2016–17 Grimsby Town F.C. season

Grimsby Town

2016–17 season
Chairman	John Fenty
Manager	Paul Hurst (until 24 October)
Stadium	Blundell Park
FA Cup	First round (vs. Bolton Wanderers)
League Cup	First round (vs. Derby County)
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 season is Grimsby Town's 139th season of existence and their first back in League Two after gaining promotion the previous season.^[1] Along with competing in League Two, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Transfers

In

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	LB		Danny Andrew	Fleetwood Town	Free transfer	[2]
1 July 2016	CM		James Berrett	York City	Undisclosed	[3]
1 July 2016	RW		Tom Bolarinwa	Sutton United	Undisclosed	[4]
1 July 2016	CB		Andrew Boyce	Scunthorpe United	Free transfer	[5]
1 July 2016	CF		Rhys Browne	Aldershot Town	Undisclosed	[6]
1 July 2016	CF		Ashley Chambers	Dagenham & Redbridge	Free transfer	[7]
1 July 2016	RB		Ben Davies	Portsmouth	Free transfer	[8]
1 July 2016	LB		Dan Jones	Hartlepool United	Free transfer	[9]
1 July 2016	CM		Sean McAllister	Scunthorpe United	Free transfer	[10]
1 July 2016	RB		Zak Mills	Boston United	Free transfer	[11]
1 July 2016	CM		Luke Summerfield	York City	Free transfer	[12]
30 July 2016	CF		Scott Vernon	Shrewsbury Town	Free transfer	[13]

Out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	CF		Pádraig Amond	Hartlepool United	Free transfer	[14]
1 July 2016	RW		Nathan Arnold	Lincoln City	Free transfer	[15]
1 July 2016	GK		Callum Bastock	Free agent	Released	[16]
1 July 2016	CM		Craig Clay	Motherwell [lower-alpha 1]	Released	[16]
1 July 2016	RB		Danny East	Guiseley [lower-alpha 2]	Released	[16]
1 July 2016	CM		Conor Henderson	Free agent	Released	[16]
1 July 2016	RW		Marcus Marshall	Boston United [lower-alpha 3]	Released	[16]
1 July 2016	LM		Andy Monkhouse	Ilkeston [lower-alpha 4]	Released	[16]
1 July 2016	CM		Jon Nolan	Chesterfield	Free transfer	[21]
1 July 2016	CB		Aristote Nsiala	Hartlepool United	Free transfer	[22]
1 July 2016	CF		Jon-Paul Pittman	Harrogate Town [lower-alpha 5]	Released	[16]
1 July 2016	LB		Gregor Robertson	Free agent	Released	[16]
1 July 2016	LM		Anthony Straker	Aldershot Town [lower-alpha 6]	Released	[16]
1 July 2016	CB		Josh Sunter	Free agent	Released	[16]
1 July 2016	RB		Richard Tait	Motherwell	Free transfer	[25]

1. Following Clay's release, he signed for Motherwell.^[17]
2. Following East's release, he signed for Guiseley.^[18]
3. Following Marshall's release, he signed for Boston United.^[19]
4. Following Monkhouse's release, he signed for Ilkeston.^[20]
5. Following Pittman's release, he signed for Harrogate Town.^[23]
6. Following Straker's release, he signed for Aldershot Town.^[24]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2016	AM		Dominic Vose	Scunthorpe United	End of season	[26]
22 July 2016	CF		Kayden Jackson	Barnsley	End of season	[27]
31 August 2016	CM		Brandon Comley	Queens Park Rangers	3 January 2017	[28]
31 August 2016	GK		Dean Henderson	Manchester United	3 January 2017	[29]
31 August 2016	CF		Shaun Tuton	Barnsley	End of season	[30]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

North Ferriby United v Grimsby Town

12 July 2016 Friendly	North Ferriby United	4–1	Grimsby Town	North Ferriby
19:00	Bateson  26' Fry  35' Brogan  61' Hare  64'	Report	Summerfield  47'	Stadium: Grange Lane

