2022–23 Grimsby Town F.C. season

The 2022–23 season was the 145th season in the existence of Grimsby Town Football Club and their first season back in League Two since the 2020–21 season following promotion in the previous season. In addition to the league, they also competed in the 2022–23 FA Cup, the 2022–23 EFL Cup and the 2022–23 EFL Trophy.

Grimsby Town

2022–23 season
Owners	1878 Partners (63.1%) The Mariners Trust (13.5%) Mike Parker (10.5%) Other Shareholders (12.9%)
Chairman	Jason Stockwood
Manager	Paul Hurst
Stadium	Blundell Park
League Two	11th
FA Cup	Quarter-finals
EFL Cup	Second round
EFL Trophy	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Harry Clifton (7) All: Harry Clifton (9)
Home colours Away colours
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During the pre-season, the club sold a record number of season tickets, reaching 4,000 on 22 June 2022.^[1]

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref
1 July 2022[a]	LB	Anthony Glennon	Burnley	Free Transfer	[2]
1 July 2022	RM	Otis Khan	Leyton Orient	Undisclosed	[3]
1 July 2022[b]	CB	Niall Maher	FC Halifax Town	Free Transfer	[4]
1 July 2022[c]	CF	Danilo Orsi	Harrogate Town	Free Transfer	[5]
1 July 2022[d]	CM	Stephen Wearne	Sunderland	Free Transfer	[6]
15 July 2022	AM	Kieran Green	FC Halifax Town	Undisclosed	[7]
15 July 2022	DM	Bryn Morris	Burton Albion	Free Transfer	[8]
1 September 2022	CM	Alex Hunt	Sheffield Wednesday	Undisclosed	[9]
27 September 2022	GK	Jamie Pardington	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Free Transfer	[10]
31 January 2023	RB	Josh Emmanuel	Hull City	Undisclosed	[11]
3 February 2023	LB	Owen Gallacher	Crawley Town	Free Transfer	[12]

1. The transfer was announced on 29 June, and would become official on July 1, once his Burnley contract expired
2. The transfer was announced on 15 June, and would become official on July 1, once his FC Halifax Town contract expired
3. The transfer was announced on 17 June, and would become official on July 1, once his Harrogate Town contract expired
4. The transfer was announced on 17 June, and would become official on July 1, once his Sunderland contract expired

Out

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref
30 June 2022	CF	Luis Adlard	Grimsby Borough	Released	[13]
30 June 2022	CM	Scott Burgess	York City	Released	[14]
30 June 2022	CM	Giles Coke	Retired	Released	[15]
30 June 2022	LB	Adam Crookes	York City	Released	[14]
30 June 2022[a]	DM	Ben Fox	Northampton Town	Free Transfer	[16]
30 June 2022	CF	Lenell John-Lewis	York City	Released	[17]
30 June 2022	GK	James McKeown	Finn Harps	Released	[13]
30 June 2022	CM	Danny Rose	Darlington	Released	[13][18]
30 June 2022	LW	Érico Sousa	Boreham Wood	Released	[13]
30 June 2022	CM	Luke Spokes	Bath City	Released	[19]
30 June 2022	RW	Max Wright	Harrogate Town	Released	[13][20]
7 July 2022	CB	David Longe-King	Dagenham & Redbridge	Undisclosed	[21]
2 August 2022	CF	John McAtee	Luton Town	Undisclosed	[22]
4 January 2023	GK	Jamie Pardington	Larne	Released	[23][24]
16 January 2023	RW	Jordan Maguire-Drew	Yeovil Town	Mutual Consent	[25][26]
24 March 2023	AM	Stephen Wearne	Gateshead	Free Transfer	[27]

1. The transfer was announced on 17 June, and would become official once his contract expired on June 30

Loans in

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned from	On loan until	Ref
21 July 2022	RM	Brendan Kiernan	Walsall	24 January 2023	[28]
28 July 2022	CB	Andy Smith	Hull City	End of Season	[29]
2 August 2022	CF	John McAtee	Luton Town	End of Season	[22]
8 August 2022	CF	Aribim Pepple	Luton Town	12 January 2023	[30][31]
1 September 2022	AM	Lewis Richardson	Burnley	26 January 2023	[32]
1 September 2022	CF	Keyendrah Simmonds	Birmingham City	14 January 2023	[33]
14 January 2023	LM	Mikey O'Neill	Preston North End	End of Season	[34]
31 January 2023	CF	Tom Dickson-Peters	Norwich City	End of Season	[35]
31 January 2023	CF	George Lloyd	Cheltenham Town	End of Season	[36]

