Grimsby Town 1-4 Forest Green Rovers: result and report

League Two · Saturday 4 August 2018

Result

Grimsby Town 1-4 Forest Green Rovers

League Two · Saturday 4 August 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Grimsby Town 1-4 Forest Green Rovers: match report

Grimsby Town lost to Forest Green Rovers 1-4 in the League Two on Saturday 4 August 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Mitchell Rose opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Grimsby Town's goal came from Mitchell Rose (31', penalty). Forest Green Rovers scored through Carl Winchester (51'), an own goal by Danny Collins (67'), Christian Doidge (70') and Christian Doidge (83').

Discipline: Grimsby Town received 1 yellow card; Forest Green Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Grimsby Town went on to finish that season 17th with 56 points, and Forest Green Rovers 6th with 75.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Grimsby Town wins, 0 draws and 0 for Forest Green Rovers.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Yellow card · Joseph MillsForest Green Rovers
  • 31'Penalty goal · Mitchell RoseGrimsby Town · 1-0
  • 44'Yellow card · P. DixonGrimsby Town
  • 51'Goal · Carl WinchesterForest Green Rovers · 1-1
  • 67'Own goal · Danny CollinsForest Green Rovers · 1-2
  • 70'Goal · Christian DoidgeForest Green Rovers · 1-3
  • 83'Goal · Christian DoidgeForest Green Rovers · 1-4

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Grimsby Town 2, draws 0, Forest Green Rovers 0.

Team news

Grimsby Town line-up

James McKeown, Paul Dixon, Danny Collins, Harry Davis, Alex Whitmore, John Welsh, Mitchell Rose, Jordan Cook, Harry Clifton, Martyn Woolford, J. Hooper

Forest Green Rovers line-up

Robert Sánchez, Farrend Rawson, Gavin Gunning, Joseph Mills, Liam Shephard, Lloyd James, Carl Winchester, Reece Brown, George Williams, Christian Doidge, Reuben Reid