Grimsby Town 5-2 Tranmere Rovers: result and report

League Two · Tuesday 27 November 2018

Result

Grimsby Town 5-2 Tranmere Rovers

League Two · Tuesday 27 November 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Grimsby Town 5-2 Tranmere Rovers: match report

Grimsby Town beat Tranmere Rovers 5-2 in the League Two on Tuesday 27 November 2018. The half-time score was 2-1.

James Norwood opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Grimsby Town's goals came from Harry Clifton (33'), Wes Thomas (40'), H. Davis (48'), Mitchell Rose (82', penalty) and E. Embleton (90'). Tranmere Rovers scored through James Norwood (11') and Paul Mullin (65').

Discipline: Grimsby Town received 1 yellow card; Tranmere Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Grimsby Town were 20th on 19 points from 19 and Tranmere Rovers 7th on 31 points from 19. Grimsby Town went on to finish that season 17th with 56 points, and Tranmere Rovers 2nd with 80.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · James NorwoodTranmere Rovers · 0-1
  • 12'Yellow card · Connor JenningsTranmere Rovers
  • 33'Goal · Harry CliftonGrimsby Town · 1-1
  • 40'Yellow card · Scott DaviesTranmere Rovers
  • 40'Goal · Wes ThomasGrimsby Town · 2-1
  • 48'Goal · H. DavisGrimsby Town · 3-1
  • 61'Yellow card · Harry CliftonGrimsby Town
  • 65'Goal · Paul MullinTranmere Rovers · 3-2
  • 69'Yellow card · James NorwoodTranmere Rovers
  • 82'Penalty goal · Mitchell RoseGrimsby Town · 4-2
  • 90'Goal · E. EmbletonGrimsby Town · 5-2

Team news

Grimsby Town line-up

James McKeown, Luke Hendrie, Andrew Fox, Jake Hessenthaler, Alex Whitmore, Harry Davis, Elliot Embleton, Harry Clifton, Wes Thomas, Charles Vernam, Ben Pringle

Tranmere Rovers line-up

Scott Davies, Jake Caprice, Zoumana Bakayogo, Harvey Gilmour, Stephen McNulty, Manny Monthe, Luke McCullough, Dylan Mottley-Henry, James Norwood, Connor Jennings, Paul Mullin