2006–07 Grimsby Town F.C. season

Grimsby Town

2006–07 season
Chairman	John Fenty
Manager	Graham Rodger (sacked 6/11/06) Alan Buckley (9/11/06)
League Two	15th
FA Cup	First Round
League Cup	First Round
Football League Trophy	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Peter Bore, Gary Jones, Ciaran Toner(8) All: Peter Bore, Gary Jones, Ciaran Toner(8)
Highest home attendance	6,137 v Lincoln City (28 April 2007)
Lowest home attendance	1,635 v Crewe Alexandra (22 August 2006)

Grimsby Town Football Club entered the 2006–07 season as a member of League Two for the 3rd season on the trot. The club was managed by new appointment Graham Rodger. The club is still aiming to leave Blundell Park within the next few seasons.

Fixtures and results

Friendlies

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 Jul	Lincoln United	Ashby Avenue, Lincoln	W 1 - 0	-	North
14 Jul	Gainsborough Trinity	The Northolme, Gainsborough	W 1 - 0	-	Rankin
17 Jul	Doncaster Rovers	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 - 2	-	-
24 Jul	Rotherham United	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 - 2	-	-
28 Jul	Stoke City	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 - 1	-	-
Jul	Leeds United	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 1 - 1	-	Rankin

Lincolnshire Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
20 Jul	Lincoln City	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 - 2	-	-

Football League Two

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
5 Aug	Boston United	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 3 - 2	-	Bore (2), Rankin
8 Aug	Wrexham	The Racecourse Ground, Wrexham	L 0 - 3	-	-
12 Aug	Bristol Rovers	Memorial Ground, Bristol	L 0 - 1	-	-
18 Aug	Mansfield Town	Field Mill, Mansfield	D 1 - 1	-	Bore
26 Aug	Bury	Gigg Lane, Bury	L 0 - 3	-	-
1 Sep	Macclesfield Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 1 - 1	-	Toner
9 Sep	Walsall	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 2 - 1	-	Bolland, Bore
12 Sep	Rochdale	Spotland, Rochdale	L 0 - 1	-	-
16 Sep	Chester City	Deva Stadium, Chester	W 2 - 0	-	Jones, Taylor
23 Sep	Stockport County	Edgeley Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 - 1	-	-
26 Sep	Hartlepool United	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 1 - 4	-	Fenton
29 Sep	Darlington	Darlington Arena, Darlington	D 2 - 2	-	Toner, Ravenhill
8 Oct	Hereford United	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 2 - 1	-	Jones (2)
14 Oct	Swindon Town	The County Ground, Swindon	L 0 - 3	-	-
21 Oct	Notts County	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 - 2	-	-
28 Oct	Peterborough United	London Road, Peterborough	D 2 - 2	-	Toner, Bore
4 Nov	Milton Keynes Dons	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 1 - 3	-	Ravenhill
18 Nov	Wycombe Wanderers	Adams Park, Wycombe	D 1 - 1	-	Jones
25 Nov	Accrington Stanley	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	2 - 0	-	Paterson, Jones
5 Dec	Barnet	Underhill Stadium, Barnet, London	W 1 - 0	-	Paterson
9 Dec	Shrewsbury Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 2 - 1	-	Paterson (2)
16 Dec	Lincoln City	Sincil Bank, Lincoln	L 0 - 2	-	-
22 Dec	Torquay United	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 2 - 0	-	Rankin, Fenton
26 Dec	Hartlepool United	Victoria Park, Hartlepool	L 0 - 2	-	-
30 Dec	Stockport County	Edgeley Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 - 3	-	-
1 Jan	Rochdale	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 - 4	-	-
9 Jan	Chester City	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 - 2	-	-
15 Jan	Walsall	Bescot Stadium, Walsall	L 0 - 2	-	-
20 Jan	Darlington	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 - 1	-	-
26 Jan	Torquay United	Plainmoor, Torquay	L 1 - 4	-	Paterson
3 Feb	Boston United	York Street, Boston	W 6 - 0	-	Bore (3), Toner, Hunt, Paterson
10 Feb	Bristol Rovers	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 4 - 3	-	North, Whittle, Boshell, Toner
17 Feb	Mansfield Town	Field Mill, Mansfield	W 2 - 1	-	Bolland, North
20 Feb	Wrexham	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 2 - 1	-	Bolland, Toner
24 Feb	Macclesfield Town	Moss Rose, Macclesfield	L 1 - 2	-	Jones
3 Mar	Bury	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 2 - 0	-	North, Toner
10 Mar	Hereford United	Edgar Street, Hereford	W 1 - 0	-	Bolland
17 Mar	Swindon Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 1 - 0	-	Toner
24 Mar	Peterborough United	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 - 2	-	-
31 Mar	Notts County	Meadow Lane, Nottingham	L 0 - 2	-	-
7 Apr	Milton Keynes Dons	National Hockey Stadium, Milton Keynes	W 2 - 1	-	Hunt, Boshell
9 Apr	Wycombe Wanderers	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 2 - 2	-	Jones, Bolland
14 Apr	Accrington Stanley	Crown Ground, Accrington	L 1 - 4	-	Newey
21 Apr	Barnet	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 5 - 0	-	Jones, North (3), Fenton
28 Apr	Lincoln City	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 0 - 0	-	-
5 May	Shrewsbury Town	Gay Meadow, Shrewsbury	D 2 - 2	-	Taylor, Fenton

