2001–02 Grimsby Town F.C. season

During the 2001–02 English football season, Grimsby Town competed in the Football League First Division.

Grimsby Town

2001–02 season
Chairman	Peter Furneaux
Manager	Lennie Lawrence (until 28 December) Paul Groves (from 28 December)
Stadium	Blundell Park
First Division	19th
FA Cup	Third Round
League Cup	Fourth Round
Top goalscorer	League: Boulding (11) All: Boulding (11)
Average home league attendance	6,430
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

Season summary

During the opening weeks of the 2001–02 season, Grimsby briefly led the First Division, sparking hopes that Lawrence could repeat the promotion success he achieved at Charlton Athletic and Middlesbrough with a much smaller club. One major highlight in the season was when Grimsby picked up a shock 2–1 win over Liverpool in extra time at Anfield in the League Cup thanks to a wonder strike from Phil Jevons in the last minute. However, after a 5–0 heavy loss to Crystal Palace, ambitious promotion hopes were quickly extinguished as Grimsby's form hit a major decline with only one win in their next 18 league games which saw Grimsby sit 23rd in the table and Lawrence was sacked as a result and Paul Groves was named player-manager.^[1] Groves brought in Graham Rodger as his assistant and made successful loan signings which included Andy Todd and Martin Pringle both from Charlton and Grimsby's results steadily improved as Groves steered them to safety.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref
6 July 2001	FW	Phil Jevons	Everton	£250,000
1 August 2001	MF	Chris Bolder	Hull City	Free Transfer
1 August 2001	MF	Graham Hockless	Hull City	Free Transfer
1 August 2001	DF	Simon Ford	Charlton Athletic	Free Transfer
1 August 2001	GK	Morgan Cranley	Shelbourne	Free Transfer
1 August 2001	DF	David Morgan	Sunderland	Free Transfer
1 August 2001	MF	Ross Thompson	Scunthorpe United	Free Transfer
1 August 2001	MF	Robbie Busscher	Feyenoord	Free Transfer
6 July 2001	GK	Ronald Ermes	Feyenoord	Free Transfer
24 August 2000	FW	Michael Boulding	Mansfield Town	Free Transfer
19 October 2001	DF	Alan Neilson	Fulham	Free Transfer
30 October 2001	FW	Chris Thompson	Liverpool	Free Transfer
23 March 2002	FW	Willie Falconer	St. Johnstone	Free Transfer

Loans in

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Date Until	Ref
9 August 2001	DF	David Beharall	Newcastle United	9 November 2001
9 August 2001	FW	Paul Robinson	Newcastle United	27 October 2001
7 September 2001	DF	Marlon Broomes	Blackburn Rovers	7 December 2001
17 January 2002	FW	Robert Taylor	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17 February 2002
21 February 2002	FW	Martin Pringle	Charlton Athletic	27 February 2002
21 February 2002	MF	Andy Todd	Charlton Athletic	22 April 2002
28 March 2002	MF	Terry Cooke	Manchester City	22 April 2002

Transfers out

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Ref
22 May 2001	MF	Kingsley Black	Lincoln City	Released
31 May 2001	DF	Richard Smith	Retired	Released
8 June 2001	MF	Matthew Bloomer	Hull City	Released
2 July 2001	MF	Kevin Donovan	Barnsley	Free Transfer
9 July 2000	MF	Andy Smith	Lincoln City	Released
10 July 2001	DF	Peter Handyside	Stoke City	Free Transfer
20 July 2001	FW	Daryl Clare	Boston United	Released
23 July 2001	MF	Adam Buckley	Lincoln City	Released
1 January 2002	GK	Ronald Ermes	SC Feyenoord	Released
1 January 2002	MF	Robbie Busscher	Stormvogels Telstar	Released
1 January 2002	GK	Morgan Cranley	Shelbourne	Released
22 February 2002	DF	Alan Neilson	Luton Town	Released
21 March 2002	DF	David Morgan	Gateshead	Released

Loans out

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Date Until	Ref
16 August 2001	GK	Steve Croudson	Scunthorpe United	16 September 2001
13 March 2002	FW	Mike Jeffrey	Scunthorpe United	21 April 2022

Final league table

Main article: 2001–02 Football League § First Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
17	Portsmouth	46	13	14	19	60	72	−12	53
18	Walsall	46	13	12	21	51	71	−20	51
19	Grimsby Town	46	12	14	20	50	72	−22	50
20	Sheffield Wednesday	46	12	14	20	49	71	−22	50
21	Rotherham United	46	10	19	17	52	66	−14	49

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

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	12	14	20	50	72	−22	50	9	7	7	34	28	+6	3	7	13	16	44	−28

Source: 2001-02 Football League First Division table

Results by round

Round	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	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	D	D	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	D	W	L
Position	9	4	4	9	1	2	3	6	6	8	12	12	15	18	18	15	19	19	19	19	21	22	21	23	23	23	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	21	19	20	20	21	18	19

