ConferenceSceneSeason 2 / Issue 40 footballconference.co.uk Vanarama Conference Bulletin Thursday 14th May 2015 Statistics Wembley The Stage The Player With The Most........ Shots On Target John Rooney (Chester FC) 70 Shots Off Target For A Tense Finale L John-Lewis (Grimsby), J Rooney (Chester FC) 54 By Steve Whitney Shots Without Scoring Jake Moult (Altrincham) 37 Sunday’s Vanarama Conference Promotion Final at Wembley looks like smashing the Shots Per Goal previous record crowd figure for the game. Steven Gillespie (Altrincham) 34 Having two such big clubs as Bristol Rovers Assists and Grimsby Town in the final has guaranteed J Reason (Eastleigh), L Young (Torquay) 14 massive interest from all over the country and worldwide. Offsides In the regular season, runners-up Rovers Richard Brodie (Southport) 51 finished five points clear of third-placed Fouls Mariners, but only one goal separated the John Akinde (Barnet) 94 teams in their two league games. in the first leg to make it a fairly comfortable Rovers’ opening game after suffering 3-0 aggregate victory. Fouls Without A Card relegation from the Football League was against BT Sport also featured the second leg of the Cheyenne Dunkley (Kidderminster) 26 Grimsby and was screened live on BT Sport. Grimsby versus Eastleigh encounter at Blundell Free-Kicks Won It ended up being a none-too-inspiring 0-0 Park, in which the Mariners eased to a 3-0 win Godfrey Poku (AFC Telford) 86 draw. and a 5-1 overall victory against a Spitfires Darrell Clarke’s side then won the fixture at outfit who can nevertheless be proud of their Penalties Scored Blundell Park, courtesy of a 67th minute Tom first season at the top level of non-League John Akinde (Barnet) 11 Lockyer effort. football. Goals Scored Direct From Free-Kicks Rovers featured on BT Sport again as they Bristol Rovers will start favourites for G Sole (Woking), J Rooney (Chester FC) 4 clinched their place in Sunday’s final with a Sunday’s final and will be backed by a huge 2-0 win at the Memorial Ground against Forest number of Gas fans. Saves Made Green Rovers on May 3rd. But the two league matches showed there is P Smith (Aldershot), D Lewis (Kidd’minster) 185 A crowd of 10,563 saw Chris Lines and Matty little to choose between the teams and another Defensive Clearances Taylor add to the latter’s goal at the New Lawn tight game under the arch is anticipated. Aaron Downes (Torquay) 73 What’s made the headlines this week By Steve Whitney Defensive Blocks George Pilkington (Macclesfield) 22 Law Stays On Day In As Assistant Wembley Double New Alty stars Alfreton, Forest A non-League football Altrincham have The Team With The Most......... relegated Green double-header will be begun recruiting early from the Rovers piloted at Wembley having announced Shots On Target Grimsby 285 Vanarama have next season with the signing of keeper Shots Off Target Altrincham 274 Conference, appointed both the FA Trophy Tim Deasy from have announced that Jamie Day as the and the FA Vase Northwich Victoria Shots Per Goal Altrincham 9.41 they are sticking with club’s new assistant- Finals taking place and midfielder Josh Corners Barnet 311 manager