
The Mariners
October 2022

Leicester City 1 - 0 Grimsby Town
LEI - Rashford 9'
MOTM: Amartey
We dropped our first points of the season, and we deserved so much more from this one. Leicester took only 2 shots the entire match, and score with their only attempt on goal. It came just 9 minutes in as Amartey beat his man to get into the box and he played it across for Rashford to trap and then fire past the keeper into the back of the net. We drew some saves out of their keeper trying to pull one back, but we couldn't get anything past him and Leicester got the win and the points.

Grimsby Town 0 - 0 AFC Bournemouth
MOTM: Sidibe
This was a terrible performance and we were lucky to even get a point out of it. We had two huge chances that should have been scored, but Zaha and Kamada each sent their shots wide after getting through on goal. Two straight matches now without scoring and we can't let ourselves drop into a prolonged drought.

Champion's League Group Stage
Ajax 1 - 2 Grimsby Town
AJX - Younes 59'
GRI - Dembele 56', Wolf 70'
MOTM: El Azzouzi
We broke our scoring drought and picked up two scrappy goals that will hopefully help us get back to our usual form. Dembele opened the scoring after Zaha sent a cross in from the right wing and he jumped up to head it back into the top right corner. Our lead lasted only minutes as we got caught on the counter and they overwhelmed us with numbers and Younes got the ball on the back post and placed it around our keeper. We found a winner though after a foul and Morris curled his free kick towards goal and the keeper pushed it up off the crossbar and Wolf was there to knock in the rebound.

Stoke City 1 - 2 Grimsby Town
STK - Charisis 56'
GRI - Sacko 69', Kelly 89'
MOTM: Sacko
We fell behind, but it was good to see the squad have enough fight in them to not only come back, but to find a way to win it as well. Our defense completely fell apart on their goal and Charisis ended up with the ball right in front of our goal with no one around him and it was an easy finish for him to take the lead. We were able to equalize though as we went on the counter and Bennett played the ball through for Sacko on the right and he finished across the goal to the far post. After that it looked like if anyone was going to get the win it would be us, and we did just that when Kelly got the ball and went to shoot from distance but it was deflected and fell right back in front of him and he was clear to go through on goal and then slot it past the keeper.

EFL Cup Round of 16
Sunderland AFC 1 - 2 Grimsby Town
SUN - Santos 47'
GRI - Kessie 6', Kelly 79'
MOTM: Kessie
Kelly scored one of the most impressive winner's you'll ever see and it seems that 2-1 is our lucky scoreline as of late. We took the lead early in this one as Zaha got the ball on the right side of the goal and waited to play the ball to Kessie overlapping and he finished low around the keeper. Just after the half Santos equalized as he took a first time shot from just inside the box and it settled into the bottom right corner. Kessie played the ball to Kelly and he took a touch toward goal and then put the ball on his right foot to blast a shot from way outside of the box across to the top left corner to win it for us.

Grimsby Town 0 - 0 Sunderland AFC
MOTM: Wolf
Once again we play back-to-back matches against the same team for the second straight round in the EFL Cup followed by a Premier League fixture. We really should have won this, and it is disappointing to look back at the chances we missed. Their keeper was in top form though, and he wasn't going to let anything past him this night it seemed.
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Youth Academy

Board Objectives
Youth
-Make a £2,550,000 profit from youth player sales within 2 seasons. (Remaining seasons: 2)
Brand Exposure
-Gain £42,500,000 earnings from shirt sales within a season
-Earn £323,000,000 through media earnings (competition prize money) within 3 seasons. (Remaining seasons:3)
Financial
-Within 2 seasons, increase the club worth of your club by 15%. (Remaining seasons: 2)
Domestic Success
-Premier League: Finish in a Champion's Cup place
-The Emirates FA Cup: Reach the Round of 16 Stage.
Continental Success
-Champions Cup: Reach the Knockout Stage.
-Qualify to Euro League
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