Bradford City 3-2 Grimsby Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 1 April 2023

Result

Bradford City 3-2 Grimsby Town

League Two · Saturday 1 April 2023, 12:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Bradford City 3-2 Grimsby Town: match report

Bradford City won against Grimsby Town 3-2 in the League Two on Saturday 1 April 2023. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Alex Gilliead opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Bradford City's goals came from Alex Gilliead (7'), Jamie Walker (62') and Andy Cook (81'). Grimsby Town scored through Gavan Holohan (23', penalty) and Andy Smith (44').

Discipline: Bradford City received 3 yellow cards; Grimsby Town received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Bradford City were 7th on 61 points from 37 and Grimsby Town 15th on 48 points from 37. Bradford City went on to finish that season 6th with 79 points, and Grimsby Town 11th with 61.

Bradford City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Grimsby Town in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Andy Cook of Bradford City (8.7), ahead of Alex Gilliead (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Bradford City wins, 4 draws and 0 for Grimsby Town.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Alex GillieadBradford City · 1-0
  • 20'Yellow card · Harry CliftonGrimsby Town
  • 22'Yellow card · Harry LewisBradford City
  • 23'Penalty goal · Gavan HolohanGrimsby Town · 1-1
  • 43'Yellow card · Harry ChapmanBradford City
  • 44'Goal · Andy SmithGrimsby Town · 1-2
  • 62'Goal · Jamie WalkerBradford City · 2-2
  • 81'Goal · Andy CookBradford City · 3-2
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Liam RidehalghBradford City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bradford City 6, draws 4, Grimsby Town 0.

Team news

Bradford City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Harry Lewis, Brad Halliday, Matty Platt, Sam Stubbs, Liam Ridehalgh, Richard Smallwood, Alex Gilliead, Scott Banks, Jamie Walker, Harry Chapman, Andy Cook

Grimsby Town line-up (4-3-3)

Max Crocombe, Josh Emmanuel, Andy Smith, Niall Maher, Anthony Driscoll-Glennon, Gavan Holohan, Kieran Green, Harry Clifton, George Lloyd, Ryan Taylor, John McAtee