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List of Grimsby Town F.C. records and statistics

This article details all-time records. For a season-by-season statistical breakdown see List of Grimsby Town F.C. seasons.

Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Cleethorpes, England. The club competes in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system.

The club was founded in 1878 as Grimsby Pelham Football Club. Grimsby are the only team from Lincolnshire to play in the first tier of English football and the only club to reach the semi-finals of the FA Cup. The club's record appearance maker is John McDermott making 754 appearances and their leading goalscorer is Pat Glover with 180 goals. Their record attendance is 31,651 for an FA Cup tie against Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1937. Grimsby have played in all of the top five divisions of the English league system.

Honours and achievements

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Honours

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Minor titles

  • Lincolnshire Senior Cup
    • Winners (39): 1885–86, 1888–89, 1896–97, 1898–99, 1899–1900, 1900–01, 1901–02, 1902–03, 1905–06, 1908–09, 1912–13, 1920–21, 1922–23, 1924–25, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1932–33, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1946–47, 1949–50, 1952–53, 1967–68, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1979–80, 1983–84, 1986–87, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1999–2000, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15
  • Puma Youth Alliance League Cup

Achievements

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Best performances in competitions entered
Competition Best result Winners Runners-up Play-off winners Play-off runners-up Semi-finalists
First Division (L1) 5th 0 0 N/A N/A N/A
Second Division/First Division/EFL Championship (L2) Winners 2 1 0 0 N/A
Third Division/Second Division/EFL League One (L3) Winners 1 1 1 0 N/A
Third Division North (L3) Winners 2 1 N/A N/A N/A
Fourth Division/Third Division/EFL League Two (L4) Winners 1 2 0 1 N/A
Conference National/National League (L5) Play-off Winners 0 0 2 1 2
Football Alliance Third place 0 0 0 0 N/A
Midland League (Historic L5) Winners 5 0 0 0 N/A
FA Cup Semi-finalists 0 0 N/A N/A 2
Football League Cup/EFL Cup Fifth round 0 0 N/A N/A 0
Football League Group Cup/Football League Trophy/EFL Trophy Winners 2 1 N/A N/A 1
FA Trophy Runners-up 0 2 N/A N/A 1
Full Members' Cup Second round 0 0 0 0 0
Anglo-Italian Cup Group stage 0 0 N/A N/A 0
Anglo-Scottish Cup Preliminary Stage 0 0 N/A N/A 0
Lincolnshire Senior Cup Winners 39 25 N/A N/A N/A
Midland Youth Cup Winners 2 0 N/A N/A N/A
Puma Youth Alliance League Cup Winners 1 0 N/A N/A N/A
  • Seasons spent at Level 1 of the football league system: 12
  • Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 55
  • Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 28
  • Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 19
  • Seasons spent at Level 5 of the football league system: 7

Club records

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More clubs have lost their managers after meeting Grimsby Town than after playing any other club.[1]

Games

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Player records

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Annual awards

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PFA Team of the Year

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The following have been included in the PFA Team of the Year whilst playing for Grimsby Town :

National League Team of the Year

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The following players have been included in the Conference Premier or National League Team of the Year whilst playing for Grimsby Town:

Player of the Year

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As voted for by supporters of the club.[13]

Young Player of the Year

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As voted for by supporters of the club.[13]

Top goal scorers

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Player Goals Season
  Harry Clifton 7 2022–23
  John McAtee 14 2021–22
  Lenell John-Lewis 4 2020–21
  James Hanson 9 2019–20
  Wes Thomas 12 2018–19
  Mitch Rose 8 2017–18
  Omar Bogle 19 2016–17
  Pádraig Amond 30 2015–16
  Lenell John-Lewis 20 2014–15
  Ross Hannah 15 2013–14
  Andy Cook 16 2012–13
  Liam Hearn 29 2011–12
  Alan Connell 29 2010–11
  Peter Sweeney 6 2009–10
  Adam Proudlock 9 2008–09
  Danny North 10 2007–08
  Gary Jones,   Ciarán Toner and   Peter Bore 8 2006–07
  Gary Jones 17 2005–06
  Michael Reddy and   Andy Parkinson 9 2004–05
  Phil Jevons and   Michael Boulding 12 2003–04
  Stuart Campbell 7 2002–03
  Michael Boulding 11 2001–02
  Steve Livingstone 7 2000–01
  Lee Ashcroft 12 1999–00
  Paul Groves 14 1998–99
  Kevin Donovan 16 1997–98
  Clive Mendonca 19 1996–97
  Paul Groves and   Steve Livingstone 10 1995–96
  Neil Woods 14 1994–95
  Clive Mendonca 14 1993–94
  Paul Groves 12 1992–93
  Neil Woods 8 1991–92
  Dave Gilbert and   Neil Woods 12 1990–91
  Tony Rees 13 1989–90
  Keith Alexander 14 1988–89
  Marc North 11 1987–88
  Don O'Riordan and   Ian Walsh 8 1986–87
  Gordon Hobson 15 1985–86
  Kevin Drinkell and   Gary Lund 14 1984–85
  Kevin Drinkell 14 1983–84
  Kevin Drinkell 17 1982–83
  Trevor Whymark 11 1981–82
  Bobby Cumming 11 1980–81
  Kevin Drinkell 16 1979–80
  Tony Ford 16 1978–79
  Terry Donovan 14 1977–78
  Malcolm Partridge 11 1976–77
  Jack Lewis 15 1975–76
  Jack Lewis 21 1974–75
  Jack Lewis 13 1973–74
  Phil Hubbard 10 1973–74
  Stuart Brace 18 1972–73
  Matt Tees 27 1971–72
  Matt Tees 10 1970–71
  Stuart Brace 25 1969–70
  Stuart Brace 10 1968–69
  Dave Wilson 12 1967–68
  Rodney Green 12 1966–67
  Matt Tees 28 1965–66
  George McLean 19 1964–65
  Cliff Portwood 11 1963–64
  George McLean 15 1962–63
  Ron Rafferty 34 1961–62
  Ron Rafferty 24 1960–61
  Ralph Hunt 33 1959–60
  Ron Rafferty 19 1958–59
  Ron Rafferty 26 1957–58
  Jackie Scott 11 1956–57
  Bob Crosbie 35 1955–56
  Arthur Hughes 11 1954–55

