2003–04 Grimsby Town F.C. season

Grimsby Town

2003–04 season
Chairman	Peter Furneaux [1]
Manager	Paul Groves (sacked 9 February 2004) Nicky Law (hired 4 March 2004) [2]
Stadium	Blundell Park [3]
Football League Div 2 [4]	21st [5]
FA Cup	Second Round [6]
Football League Cup	First Round [7]
Football League Trophy	First Round [8]
Lincolnshire Senior Cup	Runners Up [9]
Copa de Ibiza	Winners [10]
Top goalscorer	League: Michael Boulding, Phil Jevons (12) [4] [11] All: Michael Boulding, Phil Jevons (13) [4] [12]
Highest home attendance	6,856 (1 May vs Brentford) [13] [14]
Lowest home attendance	3,535 (16 Sep vs Swindon Town) [15]
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Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref
10 June 2002	DF	Tony Crane	Sheffield Wednesday	Free Transfer
17 June 2002	MF	Marcel Cas	Sheffield United	Free Transfer
1 July 2003	GK	Aidan Davison	Bradford City	Free Transfer
2 July 2003	MF	Iain Anderson	Preston North End	Free Transfer
4 July 2003	MF	Des Hamilton	Cardiff City	Free Transfer
7 August 2003	DF	Mike Edwards	Colchester United	Free Transfer
7 August 2003	DF	Jason Crowe	Portsmouth	Free Transfer
24 October 2003	FW	Iffy Onuora	Sheffield United	Free Transfer
11 March 2004	MF	John Thorrington	Huddersfield Town	Free Transfer
12 March 2004	MF	Paul Warhurst	Carlisle United	Free Transfer
19 March 2004	FW	Mickael Antoine-Curier	Notts County	Free Transfer
22 March 2004	MF	Jamie Lawrence	Walsall	Free Transfer
25 March 2004	FW	Isaiah Rankin	Barnsley	Free Transfer

Loans in

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Date Until	Ref
8 August 2003	FW	Laurens ten Heuvel	Sheffield United	1 September 2003
19 September 2003	MF	Nick Daws	Rotherham United	22 October 2003
19 September 2003	FW	Iffy Onuora	Sheffield United	24 October 2003
17 January 2004	FW	Nick Daws	Rotherham United	7 March 2004
7 February 2004	FW	Lee Thorpe	Leyton Orient	11 March 2004
13 February 2004	FW	Isaiah Rankin	Barnsley	24 March 2004
23 February 2004	DF	Craig Armstrong	Sheffield Wednesday	9 May 2004
11 March 2004	GK	Alan Fettis	Hull City	9 May 2004

Transfers out

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Ref
3 July 2003	GK	Danny Coyne	Leicester City	Free Transfer
3 July 2003	FW	Steve Livingstone	Carlisle United	Released
17 July 2003	DF	Georges Santos	Ipswich Town	Free Transfer
1 August 2003	MF	Stephen Downes	York City	Released
4 August 2003	FW	Chris Thompson	Northwich Victoria	Released
5 August 2003	GK	Steve Croudson	Boston United	Released
7 August 2003	DF	Steve Chettle	Burton Albion	Released
8 August 2003	MF	Terry Cooke	Sheffield Wednesday	Released
8 August 2003	DF	Tony Gallimore	Barnsley	Released
19 September 2003	FW	Jake Sagare	Halifax Town	Released
1 January 2004	GK	Bradley Hughes		Released
16 January 2004	MF	Alan Pouton	Gillingham	£30,000
31 January 2004	MF	Marcel Cas	RBC Roosendaal	Free Transfer
12 February 2004	MF	Michael Boulding	Barnsley	£50,000 + Rankin on 1 month loan.
19 February 2004	FW	Iffy Onuora	Tranmere Rovers	Released
24 March 2004	MF	Paul Groves	Scunthorpe United	Released
25 March 2004	MF	Des Hamilton	Barnet	Released

Loans out

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Date Until	Ref
27 February 2004	FW	Paul Groves	Scunthorpe United	24 March 2004

