User:Footballgy/1997–98 Grimsby Town F.C. season

	Grimsby Town
Season 1997-98
Chairman	Bill Carr
Manager	Alan Buckley
Team captain	Paul Groves
Home stadium	Blundell Park
Football League Second Division	3rd place (promoted via play-offs)
FA Cup	Fourth Round
League Cup	Fourth Round
Football League Trophy	Winners
Lincolnshire Senior Cup	Semi Final
Top goalscorer	League: 0 Kevin Donovan (20 goals) ; All comps: 0 Kevin Donovan (20 goals)
Highest home ; attendance	8,689 0v0 Fulham ; 13 May 1998
Highest away ; attendance	29,598 0v0 Leeds United ; 29 January 1998
Highest neutral attendance	62,988 0v0 Northampton Town at Wembley Stadium ; 24 May 1998
Lowest home ; attendance	3,242 0v0 Shrewsbury Town ; 25 November 1997
Lowest away ; attendance	3,193 0v0 Shrewsbury Town ; 15 November 1997
← 1996–97 0 0 0 0 0 0 1998-99 →

Grimsby Town Football Club entered the 1997-1998 season playing back in the Football League Second Division following relegation in the previous season. The club are managed by Alan Buckley.

Fixtures and results[edit]

Football League Division Two[edit]


Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
Aug 09	Bristol City	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 1 - 1	6,220	Widdrington
Aug 16	Plymouth Argyle	Home Park, Plymouth	D 2 - 2	6,002	Donovan, Nogan
Aug 23	Wrexham	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 0 - 0	4,404	-----
Aug 30	Brentford	Griffin Park, Brentford	L 1 - 3	3,875	Nogan
Sept 02	Preston North End	Deepdale, Preston	L 0 - 2	9,489	-----
Sept 09	York City	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 0 - 0	5,308	-----
Sept 13	Fulham	Craven Cottage, Fulham	W 2 - 0	6,874	Livingstone (2)
Sept 20	Millwall	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 0 - 0	4,267	-----
Sept 27	A.F.C. Bournemouth	Dean Court, Bournemouth	W 1 - 0	3,712	Groves
Oct 04	Wigan Athletic	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 2 - 1	3,712	Donovan (2)
Oct 11	Northampton Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 1 - 0	4,778	Donovan
Oct 18	Blackpool	Bloomfield Road, Blackpool	D 2 - 2	5,234	Nogan, Donovan
Oct 21	Oldham Athletic	Boundary Park, Oldham	L 0 - 1	4,520	-----
Oct 25	Watford	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 - 1	5,699	-----
Nov 01	Southend United	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 5 - 1	4,501	Nogan (2), Lester, Groves, Widdrington
Nov 04	Walsall	Bescot Stadium, Walsall	D 0 - 0	2,599	-----
Nov 08	Chesterfield	Recreation Ground, Chesterfield	L 0 - 1	5,004	-----
Nov 22	Burnley	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 4 - 1	4,501	Groves, Widdrington, Lester, Nogan
Nov 29	Gillingham	Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham	W 2 - 0	4,855	Jobling, Black

FA Cup[edit]


Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
Oct 23	4RQ	Tamworth	The Lamb Ground, Tamworth	D 1 - 1	928	Connell
Oct 26	4RQ Replay	Tamworth	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 - 1	1,612	---

League Cup[edit]


Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers

Football League Trophy[edit]


Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers

Coaching staff[edit]

Role	Nationality	Name
First-Team Manager		Alan Buckley
First-Team Assistant Manager		John Cockerill

Appearances and goals[edit]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Football League Division Two		League Cup		Football League Trophy		FA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
-	GK	NIR	Aidan Davison	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	GK	ENG	Andy Love	17	1	15	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
-	GK	ENG	Jason Pearcey	16	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
-	DF	ENG	Matthew Bloomer	8	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
-	DF	ENG	Danny Butterfield	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	DF	ENG	Ben Chapman	17	1	15	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
-	DF	ENG	Ashley Fickling	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	DF	ENG	Tony Gallimore	17	1	15	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
-	DF	SCO	Peter Handyside	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	DF	ENG	Kevin Jobling	7	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
-	DF	ENG	Mark Lever	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	DF	ENG	John McDermott	18	1	16	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
-	DF	ENG	Graham Rodger	6	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
-	MF	ENG	Kingsley Black	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	MF	ENG	Adam Buckley	15	2	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	MF	ENG	Wayne Burnett	19	14	17	13	0	0	0	0	2	1
-	MF	SCO	Jim Dobbin	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	MF	ENG	Kevin Donovan	17	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
-	MF	ENG	Dave Gilbert	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	MF	ENG	Paul Groves	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	MF	ENG	Paul Holsgrove	9	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
-	MF	ENG	David Smith	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	MF	ENG	Nicky Southall	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
-	MF	ENG	Tommy Widdrington	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	MF	ENG	Darren Wrack	6	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	FW	EIR	Daryl Clare	17	3	15	3	0	0	0	0	2	0
-	FW	ENG	Jack Lester	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
-	FW	ENG	Steve Livingstone	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	FW	WAL	Lee Nogan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	FW	ENG	Neil Woods	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers & loans[edit]

In[edit]

Transfers[edit]

Date	Pos.	Player	From club	Transfer fee
11 July 1996	MF	Tommy Widdrington	Southampton	£300,000
16 July 1996	MF	Kingsley Black	Nottingham Forest	£25,000
19 July 1996	MF	Darren Wrack	Derby County	£100,000
16 August 1996	DF	Neil Webb	Nottingham Forest	Free
31 August 1996	GK	Andy Quy	Derby County	Free

Loans[edit]

Start date	End date	Pos.	Player	From club
30 August 1996	1 October 1996	DF	Paul Trollope	Derby County
17 January 1997	18 March 1997	MF	Michael Appleton	Manchester United
28 January 1997	8 February 1997	GK	Alan Miller	Middlesbrough

Out[edit]

Transfers[edit]

Exit Date	Pos.	Player	To club	Transfer fee
31 May 1996	MF	Tommy Watson	Retired	Released
31 May 1996	DF	Enzo Gambaro	Sturm Graz	Released
8 July 1996	MF	Paul Groves	West Bromwich Albion	£600,000
1 August 1996	MF	Steve Fraser	Lincoln City	Free
2 August 1996	MF	Jim Dobbin	Rotherham United	Free
9 August 1996	FW	Ivano Bonetti	Tranmere Rovers	Free
2 October 1996	GK	Paul Crichton	West Bromwich Albion	£250,000
1 November 1996	DF	Brian Laws	Darlington	Sacked
8 November 1996	MF	Johnny Walker	Mansfield Town	£50,000
21 March 1997	FW	Jamie Forrester	Scunthorpe United	Free

Loans[edit]

Start date	End date	Pos.	Player	To club
4 October 1996	4 November 1996	MF	Jimmy Neil	Grantham

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