2018–19 Grimsby Town F.C. season

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Grimsby Town
2018–19 season
ChairmanJohn Fenty
ManagerMichael Jolley
StadiumBlundell Park
EFL CupFirst round
(vs. Rochdale)

The 2018–19 season is Grimsby Town's 141st season of existence and their third consecutive season in League Two.[1] Along with competing in League Two, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Competitions

Friendlies

The club have confirmed the first four pre-season friendlies will be against Cleethorpes Town, Sunderland, York City and Doncaster Rovers.[2]

The annual pre-season fixture versus Cleethorpes Town will take place at the new home ground of their opponents, The Linden Club, on Saturday 7 July.

The Mariners will then play host to EFL League One side Sunderland on Tuesday 17 July before travelling to York City on Saturday 21 July. Town will then host Doncaster Rovers at Blundell Park on Tuesday 24 July.

7 July 2018 (2018-07-07) Cleethorpes Town 4-3 Grimsby Town Grimsby
15:00 BST Stadium: Linden Club
24 July 2018 (2018-07-24) Friendly Grimsby Town 1–0 Doncaster Rovers Cleethorpes
19:30 BST Hall-Johnson 23' Report Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 1,397
27 July 2018 (2018-07-27) Friendly Gainsborough Trinity 0–4 Grimsby Town Gainsborough
13:00 BST Report Hooper 28'
Clifton 36'
Hessenthaler 68'
Robles 82'		 Stadium: Gainsborough Martin & Co. Arena

League Two

League table

Template:2018–19 EFL League Two table

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
12 3 2 7 9 18  −9 11 1 1 5 5 12  −7 2 1 2 4 6  −2

Last updated: 6 October 2018.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

Matchday123456789101112
GroundHAHDAHAHAHAH
ResultLWDDLLLLLLWW
Position211216151720212122232219
Updated to match(es) played on 2 October 2018. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 21 June 2018, the League Two fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[3][4]

4 August 2018 (2018-08-04) 1 Grimsby Town 1–4 Forest Green Rovers Cleethorpes
15:00 BST Rose 31' (pen.) Report Winchester 51'
Collins 67' (o.g.)
Doidge 70' 83'		 Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 5,879
Referee: Martin Coy
11 August 2018 (2018-08-11) 2 Macclesfield Town 0–2 Grimsby Town Macclesfield
15:00 BST Report Cook 29'
Rose Red card 63'
Vernam 90'		 Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 2,589
Referee: Oliver Langford
18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) 3 Grimsby Town 1–1 Lincoln City Cleethorpes
13:00 BST Woolford 33' Report Akinde 71' (pen.) Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 7,201
Referee: Carl Boyeson
21 August 2018 (2018-08-21) 4 Milton Keynes Dons 1–1 Grimsby Town Denbigh
19:45 BST Simpson 46' Report Cook 35'
[[Paul Dixon|Dixon]] Red card 82'
 Stadium: Stadium mk
Attendance: 6800
Referee: P Wright
25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 5 Newport County 1–0 Grimsby Town Newport
15:00 BST Dolan 40' Report Thomas Red card 90+2' Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 3,288
Referee: Neil Hair
1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 6 Grimsby Town 0–1 Yeovil Town Cleethorpes
15:00 BST Report Patrick 78' Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 4,284
Referee: Thomas Bramall
8 September 2018 (2018-09-08) 7 Bury 4–0 Grimsby Town Bury
15:00 BST Mayor 14', 70'
Aimson 34'
Dagnall 63'		 Report Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 3,677
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 8 Grimsby Town 0–3 Oldham Athletic Cleethorpes
15:00 BST Report Surridge 63', 65'
Baxter 90+2'		 Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 4,746
Referee: Nick Kinseley
22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 9 Stevenage 1–0 Grimsby Town Stevenage
15:00 BST Seddon 83' Report Stadium: Broadhall Way
Attendance: 2,332
Referee: Lee Collins
29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 10 Grimsby Town 1–2 Morecambe Cleethorpes
15:00 BST Embleton 9' Report Oates 61'
Mandeville 65'		 Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 3,972
Referee: Chris Sarginson
2 October 2018 (2018-10-02) 11 Carlisle United 0–1 Grimsby Town Carlisle
19:45 BST Report Hendrie 38' Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 3,316
Referee: Martin Coy
6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 12 Grimsby Town 2–0 Port Vale Cleethorpes
15:00 BST Thomas 1'
Hooper 53'
Whitmore Yellow card 71'		 Report Kay Yellow card 85' Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 3,842
Referee: Andy Haines

EFL Cup

Main article: 2018–19 EFL Cup

On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam.[5]

14 August 2018 (2018-08-14) First round Grimsby Town 0–2 Rochdale Cleethorpes
19:45 BST Report Rathbone 39', 79' Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 1,781
Referee: Darren England

EFL Trophy

On 13 July 2018, the initial group stage draw bar the U21 invited clubs was announced.[6] It was later announced that Northern Group G would include Newcastle United U21.