Source: 11v11.com: 2001-02 Grimsby Town results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Grimsby Town's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 August 2001	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–0	5,368	Burnett
18 August 2001	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–0	17,971	Pouton (pen)
25 August 2001	Preston North End	H	2–2	5,789	Rowan, Pouton (pen)
27 August 2001	Portsmouth	A	2–4	13,614	Butterfield, Jeffrey
1 September 2001	Barnsley	H	1–0	6,173	Jevons
8 September 2001	Coventry City	A	1–0	14,980	Jevons
15 September 2001	Nottingham Forest	H	0–0	8,746
18 September 2001	Crystal Palace	A	0–5	13,970
22 September 2001	Stockport County	A	3–3	7,834	Rowan, Burnett, Campbell
25 September 2001	Gillingham	H	1–2	4,859	Allen
29 September 2001	Bradford City	A	2–3	13,778	Rowan, Boulding
5 October 2001	Rotherham United	H	0–2	6,662
13 October 2001	Sheffield United	A	1–3	15,442	Willems
20 October 2001	Watford	H	0–3	5,506
23 October 2001	Manchester City	A	0–4	30,797
26 October 2001	Birmingham City	H	3–1	5,419	Boulding (2), Jevons
30 October 2001	Norwich City	H	0–2	5,489
3 November 2001	Wimbledon	A	1–2	6,189	Campbell
10 November 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–0	17,507
17 November 2001	Millwall	H	2–2	5,037	Rowan, Boulding
23 November 2001	Burnley	A	0–1	18,535
1 December 2001	Manchester City	H	0–2	7,960
7 December 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–1	5,143	Jevons
15 December 2001	Walsall	A	0–4	5,080
22 December 2001	Preston North End	A	0–0	14,667
26 December 2001	Coventry City	H	0–1	7,568
29 December 2001	Portsmouth	H	3–1	5,217	Jevons (2, 1 pen), Ford
1 January 2002	Barnsley	A	0–0	13,325
12 January 2002	West Bromwich Albion	H	0–0	6,011
19 January 2002	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–2	5,974
29 January 2002	Rotherham United	A	1–1	6,098	Taylor
2 February 2002	Bradford City	H	0–1	5,054
10 February 2002	Watford	A	0–2	12,163
16 February 2002	Sheffield United	H	1–0	7,141	Campbell
23 February 2002	Nottingham Forest	A	0–0	21,081
26 February 2002	Stockport County	H	3–1	6,836	Todd, Groves, Allen
2 March 2002	Crystal Palace	H	5–2	5,924	Todd, Allen, Boulding, Fleming (own goal), Smith
5 March 2002	Gillingham	A	1–2	7,025	Boulding
9 March 2002	Walsall	H	2–2	7,016	Groves, Roper (own goal)
16 March 2002	Barnsley	H	2–1	7,495	Byfield, Goodman
23 March 2002	Wimbledon	H	6–2	6,473	Boulding (3), Pouton (3, 2 pens)
30 March 2002	Birmingham City	A	0–4	23,249
1 April 2002	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–0	9,236
6 April 2002	Norwich City	A	1–1	20,075	Cooke
13 April 2002	Burnley	H	3–1	9,275	Boulding (2), Allen
21 April 2002	Millwall	A	1–3	17,004	Butterfield

FA Cup

Main article: 2001–02 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
Third round	5 January 2002	York City	H	0–0	5,052
Third round replay	15 January 2002	York City	A	0–1	6,638

Football League Cup

Main article: 2001–02 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
First round	21 August 2001	Lincoln City	H	2–1	5,906	Jevons, Rowan
Second round	11 September 2001	Sheffield United	H	3–3 (won 4–2 on pens)	5,236	Broomes, Jeffrey, Allen
Third round	9 October 2001	Liverpool	A	2–1 (a.e.t.)	32,672	Broomes, Jevons
Fourth round	27 November 2001	Arsenal	A	0–2	16,917

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[3]

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  WAL Danny Coyne 2 DF  ENG John McDermott (captain) 3 DF  ENG Tony Gallimore 4 DF  ENG Andy Todd (on loan from Charlton Athletic) 6 MF  ENG Wayne Burnett 7 MF  ENG Alan Pouton 8 MF  ENG David Smith 9 FW  ENG Michael Jeffrey 10 MF  SCO Stuart Campbell 11 MF  ENG Paul Groves (Player manager from 28 December) 12 DF  ENG Danny Butterfield 13 GK  ENG Steve Croudson 14 FW  ENG Steve Livingstone 15 DF  ENG Paul Raven 16 MF  ENG Stacy Coldicott 17 MF  NED Menno Willems

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  SCO Willie Falconer 19 FW  ENG Bradley Allen 20 FW  ENG Jonathan Rowan 21 FW  ENG Phil Jevons 22 DF  ENG Ben Chapman 23 FW  ENG Chris Thompson 24 DF  ENG Iain Ward 25 DF  ENG Simon Ford 26 MF  ENG Terry Cooke (on loan from Manchester City) 27 MF  NED Robbie Busscher 28 FW  ENG Paul Robinson (on loan from Wimbledon) 29 MF  ENG Chris Bolder 30 MF  ENG Graham Hockless 31 FW  ENG Robert Taylor 32 MF  ENG Gary Moran 35 FW  ENG Michael Boulding

Left club during season

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 18 MF  ENG Adam Buckley (to Lincoln City) 34 DF  ENG David Beharall (on loan from Newcastle United) 4 DF  ENG Marlon Broomes (on loan from Blackburn Rovers) 18 DF  ENG Robert Taylor (on loan from Wolves) 5 DF  WAL Alan Neilson (to Luton Town)

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  SWE Martin Pringle (on loan from Charlton Athletic) 26 GK  NED Ronald Ermes (Released) 28 DF  ENG David Morgan (to Gateshead) 33 GK  IRL Morgan Cranley (Released) 31 MF  ENG Ross Thompson (to Doncaster Rovers)

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Danny Coyne	45	0	2	0	4	0	51	0