Grimsby Town F.C.
Notable former players and managers

Grimsby Town F.C.

Section Title: Notable former players and managers
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Person	Grimsby Record	Claim to Fame

Wales Darren Barnard	Player, 2002–04 68 games, 4 goals	Played in the Premier League for Chelsea and Barnsley. He earned 24 caps playing for Wales from between 1998 and 2004.

England Peter Beagrie	Player, 2006 9 games, 0 goals	Played in England's top flight for the likes of Middlesbrough, Sheffield United, Everton, Manchester City and Bradford City and currently works as a Sky Sports football pundit.

England Dave Beasant	Player, 1992 6 games, 0 goals	1988 FA Cup winner with Wimbledon, first goalkeeper to save a penalty in an FA Cup final, and first goalkeeper to captain an FA Cup final team.

Hungary Elemér Berkessy	Manager, 1954	Became the first foreign manager in English football with Grimsby.

England Jackie Bestall	Player, 1926–38 427 games, 76 goals	1 England cap (6 February 1935, vs Ireland, 2–1, Goodison Park). Has the smallest road in Grimsby and Cleethorpes named after him, the only Town footballer to be honoured in this way.

England Harry Betmead	Player, 1930–47 296 games, 10 goals	1 England cap (20 May 1937, vs Finland, 8–0, Helsinki)

England Garry Birtles	Player, 1989–91 69 games, 9 goals	Won the European Cup title twice with Nottingham Forest under Brian Clough, as well as winning the First Division, English League Cup and the UEFA Super Cup with Forest.

Northern Ireland Kingsley Black	Player, 1996–2001 141 games, 8 goals	Won the League Cup with Luton Town in 1988. Played in the top flight for both Luton and Nottingham Forest.

Italy Ivano Bonetti	Player, 1995–96 22 games, 4 goals	Played in the Italian Serie A for Juventus, Sampdoria and Torino amongst others. Became famous for the "plate of chicken" incident which occurred when Grimsby manager Brian Laws launched a plate of chicken at Bonetti during a half time team talk.

England Steve Chettle	Player, 2002–03 23 games, 1 goal	Played over 400 times in a spell for Nottingham Forest in the top flight from between 1986 and 1999. Featured in the 1991 FA Cup final.

England Terry Cooke	Player, 2002–03 31 games, 2 goals	Won both the Premier League and FA Cup with Manchester United in the 1995–96 season. Also went on to feature for Manchester City and Major League Soccer side Colorado Rapids.

Wales Danny Coyne	Player, 1999–2003 181 games	Welsh international goalkeeper 1996–2007, 11 caps.

England Gary Croft	Player, 1992–96 & 2005–2007 248 games, 4 goals	Became the record signing when sold to Blackburn Rovers for £1.6 million in 1996, until the sale of John Oster a year later.

England Tony Ford MBE	Player, 1975–86 & 1991–94 423 games, 58 goals	Holds all-time record, 931, for matches played in the English league by an outfield player. Youngest player to play for the club aged 16 years 143 days, 4 October 1975.

Scotland Hughie Gallacher	Player, 1937–38 12 games, 3 goals	20 Scotland caps, 23 Scotland goals, member of the Wembley Wizards who beat England 5–1 in 1928

Wales Pat Glover	Player, 1929–38 227 games, 180 goals	Welsh international striker (1931–1937), 7 caps. Holds club records for most league goals in a career and in a season (42) as well as most international caps whilst a Grimsby player.

Scotland Richard Hughes	Player, 2003 12 games, 1 goals	Won the FA Cup with Portsmouth in 2007–08 season. He also has represented Scotland 5 times.

England John McDermott	Player, 1987–2007 647 games, 10 goals	Club's all-time leading appearance holder with 755 games in all competitions

England Lawrie McMenemy	Manager 1971–73	Was the manager of Southampton when they won the FA Cup in 1976.

England Clive Mendonca	Player, 1991–97 187 games, 64 goals	Winner of Grimsby's BBC cult heroes poll in 2004. Scored a hat-trick in Charlton Athletic's 1998 play-off final win.

England Mike Newell	Manager, 2008–2009	Played for Blackburn Rovers when the club won the Premier League in the 1994–95 season. Notably played in attack with Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton.

Denmark David Nielsen	Player, 2000–01 17 games, 5 goals	Won the Danish Cup with FC Copenhagen in 1997. Also played top-flight football in Denmark for Aalborg BK, and FC Midtjylland, as well as Lyngby FC, IK Start and SK Brann in Norway.

Wales John Oster	Player, 1996–97 & 2002–03 42 games, 10 goals	Having started his career with the club, he went on to play International football for Wales, and also played in the English Premier League with Everton, Sunderland and Reading as well as being the club's record sale at £2 million in 1997.

Republic of Ireland Michael Reddy	Player, 2004–2007 104 games, 23 goals	Is currently the only Grimsby player to be named in the PFA Team of the Year

England Graham Taylor OBE	Player, 1962–68 189 games, 2 goals	England Manager 1990–93, W 18 D 13 L 7.

England George Tweedy	Player, 1932–52 347 games, Caretaker Manager 1950–51	1 England cap (2 December 1936, vs Hungary, 6–2, Highbury)

Scotland Bill Shankly OBE	Manager, 1951–53	Liverpool Manager 1959–74, 3 League titles, 2 FA Cup wins, 1 UEFA Cup win.

Republic of Ireland Billy Walsh	Manager, 1954–55	Played for Manchester City and international football for four different teams, England Schoolboys, both Ireland teams, the FAI XI and the IFA XI, and New Zealand

England Paul Warhurst	Player, 2004 7 games, 0 goals	Notably played for Sheffield Wednesday as a defender cum makeshift striker, was runner up in the 1993 FA Cup final and League Cup.

England Neil Webb	Player, 1996 4 games,1 goals	Won the FA Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and English League Cup with Manchester United, also won the League Cup with Nottingham Forest and played 26 times internationally for England scoring 4 goals.

China Zhang Enhua	Player, 2000–01 17 games, 3 goals	Was the international captain of China, which included appearing in 2002 FIFA World Cup. In all Enhua featured 68 times, scoring 7 for his country.

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