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
19	Stockport County	46	11	19	16	62	70	−8	52
20	Chesterfield	46	12	15	19	49	71	−22	51
21	Grimsby Town (R)	46	13	11	22	55	81	−26	50	Relegation to Football League Two
22	Rushden & Diamonds (R)	46	13	9	24	60	74	−14	48
23	Notts County (R)	46	10	12	24	50	78	−28	42

Source: ^[16]
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(R) Relegated

Fixtures and results

Pre-season matches

Copa de Ibiza

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
8 July 2003 [17]	SD Portmany	Sant Antoni de Portmany, Ibiza, Spain	W 1 - 0	approx. 1,000	Hockless
10 July 2003[ citation needed ]	San Rafael	Sant Antoni de Portmany, Ibiza, Spain	W 1 - 0	-	Hockless

Friendlies

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
15 July 2003 [18]	Lincoln City	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 1 - 0	-	O'Halloran
19 July 2003 [19]	Sunderland	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 1 - 1	-	Crane
23 July 2003 [19] [20]	Hull City	KC Stadium, Kingston upon Hull	W 1 - 0	-	Boulding
26 July 2003 [21]	Boston United	York Street, Boston	W 2 - 1	-	ten Heuvel, Rowan
26 July 2003[ citation needed ]	Barton Town	The Euronics Ground, Barton upon Humber	W 3 - 0	-	N/A
29 July 2003[ citation needed ]	Halifax Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 2 - 1	-	Anderson, Mansaram
1 August 2003 [22]	Middlesbrough	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 2 - 1	-	Boulding, Crowe

Football League Division Two

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 August 2003 [23] [24]	Plymouth Argyle	Home Park, Plymouth	D 2 - 2	9,590	Boulding, Anderson
16 August 2003 [24] [25]	Port Vale	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 1 - 2	4,816	Boulding
23 August 2003 [25] [24] [26]	Luton Town	Kenilworth Road, Luton	W 2 - 1	5,827	Anderson, Boulding
25 August 2003 [27]	Wycombe Wanderers	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 3 - 1	4,512	Boulding, Cas, Barnard
30 August 2003 [28] [29]	Bristol City	Ashton Gate, Bristol	L 0 - 1	10,033	-
6 September 2003 [30] [31]	Peterborough United	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 1 - 1	4,710	Boulding
12 September 2003 [32] [33]	Hartlepool United	Victoria Park, Hartlepool	L 1 - 8	5,528	Rowan
16 September 2003 [34]	Swindon Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 1 - 2	3,535	Boulding
20 September 2003 [35] [36]	Chesterfield	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 4 - 0	4,141	Campbell, Cas, Hockless, Edwards
27 September 2003 [35] [37]	Sheffield Wednesday	Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield	D 0 - 0	21,918	-
30 September 2003 [38] [37]	Blackpool	Bloomfield Road, Blackpool	W 1 - 0	5,491	Crane
4 October 2003 [39] [35]	Queens Park Rangers	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 - 1	5,447	-
10 October 2003 [40] [35]	Brighton & Hove Albion	Withdean Stadium, Brighton	L 0 - 3	6,286	-
18 October 2003 [35] [41]	Colchester United	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 2 - 0	5,021	Onuora, Boulding
21 October 2003 [42] [43]	Notts County	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 2 - 0	4,274	Boulding (2)
25 October 2003 [43] [44]	Barnsley	Oakwell, Barnsley	D 0 - 0	10,092	-
1 November 2003 [35] [45]	Rushden and Diamonds	Nene Park, Irthlingborough	L 1 - 3	4,185	Anderson
15 November 2003 [35] [46]	Stockport County	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 1 - 1	4,014	Mansaram
22 November 2003 [47] [46]	Brentford	Griffin Park, Brentford, London	W 3 - 1	4,685	Onuora, Boulding (2)
29 November 2003 [35] [48]	Tranmere Rovers	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 - 1	4,406	-
13 December 2003 [49] [50]	A.F.C. Bournemouth	Dean Court, Bournemouth	D 0 - 0	5,837	-
26 December 2003 [51]	Oldham Athletic	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 3 - 3	6,172	Jevons (2), Boulding
28 December 2003 [52]	Peterborough United	London Road, Peterborough	D 0 - 0	5,245	-
3 January 2004 [53] [54]	Wycombe Wanderers	Adams Park, Wycombe	L 1 - 4	4,519	Onuora
10 January 2004 [55]	Plymouth Argyle	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 0 - 0	5,007	-
17 January 2004 [56]	Port Vale	Vale Park, Burslem	L 1 - 5	5,133	Jevons
20 January 2004 [57]	Wrexham	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 1 - 3	3,572	Jevons
8 February 2004 [58]	Oldham Athletic	Boundary Park, Oldham	L 0 - 6	13,007	-
14 February 2004 [59]	Brighton & Hove Albion	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 2 - 1	3,673	Rankin, Jevons
17 February 2004 [60]	Bristol City	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 1 - 2	5,272	Anderson
21 February 2004 [61]	Colchester United	Layer Road, Colchester	L 0 - 2	2,922	-
24 February 2004 [62]	Luton Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 3 - 2	3,143	Jevons (2), Ford
28 February 2004 [63]	Barnsley	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 6 - 1	5,603	Jevons (4), Armstrong, Rankin
2 March 2004 [64]	Notts County	Meadow Lane, Nottingham	L 1 - 3	6,011	Crane
6 March 2004 [65]	Wrexham	The Racecourse Ground, Wrexham	L 0 - 3	3,127	-
13 March 2004 [66]	AFC Bournemouth	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 1 - 1	5,015	Rowan
17 March 2004 [34]	Swindon Town	County Ground, Swindon	L 0 - 2	6,954	-
20 March 2004 [67]	Hartlepool United	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 - 2	4,303	-
27 March 2004 [68]	Chesterfield	Saltergate, Chesterfield	D 4 - 4	4,444	Lawrence, Barnard, Anderson, Rankin
4 April 2004 [69]	Sheffield Wednesday	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 2 - 0	6,641	Mansaram, Crane
10 April 2004 [70] [71]	Queens Park Rangers	Loftus Road, Shepherd's Bush, London	L 0 - 3	14,488	-
12 April 2004 [72]	Blackpool	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 - 2	4,775	-
17 April 2004 [35] [73]	Rushden and Diamonds	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 1 - 0	3,890	Jevons
25 April 2004 [35] [74]	Stockport County	Edgeley Park, Stockport	L 1 - 2	5,924	Hockless
1 May 2004 [75]	Brentford	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 1 - 0	6,856	Rankin
8 May 2004 [76] [77]	Tranmere Rovers	Prenton Park, Wirral	L 1 - 2	10,301	Mansaram