Loans out

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned to	On loan until	Ref
27 September 2022	GK	Ollie Battersby	Ilkeston Town	1 January 2023	[37]
7 October 2022	DF	Jamie Bramwell	Whitby Town	7 December 2022	[38][39]
14 October 2022	DF	Jaz Goundry	Grimsby Borough	14 November 2022	[40]
14 October 2022	FW	Edwin Essel	Grimsby Borough	28 January 2023	[40][41][42][43]
14 October 2022	DF	Harvey Tomlinson	Whitby Town	14 November 2022	[40]
1 November 2022	MF	Stephen Wearne	Torquay United	1 January 2023	[44][45]
17 November 2022	DF	Jaz Goundry	Matlock Town	17 December 2022	[46]
25 November 2022	DF	Harvey Tomlinson	Cleethorpes Town	17 March 2023	[47][48][49][50]
26 November 2022	MF	Aaron Braithwaite	Whitby Town	End of Season	[51][48][49][52][53]
2 December 2022	DF	Shaun Pearson	Boston United	2 January 2023	[54]
16 December 2022	RW	Jordan Maguire-Drew	Yeovil Town	16 January 2023	[55]
13 January 2023	DF	Jamie Bramwell	Gainsborough Trinity	13 February 2023	[56]
3 March 2023	CB	Jamie Bramwell	Whitby Town	End of Season	[57]
11 March 2023	RB	Jordan Cropper	Barnet	End of Season	[58][59]
24 March 2023	CF	Edwin Essel	Cleethorpes Town	End of Season	[53]
24 March 2023	CB	Jaz Goundry	Grimsby Borough	End of Season	[53]

Pre-season and friendlies

On 9 June, the Mariners announced their first pre-season friendlies, at home to Lincoln City and away to North Ferriby.^[60] A third fixture was confirmed 4 days later, against Cleethorpes Town.^[61] A trip to Alfreton Town was next to be added to the clubs pre-season schedule.^[62]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Cleethorpes Town v Grimsby Town

9 July 2022 Friendly	Cleethorpes Town	0–2	Grimsby Town	Grimsby
14:00 BST		Report	McAtee 37' Orsi-Dadomo 85'	Stadium: Myenergi Stadium Attendance: 2,000

Hull City U23s v Grimsby Town

12 July 2022 Friendly	Hull City U23s	1–6	Grimsby Town	North Ferriby
13:00 BST	Hinds 14'	Report	Clifton 37' Khouri 41' McAtee 42' Tomlinson 51' Essel 75' Glennon 82'	Stadium: Grange Lane Attendance: Behind closed doors.

Alfreton Town v Grimsby Town

16 July 2022 Friendly	Alfreton Town	0–4	Grimsby Town	Alfreton
15:00 BST		Report	McAtee 15' Waterfall 25' Wearne 77' Braithwaite 84'	Stadium: Impact Arena Attendance: 407

Grimsby Town v Lincoln City

19 July 2022 Friendly	Grimsby Town	0–0	Lincoln City	Cleethorpes
19:30 BST		Report		Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 3,813

North Ferriby v Grimsby Town XI

20 July 2022 Friendly	North Ferriby	1-0	Grimsby Town XI	North Ferriby
19:30 BST	Donald 41'	Report		Stadium: Grange Lane Attendance: 398

CD Tenerife B v Grimsby Town

23 July 2022 Friendly	CD Tenerife B	0-4	Grimsby Town	Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
17:30 WEST			Pearson McAtee Kiernan Efete	Stadium: Tenerife Training Top Field 3 Attendance: Behind closed doors

Grimsby Borough v Grimsby Town XI

26 July 2022 Friendly	Grimsby Borough	3-3	Grimsby Town XI	Grimsby
19:00 BST	Adlard 19' Kendall 57' Drury 74'		12' 15' 37'	Stadium: Bradley Stadium Attendance: 270

Grimsby Town XI v Sheffield United XI

18 October 2022 Friendly	Grimsby Town XI	2-0	Sheffield United XI	Cleethorpes
12:30 BST	Maguire-Drew Simmonds	Report		Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: Behind closed doors

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
League Two	30 July 2022	May 2023	Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
FA Cup	5 November 2022	TBC	First round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
EFL Cup	10 August 2022	TBC	First round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
EFL Trophy	TBC	TBC	Group stage	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Last updated: pre-season
Source: [ Soccerway]

