Match ends, Welling United 0, Grimsby Town 4.
Welling United 0-4 Grimsby Town
- From the section Football
Padraig Amond's second-half hat-trick helped promotion hopefuls Grimsby ease to victory over relegation threatened Welling in the National League.
The Mariners forward headed past keeper Michael McEntegart to open the scoring just after the hour mark.
Amond reacted quickest to Craig Disley's knockdown to add his second before latching on to Andy Monkhouse's cross to complete his treble.
Disley then struck eight minutes from time to wrap up all three points.
Grimsby remained third in the table, with the home side three points from safety.
Grimsby Town assistant-manager Chris Doig told BBC Radio Humberside:
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"The first-half was pretty poor in our opinion. Obviously not easy conditions to play in. We probably didn't play to the conditions enough in the first half.
"We got caught on the ball a few times and we seemed to give them a chance to counter against us by sloppy play.
"Second-half we were a bit more positive. Slightly more direct without going long all of the time. The first goal is always crucial and fortunately we got it."
Line-ups
Welling
- 1McEntegart
- 5Osborne
- 6Chambers
- 15Nortey
- 9KabbaSubstituted forBakareat 75'minutes
- 7Porter
- 11Wellard
- 20Corne
- 22Harris
- 23Williams
- 32Vidal
Substitutes
- 10St Aimie
- 13Gagliardi
- 18Taylor
- 28Johnson
- 34Bakare
Grimsby
- 1McKeown
- 2Tait
- 3Robertson
- 10AmondSubstituted forPittmanat 81'minutes
- 8Disley
- 6Gowling
- 9Bogle
- 11Monkhouse
- 16ClaySubstituted forHendersonat 85'minutes
- 20ArnoldSubstituted forEastat 74'minutes
- 22Nsiala
Substitutes
- 5Pearson
- 14Marshall
- 18Pittman
- 23East
- 28Henderson
- Referee:
- Wayne Barratt
Match Stats
Home TeamWellingAway TeamGrimsby
- Possession
- Home55%
- Away45%
- Shots
- Home3
- Away15
- Shots on Target
- Home1
- Away10
- Corners
- Home4
- Away2
- Fouls
- Home8
- Away4
Live Text
Full Time
Second Half ends, Welling United 0, Grimsby Town 4.
Attempt missed. Nortei Nortey (Welling United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Sam Corne.
Corner, Welling United.
Foul by Omar Bogle (Grimsby Town).
Michael Chambers (Welling United) wins a free kick.
Attempt missed. Jon-Paul Pittman (Grimsby Town) right footed shot from outside the box.
Attempt blocked. Conor Henderson (Grimsby Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution
Substitution, Grimsby Town. Conor Henderson replaces Craig Clay.
Foul by Barney Williams (Welling United).
Richard Tait (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick.
Goal!
Goal! Welling United 0, Grimsby Town 4. Craig Disley (Grimsby Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
Substitution
Substitution, Grimsby Town. Jon-Paul Pittman replaces Padraig Amond.
Corner, Grimsby Town.
Goal!
Goal! Welling United 0, Grimsby Town 3. Padraig Amond (Grimsby Town) header from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Andy Monkhouse with a cross.
Substitution
Substitution, Welling United. Michael Bakare replaces Sahr Kabba.
Substitution
Substitution, Grimsby Town. Danny East replaces Nathan Arnold.
Foul by Harry Osborne (Welling United).
Omar Bogle (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick.
Attempt missed. Sam Corne (Welling United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Goal!
Goal! Welling United 0, Grimsby Town 2. Padraig Amond (Grimsby Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Craig Disley with a headed pass.
Offside, Welling United. Sahr Kabba tries a through ball, but Sahr Kabba is caught offside.
Foul by Harry Osborne (Welling United).
Omar Bogle (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick.
Goal!
Goal! Welling United 0, Grimsby Town 1. Padraig Amond (Grimsby Town) header from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Craig Disley with a cross.
Attempt missed. Nathan Arnold (Grimsby Town) right footed shot from long range on the left from a direct free kick.
Foul by Xavier Vidal (Welling United).
Andy Monkhouse (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick.
Corner, Grimsby Town.
Foul by Sahr Kabba (Welling United).
Craig Disley (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick.
Corner, Welling United.
Attempt saved. Omar Bogle (Grimsby Town) left footed shot from outside the box is saved.
Foul by Michael Chambers (Welling United).
Omar Bogle (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick.
Attempt saved. Nathan Arnold (Grimsby Town) header from the centre of the box is saved.
Offside, Welling United. George Porter tries a through ball, but George Porter is caught offside.
Foul by Craig Clay (Grimsby Town).
Sahr Kabba (Welling United) wins a free kick.
Second Half
Second Half begins Welling United 0, Grimsby Town 0.