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By: Tony Hamilton
Date: 14/11/2002

GRIMSBY hope to try and continue their mini-revival against Preston at Blundell Park, after having climbed out of the bottom three last weekend with a nailbiting 2-1 win against Stoke City.

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The Bottom Line

Grimsby Town need to carry on the form from their previous three league games, the prospect of a place in the middle of Division One will would be easier. All they need is to tighten up their defence then things will begin to get easier this season.

The Opposition - Any Good?

Preston need to rediscover their form from last season. With the likes of Eric Sikora (left), and Eddie Lewis and midfield dynamo Dickson Etutu they have the potential to do that on paper.

Recent Form

Town

Preston

W	Stoke	(a)	2-1
D	Gillingham	(h)	1-1
W	Burnley	(h)	6-5
L	Wolves	(a)	1-4
D	Rotherham	(h)	0-3

L	Millwall	(a)	1-2
W	Birmingham	(a)	2-0
W	Burnley	(h)	3-1
L	Portsmouth	(a)	2-3
W	Reading	(h)	1-0

Players To Watch

Town	Preston

Steve Livingstone	Marlon Broomes
Livvo is back to form after spending all of last season out with a serious calf problem, and now after all the upheavals in the front line, the Mariners will be depending on him keeping fit and using his experience to help the younger lads in the squad.	Marlon has come back after being shown the door at Blackburn. After spending a loan period with the Mariners, he then won himself a short term contract with Sheffield Wednesday, and finished up at Deepdale, where they will need him to carry on where he left off at his other clubs.

Top Scorers

Town	Preston
Kabba 6 Pouton 4 Barnard 2 Cambpell 2	Cresswell 6 Fuller 2 Healy 2

Team News

Town

Preston

Danny Coyne is a slight injury doubt with a sore Achilles, with is responding to treatment, but if he doesnâ€™t make it Shaun Allaway will make his long awaited debut. With Alan Pouton available again after suspension it gives Paul Groves a selection headache in Townâ€™s midfield, with the choice being as to whether to play himself after the win at Stoke last Saturday.

Colin Murdock is suspended for the Grimsby game after picking up 5 yellow cards and his defensive partner Chris Lucketti is an injury doubt, after picking up a side strain in midweek. So a new defensive partnership of Marlon Broomes and Michael Jackson could line up for Preston at Blundell Park. The influential Eric Sikora trained all week after picking up a knock against Millwall last Saturday

Probable Starting XI's

Town

Preston

Danny Coyne

Iain Ward

Tony Gallimore

Jason Gavin

Simon Ford

John Oster

Alan Pouton

Stacy Caldicott

Stuart Campbell

Steve Livingstone

Darren Mansaram

David Lucas

Graham Alexander

Michael Jackson

Marlon Broomes

Rob Edwards

Eric Sikora

Paul McKenna

Dickson Etuhu

Eddie Lewis

Ricardo Fuller

Richard Cresswell

Subs

Town

Preston

Darren Barnard

Shaun Allaway

David Soames

Paul Groves

Terry Cooke

David Healy

Tepi Molilanen

Pawel Abbott

Mark Rankine

Lee Cartwright

Last Time Out

The last time we played Preston it was a 0-0 draw with Michael Boulding guilty of some wayward finishing in a game which Town could have nicked, despite Preston dominating the entire game, with Danny Coyne magnificent in the Town goal.

Town Team: Danny Coyne,Tony Gallimore,Alan Neilson,Wayne Burnett,Paul Groves,Danny Butterfield,Menno Willems,Phil Jevons,Ben Chapman,Christopher Thompson,Simon Ford
Subs: David Smith,Michael Jeffrey,Steve Croudson,Stacey Coldicott,Michael Boulding Attendance: 14,667 Report

Preston Head-to-Head (77th on The Opposition Ladder).

Prediction

Fishy prediction: 2-1 to Town as The Mariners need to win to keep moving up the Table.

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