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Some fantastic defending, along with good passing and movement capped of Grimsby's first half, with Lincoln fielding there strongest line up from the start, it was odd that Town had so much of the ball against one of the leagues top teams for the title.
Michael Reddy, Jean-Paul Kamudimba, Paul Bolland, Tom Newey, Andy Parkinson and John McDermott were exeptionally good in the first period which saw only 2 chances for the hosts. Lincoln manager Keith Alexander decided to use 3 subs in the first half, while both teams went onto to use the rest of there availble squad and trialists in the second half.
In the last 20 minutes, Lincoln poored forward and Omari Coleman and Derek Asamoah both came closs against a very young looking Town side, Paul Ashton and Nick Heggarty both played well and ex-Leeds player Stuart Edwards and Barrow's Karl Colley, both on trial had a solid 30 minutes. New signing Gary Jones also got 20 minutes.
GRIMSBY TOWN LINE UP
1:Steve Mildenhall
2:John McDermott
3:Tom Newey
4:Simon Ramsden
5:Tony Crane
12:Rob Jones
7:Jean-Paul Kamudimba
8:Paul Bolland
11:Andy Parkinson
9:Michael Reddy
10:Martin Gritton
SUBS
13:John Lukic
14:Terry Barwick
15:Gary Cohen
16:Jermaine Palmer
17:Glen Downey
18:Ciaran Toner
00:Karl Colley
00:Nick Heggarty
00:Paul Ashton
00:Stuart Edwards
00:Gary Jones
00:Cameron Pino
00:Samuel Ipoua
00:Alan Navarro
00:Paul Wilkinson