# 2019–20 Grimsby Town F.C. season

The 2019–20 season is Grimsby Town's 142nd season of existence and their fourth 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 2019 to 30 June 2020.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Matt Green | Salford City | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | James Hanson | AFC Wimbledon | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | RB | Elliott Hewitt | Notts County | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Moses Ogbu | Al-Ain | Free transfer |
| 16 August 2019 | CB | Luke Waterfall | Shrewsbury Town | Free transfer |
| 9 January 2020 | AM | Billy Clarke | Plymouth Argyle | Free transfer |
| 15 January 2020 | AM | James Tilley | Bighton & Hove Albion | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2020 | LB | Bradley Garmston | Gillingham | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2020 | RW | Elliot Grandin | Saint-Pierroise | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 1 July 2019 | LB | Liam Gibson | Newcastle United | 1 January 2020 |
| 2 September 2019 | CM | Ethan Robson | Sunderland | 1 January 2020 |
| 7 January 2020 | LB | Anthony Glennon | Burnley | 30 June 2020 |
| 16 January 2020 | CM | Josh Benson | Burnley | 30 June 2020 |

### Loans out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 1 August 2019 | LW | Brandon Buckley | Cleethorpes Town | January 2020 |
| 1 August 2019 | CM | Jock Curran | Lincoln United | January 2020 |
| 14 August 2019 | GK | Ollie Battersby | Lincoln United | September 2019 |
| 8 November 2019 | AM | Charles Vernam | Chorley | December 2019 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Rumarn Burrell | Middlesbrough | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Danny Collins | Retired | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | RB | Reece Hall-Johnson | Northampton Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | JJ Hooper | Wrexham | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Wes Thomas | Notts County | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Alex Whitmore | AFC Fylde | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | LM | Martyn Woolford | Hyde United | Released |
| 22 December 2019 | LB | Sebastian Ring | Kalmar FF | Mutual consent |
| 14 January 2020 | CF | Moses Ogbu | Mjällby | Mutual consent |

## Pre-season

Grimsby revealed their pre-season programme in June 2019.

## First Team Squad

| # | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||
| — | James McKeown | GK | (1989-07-24)24 July 1989 (aged 30) | RKSV Leonidas | 2011 | 2021 |
| — | Sam Russell | GK | (1982-10-04)4 October 1982 (aged 36) | Forest Green Rovers | 2018 | ???? |
| — | Ollie Battersby | GK | (2001-07-23)23 July 2001 (aged 18) | Academy | 2017 | 2021 |
| Defenders ||||||||
| — | Luke Hendrie | RB | (1994-08-27)27 August 1994 (aged 24) | Shrewsbury Town | 2019 | 2021 |
| — | Elliott Hewitt | RB/CM | (1994-05-30)30 May 1994 (aged 25) | Notts County | 2019 | 2021 |
| — | Ludvig Öhman | CB | (1991-10-09)9 October 1991 (aged 27) | BP | 2019 | 2021 |
| — | Harry Davis | CB | (1991-09-04)4 September 1991 (aged 27) | St Mirren | 2018 | 2020 |
| — | Mattie Pollock | CB | (2001-09-28)28 September 2001 (aged 17) | Academy | 2018 | 2021 |
| — | Sebastian Ring | LB | (1995-04-18)18 April 1995 (aged 24) | ÖSK | 2019 | 2020 |
| — | Liam Gibson | LB | (1997-04-25)25 April 1997 (aged 22) | Newcastle United (Loan) | 2019 | 2020 |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| — | Jake Hessenthaler | CM | (1994-04-20)20 April 1994 (aged 25) | Gillingham | 2018 | 2020 |
| — | Elliott Whitehouse | CM | (1993-10-27)27 October 1993 (aged 25) | Lincoln City | 2018 | 2020 |
| — | Harry Clifton | CM | (1998-06-12)12 June 1998 (aged 21) | Academy | 2007 | 2021 |
| — | Jock Curran | CM | (2001-01-29)29 January 2001 (aged 18) | Academy | 2017 | 2020 |
| — | Charles Vernam | CAM/CF | (1996-10-08)8 October 1996 (aged 22) | Derby County | 2018 | 2020 |
| — | Jordan Cook | CAM/CF | (1990-03-20)20 March 1990 (aged 29) | Luton Town | 2018 | 2020 |
| — | Brandon Buckley | CAM | (2000-09-21)21 September 2000 (aged 18) | Academy | 2009 | 2020 |
| — | Max Wright | RW | (1998-04-06)6 April 1998 (aged 21) | Academy | 2008 | 2020 |
| Attackers ||||||||
| — | James Hanson | ST | (1987-11-09)9 November 1987 (aged 31) | AFC Wimbledon | 2019 | 2021 |
| — | Matt Green | ST | (1987-01-02)2 January 1987 (aged 32) | Salford City | 2019 | 2021 |
| — | Moses Ogbu | ST | (1991-02-07)7 February 1991 (aged 28) | Al-Ain | 2019 | 2020 |
| — | Harry Cardwell | ST | (1996-10-28)28 October 1996 (aged 22) | Reading | 2017 | 2020 |
| — | Ahkeem Rose | ST | (1998-11-27)27 November 1998 (aged 20) | Heather St John's | 2017 | 2020 |
    Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 2019–20 season (Friday 2 August).

## Competitions
### League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG |
| 11 | Salford City | 37 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 50 | 1.35 |
| 12 | Walsall | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 47 | 1.31 |
| 13 | Crawley Town | 37 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 48 | 1.30 |
| 14 | Newport County | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 46 | 1.28 |
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 37 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 51 | −6 | 47 | 1.27 |
| 16 | Cambridge United | 37 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 45 | 1.22 |
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 47 | 55 | −8 | 42 | 1.17 |
| 18 | Carlisle United | 37 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 42 | 1.14 |
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 37 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 41 | 1.11 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 March 2020. 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A |
| Result | W | D | L | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | D | L | D | D | W | W | D | L | L | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |

#### Matches

On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League Two fixtures were revealed.

### FA Cup

The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019.

### EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 20 June. The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first-round matches. The third round draw was confirmed on 28 August 2019, live on Sky Sports.

### EFL Trophy

On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019.
| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | ACA | Leicester City U21 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 8 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L2 | Scunthorpe United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L1 | Sunderland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | L2 | Grimsby Town | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 0 | |