User:Footballgy/Grimsby Town F.C. season 2001-02

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Succeeding article: Grimsby Town F.C. season 2004-05

Grimsby Town

2003–04 season
Chairman	Peter Furneaux
Manager	Paul Groves (sacked 09/02/2004) Nicky Law (hired 04/03/2004)
Football League Division Two	21st
FA Cup	Second Round
Football League Cup	First Round
Football League Trophy	First Round
Lincolnshire Senior Cup	Runners Up
Copa de Ibiza	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Michael Boulding,Phil Jevons (12) All: Michael Boulding,Phil Jevons (13)
Highest home attendance	6856 v Brentford (1st May 2004)
Lowest home attendance	3535 v Swindon Town (16th September 2003)

Fixtures & Results

Pre Season Matches

Copa de Ibiza

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
Jul 08	SD Portmany	Sant Antoni de Portmany, Ibiza,Spain	W 1 - 0	-	Hockless
Jul 10	San Rafael	Sant Antoni de Portmany, Ibiza,Spain	W 1 - 0	-	Hockless

Friendlies

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
Jul 15	Lincoln City	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 1 - 0	-	O'Halloran
Jul 19	Sunderland	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 1 - 1	-	Crane
Jul 23	Hull City	KC Stadium, Kingston Upon Hull	W 1 - 0	-	Boulding
Jul 26	Boston United	York Street, Boston	W 2 - 1	-	ten Heuvel,Rowan
Jul 29	Halifax Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 2 - 1	-	Anderson,Mansaram
Jul 26	Barton Town	The Euronics Ground, Barton upon Humber	W 3 - 0	-	N/A
Jul 29	Middlesbrough	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 2 - 1	-	Boulding,Crowe

Football League Division Two

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
Aug 09	Plymouth Argyle	Home Park, Plymouth	D 2 - 2	-	Boulding,Anderson
Aug 16	Port Vale	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 1 - 2	-	Boulding
Aug 23	Luton Town	Kenilworth Road, Luton	W 2 - 1	-	Anderson,Boulding
Aug 25	Wycombe Wanderers	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 3 - 1	-	Boulding,Cas,Barnard
Aug 30	Bristol City	Ashton Gate, Bristol	L 0 - 1	-	-
Sept 06	Peterborough United	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 1 - 1	-	Boulding
Sept 12	Hartlepool United	Victoria Park, Hartlepool	L 1 - 8	-	Rowan
Sept 16	Swindon Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 1 - 2	-	Boulding
Sept 20	Chesterfield	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 4 - 0	-	Campbell,Cas,Hockless,Edwards
Sept 27	Sheffield Wednesday	Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield	D 0 - 0	-	-
Sept 30	Blackpool	Bloomfield Road, Blackpool	W 1 - 0	-	Crane
Oct 04	Queens Park Rangers	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 - 1	-	-
Oct 10	Brighton & Hove Albion	Withdean Stadium, Brighton	L 0 - 3	-	-
Oct 18	Colchester United	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 2 - 0	-	Onuora,Boulding
Oct 21	Notts County	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 2 - 0	-	Boulding (2)
Oct 25	Barnsley	Oakwell, Barnsley	D 0 - 0	-	-
Nov 01	Rushden and Diamonds	Nene Park, Irthlingborough	L 1 - 3	-	Anderson
Nov 15	Stockport County	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 1 - 1	-	Mansaram
Nov 22	Brentford	Griffin Park, Brentford,London	W 3 - 1	-	Onuora,Boulding (2)
Nov 29	Tranmere Rovers	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 - 1	-	-
Dec 13	A.F.C. Bournemouth	Dean Court, Bournemouth	D 0 - 0	-	-
Dec 26	Oldham Athletic	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 3 - 3	-	Jevons (2),Boulding
Dec 28	Peterborough United	London Road, Peterborough	D 0 - 0	-	-
Jan 03	Wycombe Wanderers	Adams Park, Wycombe	L 1 - 4	-	Onuora
Jan 03	Plymouth Argyle	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 0 - 0	-	-
Jan 17	Port Vale	Vale Park, Burslem	L 1 - 5	-	Jevons
Jan 20	Wrexham	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 1 - 3	-	Jevons
Feb 08	Oldham Athletic	Boundary Park, Oldham	L 0 - 6	-	-
Feb 14	Brighton & Hove Albion	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 2 - 1	-	Rankin,Jevons
Feb 17	Bristol City	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 1 - 2	-	Anderson
Feb 21	Colchester United	Layer Road, Colchester	L 0 - 2	-	-
Feb 24	Luton Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 3 - 2	-	Jevons (2),Ford
Feb 28	Barnsley	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 6 - 1	-	Jevons (4),Armstrong,Rankin
Mar 02	Notts County	Meadow Lane, Nottingham	L 1 - 3	-	Crane
Mar 06	Wrexham	The Racecourse Ground, Wrexham	L 0 - 3	-	-
Mar 13	AFC Bournemouth	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 1 - 1	-	Rowan
Mar 17	Swindon Town	County Ground, Swindon	L 0 - 2	-	-
Mar 20	Hartlepool United	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 - 2	-	-
Mar 24	Chesterfield	Saltergate, Chesterfield	D 4 - 4	-	Lawrence,Barnard,Anderson,Rankin
Apr 04	Sheffield Wednesday	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 2 - 0	-	Mansaram,Crane
Apr 10	Queens Park Rangers	Loftus Road, Shepherd's Bush,London	L 0 - 3	-	-
Apr 12	Blackpool	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 - 2	-	-
Apr 17	Rushden and Diamonds	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 1 - 0	-	Jevons
Apr 25	Stockport County	Edgeley Park, Stockport	L 1 - 2	-	Hockless
May 01	Brentford	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 1 - 0	-	Rankin
May 08	Tranmere Rovers	Prenton Park, Wirral	L 1 - 2	-	Mansaram

