Scarborough Athletic suffer pre-season defeat to Grimsby Town despite battling display

Scarborough Athletic lost their latest pre-season friendly 2-1 at the hands of Grimsby Town despite a battling display from the hosts at the Flamingo Land Stadium.

The hosts started brightly, Walshaw thumping an early header off the crossbar so hard that it actually moved the goal.

But the League Two side soon asserted their dominance and with just 13 minutes played Seb Ring drove home low to Taylor’s left.

Former Boro winger Max Wright went close numerous times to doubling The Mariners lead, most notably, with a long range curler that went narrowly wide before being denied by Tommy Taylor after Wright broke away from the Boro back line.

Michael Jolley’s side continued to create chances, Akheem Rose and Elliott Hewitt both stung the palms of Taylor with powerful close range efforts.

But Boro held on until the 43rd minute. A seemingly innocuous challenge in the box, Hewitt went sprawling and a penalty was given. Moses Ogbu stepped up and calmly rolled to Taylor’s left doubling Grimsby’s lead.

After the break Boro came out flying Coulson, a half time substitute, danced his way into a position to fire a shot across Battersby’s goal.