2023–24 Grimsby Town F.C. season

Grimsby Town
2023–24 season
Owner	1878 Partners (63.1%); The Mariners Trust (13.5%); Other Shareholders (12.9%); Mike Parker (10.5%);
Chairman	Jason Stockwood
Manager	Paul Hurst; (until 28th October); David Artell; (from 27 November)
Stadium	Blundell Park
League Two	21st
FA Cup	Second Round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Group stage
Top goalscorer	Danny Rose (13)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season is the 146th season in the history of Grimsby Town and their second consecutive season in League Two. The club are participating in League Two, the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the 2023–24 EFL Trophy.

Current squad

As of 1 March 2024

No.	Name	Position	Place of birth	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Contract end
Goalkeepers
1	Harvey Cartwright	GK	Grimsby	(2002-05-09) 9 May 2002 (age 22)	Hull City	4 July 2023	Loan	31 May 2024
12	Jake Eastwood	GK	Rotherham	(1996-10-03) 3 October 1996 (age 27)	Sheffield United	4 July 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
Defenders
2	Liam Smith	RB	Dalgety Bay	(1996-04-10) 10 April 1996 (age 28)	Cheltenham Town	1 February 2024	Loan	30 June 2024
3	Anthony Glennon	LB	Bootle	(1999-11-26) 26 November 1999 (age 24)	Burnley	1 July 2022	Free	30 June 2024
5	Harvey Rodgers	CB	Selby	(1996-10-20) 20 October 1996 (age 27)	Accrington Stanley	1 July 2023	Free	30 June 2026
24	Doug Tharme	CB	Birkenhead	(1999-08-17) 17 August 1999 (age 24)	Blackpool	12 January 2024	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
28	Toby Mullarkey	CB	Warrington	(1995-11-04) 4 November 1995 (age 28)	Rochdale	14 June 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
31	Niall Maher	CB	Manchester	(1995-07-31) 31 July 1995 (age 28)	FC Halifax Town	1 July 2022	Free	30 June 2024
33	Denver Hume	LB	Ashington	(1998-08-11) 11 August 1998 (age 25)	Portsmouth	1 February 2024	Free	30 June 2024
38	Jamie Bramwell	CB	Newcastle upon Tyne	(2004-01-25) 25 January 2004 (age 20)	Newcastle United	1 July 2021	Free	30 June 2024
Midfielders
4	Kieran Green	AM	Stockton-on-Tees	(1997-06-30) 30 June 1997 (age 27)	FC Halifax Town	15 July 2022	Undisclosed	30 June 2024
6	Curtis Thompson	CM	Nottingham	(1993-09-02) 2 September 1993 (age 30)	Cheltenham Town	1 February 2024	Free	30 June 2025
7	Abo Eisa	LW	Khartoum	(1996-01-05) 5 January 1996 (age 28)	Bradford City	1 July 2023	Free	30 June 2024
8	Gavan Holohan	AM	Kilkenny	(1991-12-15) 15 December 1991 (age 32)	Hartlepool United	22 March 2022	Free	30 June 2024
10	Charles Vernam	LW	Lincoln	(1996-10-08) 8 October 1996 (age 27)	Lincoln City	20 June 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2026
15	Harry Clifton	CM	Grimsby	(1998-06-12) 12 June 1998 (age 26)	Academy	1 July 2015	Trainee	30 June 2024
16	Callum Ainley	CM	Swindon	(1997-11-02) 2 November 1997 (age 26)	Crewe Alexandra	9 September 2023	Free	30 June 2024
18	Harry Wood	CM	Leeds	(2002-08-02) 2 August 2002 (age 21)	Hull City	12 January 2024	Loan	31 May 2024
19	Jamie Andrews	CM	Solihull	(2002-09-19) 19 September 2002 (age 21)	West Bromwich Albion	28 August 2023	Loan	31 May 2024
30	Evan Khouri	CM	London	(2003-01-21) 21 January 2003 (age 21)	West Ham United	7 July 2019	Free	30 June 2026
37	Harvey Tomlinson	RW	Grimsby	(2004-05-17) 17 May 2004 (age 20)	Academy	1 July 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
Forwards
9	Rekeil Pyke	CF	Leeds	(1997-09-01) 1 September 1997 (age 26)	Shrewsbury Town	1 July 2023	Free	30 June 2025
14	Arthur Gnahoua	CF	Grenoble	(1992-09-18) 18 September 1992 (age 31)	Morecambe	5 August 2023	Free	30 June 2024
20	Justin Obikwu	CF	Brent	(2004-02-18) 18 February 2004 (age 20)	Coventry City	12 January 2024	Loan	31 May 2024
25	Donovan Wilson	CF	Yate	(1997-03-14) 14 March 1997 (age 27)	Sutton United	1 July 2023	Free	30 June 2025
32	Danny Rose	CF	Barnsley	(1993-12-10) 10 December 1993 (age 30)	Stevenage	14 June 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
35	Cameron Gardner	CF	Newcastle-Upon-Tyne	(2005-09-22) 22 September 2005 (age 18)	Academy	22 September 2023	Trainee	30 June 2026
39	Edwin Essel	CF	Grimsby	(2004-08-18) 18 August 2004 (age 19)	Academy	1 July 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
Out on Loan
-	Danny Amos	LB	Sheffield	(1999-12-22) 22 December 1999 (age 24)	Port Vale	13 January 2022	Free	30 June 2024
-	Otis Khan	RM	Ashton-Under-Lyne	(1995-09-22) 22 September 1995 (age 28)	Leyton Orient	1 July 2022	Undisclosed	30 June 2024
-	Alex Hunt	CM	Sheffield	(2000-05-29) 29 May 2000 (age 24)	Sheffield Wednesday	1 September 2022	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
-	Aaron Braithwaite	CM	Grimsby	(2003-10-13) 13 October 2003 (age 20)	Academy	1 July 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
Players departed midseason
2	Michee Efete	RB	London	(1997-03-01) 1 March 1997 (age 27)	Wealdstone	1 July 2021	Free	30 June 2024
6	Luke Waterfall	CB	Sheffield	(1990-07-30) 30 July 1990 (age 33)	Shrewsbury Town	15 August 2019	Undisclosed	30 June 2024
42	Kamil Conteh	CM	London	(2002-12-26) 26 December 2002 (age 21)	Middlesbrough	3 July 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2026

