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Shaun Pearson looking forward to getting back in the old routine at Grimsby Town

Pearson was literally about to sign a new deal to make it a fifth year at Wrexham when the call from Hurst to ask him back to the Mariners, the club he helped to promotion through the 2015 play-offs.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
13 June 2021

By MATT BADCOCK

REMEMBER Mick Godber? A fear-some Non-League striker for the likes of Retford and Sheffield FC Chris Wilder once signed to form ‘The God Squad’ along with Micky Goddard at Alfreton.
Shaun Pearson certainly recalls going up against the well-known goal machine. And, the defender, says it’s players like Godber in Non- League’s backwaters that helped shaped the long senior career that has just seen the 32-year-old return to Grimsby Town on a two-year deal.
“I always remember playing against Mick Godber, a centre forward who played for Retford and Sheffield,” Pearson tells The NL...

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