2005–06 Grimsby Town F.C. season

Grimsby Town

2005–06 season
Chairman	John Fenty
Manager	Russell Slade
Football League Two	4th (Play off runners up)
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	Third round
Football League Trophy	First round
Lincolnshire Senior Cup	Semi Final
Top goalscorer	League: Gary Jones(15) All: Gary Jones(17)
Highest home attendance	8458 v Northampton Town (6 May 2006)
Lowest home attendance	1131 v Morecambe (18 October 2005)
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Fixtures & Results

Pre Season Matches

Friendlies

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
18 Jul	Sheffield Wednesday	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 1 - 2	-	Hegarty
22 Jul	Rotherham United	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 1 - 1	-	Gritton
26 Jul	Leeds United	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 1 - 1	-	Reddy
31 Jul	Lincoln City	Sincil Bank, Lincoln	W 1 - 0	-	Parkinson
2 Aug	Blackburn Rovers	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 1 - 2	-	R.Jones

Lincolnshire Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14 Jul	Scunthorpe United	Glanford Park, Scunthorpe	D 0 - 0	-	Scunthorpe win 4-2 on penalties

Football League Two

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
6 Aug	Oxford United	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 1 - 1	-	Crane
9 Aug	Bristol Rovers	Memorial Ground, Bristol	W 2 - 1	-	Gritton, R.Jones
20 Aug	Darlington	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 - 1	-	-
27 Aug	Barnet	Underhill Stadium, Barnet, London	W 1 - 0	-	Andrew
29 Aug	Rushden And Diamonds	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 2 - 0	-	McDermott, Kalala
Sept 02	Stockport County	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 1 - 3	-	G.Jones
Sept 06	Chester City	Deva Stadium, Chester	W 2 - 1	-	Kalala, Reddy
Sept 10	Peterborough United	London Road, Peterborough	W 1 - 0	-	G.Jones
Sept 17	Torquay United	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 3 - 0	-	R.Jones, Reddy (2)
Sept 24	Boston United	York Street, Boston	D 1 - 1	-	Kalala
Sept 27	Notts County	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 4 - 0	-	R.Jones, Gritton, Kalala, Cohen
Oct 01	Shrewsbury Town	Gay Meadow, Shrewsbury	D 0 - 0	-	-
7 Oct	Wycombe Wanderers	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 - 1	-	-
14 Oct	Cheltenham Town	Whaddon Road, Cheltenham	W 3 - 0	-	Bolland, Reddy, Cohen
22 Oct	Leyton Orient	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 - 1	-	-
29 Oct	Northampton Town	Sixfields Stadium, Northampton	D 0 - 0	-	Toner, Bore
11 Nov	Macclesfield Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 3 - 1	-	G.Jones, Newey, Cohen
19 Nov	Wycombe Wanderers	Adams Park, Wycombe	L 1 - 3	-	Reddy
26 Nov	Oxford United	Kassam Stadium, Oxford	W 3 - 2	-	Parkinson, Bolland, Cohen
6 Dec	Rochdale	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 4 - 1	-	G.Jones, Cohen, R.Jones, Reddy
10 Dec	Bristol Rovers	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 - 1	-	-
26 Dec	Bury	Gigg Lane, Bury	W 2 - 1	-	G.Jones, Cohen
28 Dec	Lincoln City	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 3 - 0	-	Toner, Reddy, Parkinson
31 Dec	Wrexham	The Racecourse Ground, Wrexham	W 2 - 1	-	Reddy, Downey
2 Jan	Carlisle United	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 1 - 2	-	Toner
14 Jan	Mansfield Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 2 - 1	-	Reddy, Parkinson
17 Jan	Darlington	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 0 - 0	-	-
15 Jan	Torquay United	Plainmoor, Torquay	D 2 - 2	-	Parkinson, Futcher
24 Jan	Stockport County	Edgeley Park, Stockport	L 1 - 2	-	Reddy
28 Jan	Peterborough United	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 1 - 2	-	Reddy
4 Feb	Notts County	Meadow Lane, Nottingham	W 1 - 0	-	Reddy
11 Feb	Boston United	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 1 - 0	-	Reddy
14 Feb	Mansfield Town	Field Mill, Mansfield	L 1 - 2	-	Woodhouse
25 Feb	Chester City	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 1 - 0	-	G.Jones
3 Mar	Rushden And Diamonds	Nene Park, Irthlingborough	D 1 - 1	-	Futcher
11 Mar	Barnet	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 3 - 0	-	G.Jones (2), Bolland
18 Mar	Bury	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 2 - 1	-	G.Jones (2)
21 Mar	Rochdale	Spotland, Rochdale	D 2 - 2	-	Toner, Bolland
25 Mar	Lincoln City	Sincil Bank, Lincoln	L 0 - 5	-	-
1 Apr	Wrexham	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 2 - 0	-	G.Jones, Reddy
8 Apr	Carlisle United	Brunton Park, Carlisle	L 0 - 1	-	-
15 Apr	Shrewsbury Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 1 - 1	-	Goodfellow
17 Apr	Leyton Orient	Brisbane Road, Leyton, London	D 0 - 0	-	-
21 Apr	Cheltenham Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 1 - 0	-	G.Jones
29 Apr	Macclesfield Town	Moss Rose, Macclesfield	D 1 - 1	-	G.Jones
6 May	Northampton Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 1 - 1	-	Kalala