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref
14 June 2023	CB	Toby Mullarkey	Rochdale	Undisclosed	^[3]
14 June 2023	CF	Danny Rose	Stevenage	Undisclosed	^[4]
20 June 2023	LW	Charles Vernam	Lincoln City	Undisclosed	^[5]
1 July 2023	LW	Abo Eisa	Bradford City	Free Transfer	^[6]
1 July 2023	CF	Rekeil Pyke	Shrewsbury Town	Free Transfer	^[7]
1 July 2023	CB	Harvey Rodgers	Accrington Stanley	Free Transfer	^[8]
1 July 2023	CF	Donovan Wilson	Sutton United	Free Transfer	^[9]
3 July 2023	CM	Kamil Conteh	Middlesbrough	Undisclosed	^[10]
4 July 2023	GK	Jake Eastwood	Sheffield United	Undisclosed	^[11]
5 August 2023	LW	Arthur Gnahoua	Morecambe	Free Transfer	^[12]
9 September 2023	CM	Callum Ainley	Free agent	—	^[13]
12 January 2024	CB	Doug Tharme	Blackpool	Undisclosed	^[14]
1 February 2024	LB	Denver Hume	Portsmouth	Free Transfer	^[15]
1 February 2024	CM	Curtis Thompson	Cheltenham Town	Free Transfer	^[16]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref
29 June 2023	CF	Danilo Orsi	Crawley Town	Undisclosed	^[17]
30 June 2023	CM	Louis Boyd	Cleethorpes Town	Released	^[18]
30 June 2023	GK	Ollie Battersby	Guiseley	Released	^[19]^[20]
30 June 2023	GK	Max Crocombe	Burton Albion	Rejected Contract	^[21]^[22]
30 June 2023	RB	Jordan Cropper	Barnet	Released	^[19]
30 June 2023	GK	Dec Dennis	Cleethorpes Town	Released	^[19]
30 June 2023	RB	Josh Emmanuel	Carlisle United	Released	^[19]^[23]
30 June 2023	LB	Owen Gallacher	Spennymoor Town	Released	^[19]^[24]
30 June 2023	CB	Jaz Goundry	Alfreton Town	Released	^[19]^[25]
30 June 2023	RB	Alex Markham	Bridlington Town	Released	^[26]
30 June 2023	DM	Bryn Morris	Newport County	Released	^[19]^[27]
30 June 2023	CB	Shaun Pearson	Retired		^[28]
30 June 2023	RW	Sean Scannell	Hornchurch	Released	^[19]^[29]
30 June 2023	CF	Ryan Taylor	Alfreton Town	Released	^[19]^[30]
30 June 2023	LB	Tom Zerboni	Grantham Town	Released	^[31]
25 January 2024	CB	Luke Waterfall	Hartlepool United	Free Transfer	^[32]
26 January 2024	CM	Kamil Conteh	Bristol Rovers	Undisclosed	^[33]
31 January 2024	RB	Michee Efete	Ross County	Mutual Consent	^[34]^[35]