League Two

Main article: 2022–23 EFL League Two

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Mansfield Town	46	21	12	13	72	55	+17	75
9	Barrow	46	18	8	20	47	53	−6	62
10	Swindon Town	46	16	13	17	61	55	+6	61
11	Grimsby Town	46	16	13	17	49	56	−7	61
12	Tranmere Rovers	46	15	13	18	45	48	−3	58
13	Crewe Alexandra	46	14	16	16	48	60	−12	58
14	Sutton United	46	15	13	18	46	58	−12	58

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences^[63]

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
44	15	13	16	48	54	−6	58	6	10	6	23	25	−2	9	3	10	25	29	−4

Last updated: 25 April 2023.
Source: [ Soccerway]

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	L	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	D	L	D	W	W	D	D	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	W
Position	21	18	14	16	14	9	9	8	8	12	13	11	10	10	11	13	14	16	16	14	16	16	16	16	16	17	19	16	17	16	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	12	13	11

Updated to match(es) played on 25 April 2023. Source: [ Soccerway]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

On 23 June, the league fixtures were announced.^[64]

Leyton Orient v Grimsby Town

30 July 2022 1	Leyton Orient	2–0	Grimsby Town	Leyton
15:00 BST	James  45+1', 56' Hunt  45+4' Moncur 49' (pen.) Beckles  87'	Report	Taylor  76' McAtee  90'	Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 8,557 Referee: Christopher Pollard

Grimsby Town v Northampton Town

6 August 2022 2	Grimsby Town	1–1	Northampton Town	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Maguire-Drew 88'	Report	Hoskins 74' Haynes  90+1'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 7,154 Referee: Thomas Parsons

Rochdale v Grimsby Town

13 August 2022 3	Rochdale	0–1	Grimsby Town	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Ebanks-Landell  37' Seriki  46' Nelson  49' Tulloch  60'	Report	Clifton  29' Morris  45+3' Waterfall 90+2'	Stadium: Spotland Referee: Thomas Kirk

Grimsby Town v Carlisle United

16 August 2022	Grimsby Town	Abandoned	Carlisle United	Cleethorpes
19:45 BST			Mellish  16'	Stadium: Blundell Park Referee: Simon Mather
Note: Match was abandoned due to a waterlogged pitch.[65]

Grimsby Town v Sutton United

20 August 2022 4	Grimsby Town	0–0	Sutton United	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Waterfall  42' Holohan  47' Green  86'	Report	John  34' Boldewijn  86'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,239 Referee: Martin Woods

Walsall v Grimsby Town

27 August 2022 (2022-08-27) 5	Walsall	1–2	Grimsby Town	Bescot
15:00 BST	Johnson 5',  22'	Report	Clifton 77', 82' Pepple  90+6'	Stadium: Poundland Bescot Stadium Attendance: 5,644 Referee: Peter Wright

Newport County v Grimsby Town

3 September 2022 (2022-09-03) 6	Newport County	0–2	Grimsby Town	Newport
15:00 BST	Bennett  22' Evans  90+2'	Report	Morris 63' Kiernan  80' Clifton 83' Smith  88'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 4,251 Referee: Scott Oldham

Grimsby Town v Crewe Alexandra

10 September 2022 (2022-09-10)	Grimsby Town	Postponed	Crewe Alexandra	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST				Stadium: Blundell Park
Note: Fixture was postponed as a mark of respect following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.[66]

Grimsby Town v Gillingham

13 September 2022 (2022-09-13) 7	Grimsby Town	1–1	Gillingham	Cleethorpes
19:45 BST	Taylor 7' Holohan  90'	Report	Mandron 14',  86' Adelakun  78'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 5,960 Referee: Andy Haines

Colchester United v Grimsby Town

17 September 2022 (2022-09-17) 8	Colchester United	0–1	Grimsby Town	Colchester
15:00 BST	Longstaff  36'	Report	Efete  42' Clifton 63' Kiernan  78'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Attendance: 3,167 Referee: Sunny Gill

Grimsby Town v Swindon Town

24 September 2022 (2022-09-24) 9	Grimsby Town	1–2	Swindon Town	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Taylor 25' Glennon  48'	Report	Jephcott 13',  87' Darcy 44' Khan  49'  62' Hutton  85' Blake-Tracy  90+7'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,805 Referee: Declan Bourne

Grimsby Town v Carlisle United

27 September 2022 10	Grimsby Town	1–2	Carlisle United	Cleethorpes
19:45 BST	Efete 65' Hunt  71'	Report	Moxon 7' Dennis 44' Guy  67' Armer  68'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,447 Referee: Simon Mather

