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York City won 2-1 against Grimsby Town at the LNER Community Stadium in pre-season on Saturday afternoon.
Goals from Billy Chadwick and Lenell John-Lewis secured City a second pre-season victory for Adam Hinshelwood and his side.
A bright start for the Minstermen ended with Dipo Akinyemi racing down the right hand-side and earning an early corner.
The resulting corner was swung in towards the front of the six-yard box before the ball was flicked on into the path of Billy Chadwick at the back post. He was there to tap the ball home to put City a goal to the good after just two minutes.
On the twelve-minute mark The Minstermen looked to break forward again, but Joe Felix’s teasing cross to the back post was seen out for a goal kick.
Five minutes later and City were pressing again. The ball was won back on the halfway line by Akinyemi before being played to Marvin Armstrong, who went for goal from the edge of the box, but his low-driven effort went into the side netting.
Grimsby drew level after 28 minutes from a freak own goal. Ricky Aguiar’s pass back to Rory Watson found it’s way into the bottom right-hand corner.
The Minstermen nearly found an instant response when Trialist A dispossessed Kieran Green down the left-hand side before flashing a cross in front of the face of goal, but Marvin Armstrong couldn’t find the connection on the ball he was looking for as his effort rolled wide of the mark.
The Mariners registered the first chance in the second half when substitute Cameron Gardner went for goal from range, but his effort whistled wide of Watson’s right-hand post.
Tyrese Sinclair was next to have a go at goal, his effort from outside the box was easily collected by Jordan Wright in the end.
On the 75th minute The Minstermen re-took the lead after Alex Hunt’s corner found Lenell John-Lewis on the edge of the six-yard box, with his bullet header gliding its way past Jake Eastwood.
Grimsby looked to respond again as Matty Carson played a cross into the six-yard box looking for another man in black and white, but Harrison Male raced off his line to collect.
City nearly added a third with five minutes to go, John-Lewis again with the effort but Harvey Rodgers put in a strong block to deny him from inside the box.
In the dying seconds Ollie Pearce collected the ball in the Grimsby box before beating his man and landing a shot on goal, but Eastwood was equal to the effort.
YORK CITY: Watson (62′ Male), Fallowfield (C), O’Connor (62′ Howe), Sinclair (73′ Trialist B), Akinyemi (62′ John-Lewis (C)), Armstrong (62′ McLaughlin), Batty (62′ Hunt), Chadwick (62′ Pearce), Aguiar (62′ Nathaniel-George), Felix (76′ Marshall), Trialist A (66′ Gibson-Booth).
GRIMSBY: Wright (60′ Eastwood), Cass (70′ Cribb), Carson, Green (60′ Thompson (77′ Clements), Svanthorsson (46′ Gardner) , McJannett (60′ Rodgers), McEachran (60′ Ainley), Trialist B (60′ Brown), Trialist C (70′ Vernam), Trialist A, Khouri.
MAN OF THE MATCH, CHOSEN BY WATERMARK PLUMBING SUPPLIES: Joe Felix.
ATTENDANCE: 2,332 (692 Grimsby Town supporters).