In the Bleak Midwinter

By: Rob Sedgwick
Date: 20/12/2025

HIGH flying Bromley swept aside Town in a 2-0 lunchtime kickoff defeat that saw the Mariners go 8 league games without a win. Town have not won since late October, back in the long forgotten days of British Summer Time.

Emergency loan goalkeeper Jackson Smith was one of four changes, with Lavelle, Walker, and Amaluzor replacing Pym, Staunton, Burns, and Khouri.

Bromley scored from the first opening of the game when a cross from the left by the impressive Pinnock was headed back by Elerewe to an unmarked Hondermarck for a simple tap-in. It was a good ball, but the Town defence collectively failed to challenge either of the Bromley players.

Grimsby had plenty of possession in the first half, but rarely looked like actually scoring. Vernam found Lavelle from a good cross, but Bromley's defence was not as generous as Town's, and his shot was blocked. In the ensuing scramble, the ball eventually ended up with the Bromley keeper, Smith. Green then played through Kabia in another Town attack, but a perfectly timed challenge from Cameron stopped the Irishman from getting in a shot.

The first half Town ended strongly, winning some corners, but Bromley broke from the last one and ended up winning a corner themselves.

Hopes that the second half would see Town step up their game soon faded when Elerewe provided Hondermarck with another close-range finish. It could have been worse when Smith fumbled a shot and may have dragged it over the line, but the officials gave him the benefit of the doubt.

Town needed a goal quickly to set up a push for a second, and brought on attacking substitutes, but it never arrived, and Hondermarck came closer to getting his hat-trick than Grimsby did to opening their account.

Bromley defended well to restrict Grimsby to scraps, but the biggest disappointment was how easy it was for them to score. Gifting teams in form teams two goals will leave you with nil points, which is precisely what the Mariners got.

Grimsby now have two home games against Oldham and Shrewsbury to try and break their winless streak. They, like Town, are both in the bottom half of the table.

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