Grimsby Town v Hull City

15 July 2016 Friendly	Grimsby Town	0–0	Hull City	Cleethorpes
19:30		Report		Stadium: Blundell Park

Boston United v Grimsby Town

19 July 2016 Friendly	Boston United	1–1	Grimsby Town	Boston
19:30	Adams  15'		Vose  63'	Stadium: York Street

League Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Blackpool	19	7	6	6	33	22	+11	27
9	Barnet	19	6	9	4	27	27	0	27
10	Grimsby Town	19	7	5	7	27	25	+2	26
11	Crewe Alexandra	19	6	8	5	22	25	−3	26
12	Cambridge United	19	7	4	8	21	23	−2	25

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Matches

Grimsby Town v Morecambe

6 August 2016 1	Grimsby Town	2–0	Morecambe	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Jackson  6' Bolarinwa  43' Davies  63' Gowling  71' McKeown  81'	Report	Fleming  62'	Stadium: Blundell Park

Wycombe Wanderers v Grimsby Town

13 August 2016 2	Wycombe Wanderers	2–1	Grimsby Town	High Wycombe
15:00 BST	McGinn  38' Jombati  55' Stewart  90+1'	Report	Bolarinwa  47' Boyce  79' Berrett  89'	Stadium: Adams Park

Colchester United v Grimsby Town

16 August 2016 3	Colchester United	3–2	Grimsby Town	Colchester
19:45 BST	Dickenson  10', 39' Guthrie  26'  34'	Report	Boyce  21' Disley  48' Pearson  77' Bogle  90+3'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium

Grimsby Town v Leyton Orient

20 August 2016 4	Grimsby Town	1–2	Leyton Orient	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Vose  90+2' Chambers  90+4' Andrew  90+4'	Report	Erichot  33' Kelly  58' Palmer  77' Massey  86'	Stadium: Blundell Park

Grimsby Town v Stevenage

27 August 2016 5	Grimsby Town	5–2	Stevenage	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Bogle  15', 50', 90+4' Summerfield  40' Vose  49' Andrew  73'	Report	Franks  45+2' McAnuff  66' Kennedy  75'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 4,425 Referee: Darren Handley

Notts County v Grimsby Town

3 September 2016 6	Notts County	2–2	Grimsby Town	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Forte  77' Collins  89'	Report	Pearson  34' Bogle  56'	Stadium: Meadow Lane

Luton Town v Grimsby Town

10 September 2016 7	Luton Town	1–2	Grimsby Town	Luton
15:00 BST	Sheehan  43' Rea  59' Potts  62' Cook  75'	Report	Bogle  29', 82' Vose  78' Comley  88' McKeown  90+4' Jackson  90+4'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Stadium

Grimsby Town v Crewe Alexandra

17 September 2016 8	Grimsby Town	0–2	Crewe Alexandra	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Bogle  60' Gowling  72'	Report	Bakayogo  27' Hollands  43' Cooper  45+1' Jones  85'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 5,289 Referee: Michael Salisbury

Mansfield Town v Grimsby Town

24 September 2016 9	Mansfield Town	0–1	Grimsby Town	Mansfield
12:15 BST	Shearer  17' Pearce  17'	Report	Bogle  17' (pen.) Chambers  72'	Stadium: One Call Stadium

Grimsby Town v Newport County

27 September 2016 10	Grimsby Town	1–0	Newport County	Cleethorpes
19:45 BST	McKeown  59' Bogle  88' (pen.)  89'	Report	Bennett  35' Parkin  59' Tozer  77'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 4,296 Referee: Ben Toner

Grimsby Town v Hartlepool United

1 October 2016 11	Grimsby Town	0–3	Hartlepool United	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST		Report	Carroll  4' Amond  25', 36' Thomas  60'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 5,713 Referee: Chris Sarginson

Exeter City v Grimsby Town

8 October 2016 12	Exeter City	0–0	Grimsby Town	Exeter
15:00 BST		Report	Comley  28' Gowling  78'	Stadium: St. James' Park Attendance: 3,557 Referee: John Brooks

