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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 18 (setup 4, season 27)
Rushden&Diamonds
v.
Grimsby Town
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
Home form:
Alan JULIAN616Gábor BABOS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
Home form:
Shkodran MUSTAFI27Matthew CONNOLLY
Alexander BUTTNER73Achraf LAZAAR
Jake LIVERMORE47Christophe GRONDIN
Emanuel POGATETZ5Steve COOK
RAFAEL Pereira da Silva66José Manuel CASADO Bizcocho
KI Sung-yueng77Keith BRIGGS
Stephen HUNT86Marc PUGH
Mauro BOSELLI79Adam ROONEY
Leon BRITTON7107Tommer HEMED
Georgios SAMARAS6117Marcus RASHFORD
Manager
Andrew TAYLOR12Patrik GERRBRAND
Brian STOCK13Yves Makabu MA-KALAMBAY
John SUTTON14Leon BARNETT
Tom ELLIOTT157Bruno ZUCULINI
Massimo MACCARONE166Fernando Martin FORESTIERI

Rushden&Diamonds 2 Grimsby Town 3
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 6,488, Stadium: Nene Park, Referee: Jirí LERCH 7½)
24 Samaras, 65 BrittonScorers17 Pugh, 55 Pugh, 61 Rashford
Substitutions56 Hemed <=> Forestieri, 69 Rashford <=> Zuculini
Sendings off
Bookings8 Hemed, 42 Connolly
1Corners0
1Fouls11
2Offsides2
4Shots on4
8Shots off11
12Total shots15
1Shots saved1
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: Jake LIVERMORE
2A good ball from BRIGGS on the right was collected by RASHFORD who sliced his effort wide.
3ROONEY was put clear by RASHFORD and he stepped inside the 'keeper but drilled his shot wide.
5ROONEY placed a right foot shot wide from long range.
8HEMED booked.
9LIVERMORE's shot was well held by the Grimsby Town 'keeper.
17GOAL!! A shot from PUGH which JULIAN was able to claw away seemed to have crossed the line and the referee gave the goal. (1-0 Grimsby Town)
22ROONEY beat two Rushden&Diamonds players and blasted a great chance just wide.
24GOAL!! A nice run by BRITTON on the right was capped by a great cross which SAMARAS forced in at the far post. (1-1)
31SAMARAS dribbled round BRIGGS and stroked a poor shot wide.
35Uncertainty in the Rushden&Diamonds defence enabled ROONEY to volley an effort over.
42LERCH cautions CONNOLLY.
44PUGH stroked an easy chance past the far post.
 
50The 'keeper saved a clever shot from HEMED.
55GOAL!! A great solo effort from PUGH who beat two defenders before firing the ball into the net. (2-1 Grimsby Town)
59A cross from LIVERMORE left BOSELLI in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
61GOAL!! A delightful dribble from BRIGGS gave CONNOLLY space on the left and RASHFORD stabbed in his accurate pass. (3-1 Grimsby Town)
65GOAL!! A BOSELLI run down the right resulted in a nice cross for BRITTON to tap in. (3-2 Grimsby Town)
66A lovely effort from ROONEY scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
73GRONDIN floated the ball to LAZAAR who fired it wide.
74ROONEY beat POGATETZ and flicked the ball to ZUCULINI who pulled his shot wide.
75PUGH rushed an easy chance.
85PUGH nodded the ball wide of the goal from just inside the area.