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Max Crocombe (Millwall | England)

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21 Jan 22:29
Match postponed 
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28 Jan 17:15
Grimsby stay alive in the FA Cup. An upset 2-2 draw at Luton who are chasing promotion to EPL. Crocombe in goal

Replay to be at Grimsby. 
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29 Jan 00:16
Match highlights. Grimsby in the white. Excellent result by them forcing a replay at home. No idea what sort of team Luton fielded but they are 7th in The Championship.

Crocombe only Kiwi left in the FA Cup.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyJn7FDKdE0

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/64438673
In-form Luton had won five of their previous seven games to sit outside the Championship play-off spots only on goal difference, while the Mariners came into the contest 16th in League Two, having lost five of their past six away games.
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31 Jan 00:34
Draw made for Round of 16 in FA Cup, and winner of 4th Round replay Grimsby verus Luton Town (next Tuesday), will be rewarded with a trip to St Marys to face Southampton.
https://us.soccerway.com/national/england/fa-cup/20222023/5th-round/r69274/

So a great motivation for Crocombe & his League Two team mates to win next week, and then for many a career highlight last 16 FA Cup game away to an EPL club.

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01 Feb 06:51
From Flying Kiwis.

Meanwhile here’s a funky yarn: back when Crocombe was an 18 year old on the rise at Oxford Town, injuries to the two first team goalies meant he was in line for a senior debut until Oxford instead turned to the emergency loan market. There they scooped up the temporary services of a 19yo Arsenal academy keeper named Emiliano Martinez. Yes, the very same.

That bloke is now a World Cup winner and there’s an interview with Crocombe in the Football League Paper talking about all that experience. Granted, it’s paywalled so dunno what he actually had to say.

Martinez only played one game – it was the last match of the 2011-12 season and Oxford Town were away to Port Vale with an outside chance of making the League Two playoffs. That didn’t happen. Port Vale won 3-0 and results elsewhere meant that Oxford wouldn’t have made it no matter what happened. But the bottom line is that what could have been Crocombe’s first senior first team appearance in England was instead it was Emi Martinez’s first senior first team appearance in England. The rest is history.

Up Next: Got Crew Alexandra away on Sunday at 4am, while the FA Cup replay is on the following Wednesday (8 Feb) at 8.45am (NZT)
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04 Feb 18:01
Crocombe in goal for a valuable 3-0 win

Now the big FA Cup replay hosting Luton
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07 Feb 20:56
Grimsby doing it easy. Up 3-0 at HT.
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07 Feb 21:45
And that's how it finishes. 3 shots on target from 4, 3 goals. Grimsby are still unbeaten in the FA Cup and Crocombe keeps a clean sheet.
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08 Feb 04:47 · edited 08 Feb 05:39 · History
Good stuff. Massive confidence boost as Grimsby also try to stay up in League Two.

Their last 16 FA Cup tie at Southampton, is 2nd March. Only 4 places currently separate Luton (4th in the Championship) from the Saints (last in EPL) in the English football pyramid, so who knows come 2nd March.

Potential Kiwi matchup in L2 this weekend, Grimsby (16th) hosting Smith's Colchester (17th).

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11 Feb 22:07
CU with the spoils 1-0. No Smith. 
Crocombe in goal for Grimsby 
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14 Feb 21:27 · edited 14 Feb 21:42 · History
Grimsby lose 2-1. Crocombe in goal
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18 Feb 23:20 · edited 18 Feb 23:21 · History
Crocombe in goal for an upset 2-1 win.
Tete Yengi a late 93rd min sub for Northampton.
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21 Feb 00:31 · edited 21 Feb 06:28 · History
Grimsby (16th) host Harrogate Town (21st). FA Cup tie away at Southampton in 10 days.

Win tomorrow morning, then Grimsby can probably rest a few guys for tough home game hosting runaway League Two leaders Leyton Orient this weekend, to freshen up the team for the big game at St Marys.

https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2023/02/21/england/league-two/grimsby-town-fc/harrogate-town-fc/3810515/
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21 Feb 23:45
Crocombe in goal for a 0-0 draw. Grimsby (17th), sit 11 points above the drop zone, so can probably afford to rest a few guys for this weekend's Orient game, before the big FA Cup tie at Southampton.

Is Grimsby deepest run in the FA Cup since mid 1990s.

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25 Feb 22:33
Crocombe in goal for a 2-2 draw 
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01 Mar 20:08


Oh it's on alright! 
Southampton are dire, although they did have a goal correctly ruled out for offside.
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01 Mar 21:06
2-1 Grimsby with 5 mins to go!
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01 Mar 21:11
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01 Mar 21:18
They've only gone and done it!



Superb effort from the Mariners. Great stuff.
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01 Mar 21:19
Grimsby win! Brilliant fairytale stuff. Into the quarters.
Furthest a Kiwi has been in the FA Cup since Nelsen at Blackburn?

Man City at home would be a nice fixture in the QFs
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01 Mar 22:01
Burnley, United & Sheffield United all won through.

Grimsby rewarded with another Premier League opponent in the quarters, as they travel to take on Brighton Hove Albion.

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01 Mar 23:14
Bit of a bugger they don't get a home tie in the quarters. Amazing run they are having

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01 Mar 23:17 · edited 01 Mar 23:23 · History
She'd  be a right old road trip back up north. And they get to do it all over again to Brighton next.

FA Cup still has some magic. First QF for Grimsby since Germany invaded Poland.



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04 Mar 14:18 · edited 04 Mar 19:35 · History
Grimsby lose 2-0. Crocombe in goal
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07 Mar 19:10 · edited 08 Mar 08:54 · History
Crocombe in goal

Edit - a 1-1 draw 
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