Salford City v Grimsby Town

1 October 2022 (2022-10-01) 11	Salford City	1–1	Grimsby Town	Salford
15:00 BST	Vassell 2'	Report	Richardson 29' Clifton  62'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 3,521 Referee: Marc Edwards

Grimsby Town v Crawley Town

8 October 2022 (2022-10-08) 12	Grimsby Town	3–0	Crawley Town	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Glennon 4' Holohan 52' Kiernan  81' Taylor 85'  90+3'	Report	Lynch  3'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,068 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Stockport County v Grimsby Town

15 October 2022 (2022-10-15) 13	Stockport County	1–3	Grimsby Town	Edgeley
15:00 BST	Madden 41'  57' Camps  72'	Report	Clifton 24' Holohan 30' Green  40' Glennon  55' Efete  67' Taylor  90+3' Hunt 90+5' Crocombe  90+5'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 9,464 Referee: Alan Young

Grimsby Town v Bradford City

22 October 2022 (2022-10-22) 14	Grimsby Town	0–0	Bradford City	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Kiernan  36'	Report	Wright  47'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 8,020 Referee: Martin Coy

Barrow v Grimsby Town

25 October 2022 (2022-10-25) 15	Barrow	1–0	Grimsby Town	Barrow-in-Furness
19:45 BST	Brough  31' Kay 39' Canavan  51' Waters 75'	Report	Waterfall  51' Hunt  90+3'	Stadium: Furness Building Society Stadium Attendance: 3,301 Referee: Ben Toner

Hartlepool United v Grimsby Town

29 October 2022 (2022-10-29) 16	Hartlepool United	2–1	Grimsby Town	Hartlepool
15:00 BST	Tumilty  17' Lacey  56' 78' Maher 82' (o.g.)	Report	Holohan 6' Morris  18' Waterfall  31'	Stadium: Suit Direct Stadium Attendance: 4,600 Referee: Samuel Barrott

Grimsby Town v Doncaster Rovers

12 November 2022 (2022-11-12) 17	Grimsby Town	1–3	Doncaster Rovers	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Hunt  44' Smith  45+1' McAtee 79' Glennon  86'	Report	Miller 6', 63' Biggins 51'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 8,046 Referee: Lewis Smith

Grimsby Town v Stevenage

19 November 2022 (2022-11-19) 18	Grimsby Town	1–1	Stevenage	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	McAtee 39' Green  42' Maher 90+1'	Report	Piergianni  49' Reeves 79' Earley  80'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,022 Referee: Tom Reeves

AFC Wimbledon v Grimsby Town

3 December 2022 (2022-12-03) 19	AFC Wimbledon	1–0	Grimsby Town	Wimbledon
15:00 GMT	Biler  34' Kalambayi  49' Chislett 60' Pell  66'	Report	Simmonds  78'	Stadium: The Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 7,962 Referee: Darren Handley

Grimsby Town v Tranmere Rovers

10 December 2022 (2022-12-10) 20	Grimsby Town	2–1	Tranmere Rovers	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Kiernan 7' Maher 58' Khan  80'	Report	Lewis  45+2' Burton 66'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 5,134 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Mansfield Town v Grimsby Town

17 December 2022 (2022-12-17)	Mansfield Town	Postponed	Grimsby Town	Mansfield
15:00 GMT				Stadium: One Call Stadium
Note: Fixture was postponed due to a frozen pitch.[67]

Harrogate Town v Grimsby Town

26 December 2022 (2022-12-26) 21	Harrogate Town	3–2	Grimsby Town	Harrogate
15:00 GMT	Armstrong 12', 76' Burrell  31' Ramsay  42' Crocombe 90+1' (o.g.)	Report	Khan 29' Green  42' Clifton 49'	Stadium: EnviroVent Stadium Attendance: 2,744 Referee: Bobby Madden

Grimsby Town v Salford City

29 December 2022 (2022-12-29) 22	Grimsby Town	1–4	Salford City	Cleethorpes
19:45 GMT	Khan 21' Glennon  22'	Report	Smith 1', 34', 40' Galbraith 30'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,178 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Grimsby Town v Stockport County

1 January 2023 (2023-01-01) 23	Grimsby Town	1–0	Stockport County	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Khan 51' Green  78' Clifton  81'	Report		Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,490 Referee: Adam Herczeg