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 Nov	Northampton Town	Sixfields Stadium, Northampton	D 0 - 0	-	-
21 Nov	Northampton Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 - 2	-	-

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
22 Aug	Crewe Alexandra	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 - 3	-	-

Football League Trophy

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 Oct	Lincoln City	Sincil Bank, Lincoln	D 0 - 0	-	Grimsby win 5-3 on penalties
31 Oct	Mansfield Town	Field Mill, Mansfield	L 0 - 3	-	-

League table

The four teams relegated from League One in 2005-06 would occupy the top four this season, sending Walsall, Hartlepool and Swindon back up. Bristol Rovers won the play-offs however, returning to League One after six years.

Torquay United had been both the last team to finish bottom under the old election system, and the last team to finish bottom of the League and survive due to the Conference champions not having a good enough ground. However, this season they finished bottom and dropped out of the League. They were joined by Boston United, who went into administration in the 87th minute of the season's final game (but would still have been relegated even without the 10-point administration penalty).

			P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
C	1	Walsall	46	25	14	7	66	34	+32	89
P	2	Hartlepool United	46	26	10	10	65	40	+25	88
P	3	Swindon Town	46	25	10	11	58	38	+20	85
	4	Milton Keynes Dons	46	25	9	12	76	58	+18	84
	5	Lincoln City	46	21	11	14	70	59	+11	74
P	6	Bristol Rovers	46	20	12	14	49	42	+7	72
	7	Shrewsbury Town	46	18	17	11	68	46	+22	71
	8	Stockport County	46	21	8	17	65	54	+11	71
	9	Rochdale	46	18	12	16	70	50	+20	66
	10	Peterborough United	46	18	11	17	70	61	+9	65
	11	Darlington	46	17	14	15	52	56	-4	65
	12	Wycombe Wanderers	46	16	14	16	52	47	+5	62
	13	Notts County	46	16	14	16	55	53	+2	62
	14	Barnet	46	16	11	19	55	70	-15	59
	15	GRIMSBY TOWN	46	17	8	21	57	73	-16	59
	16	Hereford United	46	14	13	19	45	53	-8	55
	17	Mansfield Town	46	14	12	20	58	63	-5	54
	18	Chester City	46	13	14	19	40	48	-8	53
	19	Wrexham	46	13	12	21	43	65	-22	51
	20	Accrington Stanley	46	13	11	22	70	81	-11	50
	21	Bury	46	13	11	22	46	61	-15	50
	22	Macclesfield Town	46	12	12	22	55	77	-22	48
R	23	Boston United	46	12	10	24	51	80	-29	36*
R	24	Torquay United	46	7	14	25	36	63	-27	35

