On the evidence of this boring 90 minutes, it looks like being a long hard season for both teams.
They went into the game on the back of opening day defeats. So at least they were both pleased to pick up their first point of the season.
But goalmouth action was rare and neither keeper had much to do.
However when Grimsby's Danny Coyne and Kelvin Davis of Wimbledon were called into second-half action they both rose to the challenge.
Firstly Grimsby striker Jonny Rowan was denied by Davis when he raced clear That was early in the second half and midway through Coyne denied Joel McAnuff when the Wimbledon number seven looked certain to score.
Grimsby eventually made a double change with Darren Barnard and striker Phil Jevons going on, but there were less than 10 minutes left and it was asking a lot for either player to make an impression.
But Jevons could have won it for Grimsby firing over from close range and then heading wide in spectacular fashion.
In fact Wimbledon looked the likelier winners with skipper Neil Shipperley having their best efforts although the pace of striker Patrick Agyemang always looking dangerous.
A poor match ground to a halt with a blank scoresheet summing things up perfectly.
At least for Wimbledon it was a point on their travels and they looked happier playing in front of a crowd, rather than a near deserted Selhurst Park