Swindon Town v Grimsby Town

14 January 2023 (2023-01-14) 24	Swindon Town	5–0	Grimsby Town	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Austin 25' Lavinier 62' Williams 66' Khan  71', 88' Darcy 78'	Report	Amos  34' Clifton  59' Holohan  74'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 11,053 Referee: Sam Purkiss

Grimsby Town v Harrogate Town

21 January 2023 (2023-01-21)	Grimsby Town	Postponed	Harrogate Town	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Blundell Park
Note: Fixture was postponed due to a frozen pitch.[68]

Crawley Town v Grimsby Town

24 January 2023 (2023-01-24)	Crawley Town	Postponed	Grimsby Town	Crawley
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Note: Fixture was postponed due to a frozen pitch.[69]

Crewe Alexandra v Grimsby Town

4 February 2023 (2023-02-04) 25	Crewe Alexandra	0–3	Grimsby Town	Crewe
15:00 GMT		Report	McAtee 3' Lloyd 31' Green  73' Dickson-Peters 84'	Stadium: Mornflake Stadium Attendance: 4,460 Referee: Paul Howard

Grimsby Town v Colchester United

11 February 2023 (2023-02-11) 26	Grimsby Town	0–1	Colchester United	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Waterfall  45'	Report	Hopper 32' Wood  45+4' O'Hara  78'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,462 Referee: David Rock

Gillingham v Grimsby Town

14 February 2023 (2023-02-14) 27	Gillingham	2–1	Grimsby Town	Gillingham
19:45 GMT	Lapslie 56' MacDonald  70' Hawkins 87'	Report	Glennon  19' Holohan 75',  90+1' Waterfall  90+4'	Stadium: MEMS Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,097 Referee: Craig Hicks

Northampton Town v Grimsby Town

18 February 2023 28	Northampton Town	1–2	Grimsby Town	Northampton
14:00 GMT	Hoskins 18' Guthrie  90+7'	Report	Amos  15' Emmanuel  36' Waterfall 74' Glennon 90+1',  90+2' Taylor  90+7'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,694 Referee: Simon Mather

Grimsby Town v Harrogate Town

21 February 2023 29	Grimsby Town	0–0	Harrogate Town	Cleethorpes
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 5,487 Referee: Tom Nield

Grimsby Town v Leyton Orient

25 February 2023 30	Grimsby Town	2–2	Leyton Orient	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	McAtee 46' Lloyd 52',  72' Glennon 75'	Report	Kelman 25',  75' Moncur 68' Archibald  72' Sotiriou  75'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,283 Referee: Andy Haines

Carlisle United v Grimsby Town

5 March 2023 31	Carlisle United	2–0	Grimsby Town	Carlisle
15:00 GMT	McCalmont 36' Gibson 44' Huntington  61'	Report	O'Neill  34' Khan  50'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 6,561 Referee: Marc Edwards

Grimsby Town v Newport County

7 March 2023 32	Grimsby Town	1–1	Newport County	Cleethorpes
19:45 GMT	McAtee 36' Waterfall  48'	Report	Farquharson 55'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 4,851 Referee: Bobby Madden

Grimsby Town v Rochdale

11 March 2023 33	Grimsby Town	1–0	Rochdale	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Glennon  14' Lloyd 68' Crocombe  77' Maher  81' Waterfall  90+3'	Report	Quigley  77'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 5,963 Referee: James Oldham

Sutton United v Grimsby Town

14 March 2023 34	Sutton United	0–1	Grimsby Town	Sutton
19:45 GMT	Milsom  12' Beautyman  79' Rowe  90+7' Kizzi  90+7'	Report	Efete 34' Amos  38' Clifton  66'	Stadium: VBS Community Stadium Attendance: 2,751 Referee: Andy Davies

Mansfield Town v Grimsby Town

22 March 2023 35	Mansfield Town	0–0	Grimsby Town	Mansfield
19:45 GMT		Report	Maher  53'	Stadium: One Call Stadium Attendance: 7,569 (1,102 Grimsby supporters) Referee: Tom Reeves

Grimsby Town v Walsall

25 March 2023 36	Grimsby Town	1–1	Walsall	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Morris 18',  81' Maher  49' Smith  73' Green  85' Amos  88'	Report	McEntee  38' Daniels 50',  90+4' Evans  60' White  60'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,176 Referee: Robert Lewis

Crawley Town v Grimsby Town

28 March 2023 37	Crawley Town	1–1	Grimsby Town	Crawley
19:45 GMT	Oteh  19' Telford 87' (pen.) Lynch  89'	Report	Khan  33' Clifton 42' Crocombe  86'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,668 Referee: Lee Swabey

