[29] Shankly went on to win the Football League, FA Cup and UEFA Cup with Liverpool. Harry Betmead. This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Grimsby Town. As of the 201213 season, the GTFC Supporters Trust known as the 'Mariners Trust' has taken over responsibility for the operation of most of the bars at the stadium, which hopefully will lead to refurbishment, and new ideas from fans as to how the bars operate. Player, 1926-38 427 games, 76 goals. Rob Scott sacked. [36] In the same year 22,489 people witnessed a home victory against Exeter City that saw the club promoted as Division Four Champions. Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that competes in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system, following the victory in the 2022 National League play-off Final. Just delighted for the players. Danny Amos Defender 24. Football has the power to punctuate our lives with a type of communion that is so often absent elsewhere. Harry the Haddock has been used by Grimsby fans as an inflatable symbol for more than 34 years after it jokingly featured in the reporting of the team's 1989 FA Cup journey to the 5th round. That is the closest we have come to the final and the 76,962 crowd at Old Trafford remains a record for that ground. This brought the overall capacity down from around 12,000 to what it is today. Read more: Grimsby Town pull off mammoth FA Cup upset at Southampton thanks to Gavan Holohan penalties. Grimsby-born musician Steven Currie was most well known for being the bass player in English glam rock band T. Rex. What an effort. Grimsby Town . Grimsby Town Squad | ESPN [24][25] His main problems were that Grimsby had been relegated twice in recent seasons, dropping from the First to the Third Division, and some good players had been transferred before he arrived. Some would say Bill Shankly went on to greater things and those in the know would say Alan Buckley had a more enduring impact on our history. In more recent times games against Lincoln City (a Lincolnshire derby) has been Grimsby's primary derby game, although historically Lincoln are another local side who have predominantly spent a lot of time in lower divisions to the ones Grimsby have regularly featured in, Town's relegation to League Two in 2004 renewed this rivalry with notable games being the play-off semi-final in 2006 in which Grimsby ran out 31 winners on aggregate. In 1890 the club became a limited company and in 1892 finally entered the Football League, when it was expanded to two divisions. What an effort. Situated inside the Findus Stand at Blundell Park, is "McMenemy's Function Suite", named after former manager Lawrie McMenemy. In a contrast to Mariners fans regarding Scunthorpe as their main rival, supporters of Lincoln City would regard Grimsby as theirs. In 1953 the club introduced its first floodlights to the ground and with that enabling Grimsby Town to play night-time fixtures. More than 20 famous faces from northern Lincolnshire 37 Armel Bella-Kotchap. For Premier League bottom club Southampton, it was another low point in a miserable season. Grimsby Town's geographical region pits them against three main professional rivals, two of which like Grimsby are from the former county of Humberside. Today we have ubiquitous live games beamed from every corner of the globe, so few things mark my age more starkly to my kids than the idea that one game a year was live on TV, apart perhaps from the concept of writing actual letters, which makes me sound like a character from a Bront novel. The 50 Greatest Sports Figures From Iowa - Sports Illustrated [88] The board appointed Mike Newell as manager. Bob Smith: NFL football player. [82][83], Having guided Grimsby to a mid table finish in his first season, Russell Slade began the 200506 season with a good start to the season and much improved results and performances had seen Grimsby Town rise to the top of Football League Two. 5d diamond painting recreates the look of diamonds with stunning sparkling facets, reflecting the light beautifully and giving you superior, non-fading color, Relax, unwind, and create your first 5D diamond masterpiece by just using the . Max Crocombe Goalkeeper 13. [148], Grimsby is the football club that Sacha Baron Cohen's character Nobby supports in the 2016 action comedy film Grimsby. Appearances and goals are for league matches only; wartime matches are excluded. Grimsby Town's players and manager Paul Hurst now face Brighton in the FA Cup quarter finals Harry the Haddock has been used by Grimsby fans as an inflatable symbol for more than 34 years. Close menu; Overview; Squad . Ollie Battersby Goalkeeper Defenders 02. [129][130] In the 2022 National League play-off Final, they defeated Solihull Moors 21 after extra time to win promotion back to League Two at the London Stadium. [citation needed] Arthur Drewry, a local businessman, married the daughter of Grimsby Town's chairman, and subsequently served as a director of the club before his own chairmanship. "There's a generation of fans who only know us as League Two and non-league