* Deducted 10 points for entering a Company Voluntary Arrangement

Coaching staff

Role	Nationality	Name
First-Team Manager (sacked 06/11/06)		Graham Rodger
First-Team Manager (hired 9/11/06)		Alan Buckley
First-Team Assistant Manager		Stuart Watkiss
Player/Coach (released 27/10/06)		Peter Beagrie
Reserve Team Manager		Stuart Watkiss
Head of Youth		Neil Woods
Youth Team Manager		Neil Woods
Physiotherapist		Dave Moore
Community Sport Coach		Gary Childs

Squad overview

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Phil Barnes 2 DF John McDermott 3 DF Tom Newey 4 MF Gary Harkins 5 DF Ben Futcher (Departed in August 2006) 5 DF Nick Fenton 6 DF Justin Whittle 7 FW Isaiah Rankin 8 MF Paul Bolland 9 FW Michael Reddy 10 MF Ciaran Toner 11 MF Peter Beagrie (Departed in October 2006) 11 MF Anthony Pulis (on loan from Stoke City) 12 MF Ricky Ravenhill (Departed in January 2007) 13 GK Robert Murray 14 MF Terry Barwick (Departed in August 2006) 14 FW James Lawson (on loan from Southend United) 14 MF Kevin James (on loan from Nottingham Forest) 14 FW Martin Paterson (on loan from Stoke City) 15 MF Gary Cohen

No. Position Player 16 MF Danny Boshell 17 DF Martin McIntosh (on loan from Huddersfield Town) 17 DF Andy Butler (on loan from Scunthorpe United) 17 MF Peter Till 18 MF Peter Bore 19 FW Gary Jones 20 DF Gary Croft 21 MF Paul Ashton (Departed in January 2007) 21 MF Nicky Rizzo (on loan from Milton Keynes Dons) 22 FW Danny North 23 MF Nick Hegarty 24 MF Ben Higgins (Departed in January 2007) 24 DF Simon Grand 25 DF Miles Chamberlain (Departed in January 2007) 25 MF James Hunt (on loan from Bristol Rovers) 26 FW Andy Taylor 27 FW Tony Thorpe 28 DF Ryan Bennett 29 DF Matthew Bloomer

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		League Cup		Football League Trophy		FA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Phil Barnes	51	0	46	0	1	0	2	0	2	0
2	DF		John McDermott	27	0	23	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
3	DF		Tom Newey	46	1	43	1	1	0	1	0	1	0
4	MF		Gary Harkins	17	3	17	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Ben Futcher	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Nick Fenton	42	4	38	4	0	0	2	0	2	0
6	DF		Justin Whittle	42	1	37	1	1	0	2	0	2	0
7	FW		Isaiah Rankin	23	2	20	2	1	0	1	0	1	0
8	MF		Paul Bolland	42	5	39	5	1	0	0	0	2	0
9	MF		Michael Reddy	11	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Ciaran Toner	37	8	33	8	1	0	2	0	1	0
11	MF		Peter Beagrie	10	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF		Anthony Pulis (on loan from Stoke City)	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	MF		Ricky Ravenhill	20	2	17	2	1	0	0	0	2	0
13	GK		Robert Murray	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Terry Barwick	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Kevin James (on loan from Nottingham Forest)	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
14	FW		James Lawson (on loan from Southend United)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW		Martin Paterson (on loan from Stoke City)	15	6	15	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	FW		Gary Cohen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF		Danny Boshell	33	2	29	2	0	0	2	0	2	0
17	DF		Martin McIntosh (on loan from Huddersfield Town)	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF		Andy Butler (on loan from Scunthorpe United)	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
17	MF		Peter Till	22	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Peter Bore	35	8	31	8	1	0	2	0	1	0
19	FW		Gary Jones	42	8	39	8	1	0	1	0	1	0
20	DF		Gary Croft	33	0	28	0	1	0	2	0	2	0
21	MF		Paul Ashton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW		Nicky Rizzo (on loan from Milton Keynes Dons)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW		Danny North	23	6	20	6	0	0	1	0	2	0
23	MF		Nick Hegarty	19	0	15	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
24	DF		Ben Higgins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF		Simon Grand	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF		Miles Chamberlain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF		James Hunt (on loan from Bristol Rovers)	15	2	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	FW		Andy Taylor	12	2	11	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
27	FW		Tony Thorpe	7	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
28	DF		Ryan Bennett	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF		Matthew Bloomer	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Loaned out player stats

