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League Two Table
| P | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bromley | 43 | +25 | 83 |
| 2 | MK Dons | 43 | +36 | 79 |
| 3 | Cambridge Utd | 42 | +31 | 77 |
| 4 | Notts County | 43 | +22 | 76 |
| 5 | Swindon | 43 | +16 | 74 |
| 6 | Salford | 43 | +7 | 74 |
| 7 | Chesterfield | 42 | +11 | 69 |
| 8 | Grimsby | 41 | +17 | 68 |
| 9 | Barnet | 43 | +11 | 67 |
| 10 | Crewe | 43 | +10 | 66 |
| 11 | Oldham | 42 | +16 | 65 |
| 12 | Walsall | 43 | +2 | 62 |
| 13 | Colchester | 42 | +11 | 60 |
| 14 | Fleetwood Town | 43 | -1 | 58 |
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 43 | -14 | 55 |
| 16 | Accrington Stanley | 42 | -7 | 51 |
| 17 | Gillingham | 42 | -12 | 50 |
| 18 | Shrewsbury | 43 | -26 | 47 |
| 19 | Cheltenham | 41 | -19 | 46 |
| 20 | Tranmere | 42 | -23 | 37 |
| 21 | Crawley Town | 43 | -24 | 37 |
| 22 | Newport County | 43 | -30 | 37 |
| 23 | Barrow | 42 | -28 | 33 |
| 24 | Harrogate Town | 43 | -31 | 33 |
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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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