Southport came from a goal behind to snatch a point with a late equaliser from Simon Grand.Grimsby had taken the lead when Craig Disley turned in a low cross from Aswad Thomas.



Simon Grand(6) powers home Southports goal.





Southport
01 McMillan
02 Smith
03 Lever
04 Akrigg
05 Parry Booked
06 Grand
07 Whalley
12 Benjamin Booked (Ledsham - 60' )
16 Moogan (Chalmers - 69' )
10 Gray (Almond - 67' )
19 Bakare

Substitutes
13 Nemes
17 Lynch
08 Ledsham
15 Chalmers
11 Almond

Grimsby Town
13 McKeown
03 Thomas
18 Pearson (Soares - 85' )
19 Wood
22 Pond
04 Niven
07 Colbeck
08 Disley Booked
11 Artus Booked
05 Pearson
12 Cook (Elding - 70' )

Substitutes
02 Hatton
06 Miller
17 Soares
21 Chanoj
09 Elding
Ref: Seb Stockbridge
Att: 1,743

A steady performance against a superior [full time] outfit. It was a dire first half but the second period was much livelier. The home side were slightly fortuitous to earn a point but Port dug in & deserve credit after two sensational reaction saves from McMillan and some heroic last ditch defending. Seemed to be lacking a midfield playmaker and they need to commit more bodies into the box in open play. Still overly reliant on scoring from set pieces which, to be fair, they managed to achieve today. Can only recall one attempt on goal other than Grand's equalising header. Finally, a disappointing turnout from the locals given the perfect conditions but that shouldn't really be a surprise.

Originally Posted by Golden Goal

Finally, a disappointing turnout from the locals given the perfect conditions but that shouldn't really be a surprise.

No not really, it mirrors the lack of ambition showed by the invisible chairman and his "board!!??".