Crawley Town 1 Grimsby Town 2
A BATTLING performance by The Mariners last night earned all three points at Crawley Town.
It was a long journey to Sussex for Town, especially after their previous match, on Saturday, had been at Tranmere where they were on the wrong end of a 5-0 drubbing.
It looked like more gloom beckoned when Matt Waters, for the home side, scored in the fifth minute with a spectacular strike.
But Grimsby came more into the match and were on level terms on 36 minutes when Matt Green slotted home after a Danny Rose free-kick had been headed on by the impressive Luke Waterfall.
The Mariners winner came on 53 minutes when the lively Max Wright fired home a pinpoint cross from Owura Edwards.
It was a great result for Grimsby and eased the pressure on manager Ian Holloway who has felt the heat after a recent sequence of poor results.
Sussex is something of a happy hunting ground for Ollie.
It was at nearby Brighton that, thanks to a brace of goals by Wilf Zaha, he secured a famous 2-0 semi-final play-off win for Crystal Palace who went on to be promoted to the Premier League after defeating Watford in the final.
That was in 2013. Town did not have Zaha playing for them last night, but, in its own way, this match was almost as important for the boss.
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