strugglers, just a small little club floating around those divisions. For a list of all Grimsby Town players with a Wikipedia article, see, Since 1888 - Football league statistics (requires registration), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Grimsby_Town_F.C._players&oldid=1137419506, This page was last edited on 4 February 2023, at 15:25. Barnsley, Doncaster Rovers and Boston United are three other examples of clubs who have shared some kind of rivalry with Grimsby in past seasons, whilst they were in the second and fourth tiers respectively. On 1 March 2023, Grimsby Town became the first team in FA Cup history to beat five teams from higher divisions following a 2-1 win at Southampton to advance to the quarter finals. Defender Anthony Glennon celebrates a famous FA Cup upset in unique Grimsby fashion. Former Leicester City chairman John Elsom also joined the board of directors along with racehorse stable trainer and owner Michael Chapman in December 2002. Grimsby Town's players and manager Paul Hurst now face Brighton in the FA Cup quarter finals, Bruce Fenwick travelled to watch the match with his 11-year-old daughter Maisy, pictured clutching an inflatable Harry Haddock, About 4,000 fans made the journey down to the south coast for the Wednesday night FA Cup tie. Other famous fans include politician Norman Lamont, former professional snooker players Mike Hallett and Dean Reynolds, singer and songwriter Ella Henderson and BBC weather presenter Keeley Donovan. There are two other clubs within the Borough of Grimsby who are on the football ladder, Grimsby Borough and Cleethorpes Town, coupled with other Non-League sides in Lincolnshire such as Gainsborough Trinity, games with these clubs only form pre-season friendlies or fixtures in the Lincolnshire Senior Cup. Grimsby finished the season in good form, with a 9-match unbeaten run, finishing the season with a 30 win against Newport County. Better-known for its fishing industry, fourth-tier minnows Grimsby Town splashed some FA Cup magic by knocking out Premier League Southampton to reach the quarterfinals for the first time in 84 years on Wednesday. ", He added: "A weekend now rather than a Wednesday night, haddocks by the sea, it should be a really special occasion.". Transfers & rumours . Despite this, the club struggled to avoid relegation, only securing their place in Division One on the last day of the season with a win over promoted Fulham. [67] Town won the game 10 thanks to a first half Kevin Donovan goal which gave the club a historic Wembley double and the Mariners promotion back to Division One. It took only four weeks for Grimsby to return to the stadium though, this time to face Northampton Town in the Division Two play-off Final. 53 Dominic Ballard. With 4,000 fans making the long journey from the Humber Estuary to the Solent, many wielding inflatable haddocks, Grimsby belied their lowly status with a deserved win. [5][134] The stadium has had an all-seated capacity of just under 10,000 in recent years, being in and around 27,000 before the stadium was made all seated in 1995. The new manager chopped and changed the playing squad around and brought in some expensive loan signings from abroad such as Zhang Enhua,[69][70] Menno Willems signing from Vitesse for 160K,[71] David Nielsen and Knut Anders Fostervold. Hull City, on the north bank of the Humber Estuary have traditionally been viewed as Grimsby's main rival but a contrast in their recent fortunes has meant that the two clubs have not met in the League since 1987, prior to a 2020 EFL Trophy victory for Hull the clubs had last met in 1997 when The Mariners won 1-0 in the same competition. Initial estimates had suggested that the club would be able to move to the new stadium for the start of the 201112 season. "They and their fans were brilliant and totally deserved their place in the last 8.". This was the 7th tier of the women's football pyramid, the very bottom rung of the ladder. [20][21] The Mariners lost the game 50 after goalkeeper George Moulson was injured early in the match. [26] In 195354, Shankly became disillusioned when the board could not give him money to buy new players. "It was surreal," the 47-year-old supporter said. Manager Paul Hurst described it as a 'miracle' as his side became only the sixth team from the fourth tier or below to reach the last eight of the FA Cup Cup since the introduction of the division in 1958-59. Tommy Bolin was a guitarist from Sioux City, Iowa. 18.12.2020 18:16. My earliest memory of the FA Cup is from the 1980 final when West Ham played Arsenal. Grimsby's 1939 FA Cup semi-final attendance of 76,962 versus Wolverhampton Wanderers is still a record at Manchester United's Old Trafford stadium. Jaz Goundry Defender 26. Tommy Bolin. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Winner of Grimsby's BBC cult heroes poll in 2004. The 25-year-old has quickly become a key player for the Mariners this season after joining late on January deadline day. Team News. [67] This was the first major trophy awarded to the club following its first appearance at Wembley.