2013–14 Grimsby Town F.C. season

Grimsby Town
Season 2013-14
Chairman	John Fenty
Managers	Rob Scott (Sacked 19/9/13) & Paul Hurst
Team captain	Craig Disley
Home stadium	Blundell Park
Conference National	4th
FA Cup	Third Round
FA Trophy	Semi Finalists
Lincolnshire Senior Cup	Semi Finalists
Top goalscorer	League: 0 Ross Hannah (13 goals) All comps: 0 Ross Hannah (14 goals)
Highest home attendance	8,359 vs Scunthorpe United
Highest away attendance	6,131 vs Luton Town
Lowest home attendance	1,102 vs Coalville Town
Lowest away attendance	456 vs Coalville Town
← 2012–13 0 0 0 0 0 0 2014-15 →

Grimsby Town Football Club entered the 2013–14 season as a member of the Conference National for the fourth season running. The club started the season off being managed by Rob Scott and Paul Hurst who were appointed in 2010-11 season, but Rob Scott has since left the club.

Team kit

Errea supplied the kits for the fifth season running. Young's Bluecrest continued as the club's sponsor for the ninth consecutive season.

Fixtures and results

Pre season matches

Lincolnshire Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
20 July	Scunthorpe United	Glanford Park, Scunthorpe	L 0 - 3	1,837	-----

Friendlies

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 July	Cleethorpes Town	The Bradley Football Development Centre, Grimsby	W 2 - 0	1,000	McLaughlin, Thomas
12 July	Winterton Rangers	West Street, Winterton	W 5 - 0	415	John-Lewis, Hearn, Southwell, Yhklef (Own Goal), Colbeck
16 July	Brigg Town	The Hawthorns, Brigg	W 3 - 0	511	Hannah (2), Hearn
17 July	Boston Town	Tattershall Road, Boston	L 0 - 2		-----
23 July	Bradford City	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 - 2	1,330	-----
26 July	Hull City	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 1 - 0		John-Lewis
30 July	North Ferrriby United	Grange Lane, North Ferriby	W 5 - 2	353	Hearn (2), John-Lewis (2), Hatton
2 Aug	Gainsborough Trinity	The Northolme, Gainsborough	D 1 - 1		John-Lewis
3 Aug	Grantham Town	South Kesteven Sports Stadium, Grantham	L 1 - 2		Hannah

