Clipstone made to pay in goal thriller

From the first blow of the referee’s whistle Clipstone were in the ascendency, having all the early possession.

Against the run of play, though, a sloppy free kick was awarded to the home side on the turn of the third minute, 22 yards out and to the left side of goal. Clipstone goalkeeper Shaun Taylor, making his debut after signing the night before, put up a four man wall, but Grimsby’s No 10 Louis Grant hit a low drive which struck the inside of the post and went in.

However, from the restart Pete Stubley nodded down for Nathan Millington to blast home a quick equaliser.

Carl Snowden andPete Stubley came close while Matt Autin went close to putting Clipstone the lead only to see his 22 yard drive go narrowly wide.

The second half began like the first but, again against the run of play, Grimsby found themselves in front within three minutes, Grant bagging his second of the game

Again Clipstone gained control of the game and on 53 minutes Pete Stubly dummied for the ball to land at Carl Snowden’s feet whose shot was half-stopped, Gavin King taking the second of his two chances to slot the ball home to level again.

From then on Clipstone wasted several chances to win it and paid for not taking their chances on 82 minutes when Borough’s John Waugh blasted his way past three defenders andired across Shaun Taylor and again into the bottom corner.

of the goal.

With time running out, Clipstone threw everything at Grimsby, but with no end product.