Loaned in

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned from	Date until	Ref
4 July 2023	GK	Harvey Cartwright	Hull City	End of Season	^[11]
28 August 2023	MF	Jamie Andrews	West Bromwich Albion	End of Season	^[36]
12 January 2024	CF	Justin Obikwu	Coventry City	End of Season	^[14]
12 January 2024	CM	Harry Wood	Hull City	End of Season	^[14]
1 February 2024	RB	Liam Smith	Cheltenham Town	End of Season	^[37]

Loaned out

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned to	Until	Ref
18 August 2023	CF	Edwin Essel	Guiseley	15 September 2023	^[38]
19 August 2023	CM	Aaron Braithwaite	Stafford Rangers	24 November 2023	^[39]
25 August 2023	RW	Harvey Tomlinson	Grimsby Borough	1 January 2024	^[40]
26 September 2023	CF	Edwin Essel	Grimsby Borough	2 January 2024	^[41]
16 December 2023	CB	Jamie Bramwell	Whitby Town	13 January 2024	^[42]
25 January 2024	RM	Otis Khan	Hartlepool United	30 June 2024	^[43]
31 January 2024	CM	Evan Khouri	Spennymoor Town	29 February 2024	^[44]
6 February 2024	LB	Danny Amos	York City	End of Season	^[45]
22 February 2024	CM	Alex Hunt	York City	End of Season	^[46]
1 March 2024	CM	Aaron Braithwaite	Whitby Town	1 April 2024	^[47]

Pre-season and friendlies

On 31 May, Grimsby Town announced their pre-season schedule, with friendlies against Grimsby Borough, Cleethorpes Town, Hull City, Lincoln City, Boston United and Fleetwood Town along with a training camp in Spain confirmed.^[48] Grimsby confirmed they would play both Port Vale and UAE Pro League side Al-Ain FC at the Real Club de Golf Campoamor Resort in Alicante.^[49]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

4 July 2023 Friendly	Grimsby Borough	1–5	Grimsby Town	Grimsby
19:30 BST	York 34' (pen.)	Report	Rose 19' Maher 28' Clifton 45+1' Pyke 73', 76'	Stadium: Bradley Football Development Centre

8 July 2023 Friendly	Cleethorpes Town	1–2	Grimsby Town	Grimsby
14:00 BST	Bateson 33'	Report	Efete 16' Wilson 82'	Stadium: MyEnergi Stadium

15 July 2023 Friendly	Grimsby Town	1–2¹	Hull City	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Wilson 112'	Report	Slater 62' Longman 111'	Stadium: Blundell Park

Qatar SC v

Grimsby Town

18 July 2023 Friendly	Qatar SC	1–0	Grimsby Town	Dehesa de Campoamor, Alicante, Spain
18:00 CST	Benoun	Report		Stadium: Real Club de Golf Campoamor Resort

Al-Ain v

Grimsby Town

19 July 2023 Friendly	Al-Ain	Postponed	Grimsby Town	Dehesa de Campoamor, Alicante, Spain
18:00 CST				Stadium: Real Club de Golf Campoamor Resort

21 July 2023 Friendly	Port Vale	1–1¹	Grimsby Town	Dehesa de Campoamor, Alicante, Spain
10:00 CST	Garrity	Report	Wilson	Stadium: Real Club de Golf Campoamor Resort

