2020–21 Grimsby Town F.C. season

Grimsby Town
2020–21 season
Chairman	Philip Day
Manager	Ian Holloway
Stadium	Blundell Park
League Two	Preseason
FA Cup	First round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Group stage
	← 2019–20

The 2020–21 season is Grimsby Town's 143rd in existence and their fifth consecutive season in EFL League Two. 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 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
11 August 2020	CB	Bilel Mohsni	Panachaiki	Free transfer	^[1]
11 August 2020	CF	Ira Jackson Jr.	Folkestone Invicta	Free transfer	^[2]
13 August 2020	CF	Montel Gibson	Halesowen Town	Free transfer	^[3]
13 August 2020	AM	George Williams	Forest Green Rovers	Free transfer	^[4]
14 August 2020	CF	Alhagi Touray Sisay	Aberystwyth Town	Free transfer	^[5]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2020	LW	Brandon Buckley	Unattached	Released	^[6]
1 July 2020	CF	Harry Cardwell	Chorley	Released	^[6]^[7]
1 July 2020	SS	Jordan Cook	Unattached	Released	^[6]
1 July 2020	CB	Harry Davis	Morecambe	Released	^[6]^[8]
1 July 2020	LB	Bradley Garmston	Unattached	Released	^[6]
1 July 2020	RW	Elliot Grandin	Unattached	Released	^[6]
1 July 2020	CM	Jake Hessenthaler	Unattached	Released	^[6]
1 July 2020	LW	Ahkeem Rose	Unattached	Released	^[6]
1 July 2020	CM	Elliott Whitehouse	Forest Green Rovers	Released	^[6]^[9]
17 July 2020	AM	Billy Clarke	Bradford City	Free transfer	^[10]
20 July 2020	AM	Charles Vernam	Burton Albion	Free transfer	^[11]

Pre-season

First Team Squad

Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 2020–21 season (Saturday 12th September).

#	Name	Position	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends
Goalkeepers
1	James McKeown	GK	(1989-07-24)24 July 1989 (aged 31)	RKSV Leonidas	2011	2021
23	Sam Russell	GK	(1982-10-04)4 October 1982 (aged 37)	Forest Green Rovers	2018	2023
13	Ollie Battersby	GK	(2001-07-23)23 July 2001 (aged 19)	Academy	2017	2021
Defenders
2	Luke Hendrie	RB	(1994-08-27)27 August 1994 (aged 26)	Shrewsbury Town	2019	2021
22	Elliott Hewitt	RB/CM	(1994-05-30)30 May 1994 (aged 26)	Notts County	2019	2021
5	Ludvig Öhman	CB	(1991-10-09)9 October 1991 (aged 28)	BP	2019	2021
6	Luke Waterfall	CB	(1990-07-30)30 July 1990 (aged 30)	Shrewsbury Town	2019	2021
25	Mattie Pollock	CB	(2001-09-28)28 September 2001 (aged 18)	Academy	2018	2021
	Bilel Mohsni	CB	(1987-07-21)21 July 1987 (aged 33)	Panachaiki	2020	2021
	Duncan Idehen	CB	(2002-07-03)3 July 2002 (aged 18)	Academy	2020	2021
28	Joey Hope	LB	(2002-06-28)28 June 2002 (aged 18)	Academy	2020	2021
Midfielders
19	Max Wright	RW	(1998-04-06)6 April 1998 (aged 22)	Academy	2008	2022
15	Harry Clifton	CM	(1998-06-12)12 June 1998 (aged 22)	Academy	2007	2021
24	Jock Curran	CM	(2001-01-29)29 January 2001 (aged 19)	Academy	2017	2021
	George Williams	AM / LW	(1995-09-07)7 September 1995 (aged 25)	Forest Green Rovers	2020	2022
Attackers
9	James Hanson	ST	(1987-11-09)9 November 1987 (aged 32)	AFC Wimbledon	2019	2021
7	Matt Green	ST	(1987-01-02)2 January 1987 (aged 33)	Salford City	2019	2021
21	James Tilley	ST / AM	(1998-06-13)13 June 1998 (aged 22)	Brighton	2020	2021
	Montel Gibson	ST	(1997-12-15)15 December 1997 (aged 22)	Halesowen Town	2020	2023
	Ira Jackson Jr.	ST	(1997-01-28)28 January 1997 (aged 23)	Folkestone Invicta	2020	2022
	Alhagi Touray Sisay	ST	???	Aberystwyth Town	2020	2021

Competitions

EFL League Two

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
17	Harrogate Town	46	16	9	21	52	61	−9	57
18	Oldham Athletic	46	15	9	22	72	81	−9	54
19	Walsall	46	11	20	15	45	53	−8	53
20	Colchester United	46	11	18	17	44	61	−17	51
21	Barrow	46	13	11	22	53	59	−6	50
22	Scunthorpe United	46	13	9	24	41	64	−23	48
23	Southend United (R)	46	10	15	21	29	58	−29	45	Relegation to National League
24	Grimsby Town (R)	46	10	13	23	37	69	−32	43	Relegation to National League

Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2021. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences^[12]
(R) Relegated

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

Matchday	1
Ground
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on pre-season. Source: 11v11 for league tables and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

FA Cup

Win Draw Loss

EFL Cup

Win Draw Loss

EFL Trophy

Win Draw Loss

References

^ "Mohsni Becomes First Summer Signing". Grimsby Town F.C. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
^ "Grimsby Town sign striker Ira Jackson on busy day at Blundell Park". Grimsby Town F.C. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
^ "Town Secure Signing Of Gibson". Grimsby Town F.C. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
^ "Williams Is A Mariner!". Grimsby Town F.C. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
^ "Sisay Becomes Signing Number Five". Grimsby Town F.C. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Retained List Announced". Grimsby Town F.C. 21 May 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
^ "Cardwell Set For Return". Chorley F.C. 27 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
^ "SIGNING | Harry Davis". Morecambe F.C. 2 August 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
^ "FGR capture exciting attacking midfielder Elliott Whitehouse". Forest Green Rovers F.C. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
^ "Clarke joins Bradford for third time". BBC. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
^ "Brewers confirm signing of former Derby striker Charles Vernam". Derby Telegraph. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 30 July 2019.

[1] "Mohsni Becomes First Summer Signing". Grimsby Town F.C. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

[2] "Grimsby Town sign striker Ira Jackson on busy day at Blundell Park". Grimsby Town F.C. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

[3] "Town Secure Signing Of Gibson". Grimsby Town F.C. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.

[4] "Williams Is A Mariner!". Grimsby Town F.C. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.

[5] "Sisay Becomes Signing Number Five". Grimsby Town F.C. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.

[Retained_List-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Retained List Announced". Grimsby Town F.C. 21 May 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

[7] "Cardwell Set For Return". Chorley F.C. 27 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.

[8] "SIGNING | Harry Davis". Morecambe F.C. 2 August 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.

[9] "FGR capture exciting attacking midfielder Elliott Whitehouse". Forest Green Rovers F.C. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.

[10] "Clarke joins Bradford for third time". BBC. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

[11] "Brewers confirm signing of former Derby striker Charles Vernam". Derby Telegraph. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

[12] "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 30 July 2019.

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