Play offs

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
13 May	Lincoln City	Sincil Bank, Lincoln	W 1 - 0	-	G.Jones
16 May	Lincoln City	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 2 - 1	-	Futcher, G.Jones
28 May	Cheltenham Town	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	L 0 - 1	-	-

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
5 Nov	Bristol Rovers	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 1 - 2	-	G.Jones

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
28 Aug	Derby County	Pride Park Stadium, Derby	W 1 - 0	-	G.Jones
Sept 20	Tottenham Hotspur	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 1 - 0	-	Kalala
26 Oct	Newcastle United	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 - 1	-	-

Football League Trophy

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
18 Oct	Morecambe	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 1 - 1	-	Ashton Morecambe win 4-3 on penalties

League table

Carlisle United were another side who earned a second successive promotion, only two years after a relegation from the League that some predicted would see the end of the club. Northampton Town joined them, making up for two seasons of play-off disappointment, and Leyton Orient ended a decade in the bottom division by earning promotion on nearly the last minute of the season. Wycombe started the season with a 21-game unbeaten run that saw 5 of their players named in the PFA LG2 team of the year. Two tragic off the fields events however saw them fall away in the second part of the season before losing to Cheltenham Town in the playoff semi-finals. Grimsby Town lost 1-0 to Cheltenham in the final at the Millennium Stadium.

Rushden and Diamonds failed to improve on the previous season, and paid the price with relegation to the Conference. Oxford United joined them, despite the return of manager Jim Smith, and became the first former winners of a major trophy to be relegated to the Conference.

			P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
C	1	Carlisle United	46	25	11	10	84	42	+42	86
P	2	Northampton Town	46	22	17	7	63	37	+26	83
P	3	Leyton Orient	46	22	15	9	67	51	+16	81
	4	GRIMSBY TOWN	46	22	12	12	64	44	+20	78
P	5	Cheltenham Town	46	19	15	12	65	53	+12	72
	6	Wycombe Wanderers	46	18	17	11	72	56	+16	71
	7	Lincoln City	46	15	21	10	65	53	+12	66
	8	Darlington	46	16	15	15	58	52	+6	63
	9	Peterborough United	46	17	11	18	57	49	+8	62
	10	Shrewsbury Town	46	16	13	17	55	55	+0	61
	11	Boston United	46	15	16	15	50	60	-10	61
	12	Bristol Rovers	46	17	9	20	59	67	-8	60
	13	Wrexham	46	15	14	17	61	54	+7	59
	14	Rochdale	46	14	14	18	66	69	-3	56
	15	Chester City	46	14	12	20	53	59	-6	54
	16	Mansfield Town	46	13	15	18	59	66	-7	54
	17	Macclesfield Town	46	12	18	16	60	71	-11	54
	18	Barnet	46	12	18	16	44	57	-13	54
	19	Bury*	46	12	17	17	45	57	-12	52
	20	Torquay United	46	13	13	20	53	66	-13	52
	21	Notts County	46	12	16	18	48	63	-15	52
	22	Stockport County	46	11	19	16	57	78	-21	52
R	23	Oxford United	46	11	16	19	43	56	-14	49
R	24	Rushden & Diamonds	46	11	12	23	44	76	-32	45