25 July 2023 Friendly	Grimsby Town	2–0	Lincoln City	Cleethorpes
19:30 BST	Hunt 31' Rose 39'	Report		Stadium: Blundell Park

26 July 2023 Friendly	Boston United	3–2	Grimsby Town XI	Boston
19:45 BST	Wilson 46' Mooney 60', 75'		Gardner 10' Bostwick (OG) 28'	Stadium: Boston Community Stadium Attendance: 891

29 July 2023 Friendly	Fleetwood Town	1–0	Grimsby Town	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Omochere 13'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Stadium

^ Game incorporated four-thirty minute quarters as opposed to using the traditional clock.^[50]

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
League Two	Matchday 1		30	6	11	13	42	54	−12	020.00
FA Cup	First round	Second round	3	1	1	1	8	5	+3	033.33
EFL Cup	First round	First round	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
EFL Trophy	Group stage	Group stage	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	000.00
Total			37	7	13	17	53	67	−14	018.92

Last updated: 10 February 2024
Source: Soccerway

League Two

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
18	Newport County	46	16	7	23	62	76	−14	55
19	Swindon Town	46	14	12	20	77	83	−6	54
20	Salford City	46	13	12	21	66	82	−16	51
21	Grimsby Town	46	11	16	19	57	74	−17	49
22	Colchester United	46	11	12	23	59	80	−21	45
23	Sutton United (R)	46	9	15	22	59	84	−25	42	Relegated to National League
24	Forest Green Rovers (R)	46	11	9	26	44	78	−34	42	Relegated to National League

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^[51]
(R) Relegated

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	11	16	19	57	74	−17	49	9	5	9	34	41	−7	2	11	10	23	33	−10

Last updated: 27 April 2024.
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	28	30	31	32	34	35	36	27¹	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	29²	44	33³	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A
Result	D	L	W	D	D	W	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	D	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	W	D	D	W	D	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	L
Position	13	19	9	14	15	12	12	15	17	19	16	18	18	20	20	21	21	21	21	20	19	18	19	19	19	20	19	20	20	21	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2024. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Notes:

¹ Matchday 27 (vs AFC Wimbledon) was postponed due to Wimbledon's FA Cup involvement.
² Matchday 29 (vs Harrogate Town) was postponed due to a frozen pitch.
³ Matchday 33 (vs Colchester United) was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

Matches

On 22 June, the EFL League Two fixtures were released.^[52]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

5 August 2023 1	Grimsby Town	0–0	AFC Wimbledon	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Clifton 58' Conteh 69' Green 89' Pyke 90+8'	Report	Johnson 49' Al-Hamadi 59' 61' Little 90+6'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 7,214 Referee: Matthew Corlett

12 August 2023 2	Notts County	3–2	Grimsby Town	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Palmer 8' Bostock 40' Nemane 45+4' Waterfall 50' (o.g.) Crowley 61' Stone 90' Adebayo-Rowling 90+4'	Report	Rose 17' 25' Glennon 24' Clifton 34' 45+7' Conteh 64'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 12,950 Referee: Edward Duckworth

15 August 2023 3	Grimsby Town	2–0	Salford City	Cleethorpes
19:45 BST	Eisa 20', 65'	Report	Ashley 33' 49' Lund 70' Mallan 73' Vassell 90+3'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 5,968 Referee: Peter Wright

19 August 2023 4	Grimsby Town	1–1	Mansfield Town	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Eisa 6'	Report	Oates 59'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 7,100 Referee: Will Finnie

26 August 2023 5	Walsall	1–1	Grimsby Town	Walsall
15:00 BST	Hussey 9' 90+2' Knowles 59' Stirk 81' Evans 90+6'	Report	Rose 7' Rodgers 41' Eisa 52' Clifton 89'	Stadium: Poundland Bescot Stadium Attendance: 5,314 Referee: Ben Atkinson

2 September 2023 6	Grimsby Town	2–0	Gillingham	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Maher 12' Holohan 27' Amos 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,479 Referee: Adam Herczeg