Template:2018–19 EFL Trophy Northern Group G

4 September 2018 (2018-09-04) Group stages Grimsby Town 2–1 Notts County Cleethorpes
19:45 BST Rose 69 (pen)'
Hessenthaler 88'		 Report Alessandra 12' Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 746
9 October 2018 (2018-10-09) Group stages Doncaster Rovers 2–0 Grimsby Town Doncaster
19:30 BST May 23', 57' (pen.) Report Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium
Attendance: 1,420

Top scorers

As of September 5, 2018
Rnk Pos No. Player League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total
1 MF 11 England Jordan Cook 2 0 0 0 2
2 MF 8 England Mitch Rose 1 0 0 1 2
FW 18 England Charles Vernam 1 0 0 0 1
MF 16 England Martyn Woolford 1 0 0 0 1
MF 7 England Jake Hessenthaler 0 0 0 1 1
Total 5 0 0 2 7

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2018 SS England Jordan Cook Luton Town Free transfer [7]
1 July 2018 CB England Harry Davis Scotland St. Mirren Free transfer [8]
1 July 2018 CM England Jake Hessenthaler Gillingham Free transfer [9]
1 July 2018 CF England Louis Robles Spain San Roque de Lepe Free transfer [10]
1 July 2018 CM England John Welsh Preston North End Free transfer [9]
1 July 2018 CM England Elliott Whitehouse Lincoln City Free transfer [11]
1 July 2018 CB England Alex Whitmore Chesterfield Undisclosed [12]
9 July 2018 GK England Sam Russell Forest Green Rovers Free transfer [13]
24 July 2018 AM England Charles Vernam Derby County Undisclosed [14]
17 August 2018 CF England Wes Thomas Oxford United Free transfer [15]

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2018 CM Republic of Ireland James Berrett FC Halifax Town Released [16][17]
1 July 2018 CB England Nathan Clarke FC Halifax Town Released [16][18]
1 July 2018 CM England Chris Clements Cheltenham Town Released [19][20]
1 July 2018 RW Scotland Siriki Dembélé Peterborough United Undisclosed [21]
1 July 2018 RB England Ben Davies Boston United Released [16][22]
1 July 2018 CB England Jack Keeble Free agent Released [16]
1 July 2018 LM England Sam Kelly Scotland Hamilton Academical Free transfer [23]
1 July 2018 GK England Ben Killip Braintree Town Released [16][24]
1 July 2018 CM England Sean McAllister Free agent Released [16]
1 July 2018 LW England Gary McSheffrey Frickley Athletic Released [16]
1 July 2018 RB England Zak Mills Morecambe Released [16][25]
1 July 2018 CB England Karleigh Osborne Aldershot Town Released [16][26]
1 July 2018 CM England Tom Sawyer Free agent Released [16]
1 July 2018 CF England Scott Vernon Cleethorpes Town Released [16][27]
5 July 2018 CM England Luke Summerfield Wales Wrexham Free transfer [28]
8 August 2018 CB England Alexander McMillan Sweden Ytterhogdal Free transfer [29]

Loans in

Start date Position Nationality Name From End date Ref.
6 July 2018 CB England Akin Famewo Luton Town 31 May 2019 [30]
18 August 2018 RB England Luke Hendrie Shrewsbury Town January 2019 [31]
30 August 2018 CM England Elliot Embleton Sunderland January 2019 [32]
31 August 2018 LM England Ben Pringle Preston North End 31 May 2019 [33]

Loans out

Start date Position Nationality Name To End date Ref.
6 September 2018 FW Jamaica Ahkeem Rose Boston United F.C. 6 October 2018 [34]
6 September 2018 CM England Max Wright Boston United F.C. 6 October 2018 [34]

References

  1. ^ "History". Statto.
  2. ^ "Sunderland Friendly Confirmed". GTFC. June 11, 2018. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  3. ^ "EFL fixtures for 2018-19 in full". BBC. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Grimsby Town Scores & Fixtures". BBC. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Lampard's Derby at Oldham in Carabao Cup". BBC. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Checkatrade Trophy: Round One Draw information". English Football League. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Striker Cook moves to Grimsby Town". BBC. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  8. ^ "Grimsby Town bring in defender Davis". BBC. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  9. ^ a b "Grimsby Town sign Welsh & Hessenthaler". BBC. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  10. ^ "Grimsby sign ex-Wigan striker Robles". BBC. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  11. ^ "Grimsby sign Imps midfielder Whitehouse". BBC. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  12. ^ "Whitmore Becomes First Summer Signing". Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  13. ^ "Grimsby Town sign goalkeeper Sam Russell who takes on dual role at Blundell Park". Grimsby Telegraph. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  14. ^ "Vernam Completes Grimsby Switch". Derby County F.C. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  15. ^ "Thomas Signs For The Mariners". Grimsby Town F.C. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  16. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Grimsby offer McKeown new deal as 11 go". BBC. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  17. ^ "Midfielder Berrett joins Shaymen". Halifax Courier. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  18. ^ "FC Halifax sign Clarke and Edwards". Non-League Daily. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  19. ^ "Chris Clements Set To Leave". Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  20. ^ "Cheltenham Town sign former Crewe Alexandra, Mansfield Town, Grimsby Town and Forest Green Rovers midfielder Chris Clements". Gloucestershire Live. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  21. ^ "Peterborough sign Grimsby's Dembele". BBC. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  22. ^ "Davies joins Boston United". Boston Standard. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  23. ^ "Hamilton Academical add five players". BBC. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  24. ^ "Iron Add Another Keeper As McDonald Is Given A Warning". National League. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  25. ^ "Morecambe sign Oates and defender Mills". BBC. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  26. ^ "Shots Sign Karleigh Osborne". Aldershot Town F.C. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  27. ^ "Ex-Oldham and Blackpool man Vernon joins Cleethorpes Town". Non-League Daily. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  28. ^ "Wrexham sign midfielder Summerfield". BBC. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  29. ^ "Released Apprentices Try Their Luck In Sweden". League Football Education. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  30. ^ "Grimsby sign Luton defender Famewo". BBC. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  31. ^ "Hendrie Joins On Loan". Grimsby Town F.C. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  32. ^ "Mariners Sign Embleton On Loan". Grimsby Town F.C. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  33. ^ "Pringle Joins On Season Long Loan". Grimsby Town F.C. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  34. ^ a b "Rose & Wright Head Out On Short Term Loan". Retrieved 2018-09-06.
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