2020–21 Grimsby Town F.C. season

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Grimsby Town
2020–21 season
Chairman Philip Day
Manager Ian Holloway
(until 23 December)[1]
Paul Hurst
(from 30 December)[2]
Stadium Blundell Park
League Two 24th (Relegated)
FA Cup First round
EFL Cup First round
EFL Trophy Group stage
Top goalscorer League:
Ira Jackson Jr
Lenell John-Lewis
Mattie Pollock
(3 each)
All:
Mattie Pollock
(4 goals)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2020–21 season is Grimsby Town's 143rd in existence and their fifth consecutive season in EFL 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 2020 to 30 June 2021.

The team struggled through the course of the season with relegation to the National League confirmed on April 27 after a 3-2 loss to Exeter City F.C.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
11 August 2020 CB Tunisia Bilel Mohsni Greece Panachaiki Free transfer [3]
11 August 2020 CF England Ira Jackson Jr England Folkestone Invicta Free transfer [4]
13 August 2020 CF England Montel Gibson England Halesowen Town Free transfer [5]
13 August 2020 AM Wales George Williams England Forest Green Rovers Free transfer [6]
14 August 2020 CF Spain Alhagi Touray Sisay Wales Aberystwyth Town Free transfer [7]
31 August 2020 CM England Danny Rose England Swindon Town Free transfer [8]
2 September 2020 RW Republic of Ireland Sean Scannell England Blackpool Free transfer [9]
5 September 2020 CM England Luke Spokes England Taunton Town Undisclosed [10]
11 December 2020 RW Portugal Filipe Morais England Crawley Town Free transfer [11]
8 January 2021 LB England Sam Habergham Free agent Free transfer [12]
25 January 2021 CF England Stefan Payne England Tranmere Rovers Free transfer [13]
1 February 2021 LB England Joe Bunney England Hartlepool United Free transfer [14]
1 February 2021 CF England Lenell John-Lewis England Hereford Undisclosed [15]
6 February 2021 LW France Julien Lamy England Free agent Free transfer [16]
12 February 2021 CM England Giles Coke England Hereford Free transfer [17]

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
3 September 2020 DF England Danny Preston England Nottingham Forest 1 February 2021 [18][19]
5 September 2020 RW England Owura Edwards England Bristol City 31 December 2020 [20]
7 September 2020 DM Wales Terry Taylor England Wolverhampton Wanderers 6 January 2021 [21]
30 September 2020 DM England James Morton England Bristol City 31 December 2020 [22]
8 October 2020 LW England Kyle Bennett England Bristol Rovers End of season [23]
8 October 2020 CF England Owen Windsor England West Bromwich Albion 20 December 2020 [24][25]
16 October 2020 CF France Virgil Gomis England Nottingham Forest 5 January 2021 [26]
18 January 2021 CB Wales Rollin Menayese England Mansfield Town End of season [27]
21 January 2021 CM England Jay Matete England Fleetwood Town End of season [28]
29 January 2021 AM Tunisia Idris El Mizouni England Ipswich Town End of season [29]
1 February 2021 CM Wales Joe Adams England Brentford End of season [30]
1 February 2021 GK England Jake Eastwood England Sheffield United End of season [31]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
15 September 2020 CM England Jock Curran England Spalding United 1 January 2021 [32]
15 September 2020 MF England Cameron Painter England Spalding United December 2020 [32]
9 October 2020 LB England Joey Hope England Cleethorpes Town November 2020 [33]
9 October 2020 CF Spain Alhagi Touray Sisay England Cleethorpes Town 9 November 2020 [33]
24 December 2020 GK England Ollie Battersby England Gateshead 29 December 2020 [34]
1 March 2021 CF England Montel Gibson England Altrincham April 2021 [35]