9 September 2023 7	Bradford City	1–1	Grimsby Town	Bradford
12:30 BST	Kelly 6' Gilliead 89' Afoka 90+3'	Report	Eisa 8' Rodgers 32' Amos 34' Rose 43' Conteh 53'	Stadium: University of Bradford Stadium Attendance: 18,879 Referee: Sam Purkiss

16 September 2023 8	Wrexham	3–0	Grimsby Town	Wrexham
15:00 BST	McClean 6' Palmer 21' Boyle 31' Lee 44' 79'	Report	Conteh 39' Maher 50'	Stadium: STōK Cae Ras Attendance: 10,116 Referee: David Rock

23 September 2023 9	Grimsby Town	2–3	Crawley Town	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Holohan 24' Eisa 30' Conteh 38'	Report	Maguire 17' Kelly 32' Darcy 35' Orsi 90+6'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,357 Referee: Simon Mather

30 September 2023 10	Swindon Town	2–1	Grimsby Town	Swindon
15:00 BST	Kemp 26' Blake-Tracy 60' Cain 64' Hutton 90+5'	Report	Clifton 62' Wilson 70' Rodgers 90+2'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 9,168 Referee: Andy Davies

3 October 2023 11	Grimsby Town	2–1	Barrow	Cleethorpes
19:45 BST	Eisa 18' Conteh 32' Rose 37' Wilson 75'	Report	Chester 45+3' Foley 79'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 4,882 Referee: Thomas Kirk

7 October 2023 12	Tranmere Rovers	2–2	Grimsby Town	Birkenhead
15:00 BST	Morris 16' 59' Jennings 61'	Report	Rose 27' Pyke 44' 49'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 5,968 Referee: Martin Coy

14 October 2023 13	Grimsby Town	0–2	Accrington Stanley	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Waterfall 17' 72'	Report	Leigh 51' Martin 66' Whalley 74' Andrews 82'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,335 Referee: Lewis Smith

21 October 2023 14	Stockport County	3–2	Grimsby Town	Stockport
15:00 GMT	Barry 6' (pen.), 74' Olaofe 8' 39' Hinchliffe 52' Hippolyte 61'	Report	Clifton 12' Eastwood 38' Wilson 45+1' Holohan 52' (pen.) Rodgers 72'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 9,498 Referee: Scott Simpson

24 October 2023 15	Grimsby Town	2–3	Colchester United	Cleethorpes
19:45 GMT	Goodman 7' (o.g.) Andrews 39' Wilson 52'	Report	Taylor 10' Mitchell 22' 35' Dallison 60' Read 64' Egbo 66'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 5,010 Referee: Alan Young

28 October 2023 16	Doncaster Rovers	1–0	Grimsby Town	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Bailey 51' Close 68' Ironside 72' (pen.) Jones 80'	Report	Holohan 44' Rose 74'	Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 8,746 Referee: Darren Drysdale

11 November 2023 17	Grimsby Town	3–2	Morecambe	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Khan 16' Rose 47' Green 49' Pyke 59' Holohan 74' Hunt 90+5'	Report	Mayor 2' Tutonda 44' McKiernan 86'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 5,939 Referee: Alan Young

18 November 2023 18	Forest Green Rovers	2–2	Grimsby Town	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT	Bernard 6' McAllister 37' (pen.), 44'	Report	Rose 5' Holohan 65' 76' Wilson 80'	Stadium: The Bolt New Lawn Attendance: 2,580 Referee: Scott Tallis

25 November 2023 19	Grimsby Town	1–1	Sutton United	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Pyke 19'	Report	Smith 45+5'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 5,456 Referee: Matthew Corlett

28 November 2023 20	Milton Keynes Dons	1–1	Grimsby Town	Denbigh
19:45 GMT	Williams 45+7' Payne 66'	Report	Pyke 20' Conteh 64' Ainley 85' Wilson 90'	Stadium: Stadium mk Attendance: 4,962 Referee: Peter Wright

9 December 2023 21	Grimsby Town	2–1	Crewe Alexandra	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Eisa 18' Mullarkey 33' Rose 45'	Report	White 78' 79' Rowe 85' O'Riordan 90+1'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 5,291 Referee: Richie Watkins

16 December 2023 22	Newport County	1–1	Grimsby Town	Newport
15:00 GMT	Bogle 72' 90+4'	Report	Rose 78'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 3,809 Referee: Tom Nield

