Match ends, Harrogate Town 1, Grimsby Town 0.
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Striker Mark Beck netted his first league goal since September 2019 to secure Harrogate a home triumph over struggling Grimsby.
Beck had not found the target in his previous 27 league outings but came off the bench to head in after 77 minutes and condemn League Two's bottom club to a seventh straight away defeat, equalling the Mariners' worst sequence since 1976.
Victory was Harrogate's fifth in seven matches and moved them into the top half of the table in their debut EFL season.
The first half was virtually one-way traffic with George Thomson, Josh March and Aaron Martin all forcing Grimsby goalkeeper Jake Eastwood into smart saves, while Simon Power's cross also bounced off the top of the crossbar.
The visitors had a great chance from their first attack of the match in the 41st minute, but Stefan Payne shot straight at James Belshaw as he charged clear through the left channel.
The second half deteriorated as a spectacle, but Beck settled matters when he met Ryan Fallowfield's right-wing cross with a glancing header across goal that nestled in Eastwood's top corner.
James Hanson squandered the visitors' best chance of a reply, sidefooting over an inviting net following Belshaw's poor punch.
Match report supplied by PA Media.
Line-ups
Harrogate
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Belshaw
- 2Fallowfield
- 5Smith
- 20Hall
- 3JonesSubstituted forBurrellat 69'minutes
- 30Power
- 7Thomson
- 17KerrySubstituted forFalkinghamat 81'minutes
- 28McPake
- 24MarchSubstituted forMuldoonat 69'minutes
- 10MartinSubstituted forBeckat 69'minutes
Substitutes
- 4Falkingham
- 6Burrell
- 9Beck
- 18Muldoon
- 22Francis
- 25Minter
Grimsby
Formation 5-3-2
- 44Eastwood
- 22Hewitt
- 25PollockSubstituted forAdamsat 80'minutes
- 6Waterfall
- 26Menayese
- 2Hendrie
- 20MateteBooked at 16minsSubstituted forMoraisat 79'minutes
- 8Coke
- 38El Mizouni
- 40PayneSubstituted forJohn-Lewisat 69'minutes
- 9Hanson
Substitutes
- 1McKeown
- 4Rose
- 7Green
- 18Morais
- 21John-Lewis
- 36Habergham
- 45Adams
- Referee:
- Trevor Kettle
Match Stats
Home TeamHarrogateAway TeamGrimsby
- Possession
- Home55%
- Away45%
- Shots
- Home13
- Away7
- Shots on Target
- Home7
- Away2
- Corners
- Home5
- Away2
- Fouls
- Home10
- Away16
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Harrogate Town 1, Grimsby Town 0.
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Attempt blocked. Joe Adams (Grimsby Town) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by James Hanson with a headed pass.
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Hand ball by Luke Hendrie (Grimsby Town).
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George Thomson (Harrogate Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Lenell John-Lewis (Grimsby Town).
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Attempt saved. Joshua McPake (Harrogate Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jack Muldoon.
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Foul by Jack Muldoon (Harrogate Town).
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Luke Hendrie (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Corner, Grimsby Town. Conceded by Connor Hall.
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Attempt blocked. Filipe Morais (Grimsby Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Attempt blocked. Lenell John-Lewis (Grimsby Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luke Hendrie.
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Joshua McPake (Harrogate Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Filipe Morais (Grimsby Town).
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Warren Burrell (Harrogate Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Lenell John-Lewis (Grimsby Town).
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Attempt missed. Jack Muldoon (Harrogate Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Mark Beck.
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Mark Beck (Harrogate Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Luke Waterfall (Grimsby Town).
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Attempt missed. James Hanson (Grimsby Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
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