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Cambridge Preview
By: Richard Hubbert
Date: 23/09/2004
THE Mariners are back to their bread and butter of the league on Saturday with a long trip to Cambridge United, when they will hope to end their dismal run of 18 games without a win away from Blundell Park.
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Town will be in good confidence ahead of their game with struggling Cambridge, after a fine performance against Charlton in the League Cup on Tuesday, when they failed to make their dominance count against the Premiership side. That’s been the story of the season so far for Russell Slade’s side, but they will be hoping to put an end to that against a Cambridge side who have won only one game this season.
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Cambridge finished in 13th place in the Third Division last season, a creditable position considering that a in early March they lay in 21st place and looked likely to be involved in an end of season relegation dogfight. However, the appointment of vastly experienced Frenchman Claude Le Roy (left) turned the U’s season around, losing just one of his eight games in charge and winning four. In the summer he handed over the reigns to fellow Frenchman Herve Renard, with Le Roy taking up a post as director of football. Renard, however, has had a difficult start to management in England with Cambridge winning only once this season, yielding eight points from their opening nine games.
Renard made his mark on his new side over the summer, with several new signings. Louis George Mongin perhaps looked one of the most promising, but within weeks of signing for the club, was ruled out of the entire season with injury. Jermaine Easter (left) arrived from Hartlepool and has made an impressive start to life at the Abbey Stadium. He has scored three goals in six starts for the club, including one against high flying Mansfield Town a few weeks ago. Another scorer in that 2-2 draw with the Stags was Dennis Oli, who has had spells with QPR, Gravesend, Swansea and Farnbrough. Oli is described as a strong, pacy striker and has impressed during his first few games. He is on a monthly contract whilst Herve Renard decides whether to extend his stay with the U’s. Igor Latt E-Yedo is a defender from France who signed a two year deal with Cambridge after a successful trial in pre-season. He adds steel to a defence that leaked 67 goals last season. Ex Yeovil defender Abdelhalim El`Kholti is another summer addition, this time from Yeovil Town where he made 36 appearances for the Glovers. Daniel Webb and Luke Guttridge had an altercation with each other when Cambridge beat Shrewsbury a few weeks ago, which resulted in both of them being booked. Guttridge failed to set up Webb in front of goal, which resulted handbags between the two players! Guttridge is a highly rated midfielder who has attracted attention from higher division clubs. He was an ever present last season, netting 12 goals - he was named club captain by boss Herve Renard in the summer. Daniel Webb has appeared for local rivals Hull City and Lincoln City as well as a short time under Peter Taylor at Brighton, however, he is injured for the weekend’s clash
Justin Walker (left) - former Nottingham Forest, Scunthorpe and Lincoln midfielder who was suspended along with Town midfielder Terry Fleming in December for a "breach of club discipline" by then manager John Taylor. This resulted in Walker being farmed out to York on loan before he was recalled by caretaker boss Claude Le Roy last year, when he has featured ever since in the U’s engine room. A confident player who likes to get stuck in, there could be an interesting battle between him and Fleming on Saturday.
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The two sides meet for the 25th time on Saturday, with the Mariners having the slightly better of the past meetings -with 10 wins to the U’s nine, but scoring two fewer goals than Cambridge.
P 24 W 10 D 5 L 9 F 31 A 33 Cambridge Head-to-Head (38th on The Opposition Ladder).
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The two sides last met 12 years ago in the old First Division, or what is now "The Championship". Cambridge got a rare win against Alan Buckley’s Mariners in a season which saw them finish second from bottom - ultimately meaning relegation for Gary Johnson’s side. The Mariners finished in a highly respectable 9th place - a finish that has not been beaten since.
Grimsby Team: Wilmott, McDermott, Agnew, Futcher, Rodger, Dobbin, Watson , Gilbert, Groves, Smith, Rees.
Cambridge Team: Vaughan, Fensome, Kimble, Raynor, Heathcote, O’Shea, Rowett, Claridge, Butler, Clayton, Lyne. Attendance: 4,137
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Terry Fleming made 96 appearances for the U’s in a three year spell with the club. He struggled to find his form last season after some off-the field disciplinary problems which resulted in his move away from the Abbey Stadium. Regardless of this, Terry is quite a cult hero there, even having a "Terry-torial" army and a flock of fans, which you can find out more about
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