2005–06 Grimsby Town F.C. season

Grimsby Town
2005–06 season
Chairman John Fenty
Manager Russell Slade
Coca Cola League Two 4th (Play off runners up)
FA Cup First round
Carling 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 (6th May 2006)
Lowest home attendance 1131 v Morecambe (18th October 2005)
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

Contents

Fixtures & Results

Pre Season Matches

Friendlies

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
Jul 18 Sheffield Wednesday
 Blundell Park, Cleethorpes L 1 - 2 - Hegarty
Jul 22 Rotherham United
 Blundell Park, Cleethorpes D 1 - 1 - Gritton
Jul 26 Leeds United
 Blundell Park, Cleethorpes D 1 - 1 - Reddy
Jul 31 Lincoln City
 Sincil Bank, Lincoln W 1 - 0 - Parkinson
Aug 02 Blackburn Rovers
 Blundell Park, Cleethorpes L 1 - 2 - R.Jones

Lincolnshire Cup

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

Football League Two

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
Aug 06 Oxford United
 Blundell Park, Cleethorpes D 1 - 1 - Crane
Aug 09 Bristol Rovers
 Memorial Ground, Bristol W 2 - 1 - Gritton, R.Jones
Aug 20 Darlington
 Blundell Park, Cleethorpes L 0 - 1 - -
Aug 27 Barnet
 Underhill Stadium, Barnet, London W 1 - 0 - Andrew
Aug 29 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 - -
Oct 07 Wycombe Wanderers
 Blundell Park, Cleethorpes L 0 - 1 - -
Oct 14 Cheltenham Town
 Whaddon Road, Cheltenham W 3 - 0 - Bolland, Reddy, Cohen
Oct 22 Leyton Orient
 Blundell Park, Cleethorpes L 0 - 1 - -
Oct 29 Northampton Town
 Sixfields Stadium, Northampton D 0 - 0 - Toner, Bore
Nov 11 Macclesfield Town
 Blundell Park, Cleethorpes W 3 - 1 - G.Jones, Newey, Cohen
Nov 19 Wycombe Wanderers
 Adams Park, Wycombe L 1 - 3 - Reddy
Nov 26 Oxford United
 Kassam Stadium, Oxford W 3 - 2 - Parkinson, Bolland, Cohen
Dec 06 Rochdale
 Blundell Park, Cleethorpes W 4 - 1 - G.Jones, Cohen, R.Jones, Reddy
Dec 10 Bristol Rovers
 Blundell Park, Cleethorpes L 0 - 1 - -
Dec 26 Bury
 Gigg Lane, Bury W 2 - 1 - G.Jones, Cohen
Dec 28 Lincoln City
 Blundell Park, Cleethorpes W 3 - 0 - Toner, Reddy, Parkinson
Dec 31 Wrexham
 The Racecourse Ground, Wrexham W 2 - 1 - Reddy, Downey
Jan 02 Carlisle United
 Blundell Park, Cleethorpes L 1 - 2 - Toner
Jan 14 Mansfield Town
 Blundell Park, Cleethorpes W 2 - 1 - Reddy, Parkinson
Jan 17 Darlington
 Blundell Park, Cleethorpes D 0 - 0 - -
Jan 15 Torquay United
 Plainmoor, Torquay D 2 - 2 - Parkinson, Futcher
Jan 24 Stockport County
 Edgeley Park, Stockport L 1 - 2 - Reddy
Jan 28 Peterborough United
 Blundell Park, Cleethorpes L 1 - 2 - Reddy
Feb 04 Notts County
 Meadow Lane, Nottingham W 1 - 0 - Reddy
Feb 11 Boston United
 Blundell Park, Cleethorpes W 1 - 0 - Reddy
Feb 14 Mansfield Town
 Field Mill, Mansfield L 1 - 2 - Woodhouse
Feb 25 Chester City
 Blundell Park, Cleethorpes W 1 - 0 - G.Jones
Mar 03 Rushden And Diamonds
 Nene Park, Irthlingborough D 1 - 1 - Futcher
Mar 11 Barnet
 Blundell Park, Cleethorpes W 3 - 0 - G.Jones (2), Bolland
Mar 18 Bury
 Blundell Park, Cleethorpes W 2 - 1 - G.Jones (2)
Mar 21 Rochdale
 Spotland, Rochdale D 2 - 2 - Toner, Bolland
Mar 25 Lincoln City
 Sincil Bank, Lincoln L 0 - 5 - -
Apr 01 Wrexham
 Blundell Park, Cleethorpes W 2 - 0 - G.Jones, Reddy
Apr 08 Carlisle United
 Brunton Park, Carlisle L 0 - 1 - -
Apr 15 Shrewsbury Town
 Blundell Park, Cleethorpes D 1 - 1 - Goodfellow
Apr 17 Leyton Orient
 Brisbane Road, Leyton, London D 0 - 0 - -
Apr 21 Cheltenham Town
 Blundell Park, Cleethorpes W 1 - 0 - G.Jones
Apr 29 Macclesfield Town
 Moss Rose, Macclesfield D 1 - 1 - G.Jones
May 6 Northampton Town
 Blundell Park, Cleethorpes D 1 - 1 - Kalala

Play offs

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

FA Cup

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
Nov 05 Bristol Rovers
 Blundell Park, Cleethorpes L 1 - 2 - G.Jones

League Cup

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

Football League Trophy

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
Oct 18 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

First Team Squad

Appearances and goals

No. Nat Pos 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
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League One
Barnsley · Blackpool · Bournemouth · Bradford City · Brentford · Bristol City · Chesterfield · Colchester United · Doncaster Rovers · Gillingham · Hartlepool United · Huddersfield Town · Milton Keynes Dons · Nottingham Forest · Oldham Athletic · Port Vale · Rotherham United · Scunthorpe United · Southend United · Swansea City · Swindon Town · Tranmere Rovers · Walsall · Yeovil Town
League Two
Barnet · Boston United · Bristol Rovers · Bury · Carlisle United · Cheltenham Town · Chester City · Darlington · Grimsby Town · Leyton Orient · Lincoln City · Macclesfield Town · Mansfield Town · Northampton Town · Notts County · Oxford United · Peterborough United · Rochdale · Rushden & Diamonds · Shrewsbury Town · Stockport County · Torquay United · Wrexham · Wycombe Wanderers
Conference National
Accrington Stanley · Aldershot Town · Altrincham · Burton Albion · Cambridge United · Canvey Island · Crawley Town · Dagenham & Redbridge · Exeter City · Forest Green Rovers · Gravesend & Northfleet · Grays Athletic · Halifax Town · Hereford United · Kidderminster Harriers · Morecambe · Scarborough · Southport · Stevenage Borough · Tamworth · Woking · York City
Conference South
Northern Premier League