Cambridge United v Grimsby Town

15 October 2016 13	Cambridge United	0–1	Grimsby Town	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Dunne  49' Roberts  82' Clark  87'	Report	Berrett  26' Tuton  90+2'	Stadium: The R Costings Abbey Stadium Attendance: 5,121 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Grimsby Town v Cheltenham Town

22 October 2016 14	Grimsby Town	0–1	Cheltenham Town	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Andrew  71'	Report	Waters  9' Pell  70' Munns  80' Dayton  85'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 4,809 Referee: Darren Deadman

Yeovil Town v Grimsby Town

29 October 2016 15	Yeovil Town	0–0	Grimsby Town	Yeovil
15:00 BST	Lawless  30' Mugabi  37' Smith  50'	Report	Berrett  30'	Stadium: Huish Park Stadium Attendance: 3,733 Referee: Brendan Malone

Grimsby Town v Barnet

12 November 2016 16	Grimsby Town	2–2	Barnet	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Bogle  22', 35' 90+3' Chambers  43' Bolarinwa  81' Collins  90+6'	Report	Dembélé  45+2' Akinde  50' (pen.), 55' (pen.) Champion  74' Sesay  90'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 5,519 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Plymouth Argyle v Grimsby Town

19 November 2016 17	Plymouth Argyle	0–3	Grimsby Town	Plymouth
15:00 GMT		Report	Collins  44' Bogle  62', 86'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 10,241 Referee: Rob Jones

Grimsby Town v Carlisle United

22 November 2016 18	Grimsby Town	2–2	Carlisle United	Cleethorpes
19:45 GMT	Gowling  41' Bogle  50' (pen.) Bolarinwa  78'	Report	Raynes  28' Wyke  44' Mills  67' (o.g.) Jones  83'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 4,818 Referee: Nigel Miller

Crawley Town v Grimsby Town

26 November 2016 19	Crawley Town	3–2	Grimsby Town	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Yorwerth  20' Young  26' Collins  31' Roberts  56', 79' Payne  88' Boldewijn  90+5'	Report	Bogle  45+2', 90' Mills  63'	Stadium: Checkatrade.com Stadium Attendance: 2,315 Referee: Graham Salisbury

FA Cup

Bolton Wanderers v Grimsby Town

5 November 2016 First round	Bolton Wanderers	1–0	Grimsby Town	Bolton
15:00 GMT	Trotter  20' Proctor  55' Taylor  83'	Report	Andrew  22' Gowling  80' Bogle  81'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 6,649 Referee: Trevor Kettle

EFL Cup

Derby County v Grimsby Town

9 August 2016 First round	Derby County	1–0	Grimsby Town	Derby
19:45 BST	Pearce  25' Keogh  60'	Report		Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 11,692 Referee: Ben Toner

EFL Trophy

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Walsall	3	3	0	0	0	8	3	+5	9	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Leicester City Academy	3	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	5
3	L1	Sheffield United	3	1	0	1	1	5	4	+1	4
4	L2	Grimsby Town	3	0	0	0	3	4	10	−6	0

Source: EFL.com

Walsall v Grimsby Town

30 August 2016 Group stage 1	Walsall	5–2	Grimsby Town	Bescot
19:45 BST	Bakayoko  18', 39', 43' Morris  61' Kouhyar  71' Preston  90'		Boyce  5' Summerfield  67' Andrew  67'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium

Grimsby Town v Leicester City U23

4 October 2016 Group stage 2	Grimsby Town	0–1	Leicester City U23	Cleethorpes
19:45 BST	McKeown  16' Gowling  24'	Report	Domej  30' Mitchell  64'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 609 Referee: Mark Haywood

Grimsby Town v Sheffield United

9 November 2016 Group stage 3	Grimsby Town	2–4	Sheffield United	Cleethorpes
19:45 GMT	Jackson  14' Boyce  63' Disley  81'	Report	Slater  53'  59' Basham  60' Boyce  74' (o.g.) O'Connell  78' Clarke  87'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 597 Referee: Richard Clark

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