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2020 LW England Brandon Buckley England Cleethorpes Town Released [36]
1 July 2020 CF Scotland Harry Cardwell England Chorley Released [36][37]
1 July 2020 SS England Jordan Cook England Gateshead Released [36][38]
1 July 2020 CB England Harry Davis England Morecambe Released [36][39]
1 July 2020 LB Republic of Ireland Bradley Garmston Retired Released [36]
1 July 2020 RW France Elliot Grandin France Saint-Pierroise Released [36]
1 July 2020 CM England Jake Hessenthaler England Crawley Town Released [36][40]
1 July 2020 LW Jamaica Ahkeem Rose England Dover Athletic Released [36][41]
1 July 2020 CM England Elliott Whitehouse England Forest Green Rovers Released [36][42]
17 July 2020 AM Republic of Ireland Billy Clarke England Bradford City Free transfer [43]
20 July 2020 AM England Charles Vernam England Burton Albion Free transfer [44]
21 November 2020 CB Sweden Ludvig Öhman Sweden Falkenbergs FF Released [45]
21 November 2020 CB Tunisia Bilel Mohsni England Barnet Released [46][47]
14 January 2021 RW England James Tilley England Crawley Town Mutual consent [48][49]
18 March 2021 LB England Joe Bunney England Altrincham Released [50]
30 March 2021 LB England Joey Hope England Darlington Released [51]

