Cod Almighty | Match Preview
19 December 2012
Conference Premier
In a nutshell
York City, the best football team in the Conference last season, were deservedly promoted. If justice had been done completely, Wrexham would have gone up with them. There's every chance it'll happen this time around.
On t'internet
Wrexham are one of those clubs, like Town, whose official website is part of the Premium TV chain. From the disastrous choice of display font to the exasperating practice of listing a 2-1 away win as "1-2", it is absolute dogshit. Happily for all concerned, the club boasts two decent and long-established independent sites in Red Passion and ONTTSS. We're puzzled to note the disappearance of the name 'One Nil to the Sheep Shaggers' from the latter. But despite promising "terrace culture", at least it hasn't beaten us up yet.
Overall record: P60 W23 D14 L23 F70 A77
At Blundell Park: P30 W16 D7 L7 F43 A24
At their place: P30 W7 D7 L16 F27 A53
Previous encounter: 25 August 2012
Town's goalless draw at the Racecourse Ground in the first month of this season left us with just two goals and no wins from the first four games. But in the wider context of the season, a point away at Wrexham can only be seen as a decent result. This is more than can be said for the point at home to Nuneaton Town which preceded it.
Last five meetings, home and away
d Wrexham 0-0 Grimsby (Conference Premier, 25/08/2012)
D Wrexham 2-2 Grimsby (Conference Premier, 14/04/2012)
L Grimsby 1-3 Wrexham (Conference Premier, 24/09/2011)
L Wrexham 2-0 Grimsby (Conference Premier, 08/01/2011)
W Grimsby 2-1 Wrexham (Conference Premier, 28/09/2010)
Last five meetings at our place
L Grimsby 1-3 Wrexham (Conference Premier, 24/09/2011)
W Grimsby 2-1 Wrexham (Conference Premier, 28/09/2010)
W Grimsby 1-0 Wrexham (fourth division, 12/01/2008)
W Grimsby 2-1 Wrexham (fourth division, 20/02/2007)
W Grimsby 2-0 Wrexham (fourth division, 01/04/2006)
How you doin'?
3rd in the Conference Premier: P21 W11 D6 L4 F42 A22 (GD20) 39pts
In league with...
2nd Grimsby 40pts
3rd Wrexham 39pts
4th Forest Green 38pts
Recent form
7 points from 12
W Wrexham 3-2 Solihull Moors (FA Trophy, 15/12/2012)
W Wrexham 6-1 Nuneaton (Conference Premier, 08/12/2012)
L Kidderminster 2-0 Wrexham (Conference Premier, 01/12/2012)
W Wrexham 5-0 Rushall Olympic (FA Trophy, 24/11/2012)
W Braintree 1-5 Wrexham (Conference Premier, 20/11/2012)
D Wrexham 1-1 Gateshead (Conference Premier, 17/11/2012)
Goalscoring superstar heroes
Cieselewicz (8 goals, 5 in the league)
Wright (6 goals, all in the league)
Morrell (6 goals, 3 in the league)
Dirty, dirty boys
Harris (8 yellows, 1 red; 10 points)
Ashton (4 yellows; 1 red; 6 points)
Keates (6 yellows; 6 points)
Stat!
Wrexham have failed to score in four of their ten away games in the league this season. In the other six, they've scored 18 times.
How we doin'?
Second in the Conference Premier: P22 W11 D7 L4 F36 A16 (GD20) 40pts
...and breathe
In league with...
1st Newport 42pts
2nd Grimsby 40pts
3rd Wrexham 39pts
Recent form
10 points from 12
W Grimsby 4-0 Havant & Waterlooville (FA Trophy, 15/12/2012)
W Grimsby 2-0 Tamworth (Conference Premier, 08/12/2012)
D Ebbsfleet 1-1 Grimsby (Conference Premier, 01/12/2012)
W Buxton 0-1 Grimsby (FA Trophy, 28/11/2012)
d Grimsby 0-0 Buxton (FA Trophy, 24/11/2012)
W Grimsby 3-0 Braintree (Conference Premier, 17/11/2012)
Goalscoring superstar heroes
Hannah (right; 8 goals, all in the league)
Cook (5 goals, 3 in the league)
Dirty, dirty boys
Niven (6 yellows; 6 points)
Pearson (5 yellows; 5 points)
Thomas (5 yellows; 5 points)
Stat!
Town currently boast the third best home record in the division, and the third best away record, yet occupy second place in the league table. Not sure how that works. Maybe having played the extra game or something?
Wrex the mascot dragon lived by the sea but he soon packed up and buggered off when confronted by Mighty.
The odds
Town 7/5 (Various)
draw 23/10 (Various)
Team 2/1 (Various)
We say: You know what? Yeah, call us outlandishly over-confident but we reckon this might just be a straightforward win for Town.
Our record this season
Number of bets placed: 7
Number of bets spot on: 2
Precision factor: 29%
The ground: Football Ground Guide
Getting there: Google Maps
Gaining entrance: the usual (or watch it on some dodgy internet stream)
Nearest station: Cleethorpes
The weather: Current forecast
A swift half?
These are desperate times for the Town fan who likes a pint and a chat before home games. If you can suggest anywhere vaguely half-decent to go, we'd love to hear from you.
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Pete and Mark
Everything's Rosie
veggie bacon butties
finishing work for Christmas at noon on 20 December without booking any leave