Macclesfield Town 1-1 Grimsby Town: result and report

League Two · Thursday 26 December 2019

Result

Macclesfield Town 1-1 Grimsby Town

League Two · Thursday 26 December 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Macclesfield Town 1-1 Grimsby Town: match report

Macclesfield Town drew with Grimsby Town 1-1 in the League Two on Thursday 26 December 2019. The half-time score was 0-0.

Joe Ironside opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Macclesfield Town's goal came from Joe Ironside (49', penalty). Grimsby Town scored through Charles Vernam (59').

Discipline: Macclesfield Town received 3 yellow cards; Grimsby Town received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Macclesfield Town were 16th on 24 points from 20 and Grimsby Town 21st on 21 points from 20. Macclesfield Town went on to finish that season 22nd with 36 points, and Grimsby Town 13th with 47.

Macclesfield Town lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Grimsby Town in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Charles Vernam of Grimsby Town (7.4), ahead of Harry Clifton (7.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Macclesfield Town wins, 5 draws and 3 for Grimsby Town.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Yellow card · David FitzpatrickMacclesfield Town
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Luke HendrieGrimsby Town
  • 49'Penalty goal · Joe IronsideMacclesfield Town · 1-0
  • 54'Yellow card · Max WrightGrimsby Town
  • 59'Goal · Charles VernamGrimsby Town · 1-1
  • 75'Yellow card · Fraser HorsfallMacclesfield Town
  • 83'Yellow card · Harry DavisGrimsby Town
  • 86'Yellow card · Jay HarrisMacclesfield Town

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Macclesfield Town 2, draws 5, Grimsby Town 3.

Team news

Macclesfield Town expected line-up (3-4-1-2)

Owen Evans, Fiacre Kelleher, Theo Vassell, Theo Archibald, Miles Welch-Hayes, Jay Harris, Corey O'Keeffe, Connor Kirby, Emmanuel Osadebe, Ben Stephens, Joe Ironside

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

James McKeown, Luke Hendrie, Luke Waterfall, Harry Davis, Liam Gibson, Jake Hessenthaler, Harry Clifton, Ethan Robson, Max Wright, M. Ogbu, Charles Vernam