Conference National

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
10 August	Aldershot Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 1 - 1	4.037	Hannah
13 August	Gateshead	Gateshead International Stadium, Gateshead	W 2 - 1	944	Hearn, Doig
17 August	Welling United	Park View Road, Welling	L 0 - 1	807	-----
24 August	Alfreton Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 3 - 1	3,425	Hearn, Colbeck, McLaughlin
26 August	Hyde	Ewen Fields, Hyde	W 1 - 0	786	Rodman
31 August	Nuneaton Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 1 - 2	3,321	Cook
7 September	Luton Town	Kenilworth Road, Luton	D 0 - 0	6,131	-----
15 September	Braintree Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 1 - 0	3,403	John-Lewis
17 September	FC Halifax Town	The Shay, Halifax	L 0 - 4	1,602	-----
21 September	Chester FC	Deva Stadium, Chester	D 0 - 0	2,363	-----
24 September	Dartford	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 5 - 2	2,503	McLaughlin, Pearson, John-Lewis, Kerr, Disley
28 September	Tamworth	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 3 - 1	3,105	Pearson, Hannah, Hearn
5 October	Aldershot Town	Recreation Ground, Aldershot	W 3 - 0	2,118	John-Lewis, Hannah, Hearn
8 October	Cambridge United	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 - 1	4,386	-----
12 October	Salisbury City	The Raymond McEnhill Stadium, Salisbury	L 0 - 1	1,131	-----
19 October	Forest Green Rovers	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 3 - 1	3,158	Hannah (2), Rodman
2 November	Woking	Kingfield Stadium, Woking	W 2 - 1	1,432	Hannah, Disley
16 November	Tamworth	The Lamb Ground, Tamworth	W 2 - 0	1,306	Disley, Rodman
23 November	Barnet	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 2 - 1	3,441	Hannah, Hearn
10 December	Welling United	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 1 - 1	3,291	Southwell
19 December	Kidderminster Harriers	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 3 - 1	3,086	Disley, Neilson (2)
26 December	Lincoln City	Sincil Bank, Lincoln	W 2 - 0	5,421	Hannah, Disley
28 December	Macclesfield Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 2 - 3	4,002	Williams (O.G.), Doig
1 January	Lincoln City	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 1 - 1	5,484	Disley
18 January	Gateshead	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 2 - 2	3,243	McDonald, Bignot
28 January	Cambridge United	Abbey Stadium, Cambridge	W 2 - 1	3,027	John-Lewis, Neilson
8 February	Southport	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 0 - 0	3,306	-----
18 February	Barnet	The Hive Stadium, Barnet	L 1 - 2	2,552	Disley
25 February	Southport	Haig Avenue, Southport	L 1 - 2	812	John-Lewis
1 March	Salisbury City	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 2 - 0	3,269	Disley, Rodman
8 March	Macclesfield Town	Moss Rose, Macclesfield	D 1 - 1	2,463	Jennings
11 March	Hereford United	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 1 - 1	3,145	Hannah
15 March	Wrexham	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 3 - 1	3,506	Neilson, Disley, Cook
18 March	Forest Green Rovers	The New Lawn, Stroud	L 1 - 2	1,219	Neilson
22 March	Nuneaton Town	Liberty Way, Nuneaton	W 1 - 0	1,585	Rodman
25 March	Luton Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 1 - 2	3,789	Neilson
29 March	Hereford United	Edgar Street, Hereford	W 1 - 0	2,545	Rodman
1 April	Wrexham	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham	W 1 - 0	2,019	McLaughlin
5 April	Kidderminster Harriers	Aggborough Stadium, Kidderminster	W 1 - 0	2,176	Rodman
8 April	Woking	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 2 - 2	3,507	John-Lewis, Tounkara
10 April	Dartford	Princes Park, Dartford	L 0 - 1	1,257	-----
12 April	Chester	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 2 - 1	4,174	Tounkara, Cook
15 April	FC Halifax Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 - 1	4,374	-----
18 April	Alreton Town	Impact Arena, Alfreton	D 3 - 3	1,771	Hannah (3)
21 April	Hyde	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 1 - 0	4,232	Hannah
26 April	Braintree Town	Cressing Road, Braintree	D 0 - 0	1,489	-----

Conference Play-offs

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1 May	Semi Final First Leg	Gateshead	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 1 - 1	5,553	Disley
4 May	Semi Final Second Leg	Gateshead	Gateshead International Stadium, Gateshead	L 1 - 3	8,144	Disley

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
26 October	4th Qualyfing Round	Rushall Olympic	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 3 - 0	2,678	Hannah, Pearson, Cook
9 November	Round 1	Scunthorpe United	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 0 - 0	8,359	-----
19 November	Round 1 Replay	Scunthorpe United	Glanford Park, Scunthorpe	W 2 - 1	5,699	John-Lewis, McDonald
7 December	Round 2	Northampton Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 2 - 0	3,828	Pearson, McLaughlin
4 December	Round 3	Huddersfield Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 2 - 3	6,504	Hannah, Disley

FA Trophy

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
30 November	Round 1	Coalville Town	Owen Street Sports Ground, Coalville	D 1 - 1	456	Rodman
3 December	Round 1 Replay	Coalville Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 3 - 0	1,102	Southwell (3)
14 December	Round 2	Barnet	The Hive Stadium, London	W 2 - 1	972	Cook, Southwell
11 January	Round 3	Maidenhead United	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 2 - 1	1,630	Colbeck, Pearson
1 February	Round 4	Tamworth	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 4 - 1	2,903	John-Lewis, Tounkara, McLaughlin, Cook
15 February	Semi-Final First Leg	Cambridge United	Abbey Stadium, Cambridge	L 1 - 2	3,956	John-Lewis
22 February	Semi-Final Second Leg	Cambridge United	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 1 - 1	3,456	Neilson