Bradford City v Grimsby Town

1 April 2023 38	Bradford City	3–2	Grimsby Town	Bradford
13:00 BST	Gilliead 7' Lewis  22' Chapman  43' Walker 62' Cook 81' Ridehalgh  90+4'	Report	Clifton  20' Holohan 23' (pen.) Smith 44'	Stadium: University of Bradford Stadium Attendance: 19,011 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Grimsby Town v Hartlepool United

7 April 2023 39	Grimsby Town	1–4	Hartlepool United	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Efete 54' Taylor  80'	Report	Kemp 19', 68' (pen.), 72' Umerah 76'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 7,425 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Doncaster Rovers v Grimsby Town

10 April 2023 40	Doncaster Rovers	1–2	Grimsby Town	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Barlow 26' Mitchell  77'	Report	Waterfall  13' Smith  28' Taylor  45+3' Glennon  79' Maher 85' Lloyd 90+6'	Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 8,620 Referee: Alan Young

Grimsby Town v Mansfield Town

15 April 2023 41	Grimsby Town	1–1	Mansfield Town	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Efete  3' Khan 52' Lloyd 52' Maher  72'	Report	Hewitt  28' Bowery 39' Pym  52' Wallace  87'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 7,088 Referee: Neil Hair

Grimsby Town v Barrow

18 April 2023 42	Grimsby Town	1–0	Barrow	Cleethorpes
19:45 BST	Emmanuel  72' Orsi 77'	Report	Young  1' Gotts  26'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 4,902 Referee: Lewis Smith

Tranmere Rovers v Grimsby Town

22 April 2023 43	Tranmere Rovers	2–0	Grimsby Town	Birkenhead
15:00 BST	Hawkes 33' (pen.) Hughes 48' Turnbull  70'	Report	Hunt  89' Lloyd  90+5'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 5,600 Referee: Marc Edwards

Grimsby Town v Crewe Alexandra

25 April 2023 44	Grimsby Town	2–0	Crewe Alexandra	Cleethorpes
19:45 BST	Holohan 13' Khan  77' Orsi 82'	Report	Mellor  17'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 4,482 Referee: Darren Handley

Stevenage v Grimsby Town

29 April 2023 45	Stevenage	2–0	Grimsby Town	Stevenage
15:00 BST	Reid 57' Wildoin 67'	Report	Holohan  58'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 6,533 Referee: Will Finnie

Grimsby Town v AFC Wimbledon

8 May 2023 46	Grimsby Town	1–0	AFC Wimbledon	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Ogundere 57' (own goal) Glennon  38'	Report	Davison  34' Ogundere  43' Nightingale  90+3'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,733 Referee: David Rock

FA Cup

Main article: 2022–23 FA Cup

As a League Two side, Grimsby entered the FA Cup in the first round, and were drawn at home to League One side Plymouth Argyle.^[70] They were then drawn away to League One side Cambridge United in the second round,^[71] at home to League One team Burton Albion in the third round,^[72] then away to Championship club Luton Town in the fourth round.^[73] In the fifth round, Grimsby were drawn away to Premier League club Southampton,^[74] where they produced a shock 2–1 victory and advanced to the quarter-finals for the first time in 84 years,^[75][76] they were the first team to knock out five teams from higher divisions in FA Cup history and the first fourth-tier side to reach the quarter-finals since Cambridge United in the 1989–90 season.^[77] In the quarter-finals, they were drawn away to Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion.^[78]

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Grimsby Town v Plymouth Argyle

5 November 2022 First round	Grimsby Town	5–1	Plymouth Argyle	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Smith 10',  87' Efete 33' Kiernan 39', 58' Glennon 45+7' Khan  49'	Report	Randell 5' Butcher  70'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 4,571 Referee: Thomas Parsons

Cambridge United v Grimsby Town

26 November 2022 Second round	Cambridge United	1–2	Grimsby Town	Cambridge
15:00 GMT	Digby  42' Smith 81'	Report	Green  29' Waterfall  45+2' Khan 61', 90' McAtee  83'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,044 Referee: Carl Brook

Grimsby Town v Burton Albion

7 January 2023 Third round	Grimsby Town	1–0	Burton Albion	Cleethorpes
17:30 GMT	Richardson 76',  90+4' Morris  90+2'	Report	Kamwa  68' Amissah  85'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 5,447 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Luton Town v Grimsby Town

