig Disley (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick.
Attempt saved. Andrew Boyce (Grimsby Town) header from the right side of the box is saved. Assisted by Scott Kerr.
Corner, Grimsby Town.
Substitution
Substitution, Grimsby Town. Andi Thanoj replaces Scott Neilson.
Attempt missed. Theo Streete (Nuneaton Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right.
Foul by Alex Rodman (Grimsby Town).
Danny Sleath (Nuneaton Town) wins a free kick.
Attempt blocked. Lenell John-Lewis (Grimsby Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Wes York (Nuneaton Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
Substitution
Substitution, Nuneaton Town. Louis Moult replaces Sam Magri.
Corner, Grimsby Town.
Substitution
Substitution, Grimsby Town. Clayton McDonald replaces Paul Bignot because of an injury.
Booking
Shaun Pearson (Grimsby Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Attempt saved. Dave Hibbert (Nuneaton Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved.
Foul by Aswad Thomas (Grimsby Town).
Wes York (Nuneaton Town) wins a free kick.
Attempt missed. Scott Kerr (Grimsby Town) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Second Half
Second Half begins Nuneaton Town 0, Grimsby Town 1.