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
8 November 2003 [35] [78]	Queens Park Rangers	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 1 - 0	4,144	Boulding
6 December 2003 [48] [50] [35]	Peterborough United	London Road, Peterborough	L 2 - 3	4,836	Jevons, Cas

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 2003 [24] [79]	Doncaster Rovers	Belle Vue, Doncaster	L 2 - 3	6,057	Campbell, Anderson

Football League Trophy

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
15 October 2003 [80]	Sheffield Wednesday	Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield	D 1 - 1	7,323	Mansaram Sheff Wed win 5–4 on penalties

Squad overview

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   NIR Aidan Davison [41] 2 DF   ENG John McDermott [41] 3 DF   WAL Darren Barnard [41] 4 DF   JAM Simon Ford [41] 5 DF   ENG Tony Crane [41] 6 MF   NED Marcel Cas (Departed in January 2004) [41] [81] 7 MF   ENG Alan Pouton (Departed in January 2004) [51] [82] 7 DF   ENG Craig Armstrong (on loan from Sheffield Wednesday) [66] [83] 8 MF   SCO Stuart Campbell [41] 9 FW   ENG Michael Boulding (Departed in February 2004) [41] [83] 9 MF   ENG Paul Warhurst [66] 10 FW   ENG Darren Mansaram [48] 11 MF   ENG Stacy Coldicott [66] 12 FW   ENG Phil Jevons [48] 13 GK   ENG Andrew Pettinger [28] 14 MF   ENG Chris Bolder [66] 15 FW   ENG Jonathan Rowan [66] 16 DF   ENG Greg Young [48] 17 DF   ENG Kirk Wheeler [45] 18 MF   ENG Graham Hockless [66] 19 DF   ENG Iain Ward [84] 20 MF   ENG Des Hamilton (Departed in March 2004) [41] [85]