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Luton Town (C) (P)	46	30	11	5	102	35	+67	101	Promotion to 2014–15 League Two
2	Cambridge United	46	23	13	10	72	35	+37	82	Qualification for Conference Premier Playoffs
3	Gateshead	46	22	13	11	72	50	+22	79
4	Grimsby Town	46	22	12	12	65	46	+19	78
5	F.C. Halifax Town	46	22	11	13	85	58	+27	77
6	Braintree Town	46	21	11	14	57	39	+18	74
7	Kidderminster Harriers	46	20	12	14	66	59	+7	72
8	Barnet	46	19	13	14	58	53	+5	70
9	Woking	46	20	8	18	66	69	−3	68
10	Forest Green Rovers	46	19	10	17	80	66	+14	67
11	Alfreton Town	46	21	7	18	69	74	−5	067^‡
12	Salisbury City	46	19	10	17	58	63	−5	67
13	Nuneaton Town	46	18	12	16	54	60	−6	66
14	Lincoln City	46	17	14	15	60	59	+1	65
15	Macclesfield Town	46	18	7	21	62	63	−1	61
16	Welling United	46	16	12	18	59	61	−2	60
17	Wrexham	46	16	11	19	61	61	0	59
18	Southport	46	14	11	21	53	71	−18	53
19	Aldershot Town	46	16	13	17	69	62	+7	051^†
20	Hereford United	46	13	12	21	44	63	−19	51
21	Chester (R)	46	12	15	19	49	70	−21	51	Relegation to 2014–15 Conference North/South
22	Dartford (R)	46	12	8	26	49	74	−25	44
23	Tamworth (R)	46	10	9	27	43	81	−38	39
24	Hyde (R)	46	1	7	38	38	119	−81	10

Updated to games played on 26 April 2014.
Source: Football Conference
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^† Aldershot Town deducted ten points for entering administration
‡ Alfreton Town deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Coaching staff

Role	Nationality	Name
First-Team Joint Manager		Paul Hurst
First-Team Joint Manager		Rob Scott (Sacked 19/9/13)
First Team Coach		Chris Doig
Reserve Team Manager		Chris Doig
Head of Youth		Adam Smith (Until 11/9/13)
Head of Youth		Stuart Watkiss (Since 11/9/13)
U17 Manager		Alan Buckley
Goalkeeping Coach		Steve Croudson
Head Physiotherapist		Dave Moore
Community Sport Coach		Graham Rodger

Squad overview

First team squad

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 Jonathan Hedge 2 DF Sam Hatton 3 DF Aswad Thomas 4 MF Scott Kerr 5 DF Shaun Pearson 6 DF Chris Doig (Player/Coach) 7 MF Joe Colbeck 8 MF Craig Disley (club captain) 9 FW Andy Cook 10 FW Liam Hearn (Left the club in March 2014) 11 MF Scott Neilson 12 DF Clayton McDonald 13 GK James McKeown 14 FW Lenell John-Lewis 15 DF Paul Bignot

No. Position Player 16 DF Alan Goodall (on loan from Fleetwood Town) 17 FW Ross Hannah 18 MF Andi Thanoj 19 MF Ritchie Jones (Left the club in November 2013) 20 FW Dayle Southwell 21 DF Ellis Humble 22 MF Tom Charlesworth 23 MF Alex Rodman 24 DF Paul Walker 25 MF Caine Winfarrah 26 MF Patrick McLaughlin 27 DF Jamal Fyfield 28 FW Oumare Tounkara (on loan from Stevenage) 29 FW Connor Jennings (on loan from Scunthorpe United) 30 DF Andrew Boyce (on loan from Scunthorpe United)

Statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Conference National		Conference League Cup		FA Trophy		FA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Jonathan Hedge	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
2	DF		Sam Hatton	37	0	29	0	0	0	5	0	3	0
3	DF		Aswad Thomas	41	0	35	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
4	MF		Scott Kerr	44	1	38	1	0	0	3	0	3	0
5	DF		Shaun Pearson	47	3	43	2	0	0	0	0	4	1
6	DF		Chris Doig	28	2	22	2	0	0	5	0	1	0
7	MF		Joe Colbeck	36	2	28	1	0	0	4	1	4	0
8	MF		Craig Disley	49	11	41	10	0	0	4	0	4	1
9	FW		Andy Cook	38	5	31	3	0	0	6	2	1	0
10	FW		Liam Hearn	15	5	14	5	0	0	0	0	1	0
11	MF		Scott Neilson	42	7	35	6	0	0	3	1	4	0
12	DF		Clayton McDonald	28	2	20	1	0	0	5	0	3	1
13	GK		James McKeown	56	0	46	0	0	0	6	0	4	0
14	FW		Lenell John-Lewis	46	9	39	6	0	0	4	2	3	1
15	DF		Paul Bignot	30	1	24	1	0	0	5	0	1	0
16	DF		Alan Goodall	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Ross Hannah	40	14	34	13	0	0	2	0	4	1
18	MF		Andi Thanoj	28	1	22	1	0	0	5	0	1	0
19	MF		Ritchie Jones	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW		Dayle Southwell	12	5	8	1	0	0	3	4	1	0
21	DF		Ellis Humble	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
22	MF		Tom Charlesworth	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
23	FW		Alex Rodman	46	8	36	7	0	0	6	1	4	0
24	DF		Paul Walker	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
25	MF		Caine Winfarrah	7	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
26	MF		Patrick McLaughlin	41	5	32	3	0	0	6	1	3	1
28	FW		Oumare Tounkara	15	3	12	2	0	0	3	1	0	0
29	FW		Connor Jennings	12	1	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF		Andrew Boyce	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Transfer and loans

