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

Football League Division Two


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


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


Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers

Football League Trophy


Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers

Coaching staff

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

Appearances and goals

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

In

Transfers

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

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

Transfers

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

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

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