23 December 2023 23	Grimsby Town	1–2	Harrogate Town	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Green 90+1' Driscoll-Glennon 90+3'	Report	Foulds 41' Odoh 72' March 90+4'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,302 Referee: Adam Herczeg

26 December 2023 24	Mansfield Town	2–0	Grimsby Town	Mansfield
12:30 GMT^[53]	Keillor-Dunn 19' Johnson 30' Pym 45+4' Maris 45+5', 67'	Report	Rodgers 21'	Stadium: One Call Stadium Attendance: 8,125 Referee: Ollie Yates

29 December 2023 25	Salford City	0–3	Grimsby Town	Kersal
19:45 GMT		Report	Clifton 39' Mullarkey 70' Rose 84', 86'	Stadium: Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 2,921 Referee: Dale Baines

1 January 2024 26	Grimsby Town	1–6	Walsall	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Rose 29'	Report	James-Taylor 38' Hutchinson 43', 55' (pen.) Earing 50' Farquharson 66' Allen 71' Johnson 90+5'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,355 Referee: Edward Duckworth

13 January 2024 28	Grimsby Town	5–5	Notts County	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Rose 7' Eisa 15', 62' Clifton 52' 87' Wood 90+5'	Report	Baldwin 23' McGoldrick 39', 90+2' Langstaff 45' Robertson 45+4' Nemane 60', 79' Jones 84'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 7,567 Referee: Craig Hicks

27 January 2024 30	Grimsby Town	1-2	Tranmere Rovers	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Tharme 39'		Apter 35' Mullarkey 54' (o.g.)	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,421 Referee: Paul Howard

3 February 2024 31	Accrington Stanley	0–0	Grimsby Town	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Woods 49'	Report	Hume 79'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 8,745 Referee: David Rock

10 February 2024 32	Grimsby Town	1–3	Stockport County	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Thompson 31' Smith 34' Eisa 52' Green 67' Maher 77'	Report	Sarcevic 9', 48' Olaofe 14' Cass 28', 65' Camps 42'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,732 Referee: Thomas Parsons

17 February 2024 34	Grimsby Town	1–5	Doncaster Rovers	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Rose 19' (pen.) Smith 45+4' Clifton 74'	Report	Molyneux 6' Ironside 8' Bailey 28' Maher 51' (o.g.) Craig 53', 72' Hurst 82' Sterry 90+3'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 7,424 Referee: Thomas Kirk

24 February 2024 35	Morecambe	1–1	Grimsby Town	Morecambe
15:00 GMT	Slew 53' Khumbeni 85'	Report	Rose 2' Holohan 85'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 3,794 Referee: Will Finnie

2 March 2024 36	Grimsby Town	1–0	Forest Green Rovers	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Rodgers 8' Green 90+5'	Report	Keogh 90+5'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,506 Referee: Tom Reeves

5 March 2024 27^[54]	AFC Wimbledon	0–0	Grimsby Town	Wimbledon
19:45 GMT	Curtis 62'	Report	Thompson 29' Holohan 44' Andrews 64' Hume 94'	Stadium: The Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 7,028 Referee: Daniel Middleton
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 6 January, but was postponed due to Wimbledon's FA Cup involvement.

9 March 2024 37	Sutton United	1–1	Grimsby Town	Sutton
15:00 GMT	Eastmond 82' Lakin 88' (pen.)	Report	Obikwu 44' Thompson 54' Rose 80' Rodgers 82'	Stadium: VBS Community Stadium Attendance: 3,346 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

12 March 2024 38	Grimsby Town	1–0	Milton Keynes Dons	Cleethorpes
19:45 GMT	Gnahoua 10' Mullarkey 16' Obikwu 33' Holohan 44', 45+2' Hume 73' Thompson 90'	Report		Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 5,659 Referee: Aaron Bannister

16 March 2024 39	Gillingham	1–1	Grimsby Town	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Lapslie 15', 84' McKenzie 83'	Report	Wilson 13' Clifton 18' Tharme 22' Hume 66'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,065 Referee: James Bell

23 March 2024 40	Grimsby Town	1–3	Wrexham	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Hume 48' Gnahoua 81'	Report	Cannon 5', 36' Mullin 42' Cleworth 90+4'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 7,728 Referee: Ollie Yates