Nicky Law. manager. The on Sunday, 22nd May O’Keefe from league The Reds suffered 35-year-old joins 2016. rivals Kidderminster. Fouls Torquay 513 a first relegation in the club as number It will be the first time Deasy, 29, signed sixteen years – albeit two to Ady Pennock ever that Wembley a dual-registration Woodwork Strikes Bristol Rovers, Barnet 16 on goal difference on having recently come Stadium has hosted Conference deal with Offsides Forest Green 135 the last day of the to an end of a spell two FA national Alty in March 2014 season. as player-manager at competition finals on whilst still playing for Penalties Conceded Welling 12 Ebbsfleet United. the same day. Vics. Yellow Cards Southport 88 Please Note: All statistics exclude play-off matches Red Cards Welling 12 Statistical Information Matthew Plunkett +44 (0)1430 456105 Bristol Rovers v Grimsby Sunday 17th May, Kick-off 2.00pm, Live on BT Sport 1 Referee: R Joyce (Cleveland) Leagues included: Vanarama Conference, Bristol Rovers Premier League & Football League Grimsby Top Scorers & Card Count League Head To Head Top Scorers & Card Count Goals Y R Played ...38 Draws ......10 0-0’s .... 5 Goals Y R M Taylor 18 L Mansell 10 0 Bristol Rvs wins 15 Goals 56 (1.5 per game) L John-Lewis 16 A Nsiala 12 0 E Harrison 13 O Clarke 5 1 Times failed to score 11 J Pittman 10 S Pearson 9 0 A Monkhouse 8 T Lockyer 7 0 Grimsby wins 13 Goals 59 (1.6 per game) C Disley 9 C Disley 7 0 L Mansell 5 A Monkhouse 4 1 Times failed to score 13 O Palmer 6 L John-Lewis 4 1 N Blissett 5 N Blissett 6 0 R Hannah 5 C Magnay 6 0 Biggest League win for each team: 15/11/1958 Bristol Rvs 7-3 Grimsby Player With The Most... 14/12/1957 Bristol Rvs 0-7 Grimsby Player With The Most... shots offsides shots offsides Matt Taylor 94 Matt Taylor 34 Lenell John-Lewis 117 Lenell John-Lewis 32 Recent Meetings shots on target fouls shots on target fouls Matt Taylor 52 Matt Taylor 49 14/02/15 Vanarama Conference Lenell John-Lewis 63 Lenell John-Lewis 58 shots off target free-kicks won Grimsby ................. 0 Bristol Rovers ........ 1 shots off target free-kicks won Matt Taylor 42 Matt Taylor 67 Lockyer 67 Lenell John-Lewis 54 Lenell John-Lewis 54 Att: 4,073 assists defensive clearances assists defensive clearances 09/08/14 Vanarama Conference Lee Brown 7 Tom Parkes 55 Nathan Arnold 10 Shaun Pearson 52 Bristol Rovers ....... 0 Grimsby ..................0 crosses defensive blocks Att: 7,019 crosses defensive blocks Lee Brown 435 Tom Parkes 13 Nathan Arnold 275 Shaun Pearson 14 Squad Recent Matches Managerial Records Recent Matches Squad Apps(sub apps) 03/05/15 Vanarama Conference Play-off At current club 03/05/15 Vanarama Conference Play-off Apps(sub apps) 1 Mildenhall 29(0) 1 McKeown 46(0) Semi-final Second Leg Darrell Clarke Semi-final Second Leg 2 Leadbitter 20(4) Bristol Rovers ....... 2 Forest Green ..........0 Grimsby ................. 