# 2018–19 Grimsby Town F.C. season

The 2018–19 season is Grimsby Town's 141st season of existence and their third consecutive season in League Two. Along with competing in League Two, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## Competitions
### Friendlies

The club have confirmed the first four pre-season friendlies will be against Cleethorpes Town, Sunderland, York City and Doncaster Rovers.
The annual pre-season fixture versus Cleethorpes Town will take place at the new home ground of their opponents, The Linden Club, on Saturday 7 July.
The Mariners will then play host to EFL League One side Sunderland on Tuesday 17 July before travelling to York City on Saturday 21 July. Town will then host Doncaster Rovers at Blundell Park on Tuesday 24 July.

### League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 15 | Northampton Town | 46 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 64 | 63 | +1 | 61 |
| 16 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 57 | 68 | −11 | 57 |
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 45 | 56 | −11 | 56 |
| 18 | Morecambe | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 54 | 70 | −16 | 54 |
| 19 | Crawley Town | 46 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 51 | 68 | −17 | 53 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 4 May 2019. Source: BBC

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | W | L | L | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 21 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |

#### Matches

On 21 June 2018, the League Two fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.

### FA Cup

The first round draw was made live on BBC by Dennis Wise and Dion Dublin on 22 October. The draw for the second round was made live on BBC and BT by Mark Schwarzer and Glenn Murray on 12 November. The third round draw was made live on BBC by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018.

### EFL Cup

On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam.

### EFL Trophy

On 13 July 2018, the initial group stage draw bar the U21 invited clubs was announced. It was later announced that Northern Group G would include Newcastle United U21.
| Pos | Lge | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | ACA | Newcastle United U21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 9 | Round 2 |
| 2 | L2 | Notts County | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | Round 2 |
| 3 | L1 | Doncaster Rovers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | L2 | Grimsby Town | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |

## Top scorers

    As of September 5, 2018
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | League Two | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | Total |
| 1 | FW | 39 | Wes Thomas | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | FW | 11 | Jordan Cook | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | FW | 18 | Charles Vernam | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | MF | 8 | Mitch Rose | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | MF | 22 | Elliot Embleton | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | 15 | Harry Clifton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | CB | 24 | Harry Davis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 26 | Martyn Woolford | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | 99 | JJ Hooper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 7 | Jake Hessenthaler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | RB | 27 | Luke Hendrie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 21 | Ahkeem Rose | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 17 | Harry Cardwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 8 | Kristian Dennis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 45 |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2018 | SS | Jordan Cook | Luton Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | Harry Davis | St. Mirren | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Jake Hessenthaler | Gillingham | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | Louis Robles | San Roque de Lepe | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | John Welsh | Preston North End | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Elliott Whitehouse | Lincoln City | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | Alex Whitmore | Chesterfield | Undisclosed |
| 9 July 2018 | GK | Sam Russell | Forest Green Rovers | Free transfer |
| 24 July 2018 | AM | Charles Vernam | Derby County | Undisclosed |
| 17 August 2018 | CF | Wes Thomas | Oxford United | Free transfer |
| 1 January 2019 | LB | Sebastian Ring | Örebro | Free transfer |
| 8 January 2019 | CB | Ludvig Öhman | Brommapojkarna | Undisclosed |
| 11 January 2019 | RB | Luke Hendrie | Shrewsbury Town | Undisclosed |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | James Berrett | FC Halifax Town | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | Nathan Clarke | FC Halifax Town | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Chris Clements | Cheltenham Town | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | RW | Siriki Dembélé | Peterborough United | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2018 | RB | Ben Davies | Boston United | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | Jack Keeble | St Neots Town | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | LM | Sam Kelly | Hamilton Academical | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | GK | Ben Killip | Braintree Town | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Sean McAllister | Chester | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | LW | Gary McSheffrey | Frickley Athletic | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | RB | Zak Mills | Morecambe | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | Karleigh Osborne | Aldershot Town | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Tom Sawyer | Skegness Town | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | Scott Vernon | Cleethorpes Town | Released |
| 5 July 2018 | CM | Luke Summerfield | Wrexham | Free transfer |
| 8 August 2018 | CB | Alexander McMillan | Ytterhogdal | Free transfer |
| 19 November 2018 | LB | Paul Dixon | Falkirk | Mutual consent |
| 28 December 2018 | CF | Louis Robles | San Roque de Lepe | Mutual consent |
| 29 January 2019 | CM | Mitch Rose | Notts County | Free transfer |
| 6 February 2019 | LB | Andrew Fox | El Paso Locomotive | Free transfer |
| 20 March 2019 | CM | John Welsh | Atherton Collieries | Mutual consent |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| 6 July 2018 | CB | Akin Famewo | Luton Town | 28 January 2019 |
| 18 August 2018 | RB | Luke Hendrie | Shrewsbury Town | 7 January 2019 |
| 30 August 2018 | CM | Elliot Embleton | Sunderland | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 August 2018 | LM | Ben Pringle | Preston North End | 21 January 2019 |
| 18 January 2018 | DM | Joe Grayson | Blackburn Rovers | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | CF | Kristian Dennis | Notts County | 31 May 2019 |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| 6 September 2018 | FW | Ahkeem Rose | Boston United | 6 October 2018 |
| 6 September 2018 | CM | Max Wright | Boston United | 26 April 2019 |
| 5 December 2018 | CF | JJ Hooper | Bromley | 30 April 2019 |