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League Two Table
| P | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bromley | 30 | +22 | 62 |
| 2 | Notts County | 30 | +16 | 57 |
| 3 | Swindon | 30 | +16 | 55 |
| 4 | MK Dons | 30 | +26 | 54 |
| 5 | Cambridge Utd | 29 | +15 | 53 |
| 6 | Salford | 29 | +6 | 52 |
| 7 | Walsall | 30 | +7 | 49 |
| 8 | Chesterfield | 30 | +8 | 48 |
| 9 | Crewe | 31 | +9 | 47 |
| 10 | Barnet | 30 | +9 | 46 |
| 11 | Colchester | 29 | +12 | 45 |
| 12 | Grimsby | 29 | +9 | 45 |
| 13 | Accrington Stanley | 29 | +5 | 43 |
| 14 | Gillingham | 29 | +4 | 41 |
| 15 | Fleetwood Town | 29 | -1 | 37 |
| 16 | Oldham | 28 | -1 | 35 |
| 17 | Tranmere | 30 | -8 | 32 |
| 18 | Cheltenham | 29 | -22 | 30 |
| 19 | Bristol Rovers | 30 | -22 | 27 |
| 20 | Crawley Town | 30 | -16 | 26 |
| 21 | Barrow | 28 | -15 | 24 |
| 22 | Shrewsbury | 29 | -26 | 23 |
| 23 | Newport County | 29 | -25 | 21 |
| 24 | Harrogate Town | 31 | -28 | 21 |
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Stockport 2 Grimsby 1
By: Rob Sedgwick
Date: 25/04/2004
A first half capitulation by Grimsby gifted Stockport a two goal lead which proved a mountain for the Mariners to climb, despite a spirited come-back in the second half.
On just six minutes Jon Daly put the Hatters 1-0 up with a close-range volley, despite appearing to be in an offside position. Within five minutes it was the turn of Danny Jackman whose close-range shot following a defensive mix-up made it 2-0 to Stockport.
It should have been 3-0 shortly after when Wilbraham somehow managed to hit the crossbar with the goal at his mercy following a save by Fettis from Daly.
Town finally started to come into the game more in the second half and went close when a Phil Jevons volley hit the crossbar. The introduction of substitute Graham Hockless, though, for Darren Mansaram was the turning point of the half. Hockless' impact was almost immediate when a 40-year blast flew into the top corner, with 20 minutes left, to give the Mariners a precious lifeline.
The rest of the game was almost all Grimsby pressure, although Stockport's timewasting probably restricted the last 20 minutes to just 10 of actual play. Town had a penalty appeal turned down, Iain Anderson went close with a shot in the dying seconds, but ultimately the task proved to be beyond Grimsby.
The defeat leaves Town needing to win their final two games to have a realistic chance of staying up. Anything but victory against Brentford on Saturday at Blundell Park would make a second successive relegation a certainty.
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