Reserves beaten by Boro

A YOUNG Grimsby Town side were comprehensively beaten 4-1 by Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium last night.

Boro included six first team players in their starting XI.

Jean Louis Akpa Akpro’s low strike on the hour was Town’s only consolation.

Boro: Steele; McMahon (Corker 46), Riggott, Grounds, Bennett, Emnes, Pilatos, Digard (Smallwood 46), Taylor, Franks (Martin 83), L Williams. Unused subs: Smith, Porritt.

Grimsby Town: Overton; Wood, Heward, Moore, Gray, Clarke, Boshell, Normington, Akpa Akpro, North, Gardener. Subs: Smith, Peet, Deane, Thanoj, Mulready.