Pre-season

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First-team squad

# Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Signed from (Last Club) Signed in Contract ends
Goalkeepers
1 James McKeown Republic of Ireland GK (1989-07-24)24 July 1989 (aged 31) RKSV Leonidas Netherlands 2011 2021
13 Ollie Battersby England GK (2001-07-23)23 July 2001 (aged 19) Academy 2017 2021
23 Sam Russell England GK (1982-10-04)4 October 1982 (aged 37) Forest Green Rovers England 2018 2023
44 Jake Eastwood England GK (1996-10-03)3 October 1996 (aged 23) Sheffield United England (Loan) 2021 2021
Defenders
2 Luke Hendrie England RB (1994-08-27)27 August 1994 (aged 26) Shrewsbury Town England 2019 2021
6 Luke Waterfall England CB (1990-07-30)30 July 1990 (aged 30) Shrewsbury Town England 2019 2021
22 Elliott Hewitt Wales RB / CM (1994-05-30)30 May 1994 (aged 26) Notts County England 2019 2021
25 Mattie Pollock England CB (2001-09-28)28 September 2001 (aged 18) Academy 2018 2021
26 Rollin Menayese Wales CB (1997-12-04)4 December 1997 (aged 22) Mansfield Town England (Loan) 2021 2021
32 Duncan Idehen England CB (2002-07-03)3 July 2002 (aged 18) Academy 2020 2021
35 Ben Grist England CB ??? Academy 2020 2021
36 Sam Habergham England LB (1992-02-20)20 February 1992 (aged 28) Lincoln City England 2021 2021
Midfielders
4 Danny Rose England CM (1988-02-21)21 February 1988 (aged 32) Swindon Town England 2020 2022
8 Giles Coke England CM (1986-06-03)3 June 1986 (aged 34) Hereford England 2021 2021
10 George Williams Wales AM / LW (1995-09-07)7 September 1995 (aged 25) Forest Green Rovers England 2020 2022
11 Sean Scannell Republic of Ireland RW (1990-09-17)17 September 1990 (aged 29) Blackpool England 2020 2022
14 Luke Spokes England CM (2000-08-06)6 August 2000 (aged 20) Taunton Town England 2020 2021
15 Harry Clifton Wales CM (1998-06-12)12 June 1998 (aged 22) Academy 2007 2021
18 Filipe Morais Portugal RW / LW (1985-11-21)21 November 1985 (aged 34) Crawley Town England 2020 2022
19 Max Wright England RW (1998-04-06)6 April 1998 (aged 22) Academy 2008 2022
20 Jay Matete England CM (2001-02-11)11 February 2001 (aged 19) Fleetwood Town England (Loan) 2021 2021
24 Jock Curran England CM (2001-01-29)29 January 2001 (aged 19) Academy 2019 2021
27 Harvey Tomlinson England AM ??? Academy 2020 2021
29 Joseph Starbuck England DM (2002-08-02)2 August 2002 (aged 18) Academy 2020 2022
30 Cameron Painter England CM (2002-02-22)22 February 2002 (aged 18) Academy 2020 2021
32 Evan Khouri England CM (2003-01-21)21 January 2003 (aged 17) West Ham England 2019 2021
34 Louis Boyd England CM (2004-10-23)23 October 2004 (aged 15) Academy 2020 2021
37 Kyle Bennett England LW (1990-09-09)9 September 1990 (aged 30) Bristol Rovers England (Loan) 2020 2021
38 Idris El Mizouni Tunisia CM / AM (2000-09-26)26 September 2000 (aged 19) Ipswich Town England (Loan) 2021 2021
39 Ben Davies England CM (1981-05-27)27 May 1981 (aged 39) Cleethorpes Town England 2020 2021
42 Julien Lamy France LW (1999-11-06)6 November 1999 (aged 20) Rotherham United England 2021 2021
45 Joe Adams Wales RW / CM / AM (2001-02-13)13 February 2001 (aged 19) Brentford England (Loan) 2021 2021
Attackers
7 Matt Green England ST (1987-01-02)2 January 1987 (aged 33) Salford City England 2019 2021
9 James Hanson England ST (1987-11-09)9 November 1987 (aged 32) AFC Wimbledon England 2019 2021
12 Montel Gibson England ST (1997-12-15)15 December 1997 (aged 22) Halesowen Town England 2020 2023
16 Ira Jackson Jr England ST (1997-01-28)28 January 1997 (aged 23) Folkestone Invicta England 2020 2022
17 Alhagi Touray Sisay Spain ST ??? Aberystwyth Town Wales 2020 2021
21 Lenell John-Lewis England ST (1989-05-17)17 May 1989 (aged 31) Hereford England 2021 2022
31 Luis Adlard England ST (2002-10-13)13 October 2002 (aged 17) Academy 2019 2021
40 Stefan Payne England ST (1991-08-10)10 August 1991 (aged 29) Tranmere Rovers England 2021 2021
Players departed during season
3 Danny Preston England LB (2000-08-06)6 August 2000 (aged 20) Nottingham Forest England (Loan) 2020 2021
3 Joe Bunney England LB (1993-09-26)26 September 1993 (aged 26) Hartlepool United England 2021 2021
5 Ludvig Öhman Sweden CB (1991-10-09)9 October 1991 (aged 28) BP Sweden 2019 2021
8 Owen Windsor England ST (2001-09-17)17 September 2001 (aged 18) West Brom England (Loan) 2020 2021
18 Bilel Mohsni Tunisia CB (1987-07-21)21 July 1987 (aged 33) Panachaiki Greece 2020 2021
20 Owura Edwards England RW (2001-04-10)10 April 2001 (aged 19) Bristol City England (Loan) 2020 2021
21 James Tilley England ST / AM (1998-06-13)13 June 1998 (aged 22) Brighton England 2020 2021
26 Terry Taylor Wales DM (2001-06-29)29 June 2001 (aged 19) Wolves England (loan) 2020 2021
28 Joey Hope England LB (2002-08-28)28 August 2002 (aged 18) Academy 2020 2021
36 James Morton England CM (1999-04-22)22 April 1999 (aged 21) Bristol City England (Loan) 2020 2021
38 Virgil Gomis France ST (1999-04-16)16 April 1999 (aged 21) Nottingham Forest England (Loan) 2020 2021
Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 2020–21 season (12 September).

Competitions

EFL League Two

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League table

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Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 10 13 23 37 69  −32 43 5 8 10 17 30  −13 5 5 13 20 39  −19

Last updated: 8 May 2021.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

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Matches

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.[52]

FA Cup

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The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October.[53]

      Win       Draw       Loss

EFL Cup

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      Win       Draw       Loss

The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.[54]

EFL Trophy

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      Win       Draw       Loss

The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.[55]

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Hull City 3 2 0 0 1 6 2 +4 6 Advance to Round 2
2 ACA Leicester City U21 3 2 0 0 1 6 5 +1 6
3 L2 Harrogate Town 3 1 0 1 1 5 5 0 4
4 L2 Grimsby Town 3 0 1 0 2 3 8 −5 2
Source: EFL.com

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