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
Nov 08	Queens Park Rangers	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 1 - 0	-	Boulding
Dec 06	Peterborough United	London Road, Peterborough	L 2 - 3	-	Jevons,Cas

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
Aug 12	Doncaster Rovers	Belle Vue, Doncaster	L 2 - 3	-	Campbell,Anderson

Football League Trophy

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
Oct 15	Sheffield Wednesday	Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield	D 1 - 1	-	Mansaram Sheff Wed win 5-4 on penalties

Squad overview

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	WAL	Danny Coyne
2	DF	ENG	John McDermott
3	DF	ENG	Tony Gallimore
4	DF	ENG	Marlon Broomes (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
4	DF	ENG	Andy Todd (on loan from Charlton Athletic)
5	DF	WAL	Alan Neilson (Departed in February 2002)
6	MF	ENG	Wayne Burnett
7	MF	ENG	Alan Pouton
8	MF	ENG	David Smith
9	FW	ENG	Michael Jeffrey
10	MF	SCO	Stuart Campbell
11	MF	ENG	Paul Groves (Player/manager)
12	DF	ENG	Danny Butterfield
13	GK	ENG	Steve Croudson
14	FW	ENG	Steve Livingstone
15	DF	ENG	Paul Raven
16	MF	ENG	Stacy Coldicott
17	MF	NED	Menno Willems
18	MF	ENG	Adam Buckley (Departed in August 2001)
18	FW	ENG	Robert Taylor (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	SWE	Martin Pringle (on loan from Charlton Athletic)
18	FW	SCO	Willie Falconer
19	FW	ENG	Bradley Allen
20	FW	ENG	Jonathan Rowan
21	FW	ENG	Phil Jevons
22	DF	ENG	Ben Chapman
23	FW	ENG	Chris Thompson
24	DF	ENG	Iain Ward
25	DF	JAM	Simon Ford
26	GK	NED	Ronald Ermes (Departed in January 2002)
27	MF	NED	Robbie Busscher (Departed in January 2002)
28	DF	ENG	David Morgan (Departed in January 2002)
28	DF	ENG	Paul Robinson (on loan from Wimbledon)
29	MF	ENG	Chris Bolder
30	MF	ENG	Graham Hockless
31	MF	ENG	Ross Thompson (Departed in December 2001)
32	DF	ENG	Gary Moran
33	GK	EIR	Morgan Cranley (Departed in January 2002)
34	DF	ENG	David Beharall (on loan from Newcastle United)
35	FW	ENG	Michael Boulding