28 January 2023 Fourth round	Luton Town	2–2	Grimsby Town	Luton
15:00 GMT	Adebayo 49' (pen.) Clark 66'	Report	Holohan 43',  88' Clifton  45+1', 67' Orsi  65' Maher  73' Crocombe  90+2'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 8,552 Referee: Tim Robinson

Grimsby Town v Luton Town

7 February 2023 Fourth round replay	Grimsby Town	3–0	Luton Town	Cleethorpes
19:45 GMT	Clifton 9' Orsi 28' Morris  33' Amos  43', 45+5' Efete  80'	Report	Watson  43' Onyedinma  90'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 7,051 Referee: Sam Barrott

Southampton v Grimsby Town

1 March 2023 Fifth round	Southampton	1–2	Grimsby Town	Southampton
19:15 GMT	Ćaleta-Car  49', 65'	Report	Hunt  32' Holohan 45+1' (pen.), 50' (pen.)	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 27,584 Referee: Thomas Bramall

Brighton & Hove Albion v Grimsby Town

19 March 2023 Quarter-finals	Brighton & Hove Albion	5–0	Grimsby Town	Brighton and Hove
14:15 GMT	Undav 6' Ferguson 51', 70' March 82' Mitoma 90'	Report		Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 29,415 Referee: Jarred Gillett

EFL Cup

Main article: 2022–23 EFL Cup

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The Mariners were drawn at home to Crewe Alexandra in the first round and to Nottingham Forest in the second round.^[79][80]

Grimsby Town v Crewe Alexandra

9 August 2022 First round	Grimsby Town	4–0	Crewe Alexandra	Cleethorpes
19:45 BST	Amos  3' Waterfall 13' Green 34' Smith 56' Wearne 86'	Report	Mellor  65'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 2,802 Referee: Adam Herczeg

Grimsby Town v Nottingham Forest

23 August 2022 Second round	Grimsby Town	0–3	Nottingham Forest	Cleethorpes
19:45 BST		Report	Yates 18' Surridge 35', 77',  70'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 8,418 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2022–23 EFL Trophy

On 20 June, the initial Group stage draw was made, grouping Grimsby Town with Derby County and Mansfield Town.^[81] In the second round, The Mariners were drawn at home to Accrington Stanley.^[82]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Grimsby Town	3	1	1	0	1	4	4	0	5	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Mansfield Town	3	1	1	0	1	4	5	−1	5
3	ACA	Manchester City U21	3	1	0	1	1	6	5	+1	4
4	L1	Derby County	3	1	0	1	1	5	5	0	4

Source: EFL.com

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Derby County v Grimsby Town

30 August 2022 Group stage	Derby County	3–1	Grimsby Town	Derby
19:00 BST	Mendez-Laing 6' Sibley 42' Bird 45',  58'	Report	Cropper  60' Kiernan 88'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 5,348 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Grimsby Town v Mansfield Town

20 September 2022 (2022-09-20) Group stage	Grimsby Town	2–0	Mansfield Town	Cleethorpes
19:30 BST	Khan 15' Orsi-Dadomo 39' Pearson  60'	Report	O'Toole  33'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 912 Referee: Bobby Madden

Grimsby Town v Manchester City U21

8 November 2022 (2022-11-08) Group stage	Grimsby Town	1–1 (4–2 p)	Manchester City U21	Cleethorpes
19:30 GMT	Simmonds 3' Khan  42' Cropper  43' Green  74' Maher  90'	Report	Dickson 17' Charles  64' Robertson  88'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 1,281 Referee: Ben Speedie
	Penalties
	Holohan Clifton Kiernan Pearson		Charles Katongo Bobb Robertson

Grimsby Town v Accrington Stanley

22 November 2022 (2022-11-22) Second round	Grimsby Town	0–1	Accrington Stanley	Cleethorpes
19:30 GMT	Morris  65' Smith  89'	Report	Whalley  56' Leigh 66' (pen.) Rodgers  90'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 703 Referee: Martin Coy