* Deducted 1 point for fielding an ineligible player

Coaching staff

Role	Nationality	Name
First-Team Manager		Russell Slade
First-Team Assistant Manager		Graham Rodger
Reserve Team Manager		Graham Rodger
Head of Youth		Neil Woods
Youth Team Manager		Neil Woods
Physiotherapist		Dave Moore
Community Sport Coach		Gary Childs

Squad overview

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Steve Mildenhall 2 DF John McDermott 3 DF Tom Newey 4 DF Simon Ramsden (Departed in January 2006) 5 DF Tony Crane (Departed in January 2006) 5 DF Ben Futcher 6 DF Justin Whittle 7 MF Jean-Paul Kamudimba Kalala 8 MF Paul Bolland 9 FW Michael Reddy 10 MF Martin Gritton (Departed in January 2006) 10 MF Marc Goodfellow 11 MF Andy Parkinson 12 DF Rob Jones 13 GK John Lukic (Departed in March 2006) 14 MF Terry Barwick 15 MF Gary Cohen 16 FW Jermaine Palmer 17 DF Glen Downey

No. Position Player 18 MF Ciaran Toner 19 FW Gary Jones 20 DF Gary Croft 21 MF Alan Lamb 22 FW Calvin Andrew (on loan from Crystal Palace) 22 FW Andy Taylor 23 MF Nick Hegarty 24 FW Danny North 25 MF Paul Ashton 26 MF Tommy Taylor (Departed in November 2005) 26 GK Robert Murray 28 DF Simon Francis (on loan from Sheffield United) 28 DF Matthew Bloomer (on loan from Lincoln City) 29 DF Miles Chamberlain 30 MF Ben Higgins 31 FW Steve Slade (Departed in October 2005) 31 FW Junior Mendes (on loan from Huddersfield Town) 32 MF Curtis Woodhouse

First Team Squad

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		League Cup		Football League Trophy		FA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Steve Mildenhall	54	0	49	0	3	0	1	0	1	0
2	DF		John McDermott	37	1	32	1	3	0	1	0	1	0
3	DF		Tom Newey	43	1	40	1	1	0	1	0	1	0
4	DF		Simon Ramsden	15	0	12	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
5	DF		Tony Crane	6	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
5	DF		Ben Futcher	18	2	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF		Justin Whittle	41	1	37	1	3	0	1	0	0	0
7	MF		Jean-Paul Kamudimba Kalala	25	6	21	5	3	1	1	0	0	0
8	MF		Paul Bolland	51	4	47	4	3	0	0	0	1	0
9	FW		Michael Reddy	51	14	47	14	3	0	1	0	0	0
10	FW		Martin Gritton	30	2	26	2	2	0	1	0	1	0
10	MF		Marc Goodfellow	11	1	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF		Andy Parkinson	47	4	43	4	3	0	0	0	1	0
12	DF		Rob Jones	46	4	42	4	3	0	0	0	1	0
13	GK		John Lukic jnr	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Terry Barwick	11	0	8	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
15	MF		Gary Cohen	48	6	43	6	3	0	1	0	1	0
16	FW		Jermaine Palmer	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
17	DF		Glen Downey	3	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Ciaran Toner	34	3	34	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Gary Jones	47	17	43	15	3	1	0	0	1	1
20	DF		Gary Croft	37	0	36	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF		Alan Lamb	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW		Calvin Andrew (on loan from Luton Town)	9	1	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW		Andy Taylor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF		Nick Hegarty	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
24	FW		Danny North	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF		Paul Ashton	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
26	MF		Tommy Taylor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	GK		Robert Murray	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF		Simon Francis (on loan from Sheffield United)	6	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
28	DF		Matthew Bloomer (on loan from Lincoln City)	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF		Miles Chamberlain	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
30	DF		Ben Higgins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW		Steve Slade	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
31	MF		Junior Mendes (on loan from Huddersfield Town)	20	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF		Curtis Woodhouse	19	1	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Most frequent starting line-up

