Forest Preview
By: Richard Hubbert
Date: 09/03/2003
THE pressure is now off the Mariners in many respects. Travelling to free-scoring Nottingham Forest, with the leakiest defence in the division. Few expect Grimsby to get a result but if Town somehow manage to keep Forest at bay, who knows what might happen…
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The Mariners need to restore some pride after the last two performances and a result to go with that would be nice.
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Forest are having their best season in division one since their relegation from the Premiership in the 1998/99 season. They have an array of young talented players and more experienced ones. The most impressive of the young guns this season have been defender Michael Dawson and powerful forward Marlon Harewood and Scottish midfielder Gareth Williams. Harewood has scored 16 times this season, including four in one match a few weeks ago, and while they are missing division one top scorer David Johnson through injury, they have one of last season's Division One top scorers, Darren Huckerby (left), on loan from Manchester City.
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The two sides met earlier in the season at Blundell Park when the Mariners fell to a 3-0 defeat through a David Johnson hat-trick. It was a game in which the Mariners were totally outfought and outclassed, a performance they will not want to repeat. To compound Town’s misery they had 10 men for part of the game when Tony Gallimore saw red for a stupid kick at a Forest player in front of the assistant referee.
Town Team: Coyne, McDermott, Gallimore, Groves, Chettle (Ford), Coldicott (Mansaram), Barnard, Pouton, Campbell, Kabba, Robinson. Attendance: 7,072 Report Forest Head-to-Head (85th on The Opposition Ladder).
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