3 Eastleigh ................0 2 Bignot 5(8) Played 46 Won 25 Drawn 16 Lost 5 3 Brown 43(0) Lines 24 Att: 10,563 Palmer 35, 71 4 Brown 29(4) 4 Lockyer 44(0) Taylor 88 For 73 Against 34 John-Lewis 44 Att: 6,286 5 Pearson 42(0) Av Pts/game 1.98 5 McChrystal 28(5) Bristol Rovers: Puddy, Lockyer, McChrystal, Grimsby: McKeown, Nsiala, Pearson, Gowling, 6 Magnay 42(0) Biggest Win(s) Bristol Rvs 7 Alfreton 6 Parkes 45(1) Parkes, Brown, Gosling, Mansell (Clarke 86), Magnay, Mackreth, Brown (Clay 68), Disley, 7 Mackreth 30(10) Town 0 (25/04/2015). Biggest Loss(es) 7 Mansell 44(0) Lines, Monkhouse, Taylor (Balanta 90), Blissett. Arnold (Hannah 85), John-Lewis, Palmer 8 Disley 35(5) Barnet 2 Bristol Rvs 0 (12/08/2014). 8 Clarke 15(12) Booked: Mansell 57. (Pittman 79). Booked: Brown 13. 10 Hannah 6(16) 10 Taylor 41(4) Forest Green: Arnold, Bennett (Wedgbury 27), Paul Hurst Eastleigh: Flitney, Partington, Turley, Evans, 12 Doig 3(1) Coles (Clough 70), Racine, Jennings, Marwood, Green, Howard (Walker 46), Pell (Burton 11 Gosling 15(8) Played 194 Won 91 Drawn 54 Lost 49 13 Draper 0(0) Pipe, Sinclair, Frear (Norwood 63), Guthrie, 46), Strevens, Reason, McAllister, Constable For 302 Against 198 14 Lines 8(0) Parkin. Booked: Marwood 45. (Odubade 46). Booked: Howard 34. 14 John-Lewis 36(3) 15 Trotman 17(2) Av Pts/game 1.69 15 Humble 0(0) 16 Easter 4(1) 29/04/15 Vanarama Conference Play-off Biggest Win(s) Won 7-0 on 2 occasions 30/04/15 Vanarama Conference Play-off 16 Clay 30(9) 17 Harrison 7(28) Semi-final First Leg Biggest Loss(es) Braintree Town 5 Semi-final First Leg 18 Pittman 20(11) 18 Thomas 0(0) Forest Green ......... 0 Bristol Rovers ........ 1 Grimsby 0 (16/08/2011). Eastleigh ................ 1 Grimsby ..................2 19 Parslow 21(5) 19 Greenslade 0(0) Taylor 17 Odubade 62 Arnold 3, 72 20 Arnold 26(5) 20 Lucas 0(0) Att: 3,336 Manager Head To Head Att: 3,251 21 Bastock 0(0) 21 Ward-Baptiste 0(0) Played .4 Clarke ................ 2 Hurst ................0 22 Nsiala 40(0) 22 Preston 0(0) Goals Per Game Draws . 2 Goals 4 Goals 2 Goals Per Game 24 Walker 0(0) 23 Monkhouse 36(3) 25 Winfarrah 0(2) 24 Sinclair 24(3) FOR Games W D L Pts FOR Games W D L Pts 26 McLaughlin 11(12) 25 Puddy 14(1) Failed to score 9 0 6 3 6 Goal Statistics Failed to score 8 0 3 5 3 27 Bemrose 0(0) 27 Blissett 17(5) Scored 1 goal 16 8 6 2 30 Scored 1 goal 18 9 5 4 32 28 Venney 0(0) For Ag 46 Played 46 For Ag 29 Balanta 3(13) Scored 2 goals 13 9 4 0 31 Scored 2 goals 11 7 3 1 24 31 Watson 0(4) 30 Bell-Baggie 0(0) 33 Palmer 12(1) Scored 3 goals 5 5 0 0 15 73 34 Goals scored 74 40 Scored 3 goals 7 7 0 0 21 34 Jolley 8(3) Minutes per goal Scored 4+ goals 3 3 0 0 9 57 122 56 104 Scored 4+ goals 2 2 0 0 6 35 Robertson 14(0) Average goals scored per game 1.59 How the goals are scored Average goals scored per game 1.61 36 Gowling 3(0) 37 Chapell 2(4) AGAINST Games W D L Pts AGAINST Games W D L Pts 41 18 Right foot 46 22 38 Sunter 0(1) Clean sheets 22 16 6 0 54 15 6 Left foot 13 13 Clean sheets 19 16 3 0 51 Conceded 1 goal 14 7 6 1 27 Conceded 1 goal 16 8 5 3 29 16 8 Headers 14 5 Conceded 2 goals 10 2 4 4 10 Conceded 2 goals 9 1 3 5 6 Conceded 3 goals 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Others 1 0 Conceded 3 goals 2 0 0 2 0 Conceded 4+ goals 0 0 0 0 0 Type of play Conceded 4+ goals 0 0 0 0 0 Average goals conceded per game 0.74 44 14 Open play 58 29 Average goals conceded per game 0.87 11 6 Cross 3 3 Clock Games Since.