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF   SCO Iain Anderson [41] 22 MF   ENG Paul Groves (Player/manager until February 2004) [48] [83] 23 DF   ENG Wes Parker [66] 24 FW   ENG David Soames [39] 25 DF   ENG Mike Edwards [41] 26 DF   ENG Jason Crowe [41] 27 FW   NED Laurens ten Heuvel (on loan from Sheffield United) [86] 27 MF   USA John Thorrington [66] 28 MF   ENG Ashley Hildred [17] 29 FW   ENG Giovanni Carchedi [17] 30 GK   ENG Bradley Hughes(Departed in November 2003)[ citation needed ] 30 GK   NIR Alan Fettis (on loan from Hull City) [66] 31 FW   ENG Liam Nimmo [36] 32 MF   ENG Nick Daws (on loan from Rotherham United) [41] [87] 32 MF   JAM Jamie Lawrence [68] 33 FW   ENG Lee Thorpe (on loan from Leyton Orient) [65] [83] 33 FW   FRA Mickael Antoine-Curier [67] 34 FW   ENG Isaiah Rankin [59] [83] 35 MF   ENG Nick Hegarty [ citation needed ] 39 FW   SCO Iffy Onuora (Departed in February 2004) [41] -- GK   ENG Paul Fraser[ citation needed ]

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division Two		League Cup		Football League Trophy		FA Cup [88]
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NIR	Aidan Davison	36	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
2	DF	ENG	John McDermott [41]	23	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3	DF	WAL	Darren Barnard [41]	38	2	34	2	1	0	1	0	2	0
4	DF	JAM	Simon Ford [41]	28	1	26	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
5	DF	ENG	Tony Crane [41]	40	3	37	3	1	0	0	0	2	0
6	MF	NED	Marcel Cas [41]	23	3	19	2	1	0	1	0	2	1
7	MF	ENG	Alan Pouton	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	DF	ENG	Craig Armstrong [83] (on loan from Sheffield Wednesday)	9	1	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	FW	SCO	Stuart Campbell	43	1	39	1	1	0	1	0	2	0
9	FW	ENG	Michael Boulding	30	13	27	12	1	0	1	0	1	1
9	MF	ENG	Paul Warhurst	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	ENG	Darren Mansaram	34	4	31	3	1	0	1	0	1	1
11	MF	ENG	Stacy Coldicott	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	FW	ENG	Phil Jevons	30	13	29	12	0	0	0	0	1	1
13	GK	ENG	Andrew Pettinger	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	ENG	Chris Bolder	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	FW	ENG	Jonathan Rowan	14	2	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF	ENG	Greg Young	19	0	17	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
17	DF	ENG	Kirk Wheeler [89]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	ENG	Graham Hockless [17]	13	2	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	ENG	Iain Ward	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	ENG	Des Hamilton	31	0	27	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
21	MF	SCO	Iain Anderson	33	6	29	5	1	1	1	0	2	0
22	MF	ENG	Paul Groves	12	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	ENG	Wes Parker	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW	ENG	David Soames	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	ENG	Mike Edwards	36	1	33	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
26	DF	ENG	Jason Crowe	36	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
27	FW	NED	Laurens ten Heuvel [86] (on loan from Sheffield United)	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	USA	John Thorrington	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	ENG	Ashley Hildred [17]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	ENG	Giovanni Carchedi [17]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	ENG	Bradley Hughes[ citation needed ]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	NIR	Alan Fettis (on loan from Hull City)	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW	ENG	Liam Nimmo	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	ENG	Nick Daws [87] (on loan from Rotherham United)	18	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
32	MF	JAM	Jamie Lawrence [83]	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW	ENG	Lee Thorpe (on loan from Leyton Orient)	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW	FRA	Mickael Antoine-Curier	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	FW	ENG	Isaiah Rankin	12	4	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF	ENG	Nick Hegarty [ citation needed ]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW	SCO	Iffy Onuora	22	3	19	3	1	0	0	0	2	0
#	GK	ENG	Paul Fraser[ citation needed ]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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