- Source: List of Grimsby Town F.C. records and statistics
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
= Honours
=Second Division / Championship (level 2)
Champions: 1898–99, 1933–34
Runners-up: 1928–29
Third place: 1895–96, 1896–97
Third Division / Third Division North / League One (level 3)
Champions: 1925–26, 1955–56, 1979–80
Runners-up: 1951–52, 1961–62
Third place: 1921–22, 1990–91
Play-off winners: 1998
Fourth Division / League Two (level 4)
Champions: 1971–72
Runners-up: 1978–79, 1989–90
National League (level 5)
Play-off winners: 2016, 2022
Football League Trophy
Winners: 1981–82, 1997–98
Runners-up: 2007–08
FA Trophy
Runners-up: 2012–13, 2015–16
Minor titles
Midland League
Winners (5): 1910–11, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1946–47
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
Midland Youth Cup
Winners: 2005–06, 2009–10
Puma Youth Alliance League Cup
Winners: 2008–09
= Achievements
=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
More clubs have lost their managers after meeting Grimsby Town than after playing any other club.
= Games
=Biggest League attendance: 26,605 vs. Stockport County on 11 April 1952
Biggest FA Cup attendance: 31,651 v Wolverhampton Wanderers on 20 February 1937
Biggest League Cup attendance: 23,115 vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers on 4 December 1979
Biggest neutral venue attendance: 76,972 vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers on 25 March 1939 in the FA Cup semi-final at Old Trafford, Manchester
Smallest League attendance: 1,833 vs. Brentford on 3 May 1969
Smallest cup attendance: 248 vs. Sunderland U23's in Football League Trophy on 8 November 2017
Highest League gate receipts: £81,200 vs. Newcastle United on 4 May 1993
Highest FA Cup gate receipts: £119,799 vs. Aston Villa on 4 January 1994
Highest League Cup gate receipts: £97,000 vs. Tottenham Hotspur on 29 October 1991
Smallest League gate receipts: £32 vs. Glossop on 13 April 1907
Biggest League home win: 8–0 vs. Tranmere Rovers on 4 September 1925
Biggest League away win 7–0 vs. Bristol Rovers on 14 December 1957
Biggest League home defeat 0–7 vs. Manchester United on 26 December 1899
Biggest League away defeat 1–9 vs. Arsenal on 28 January 1931
Biggest League home draw 5–5 vs. Preston North End on 15 October 1932, vs. Charlton Athletic on 7 January 1933 and vs. Notts County on 13 January 2024
Biggest League away draw 4–4 vs. Lincoln City on 3 September 1958, v Chesterfield on 27 March 2004 and v Eastleigh on 15 May 2022.
Biggest cup home win: 8–0 vs. Darlington on 21 November 1885
Biggest cup away win: 8–1 vs. Croydon Common on 18 January 1911
Biggest cup defeat: 1–8 vs. Phoenix Bessemer on 25 November 1882
Biggest cup draw 5–5 vs. Fulham on 9 January 1954
Highest scoring game: 9–2 win vs. Darwen on 15 April 1899 and 6–5 win over Burnley on 29 October 2002
Biggest League defeat: 1–9 vs. Arsenal on 28 January 1931
= Player records
=Most League goals in a season: 42, Pat Glover (1933–34)
Most League goals in total: 180, Pat Glover (1930–39)
Most League appearances: 647, John McDermott (1987–2007)
Most appearances (all competitions): 754, John McDermott (1987–2007)
Most capped player while at club: 7, Pat Glover for Wales
Most capped player: 68 by Zhang Enhua for China
Highest transfer fee paid: £550,000 to Preston North End for Lee Ashcroft on 11 August 1998
Highest transfer fee received: £1.5 million rising to £2 million from Everton for John Oster on 1 August 1997
Longest serving current player: Evan Khouri since September 2020.
Youngest player: Louis Boyd, 15 years and 324 days, vs. Harrogate Town on 8 September 2020.
Oldest player: Peter Beagrie, 40 years and 322 days, vs. Hartlepool United on 26 September 2006.
Youngest goalscorer: Louis Boyd, 15 years and 324 days, vs. Harrogate Town on 8 September 2020.
Annual awards
= PFA Team of the Year
=The following have been included in the PFA Team of the Year whilst playing for Grimsby Town :
1978–79 Kevin Moore, Joe Waters
1979–80 Kevin Moore, Joe Waters
1984–85 Paul Wilkinson
1997–98 Kevin Donovan, Paul Groves
2005–06 Michael Reddy
= National League Team of the Year
=The following players have been included in the Conference Premier or National League Team of the Year whilst playing for Grimsby Town:
2011–12 Liam Hearn
2012–13 James McKeown, Aswad Thomas, Craig Disley
2013–14 Shaun Pearson, Craig Disley
2014–15 Shaun Pearson, Craig Disley, Nathan Arnold
2015–16 James McKeown, Josh Gowling, Pádraig Amond
2021–22 Luke Waterfall, John McAtee
= Player of the Year
=As voted for by supporters of the club.
= Young Player of the Year
=As voted for by supporters of the club.
= Top goal scorers
=*Current season
Notable players
= Captains
== Top flight players
=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
=Players signed to, and have played for Grimsby Town that have had full international caps during their careers.
= PFA Fans' Favourites
=The following was included as the favourite Grimsby Town player in the a survey published by the Professional Footballers' Association in December 2007.
Matt Tees
= BBC Sports Cult Heroes
=The following were chosen by fans as the favourite club heroes in the BBC Sports Cult Heroes poll in 2006.
Clive Mendonca
John McDermott
Ivano Bonetti
Notes
References
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