Sunday's Division One Round-Up: Week 17
By: Richard Lord
Date: 02/12/2001
IT'S NOW just one win in 16 league games for Grimsby and that leaves them in the bottom three of the division.
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Saturday's 2-0 defeat to Man City was the Mariners' fifth home league defeat of the season. Report
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The Results |
Bradford 1-2 Millwall
Coventry 3-1 Wimbledon Crystal Palace 1-2 Burnley Grimsby 0-2 Man City Notts Forest 0-0 Watford Portsmouth 1-2 Norwich (Sun) Rotherham 2-0 Walsall Sheff Utd 2-2 Preston Stockport 0-1 Crewe Wolves 0-1 West Brom (Sun)
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The Table |
Rotherham's sixth victory of the season dealt Grimsby a bad blow as they push out of the bottom six of the division. However, defeat for the Saddlers keeps them just above Grimsby on goal difference with both teams earning 20 points from their 22 games. Crewe also moved up a place after beating basement team Stockport 1-0. It also means that County remain rooted at the bottom. Wimbledon are now beginning to get dragged into the relegation battle, but Sheff Utd are moving the opposite way after coming back to draw 2-2 against high-flying Preston.
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Division's Talent |
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Top Goalscorers |
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Town's Next Opponents |
Grimsby's next opponents are none other than Wolves, who currently lie second in the table. Dave Jones' men did lose on Sunday at home to West Brom, just their third defeat in the league this season, but the Mariners have had reasonable success over the West Midlands club at Blundell Park over the last six years or so. Of Grimsby's last seven league games at home they have won one, drawn one and lost five. Wolves are formidable away from home, only ever losing once this campaign and notching up seven wins and two draws. They can also boast of the best defence in the division away from home and they have scored 19 goals also on their travels. This will undoubtedly be Lennie Lawrence's sternest test of the season.
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Path for Grimsby |
After the Friday night game against Wolves, Grimsby then wait eight days before they travel to Walsall. A week on and it's another away game, this time at Preston where the Mariners were successful last season. On Boxing Day it's Coventry's turn to visit Blundell Park, and three days later Portsmouth provide another home game for Town. The New Year's Day game is away at Barnsley, which could turn out to be a real six-pointer.
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Next Week |
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