In

Transfers

Date	Pos.	Player	From club	Transfer fee
13 May 2013	MF	Scott Neilson	Luton Town	Free Transfer
1 June 2013	MF	Scott Kerr	York City	Free Transfer
28 June 2013	MF	Patrick McLaughlin	York City	Free Transfer
8 July 2013	MF	Alex Rodman	Aldershot Town	Free Transfer
23 July 2013	DF	Paul Bignot	Blackpool	Free Transfer
25 July 2013	DF	Clayton McDonald	Port Vale	Free Transfer
26 July 2013	GK	Jonathan Hedge	Cambridge United	Free Transfer
1 August 2013	DF	Chris Doig	York City	Free Transfer
14 September 2013	MF	Ritchie Jones	San Jose Earthquakes	Free Transfer
13 January 2014	DF	Jamal Fyfield	York City	Free Transfer

Youth team graduates

Date	Pos.	Player	From club	Transfer fee
August 2013	DF	Paul Walker	Youth Team	Free Transfer
September 2013	MF	Caine Winfarrah	Youth Team	Free Transfer
October 2013	DF	Ellis Humble	Youth Team	Free Transfer
October 2013	MF	Tom Charlesworth	Youth Team	Free Transfer

Loans

Start date	End date	Pos.	Player	From club
2 September 2013	9 October 2013	DF	Alan Goodall	Fleetwood Town
27 January 2014	May 2014	FW	Oumare Tounkara	Stevenage
1 March 2014	May 2014	FW	Connor Jennings	Scunthorpe United
10 March 2014	May 2014	DF	Andrew Boyce	Scunthorpe United

Out

Transfers

Exit Date	Pos.	Player	To club	Transfer fee
5 May 2013	DF	Bradley Wood	Alfreton Town	Released
5 May 2013	MF	Frankie Artus	Hereford United	Released
5 May 2013	DF	Ian Miller	Cambridge United	Released
5 May 2013	MF	Derek Niven	Buxton	Released
5 May 2013	DF	Simon Ford		Released
5 May 2013	MF	Josh Morrall	Hyde	Released
5 May 2013	GK	Greg Fleming	Carlisle United	Released
5 May 2013	FW	Greg Pearson	Nuneaton Town	Released
5 May 2013	MF	Louie Soares	Hayes & Yeading United	Released
26 November 2013	MF	Ritchie Jones	FC Edmonton	Released
21 March 2014	FW	Liam Hearn	Mansfield Town	Released

Loans

Start date	End date	Pos.	Player	To club
16 October 2013	15 November 2013	FW	Dayle Southwell	Harrogate Town
30 November 2013	1 January 2014	GK	Jonathan Hedge	Matlock Town

Trialists

Pre-season

#	Nat.	Pos.	Name	From	Age	Apps	Goals	Result
#		DF	Matt Clarke	Marsaxlokk	32	0	0	No contract offered
#		GK	Tom Turner	Buxton	19	1	0	No contract offered
#		DF	Chris Doig	York City	32	5	0	Contract offered and accepted
#		DF	Paul Bignot	Blackpool	27	2	0	Contract offered and accepted
#		GK	Jake Turner	Lincoln City	20	2	0	No contract offered

Mid-season

#	Nat.	Pos.	Name	From	Age	Apps	Goals	Result
#		DF	Julian Kelly	Notts County	24	1	0	No contract offered
#		MF	Ritchie Jones	San Jose Earthquakes	26	1	0	Contract offered & accepted