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It was a game of two halves with Grimsby shading the first and the Iron taking the second without seriously extending Anthony Williams in the Mariners goal.
Williams' most difficult save came when he tipped over an Andy Butler header from one of Scunthorpe's eleven second-half corners.
Grimsby's best chances came in the final minutes of the first half. First midfielder Jason Crowe lifted the ball over from close range and then a 25-yard snap shot from Andy Parkinson was neatly turned over by Paul Musselwhite in the visitors' goal.
That apart it was a match of few chances with some hard tackles coming in from both sides, but referee Tony Bates generally kept a firm grip on proceedings.
There was a good atmosphere generated by Blundell Park's biggest crowd of the season, which included just 200 from Grimsby's main Lincolnshire rivals.
It was Scunthorpe's first league visit to Grimsby for 15 years and without a win in seven league games, the Mariners dearly wanted to put one over the Iron.
But in the end the 0-0 scoreline left Grimsby quite frustrated. After a bad season it would of been nice to get one over on one of the local teams, especially after a embarrasing 2-0 defeat at Glanford Park earlier on in the season.