#GTFC Starting XI: Crocombe, Cropper, Waterfall, Smith, Amos, Fox, Clifton, Sousa, Holohan, McAtee, Taylor.

Subs: Pearson, Raikhy, Maguire-Drew, Abrahams, Dieseruvwe.

Same starting team n bench as per wrexham. 5 live covered the match for 10 mins n think they managed to mention gtfc all of 3 times!

I had wondered if he’d bring in JMD for his technique, delivery standards and goal threat, but reckon he wants him ‘up his sleeve’.

wont need him - 3-0 up by half time

Sousa a liability.

6ft 9 intercourse me !

atmosphere is shocking

Looking very nervy so far. Need a goal to settle us down

defiantly im here and on the fishy  >:(  nervous we look leggy

That was a pen!!

Holohan is anonymous this game

get holohan off hes just stood about  :o

Quoted from Macca_D

defiantly im here and on the fishy  >:(  nervous we look leggy

Give your Ed a wobble ffs

2nd penalty appeal, blatant.

Second pen missed?! And a red?

Watching on BT sport, but can't believe it's not on Hullberside so I can listen while sorting the roast. Gits.

Referee is very poor

Quoted from Bogtrotter

Watching on BT sport, but can't believe it's not on Hullberside so I can listen while sorting the roast. Gits.

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Has the ref forgotten his cards?

Aye, me being thick - I was listening on the TV; it's rugby on that - as you say it's the mariners on FM /DAB.

Sorry Hullberside  :)

Balls.

Bah

Game over

Marking poor on the build up.
Cmon Town.

Has Hurst not got the flipping brains to put our tallest defender on that lanky twit?

Quoted from Stadium

Marking poor on the build up.
Cmon Town.

Most of their attacks have come from our excrement play.

F***s sake….I don’t mind losing if it’s fair, but 2 stonewall penalties denied and no decent excuse for not having VAR

Quoted from arryarryarry

Has Hurst not got the flipping brains to put our tallest defender on that lanky twit?

He hadn't done anything at all.
Poor defending ,far too easy & no pressure to prevent the cross.

Well 2 pens not given including one could easily if been a red.
Holohan not following his man for their goal, just let him run straight past him and he got the assist.
Clifton and Sousa need to do better tracking and stuckung to their full backs

Another shocking ref its going to be so much harder to beat 12 men but we did it last week

Quoted from Stadium

He hadn't done anything at all.
Poor defending ,far too easy & no pressure to prevent the cross.

He only needs one decent cross and our smallest defender to not challenge him.

The same happened in the home game, you would have thought Hurst would have a plan to deal with him.

Sousa has been poor, not blocked the cross for there goal.

Sousa has been poor, not blocked the cross for there goal.

Got to be said, I'm at the game but everything is happening a long way away so I didn't realise we'd had penalty shouts! What were the incidents? No useful replays being shown on the big screen.

Clifton. Clifton. Clifton. I hope it doesn't turn out to be the difference

Was expecting a more cagey affair in the final and it has been against a very good Solihull side who can move the ball around very quickly. Really should have scored when we had the chance, Clifton should have definitely buried his but maybe it was a bit awkward in the end. At least one of those penalty appeals should have been given, the one on McAtee was way late and could have been a red but this ref seems determined to not give us anything. It does annoy you when we got penalties against us for much less.

We've come from behind in our last two games so not giving up on the team, bit unlucky to go in behind at half time but should have done better defending their goal, we've let them past us too easily for that. Big boy didn't look much of a threat until he scored and was looking a bit tired after 20 minutes but we gave him far too much room for that.

Ref is absolutely diabolical wtf is going on. Thought  Holohan has been decent personally, we're going to get some more chances so still in this.

Quoted from gytone

Sousa has been poor, not blocked the cross for there goal.

best player so far

Clifton’s was an absolute sitter and he’s made a horrible mess of it. The defending for their goal in terms of marking Hadlin and the effort not put in to stop the cross is really poor, but we should’ve had 2 pens.

Hopefully thats Huddlin out if the game

At the game. Why the ref didn't book their player for fouling Crocombe I'll never know. Can't see that much at the other end. Stadium is awful, difficult to get the atmosphere going.  How do you stop someone that's just taller than everyone else?

Quoted from mimma

At the game. Why the ref didn't book their player for fouling Crocombe I'll never know. Can't see that much at the other end. Stadium is awful, difficult to get the atmosphere going.  How do you stop someone that's just taller than everyone else?

Being 6'9 is an advantage in any sport, that's why Man City have looked at him simply because being a giant is am advantage over any other player.

Quoted from mimma

How do you stop someone that's just taller than everyone else?

By knocking them on the head apparently

Quoted from mimma

At the game. Why the ref didn't book their player for fouling Crocombe I'll never know. Can't see that much at the other end. Stadium is awful, difficult to get the atmosphere going.  How do you stop someone that's just taller than everyone else?

Not coming over over as a great atmosphere.
Hardly heard any songs at all,apart from fish

Some of our passing is just crap.

1-1

Finish 8)

flipping get in

McAfee. Great finish

Thank intercourse for McAtee

Holohan needs taking off now.

Frantic stuff

Mandi on for Taylor now. Taylor isn't holding the ball up any more

Quoted from sonofmadeleymariner

Thank intercourse for McAtee

and for the block

FT 1-1

I can't do another 30 minutes, the stress is killing me

We're looking very tired now, which isn't perhaps a surprise given the past couple weeks. Will need the subs to put in a real shift.