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		League Cup		Football League Trophy		FA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
7	FW		Isaiah Rankin (on loan at Macclesfield Town)	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	MF		Ricky Ravenhill (on loan at Darlington)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Most frequent starting line-up

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Barnes

McDermott

Whittle

Fenton

Croft

Till

Bolland

Toner

Newey

Bore

Jones

Most frequent starting line-up uses the team's most used formation: 4-4-2. The players used are those who have played the most games in each respective position, not necessarily who have played most games out of all the players.

Transfers

In

Pre-season

#	Player	From	Age	Fee
01	Phil Barnes	Sheffield United	27	Free Transfer
04	Gary Harkins	Blackburn Rovers	21	Free Transfer
07	Isaiah Rankin	Brentford	27	Free Transfer
11	Peter Beagrie	Scunthorpe United	40	Free Transfer
16	Danny Boshell	Stockport County	25	Free Transfer
18	Peter Bore	Grimsby Town Youth Academy	18	Professional Contract

Mid-season

#	Player	To	Age	Fee
05	Nick Fenton	Doncaster Rovers	26	Free Transfer
11	Anthony Pulis	Stoke City	22	Loan
12	Ricky Ravenhill	Doncaster Rovers	25	Free Transfer
14	Kevin James	Nottingham Forest	26	Loan
14	James Lawson	Southend United	19	Loan
14	Martin Paterson	Stoke City	20	Loan
17	Andy Butler	Scunthorpe United	22	Loan
17	Martin McIntosh	Huddersfield Town	35	Loan
17	Peter Till	Birmingham City	20	Loan
17	Peter Till	Birmingham City	20	Free Transfer
21	Nicky Rizzo	MK Dons	27	Loan
24	Simon Grand	Carlisle United	22	Loan
24	Simon Grand	Carlisle United	22	Free Transfer
25	James Hunt	Bristol Rovers	29	Loan
27	Tony Thorpe	Stevenage Borough	32	Loan
27	Tony Thorpe	Stevenage Borough	32	Free Transfer
28	Ryan Bennett	Ipswich Town	17	Professional Contract
29	Matthew Bloomer	Cambridge United	27	Free Transfer

Out

Pre-season

#	Player	To	Age	Fee
01	Steve Mildenhall	Yeovil Town	28	Free Transfer
07	Jean-Paul Kamudimba Kalala	Yeovil Town	24	Free Transfer
10	Marc Goodfellow	Bury	24	Free Transfer
11	Andy Parkinson	Notts County	27	Free Transfer
12	Rob Jones	Hibernian	26	£200,000
13	John Lukic jnr	Released	19	Free Transfer
16	Jermaine Palmer	Worksop Town	20	Free Transfer
17	Glen Downey	Worksop Town	26	Free Transfer
21	Alan Lamb	Eastwood Town	18	Free Transfer
32	Curtis Woodhouse	Released	28	Retired to compete in Boxing

Mid-season

#	Player	To	Age	Fee
05	Ben Futcher	Peterborough United	25	Free Transfer
07	Isaiah Rankin	Macclesfield Town	27	Loan
11	Peter Beagrie	Released	40	Retired
12	Ricky Ravenhill	Darlington	25	Loan
12	Ricky Ravenhill	Darlington	25	Undisclosed
14	Terry Barwick	Northwich Victoria	23	Free Transfer
21	Paul Ashton	Ossett Town	20	Free Transfer
24	Ben Higgins	Eastwood Town	18	Free Transfer
25	Miles Chamberlain	Eastwood Town	18	Free Transfer