Appearances & Goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division One		League Cup		Football League Trophy		FA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	WAL	Danny Coyne	36	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
2	DF	ENG	John McDermott	23	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3	DF	ENG	Tony Gallimore	38	2	34	2	1	0	1	0	2	0
4	DF	ENG	Paul Groves	28	1	26	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
5	DF	ENG	Paul Raven	40	3	37	3	1	0	0	0	2	0
6	MF	ENG	Stacy Coldicott	23	3	19	2	1	0	1	0	2	1
7	MF	ENG	Alan Pouton	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	FW	SCO	Stuart Campbell	43	1	39	1	1	0	1	0	2	0
9	FW	ENG	Phil Jevons	30	13	27	12	1	0	1	0	1	1
10	FW	ENG	Steve Livingstone	34	4	31	3	1	0	1	0	1	1
11	MF	ENG	Terry Cooke	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	FW	ENG	Jonathan Rowan	30	13	29	12	0	0	0	0	1	1
13	GK	ENG	Steve Croudson	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	ENG	Chris Thompson	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF	ENG	Chris Bolder	14	2	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF	ENG	Iain Ward	19	0	17	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
17	DF	JAM	Simon Ford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	ENG	Steve Chettle	13	2	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	WAL	Darren Barnard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	ENG	Paul Robinson	31	0	27	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
22	FW	ENG	David Soames	33	6	29	5	1	1	1	0	2	0
21	FW	ENG	Robert Taylor	12	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	EIR	Jason Gavin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW	ENG	Michael Boulding	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW	ENG	Steve Kabba	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	SCO	Richard Hughes	36	1	33	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
23	DF	CPV	Georges Santos	36	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
24	MF	ENG	Graham Hockless	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	ENG	Greg Young	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	ENG	Stephen Downes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	ENG	Wes Parker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	FW	ENG	Darren Mansaram	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	GK	ENG	Bradley Hughes	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	ENG	Paul Fraser	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	WAL	John Oster	18	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
31	MF	EIR	Michael Keane	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	GK	ENG	Shaun Allaway	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW	USA	Jake Sagare	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	GK	ENG	Andrew Pettinger	12	4	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	0

Appearances & Goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division Two		League Cup		Football League Trophy		FA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NIR	Aidan Davison	36	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
2	DF	ENG	John McDermott	23	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3	DF	WAL	Darren Barnard	38	2	34	2	1	0	1	0	2	0
4	DF	JAM	Simon Ford	28	1	26	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
5	DF	ENG	Tony Crane	40	3	37	3	1	0	0	0	2	0
6	MF	NED	Marcel Cas	23	3	19	2	1	0	1	0	2	1
7	MF	ENG	Alan Pouton	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	DF	ENG	Craig Armstrong (on loan from Sheffield Wednesday)	9	1	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	FW	SCO	Stuart Campbell	43	1	39	1	1	0	1	0	2	0
9	FW	ENG	Michael Boulding	30	13	27	12	1	0	1	0	1	1
9	MF	ENG	Paul Warhurst	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	ENG	Darren Mansaram	34	4	31	3	1	0	1	0	1	1
11	MF	ENG	Stacy Coldicott	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	FW	ENG	Phil Jevons	30	13	29	12	0	0	0	0	1	1
13	GK	ENG	Andrew Pettinger	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	ENG	Chris Bolder	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	FW	ENG	Jonathan Rowan	14	2	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF	ENG	Greg Young	19	0	17	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
17	DF	ENG	Kirk Wheeler	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	ENG	Graham Hockless	13	2	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	ENG	Iain Ward	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	ENG	Des Hamilton	31	0	27	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
21	MF	SCO	Iain Anderson	33	6	29	5	1	1	1	0	2	0
22	MF	ENG	Paul Groves	12	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	ENG	Wes Parker	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW	ENG	David Soames	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	ENG	Mike Edwards	36	1	33	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
26	DF	ENG	Jason Crowe	36	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
27	FW	NED	Laurens ten Heuvel (on loan from Sheffield United)	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	USA	John Thorrington	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	ENG	Ashley Hildred	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	ENG	Giovanni Carchedi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	ENG	Bradley Hughes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	NIR	Alan Fettis (on loan from Hull City)	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW	ENG	Liam Nimmo	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	ENG	Nick Daws (on loan from Rotherham United)	18	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
32	MF	JAM	Jamie Lawrence	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW	ENG	Lee Thorpe (on loan from Leyton Orient)	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW	FRA	Mickael Antoine-Curier	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	FW	ENG	Isaiah Rankin	12	4	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF	ENG	Nick Hegarty	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW	SCO	Iffy Onuora	22	3	19	3	1	0	0	0	2	0
#	GK	ENG	Paul Fraser	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Most frequent starting line-up