Mildenhall

McDermott

Whittle

R.Jones

Newey

Cohen

Bolland

Toner

Parkinson

G.Jones

Reddy

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	Steve Mildenhall	Oldham Athletic	27	Free Transfer
03	Tom Newey	Leyton Orient	24	Free Transfer
07	Jean Paul Kamudimba Kalala	OGC Nice	23	Free Transfer
08	Paul Bolland	Notts County	25	Free Transfer
13	John Lukic jnr	Nottingham Forest	18	Free Transfer
14	Terry Barwick	Scunthorpe United	26	Free Transfer
15	Gary Cohen	Gretna	22	Loan
16	Jermaine Palmer	Stoke City	19	Free Transfer
18	Ciaran Toner	Lincoln City	24	Free Transfer
19	Gary Jones	Tranmere Rovers	30	Free Transfer
20	Gary Croft	Cardiff City	30	Free Transfer
21	Alan Lamb	Grimsby Town Youth Academy	17	Professional Contract
22	Calvin Andrew	Luton Town	18	Loan
26	Tommy Taylor	Viking FK	20	Free Transfer
30	Ben Higgins	Grimsby Town Youth Academy	17	Professional Contract

Mid Season

#	Player	To	Age	Fee
05	Ben Futcher	Boston United	24	Free Transfer
10	Marc Goodfellow	Swansea City	23	Free Transfer
15	Gary Cohen	Gretna	22	Free Transfer
22	Andy Taylor	Grimsby Town Youth Academy	18	Professional Contract
26	Robert Murray	Grimsby Town Youth Academy	18	Professional Contract
28	Matthew Bloomer	Lincoln City	26	Loan
28	Simon Francis	Sheffield United	20	Loan
31	Junior Mendes	Huddersfield Town	28	Loan
31	Steve Slade	Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur	29	Free Transfer
31	Curtis Woodhouse	Hull City	25	Free Transfer

Out

Pre Season

#	Player	To	Age	Fee
01	Anthony Williams	Carlisle United	27	Free Transfer
08	Jason Crowe	Northampton Town	26	Free Transfer
11	Stacy Coldicott	Hereford United	31	Free Transfer
12	Graham Hockless	North Ferriby United	22	Free Transfer
14	David Soames	Armthorpe Welfare	20	Free Transfer
15	Terry Fleming	Kidderminster Harriers	33	Free Transfer
16	Ronnie Bull	New Zealand Knights FC	24	Free Transfer
17	Thomas Pinault	Released	23	Free Transfer
28	Terrell Forbes	Oldham Athletic	23	Free Transfer

Mid Season

#	Player	To	Age	Fee
04	Simon Ramsden	Rochdale	23	Free Transfer
05	Tony Crane	Worksop Town	22	Loan
05	Tony Crane	Worksop Town	22	Free Transfer
10	Martin Gritton	Lincoln City	27	Free Transfer
16	Jermaine Palmer	Scarborough	18	Loan
16	Jermaine Palmer	York City	18	Loan
16	Jermaine Palmer	Alfreton Town	18	Loan
23	Nick Hegarty	Whitby Town	19	Loan
23	Nick Hegarty	Willenhall Town	19	Loan
26	Tommy Taylor	Buxton	20	Free Transfer
31	Steve Slade	Maidenhead United	29	Free Transfer

Notes and references