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Dover Athletic 1-3 Grimsby Town: Mariners are gaining some timely momentum

Grimsby Town eventually got the better of rock bottom Dover to make it four wins from last five games and maintain their play-off push.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
27 February 2022

By David Elliott

DOVER ATHLETIC 1
Goodman 40

GRIMSBY TOWN 3
Pearson 27, Abrahams 36, McAtee 72
GRIMSBY Town eventually got the better of rock bottom Dover to make it four wins from last five games and maintain their play-off push.
Shaun Pearson and Tristan Abrahams put the visitors in charge but the Whites hit back through defender Jake Goodman.
And the Mariners were never comfortable until John McAtee’s 11th goal of the season restored their cushion with 18 minutes to go.
“We won the game, that’s the most important thing,” said Mariners boss Paul Hurst.
“I felt we made it a bit more diff...

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