Davison

McDermott

Crane

Edwards

Barnard

Crowe

Hamilton

Campbell

Anderson

Jevons

Boulding

Most frequent starting line-up uses the team's most used formation: 4-4-2. The players used are those who have played the most games in each respective position, not necessarily who have played most games out of all the players.

Transfers

In

Pre-Season

#	Player	From	Age	Fee
01	Aidan Davison	Bradford City	34	Free Transfer
05	Tony Crane	Sheffield Wednesday	19	Free Transfer
06	Marcel Cas	Sheffield United	30	Free Transfer
17	Kirk Wheeler	Grimsby Town Youth Academy	18	Professional Contract
20	Des Hamilton	Cardiff City	26	Free Transfer
21	Iain Anderson	Preston North End	26	Free Transfer
25	Mike Edwards	Colchester United	22	Free Transfer
26	Jason Crowe	Portsmouth	23	Free Transfer
27	Laurens ten Heuvel	Sheffield United	26	Loan
28	Ashley Hildred	Grimsby Town Youth Academy	18	Professional Contract
29	Giovanni Carchedi	Grimsby Town Youth Academy	18	Professional Contract
31	Liam Nimmo	Grimsby Town Youth Academy	17	Professional Contract

Mid-Season

#	Player	From	Age	Fee
07	Craig Armstrong	Sheffield Wednesday	28	Loan
09	Paul Warhurst	Carlisle United	33	Free Transfer
27	John Thorrington	Huddersfield Town	23	Free Transfer
30	Alan Fettis	Hull City	32	Loan
32	Nick Daws	Rotherham United	33	Loan
32	Jamie Lawrence	Wigan Athletic	32	Free Transfer
33	Lee Thorpe	Leyton Orient	26	Loan
33	Mickael Antoine-Curier	Notts County	19	Free Transfer
34	Isaiah Rankin	Barnsley	24	Loan (Part of Michael Boulding deal)
34	Isaiah Rankin	Barnsley	24	Free Transfer
35	Nick Hegarty	Grimsby Town Academy	18	Professional Contract
39	Iffy Onuora	Sheffield United	35	Loan
39	Iffy Onuora	Sheffield United	35	Free Transfer

Out

Pre-Season

#	Player	To	Age	Fee
01	Danny Coyne	Leicester City	28	Free Transfer
03	Tony Gallimore	Barnsley	30	Released
10	Steve Livingstone	Carlisle United	32	Released
11	Terry Cooke	Sheffield Wednesday	25	Released
13	Steve Croudson	Boston United	21	Released
14	Chris Thompson	Northwich Victoria	20	Released
18	Steve Chettle	Burton Albion	33	Released
23	Georges Santos	Ipswich Town	31	Free Transfer
26	Stephen Downes	York City	20	Released
33	Jake Sagare	Portland Timbers	22	Released

Mid-Season

#	Player	To	Age	Fee
06	Marcel Cas	RBC Roosendaal	30	Released
07	Alan Pouton	Gillingham	25	£30,000
09	Michael Boulding	Barnsley	26	£50,000 (plus Isaiah Rankin on loan)
20	Des Hamilton	Barnet	26	Released
22	Paul Groves	Scunthorpe United	36	Loan
30	Bradley Hughes	Gainsborough Trinty	20	Released
39	Iffy Onuora	Tranmere Rovers	35	Free Transfer