Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Stockport County 1st with 92 points, Grimsby Town 21st with 49, 43 apart. The last five rounds placed Grimsby Town 11th in the league for form — higher than their 21st in the standings. Per game in the league, Grimsby Town were scoring 1.24 and conceding 1.61, Stockport County 2.09 and 1.04, against a competition average of 1.49 goals per team per game.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 4 Grimsby Town wins, 2 for Stockport County, 0 draws, at 3.33 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 83% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 83%.
The venue was Blundell Park in Cleethorpes, with room for 9,546 spectators. Stockport County led 3-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-3 full-time score.