*Current season [15]

Notable players

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Captains

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Years Captain
1878–1881   Charles Horn
1881–1883   Rev. J.Flowers
1883–1886   G.Kimpson
1885–1887   G.Atkinson
1887–1890   Robert Macbeth
1890–1891   Jimmy Lundie
1891–1892   Rasmal Gray
1892–1894   Jimmy Lundie
1894–1898   Billy Lindsay
1898–1900   Paddy Gray
1900–1902   Joe Leiper
1902–1904   Dave Gardner
1904–1905   Alf Nelmes
1905–1907   Herbert Morley
1907–1908   Harry Fletcher
1908–1909   Andrew Davidson
1909–1911   'Chopper' Lee
 
Years Captain
1911–1914   Sid Wheelhouse
1923–1925   Jimmy Carmichael
1914–1919 No competitive football due to the First World War
1919–1920   David Kenny
1920–1921   Wilf Gillow
1921–1923   Charles Deacey
1925–1927   Jack Hardy
1927–1928   Charlie Wrack
1928–1932   Jock Priestley
1932–1937   Jackie Bestall
1937–1939   Alec Hall
1939–1946 No competitive football due to the Second World War
1946–1948   Harry Clifton
1948–1950   Billy Cairns
1950–1951   Dick Conner
1951–1952   Bill Brown
1955–1956   Allenby Chilton
 
Years Captain
1956–1958   Bill Brown
1959–1960   Dick Conner
1959–1964   Keith Jobling
1964–1968   Graham Taylor
1968–1970   Graham Rathbone
1970–1972   Dave Worthington
1973–1977   Dave Booth
1977–1984   Joe Waters
1984–1987   Kevin Moore
1987   Mick Halsall
1987–1988   Don O'Riordan
1988–1989   Tommy Williams
1989–1992   Shaun Cunnington
1992–1993   Graham Rodger
1993–1996   Paul Groves
1996–1997   Mark Lever
 
Years Captain
1997–2004   Paul Groves
2004–2008   Justin Whittle
2008   Matthew Heywood
2008–2009   Tom Newey
2009   Ryan Bennett
2009–2010   Nick Colgan
2010–2011   Lee Peacock
2011–2012   Darran Kempson
2012–2017   Craig Disley
2017–2018   Nathan Clarke
2018   John Welsh
2018–2019   Danny Collins
2019–2021   James McKeown
2021–2022   Giles Coke
2022–2024   Luke Waterfall

Top flight players

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The following players have played in a major top flight league and have moved to Grimsby Town later in their career.

The following players have gone on to play top flight football in a major league after first playing with Grimsby Town.

International players

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Players signed to, and have played for Grimsby Town that have had full international caps during their careers.

PFA Fans' Favourites

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The following was included as the favourite Grimsby Town player in the a survey published by the Professional Footballers' Association in December 2007.

BBC Sports Cult Heroes

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The following were chosen by fans as the favourite club heroes in the BBC Sports Cult Heroes poll in 2006.[16]

  1.   Clive Mendonca
  2.   John McDermott
  3.   Ivano Bonetti

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ Ashdown, John (16 February 2011). "Which club has put the most final nails in managerial coffins". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  2. ^ Marshall, Adam (25 March 2011). "Old Trafford's evolution". Manchester United F.C. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Grimsby Town – Records". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 21 July 2016.
  4. ^ It is unclear what the score was, but was likely to have been 8–1. Football: A Weekly Record of the Game (29 November 1882, p. 140), the Sheffield Daily Telegraph (27 November 1882, p. 7) and the Leeds Mercury (27 November 1882, p. 7) all record the score as 8–1; the Hull News (2 December 1882, p. 6) does not give a score, but implies that it was 8–1, as it records the half-time score as being 5–1; while the Sheffield Independent (27 November 1882, p. 4 and 2 December 1882, p. 12) records the score as 7–1, with the half-time score being 4–1, and the Derbyshire Times (2 December 1882, p. 6) just gives the score as being 7–1. It was not, however, 9–1, as often recorded.
  5. ^ Brodkin, Jon (28 November 2001). "Gunners' reserves sink Grimsby". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Highlights and reaction to a record-breaking night in the EFL Trophy". Grimsbylive. 8 September 2020 – via www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk.
  7. ^ "Grimsby 1–4 Hartlepool". Sky Sports. 26 September 2006. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  8. ^ Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 142.
  9. ^ Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 143.
  10. ^ Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 145.
  11. ^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1998). The 1998–99 Official PFA Footballers Factfile. Harpenden: Queen Anne Press. p. 352. ISBN 978-1-85291-588-9.
  12. ^ "Gerrard named player of the year". BBC Sport. 23 April 2006. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  13. ^ a b "Player Of The Year". Grimsby Town F.C. 29 June 2012. Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  14. ^ a b End of Season Awards Winners Announced
  15. ^ Wherry, Dave (2008). The Grimsby Town Story 1878 - 2008. Harefield: Yore Publications. pp. 248–326. ISBN 978-0-9557889-3-2.
  16. ^ "Grimsby's cult heroes". BBC Sport. 21 August 2004. Retrieved 5 November 2006.
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