Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Grimsby Town: result and report

League Two · Monday 1 January 2018

Result

Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Grimsby Town

League Two · Monday 1 January 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Grimsby Town: match report

Crewe Alexandra defeated Grimsby Town 2-0 in the League Two on Monday 1 January 2018. The half-time score was 2-0.

Chris Porter opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Crewe Alexandra's goals came from Chris Porter (12') and Brad Walker (34'). Grimsby Town did not score.

Discipline: Crewe Alexandra received 1 yellow card; Grimsby Town received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Crewe Alexandra were 20th on 26 points from 25 and Grimsby Town 14th on 34 points from 25. Crewe Alexandra went on to finish that season 15th with 56 points, and Grimsby Town 18th with 51.

Crewe Alexandra lined up in a 4-4-2 and Grimsby Town in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Crewe Alexandra wins, 0 draws and 1 for Grimsby Town.

Going into the match Crewe Alexandra's last five read L-W-L-W-L and Grimsby Town's L-D-L-D-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Chris PorterCrewe Alexandra · 1-0
  • 12'Yellow card · P. NgCrewe Alexandra
  • 34'Goal · Brad WalkerCrewe Alexandra · 2-0
  • 34'Yellow card · Martyn WoolfordGrimsby Town
  • 56'Yellow card · James BerrettGrimsby Town

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Crewe Alexandra 4, draws 0, Grimsby Town 1.

Team news

Crewe Alexandra line-up (4-4-2)

Ben Garratt, Perry Ng, Zoumana Bakayogo, Michael Raynes, Brad Walker, George Cooper, Callum Ainley, Tom Lowery, Conor Grant, Chris Porter, Chris Dagnall

Grimsby Town line-up (4-4-1-1)

Ben Killip, Ben Davies, Paul Dixon, Nathan Clarke, Karleigh Osborne, James Berrett, Luke Summerfield, Diallang Jaiyesimi, Martyn Woolford, Siriki Dembélé, Scott Vernon