An overdue first visit to the ‘new’ Wembley, two weeks earlier than I had hoped to be watching Coventry City in the play-offs, for Sunday’s National League play-off final between Grimsby Town and Forest Green Rovers.
The Mariners were 3-1 winners, deserved on the balance of the play, and their celebrations afterwards indicated how much it meant to people connected with the club to be back in the Football League after a number of near-misses.
A crowd of 17,198 watched the action, a slight disappointment given that the National League had run a good ‘early-bird’ sales campaign to attract neutral supporters but one that reflects Forest Green’s relatively small fanbase and, perhaps, Grimsby’s disappointment at the stadium when beaten by Bristol Rovers last season.
Full credit to Wembley themselves for the organisation of the event, the friendly welcome from staff and for giving it the same treatment as they would an England international or FA Cup final.
Full credit to Wembley themselves for the organisation of the event, the friendly welcome from staff and for giving it the same treatment as they would an England international or FA Cup final.
Grimsby will be back in North London next Sunday (May 22) for the first-ever National League Finals Day when they take on FC Halifax Town in the FA Trophy final at 4:15pm, preceeded by Hereford FC against Morpeth Town AFC in the FA Vase final at 12:15pm.
Tickets, covering both matches, are priced at £25 Adults, £10 Concessions and £1 for Under-16’s.
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