Grimsby | Swindon |
Introducing the......Robins |
Slowly but surely former Town assistant, Andy King, is turning the tide at the County Ground. Last seasons midtable finish was creditable with room to improve as well. King spent the summer boosting his squad, and boost it he did. Amongst the host of new arrivals was Ade Viveash and Sammy Igoe from Reading, Tommy Mooney from Birmingham and Chelsea's England Under 21 'keeper Rhys Evans. King has also added loan signings Jerel Ifil (Watford) and the Premiership's youngstest scorer, James Milner (Leeds) to this squad this month. The Robins have the season well and sit in 6th place after their 1-0 over Wrexham at the weekend. |
Team News |
Des Hamilton will miss out through injury. The former Cardiff midfielder has missed the last three games through suspension. John McDermott is fully fit again and could replace Jason Crowe at right back. Simon Ford could be replaced by either Greg Young or Mike Edwards after his poor peformance against Hartlepool. Win Odds - 13/10 | Ex-Reading winger Sammy Igoe is to sit out the final game of his suspension before returning on Saturday. Steve Robinson is still 3-4 weeks away from returning to first team action with an ankle injury. Leeds loanee James Milner is likely to start in an attacking midfield role. Win Odds - 17/10 |
Likely Teams |
| Formation 4-4-2. Davison, McDermott, Barnard, Crane, Edwards, Cas, Hockless, Groves, Campebell, Rowan, Boulding | Formation 3-5-2. Evans, Gurney, Heywood, Ifil, Viveash, Duke, Miglioranzi, Milner, Hewitt, Parkin, Mooney. |
Top Scorers |
Michael Boulding (5) | Tommy Mooney (5) | ||||
The former Mansfield man did set up Jonny Rowan's goal though with a cross-shot that the youngster slid home. Goals will be expected of Boulding tomorrow as the fans look for some restored pride. First Scorer Odds - 5/1 |
Signed in the summer on a free transfer from Birmingham having suffered a miserable time at St Andrews. Made his name with Watford amongst others and is still a genuine threat to most defences in the division. First Scorer Odds - 6/1 |
Bad Boys |
Tony Crane (3) | Marcel Cas (1) | David Duke (3) | Sammy Igoe (1) |
Marcel Cas (2) | Des Hamilton (1) | Matt Hewlett (2) | |
Jason Crowe (1) | Iain Anderson (1) | David Duke (1) | |
Darren Mansaram (1) | Matt Heywood (1) | ||
Chris Bolder (1) | Brian Howard (1) | ||
Darren Barnard (1) | Grant Smith (1) | ||
Jerel Ifil (1) | |||
James Milner (1) | |||
Sammy Igoe (1) | |||
Sam Parkin (1) |
Star Man - Sam Parkin | Remember Me? Marlon Broomes | ||||
Has proved his worth for the Wiltshire club with 28 goals in 50 league games. Was subject to summer transfer speculation but stayed at the County Ground to lead the frontline with Tommy Mooney. |
Arrived from Blackburn in September 2001 and stayed for 3 months before a permanent transfer fell through, went to Sheffield Wednesday instead. Spent time on loan with Swindon in 1997, playing 12 games. |