Like playing FIFA against somebody using hacks at times. The ball zooms to the feet of Solihull players and they look like they are using speed hacks against our team, always faster and seem to move in fast forward when challenging for the ball. Very stressful game to watch.

I'm a bit of a twitching mess at the moment

Quoted from sonofmadeleymariner

I can't do another 30 minutes, the stress is killing me

Likewise.

come on townnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

Quoted from Bogtrotter

Likewise.

Hence the name.

Get in!!!

JMD!!! CROPPER LONG THROW AGAIN!

Get in!!!!

Yes!!!!

This is going to be a bloody long 10 mins

Solihull are a very very good team, what’s done it for Grimsby is our grit and determination, we deserve it.

Waterfall has been immense again today, my player of the season.

Great claim by Crocombe

Brilliant! We’ve done it, we are back in the league, well done town, Paul hurst and everyone associated with the club. Remarkable!!!

E, I, E, I, E, I, O UP THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE WE GO!

Fantastic! What a team to be proud of!

That is unbelivable .. Big well done to all  

Speechless. Well done everyone

Get in. Absolutely amazing.

Dug in deep going extra time for the third game in a row, the team can be very proud of themselves for the immense amount of effort and grit they have shown. Managed to contain their biggest threats for the most part in Dallas and Sbarra and managed to take the opportunities when they came. Fantastic performance in the playoffs, went the distance 3 times and came out on top.

Brilliant, well done to all, a terrific end to the season, onwards and upwards, proud to be a Mariner !!!

Just got to make sure now we never go down to that god forsaken league again

Ridiculous play off campaign and richly deserved.
To get through extra time in all three ties, outstanding

Absolutely brilliant, Except the BBC website is showing it as Solihull 2 Town 1. Well done to Paul Hurst who has been a giant over the last three games and the season as a whole.  A credit to to himself and the club. Well done to the new owners, Jason and Andrew. I have to mention Jason because of his articles in the Guardian explaining the culture they were bringing to the club. I wrote several times on here saying that the decline of the club was down to the then owner not appreciating the culture and tradition of this great club. I got insulted by some but I know there is sense in this argument. Jason's article yesterday summed this up. A fantastic achievment to get back at the first time of asking in a league that is now much better than before.  This time we are going to build on this promotion because we have the right people in charge.
Congratulations to all the players. I am very proud to be a Mariner tonight.

Make sure to wave to the Scunny fans as we pass them  ;D

Excellent playoff series by Town.  Two away games then the big one in London, and extra time in all 3 of them.  We must have one of the fittest teams in the League.  We deserve to be back in League 2 and hopefully we can move higher. UTM!!

P.S.  I will now buy FIFA again this year, as we will be in the game this time around after getting promoted.  Yes, I'm a 76 year old gamer and just love it.

I’d love us to look at Sbarra and whoever their Left Winger was…

Solihull and Ardeley show the best of this league, and I wish them the best next season.

Quoted from 123614

Excellent playoff series by Town.  Two away games then the big one in London, and extra time in all 3 of them.  We must have one of the fittest teams in the League.  We deserve to be back in League 2 and hopefully we can move higher. UTM!!

P.S.  I will now buy FIFA again this year, as we will be in the game this time around after getting promoted.  Yes, I'm a 76 year old gamer and just love it.

Fun fact: It'll be the last FIFA game you'll ever buy, since EA have fell out with FIFA since they charge ridiculous amounts of money for the licence and they're renaming the games after to EA Sports FC.

I thought Solihull looked the best side we’ve played in the playoffs. They are very dangerous side, that’s the first time in 6 games they’ve not scored 3 and overall we defended pretty well. A really outstanding achievement this, proud of every single one of them.

we've escaped hell a lot quicker than i thought. that is just awesome.

Quoted from Stockport Mariner

I thought Solihull looked the best side we’ve played in the playoffs. They are very dangerous side, that’s the first time in 6 games they’ve not scored 3 and overall we defended pretty well. A really outstanding achievement this, proud of every single one of them.

I think this is where our experience came into play. Their better players didn't produce the goods and they had some very good chances to score and good situations which they didn't capitalise on.

A lot of pressure on them and in each of the three games, the underdog won.

This result shows the team spirit. Big kudos to Mani, without whom we wouldn’t have got to the final - he could have thrown his toys out like we have seen with some strikers who are jsut used off the bench.

Everyone plays a part and knows there role, and the team benefits because of this - that it is a Paul Hurst side.

If we can keep the majority of this squad with s few tweaks and upgrades we could use the momentum - similar to 2016, but without losing keys players and Hurst!

UTM

Quoted from ginnywings

I think this is where our experience came into play. Their better players didn't produce the goods and they had some very good chances to score and good situations which they didn't capitalise on.

A lot of pressure on them and in each of the three games, the underdog won.

Well put Ginny, the underdogs won again and got their just reward. League 2 here we come

Solihull looked a lot weaker once that big lad had to be subbed off. Their balls over the top were dangerous for us up until that point.

Yes, their tall striker was a threat.  He was also faster than our defenders sometimes allowed for.

We also benefited from Notts County having 2 their high-scoring strikers going off injured.