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Notts County v Grimsby Preview
By: Alex Green
Date: 01/02/2008
ARE we playing football or are we like using the force? That’s the question on every Town fans lips well mine at least, can the run continue only 90 minutes in Nottingham will give us the answer.
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The Magpies have been under a regime change since Steve Thompson left early this season and in stepped Ian McParland after filling in during a brief spell across the Trent at Forest for a whole 13 games in which he won 8. After beating Histon in the first round of the FA Cup County have been on a downward spiral winning only 2 in 14 games including a second round defeat to the new darlings of the cup Havant and Waterlooville. Now 18th and 6 points of the drop zone County fans are worryingly looking over their shoulders praying for mid table obscurity. McParland has his work cut out but with a club of such history facilities and attendances surely County will be too big to go down?
County have bolstered their squad since the first meeting of the season. Guy Branston has signed from Peterborough while on loan McParland has added Ali Gibbs from Hartlepool and Felix Bastians (left) from across the bridge. County can also count one of the strongest attacking line ups in the league with Lee and Parkinson on form it’s an impressive but bullish. The strong and aggressive tactics had Town on the ropes at Meadow Lane last season with a two nil defeat for The Mariners. County's defence at the start of the season was a lot more experienced but Paul Mayo has been loaned out and ex-Mariner Mike Edwards very rarely gets a run out now a days. Jason Lee has yet to even get on the score sheet in any competition all season so County now rely on ex Imp Richard Butcher who has already got 9 this season.
Richard Butcher's 9 league goals have been essential to keep County out of the relegation places. The youngster has become well travelled in the East Midlands playing for Lincoln, Northampton, County and Oldham (well there is always one). His last goal was last Saturday against our Johnstone Paint Trophy final opponents Morecambe the goal was essential in adding an extra point to the Magpies campaign and clearing up a stint where Butcher hadn’t scored in 450 minutes of football.
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Honours are almost even between the two sides over the years with Grimsby currently leading by a short head. P 73 W 31 D 17 L25 F 102 A 105 Notts Co Head-to-Head (33rd on The Opposition Ladder)
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Grimsby 1 Notts Co 1 (Sat 11th August 2007) The opening day of the season saw Grimsby race into a 1-0 lead only for County to come into the game and level after the break.
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