Match Reports
Hit by injury and illness, Head Coach Tom Shaw was forced into five changes to his young squad, with Neal Bishop and Kyle Dixon missing out. In addition to Curtis Morrison who limped out of Tuesday’s Mickleover defeat and Lewis Carr and Jovon Makama, absent since injuries picked up in training on the eve of the season. The side Shaw named averaged 21 years of age. And unfortunately,...
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Gainsborough Trinity fell to a two goal to nil defeat away at Mickleover on Tuesday evening. A brace from Andy Dales enough to give the hosts all three points and send the Holy Blues back to Lincolnshire with no points to show for their evening’s endeavours in Derbyshire. Head Coach, Tom Shaw made just the one change to the side that had drawn on the opening day of the season. George...
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A crazy 72 hours in the build up to the opening day of the PitchingIn Northern Premier League season, as Head Coach Tom Shaw had more headaches than he could imagine, with the loss of club captain, Lewis Carr, last weekend’s two-goal hero Javon Makama and wing wizard Toby Gould all missing out on Shaw’s maiden team sheet. Not to be deterred, the boss was able to select a strong squad,...
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Gainsborough Trinity completed their pre-season campaign having only tasted defeat once - on the opening day of the warm-up period. A 4-1 victory away at Pontefract Collieries leads the Holy Blues into the PitchingIn Northern Premier League campaign in high spirits, with anticipation levels rising ahead of Witton Albion's visit on Saturday 14th August, 3pm kick off. Head Coach, Tom Shaw...
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A feisty affair finished goal-less, at Worksop Town's Sandy Lane home as a series of bizarre decisions helped to raise the temperatures on the pitch. In muggy temperatures, it was little wonder things were heated on the field of play, but Tom Shaw's Gainsborough Trinity side came through the sternest of tests to record back-to-back clean sheets and halt their hosts fine pre-season scoring...
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Gainsborough Trinity continued their fine pre-season run of form that has seen them win three of the four close season encounters. This time, victory was against Guiseley from the league above, whilst keeping a clean sheet in the process against the sternest test of the warm up games to date and so moving things along positively ahead of the new season. Gainsborough started the game...
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Gainsborough Trinity progressed to the Semi Final of the Lincolnshire FA County Senior Cup and secured the John Reames Memorial Trophy in the process with a fine 2-1 victory over a youthful Lincoln City at the Martin & Co Arena. It was a wonderful evening, with the sun beating down on Northolme and fans able to return in good number for the first time since the beginning of November, some...
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Gainsborough Trinity travelled to Yaxley FC of the PitchingIn Northern Premier League Midlands division and emerged victors by two goals to one. A goal of quality in each half enough to secure the victory, but it was the manner of performance which will have supporters purring with anticipation. Head Coach, Tom Shaw named a strong side from the outset. Eight of the ten signed players...
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A goal three minutes from time by Bottesford Town's Moody settled a keenly contested pre-season friendly at the Barrett's Steel Stadium, in a game which saw the Holy Blues give a run out to 21 players in Tom Shaw's first official game as Gainsborough Trinity Head Coach. A mixed eleven started for Trinity, with Lewis Carr captaining the side at centre half. Joe Wilson and Gianluca Bucci...
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