First-team squad

#	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age)	Signed from (Last Club)	Signed in	Contract ends
Goalkeepers
1	Max Crocombe		GK	(1993-08-12)12 August 1993 (aged 29)	Melbourne Victory	2021	2023
13	Ollie Battersby		GK	(2001-07-23)23 July 2001 (aged 21)	Academy	2017	2023
Defenders
2	Michee Efete		RB	(1997-03-11)11 March 1997 (aged 25)	Wealdstone	2021	2024
3	Anthony Glennon		LB	(1999-11-26)26 November 1999 (aged 22)	Burnley	2022	2024
5	Shaun Pearson		CB	(1989-04-29)29 April 1989 (aged 33)	Wrexham	2021	2023
6	Luke Waterfall		CB	(1990-07-30)30 July 1990 (aged 32)	Shrewsbury Town	2019	2024
7	Josh Emmanuel		RB	(1997-08-18)18 August 1997 (aged 25)	Hull City	2023	2023
22	Danny Amos		LB	(1999-12-22)22 December 1999 (aged 22)	Port Vale	2022	2023
23	Owen Gallacher		LB	(1999-04-06)6 April 1999 (aged 23)	Crawley Town	2023	2023
24	Jaz Goundry		CB	(2003-08-12)12 August 2003 (aged 19)	Academy	2021	2023
26	Andy Smith		CB	(2001-09-11)11 September 2001 (aged 20)	Hull City (loan)	2022	2023
31	Niall Maher		CB	(1995-07-31)31 July 1995 (aged 27)	FC Halifax Town	2022	2024
32	Jordan Cropper		RB	(2000-05-12)12 May 2000 (aged 22)	Burnley	2022	2023
38	Jamie Bramwell		CB	(2004-06-25)25 June 2004 (aged 18)	Academy	2022	2023
Midfielders
4	Kieran Green		CM	(1997-06-30)30 June 1997 (aged 25)	FC Halifax Town	2022	2024
8	Gavan Holohan		CM	(1991-12-15)15 December 1991 (aged 30)	Hartlepool United	2022	2024
11	Otis Khan		LW	(1995-09-05)5 September 1995 (aged 26)	Leyton Orient	2022	2024
15	Harry Clifton		CM/RW/LW	(1998-06-12)12 June 1998 (aged 24)	Academy	2007	2024
16	Alex Hunt		CM	(2000-05-29)29 May 2000 (aged 22)	Sheffield Wednesday	2022	2025
17	Bryn Morris		CM	(1996-04-26)26 April 1996 (aged 26)	Burton Albion	2022	2023
18	Mikey O'Neill		LW	(2004-06-08)8 June 2004 (aged 18)	Preston North End (loan)	2023	2023
30	Evan Khouri		CM	(2003-01-21)21 January 2003 (aged 19)	West Ham United	2019	2024
34	Aaron Braithwaite		CM	(2003-10-13)13 October 2003 (aged 18)	Academy	2022	2023
37	Harvey Tomlinson		RW	TBC	Academy	2020	2023
44	Sean Scannell		RW	(1990-09-17)17 September 1990 (aged 31)	Blackpool	2020	2023
Attackers
9	George Lloyd		ST	(2000-02-11)11 February 2000 (aged 22)	Cheltenham Town (loan)	2023	2023
10	John McAtee		ST	(1999-07-23)23 July 1999 (aged 23)	Luton Town (loan)	2022	2023
19	Tom Dickson-Peters		ST	(2002-09-16)16 September 2002 (aged 19)	Norwich City (loan)	2023	2023
20	Danilo Orsi-Dadomo		ST	(1996-04-16)16 April 1996 (aged 26)	Harrogate Town	2022	2024
29	Ryan Taylor		ST	(1988-05-04)4 May 1988 (aged 34)	Newport County	2021	2023
39	Edwin Essel		ST	(2004-03-11)11 March 2004 (aged 18)	Academy	2021	2023
Players departed during season
7	Jordan Maguire-Drew		RW	(1997-09-19)19 September 1997 (aged 24)	Woking	2021	2023
10	John McAtee		ST	(1999-07-23)23 July 1999 (aged 23)	Scunthorpe United	2021	2023
14	Stephen Wearne		RW	(2000-12-16)16 December 2000 (aged 21)	Sunderland	2022	2023
19	Lewis Richardson		ST	(2003-02-07)7 February 2003 (aged 19)	Burnley (loan)	2022	2023
21	Keyendrah Simmonds		ST	(2001-05-31)31 May 2001 (aged 21)	Birmingham City (loan)	2022	2023
23	Aribim Pepple		ST	(2002-12-25)25 December 2002 (aged 19)	Luton Town (loan)	2022	2023
27	Brendan Kiernan		RW/ST	(1992-11-10)10 November 1992 (aged 29)	Walsall (loan)	2022	2023
35	Jamie Pardington		GK	(2000-06-20)20 June 2000 (aged 22)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2022	2023

Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 2022–23 season (1 September).