29 March 2024 41	Barrow	3–1	Grimsby Town	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 GMT	Stockton 11', 22' Telford 72' Gotts 82'	Report	Obikwu 89'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 4,024 Referee: Oliver Langford

1 April 2024 42	Grimsby Town	1–1	Bradford City	Cleethorpes
13:00 BST	Hume 37' 90+1' Thompson 55' Andrews 85' Rodgers 90+2'	Report	Oyegoke 53' Kavanagh 56' Platt 67' Wright 80' Kelly 84' Smallwood 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,711 Referee: Matthew Corlett

6 April 2024 43	Grimsby Town	1–0	Newport County	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Rose 33' Green 36' Thompson 80'	Report	Charsley 36' Jephcott 54'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 5,951 Referee: Bobby Madley

9 April 2024 29^[55]	Harrogate Town	1–0	Grimsby Town	Harrogate
19:45 BST	Thomson 49' Abu 83'	Report	Hume 79'	Stadium: Wetherby Road Attendance: 3,201 Referee: Thomas Parsons
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 20 January, but was postponed due to a frozen pitch.^[56]

13 April 2024 44	Crewe Alexandra	0–3	Grimsby Town	Crewe
15:00 BST	Cooney 34' Williams 62'	Report	Mullarkey 38', 45' Thompson 59' Hume 90'	Stadium: Mornflake Stadium Attendance: 5,665 Referee: Simon Mather

16 April 2024 33^[57]	Colchester United	2–0	Grimsby Town	Colchester
19:45 BST	Hopper 5' Hornby 73' Iandolo 75' Akinde 79' Dallison 90+6'	Report	Obikwu 48' Mullarkey 90+2'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 4,350 Referee: Carl Brook
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 13 February, but was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.^[58]

20 April 2024 45	Grimsby Town	2–0	Swindon Town	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Holohan 69' Smith 75' Wilson 85'	Report		Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,752 Referee: Martin Coy

27 April 2024 46	Crawley Town	2–0	Grimsby Town	Crawley
15:00 BST	Orsi 24' Lolos 34'	Report		Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 4,885 Referee: Paul Howard

FA Cup

Town were drawn away to Ebbsfleet United or Slough Town in the first round.^[59]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

5 November 2023 First round	Slough Town	1–1	Grimsby Town	Slough
14:00 GMT	Davies 28' Bayliss 66' Eweka 90+4'	Report	Clifton 33' Efete 48' Rose 75' Maher 89' Hunt 90+1'	Stadium: Arbour Park Attendance: 2,205 Referee: Ben Atkinson

14 November 2023 First round replay	Grimsby Town	7–2	Slough Town	Cleethorpes
19:45 GMT	Pyke 7', 45' 60' Rose 16' Gnahoua 32' 65', 85' Amos 54' Hunt 81' Andrews 86'	Report	Dyce 20' 29' Ogbonna 34'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 3,079 Referee: Jacob Miles

2 December 2023 Second round	Oxford United	2–0	Grimsby Town	Oxford
15:00 GMT	McGuane 11' Rodrigues 29' Bodin 75'	Report	Hunt 62'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 4,149 Referee: Darren Bond

EFL Cup

Grimsby were drawn away to Mansfield Town in the first round.^[60]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

8 August 2023 First round	Mansfield Town	2–0	Grimsby Town	Mansfield
19:30 BST	Akins 28' (pen.) Oates 55'	Report	Cartwright 27' Green 60'	Stadium: One Call Stadium Attendance: 3,123 Referee: Scott Jackson

EFL Trophy

In the group stage, Grimsby Town were drawn into Northern Group F alongside Barnsley, Bradford City and Manchester City U21.^[61]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Bradford City	3	3	0	0	0	10	2	+8	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Barnsley	3	2	0	0	1	6	6	0	6	Advance to Round 2
3	ACA	Manchester City U21	3	0	1	0	2	3	8	−5	2
4	L2	Grimsby Town	3	0	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2023. Source: EFL.com

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

29 August 2023 Group stage	Grimsby Town	2–2 (2–4 p)	Manchester City U21	Cleethorpes
19:30 BST	Maher 26' Gnahoua 73' Clifton 77' Pyke 90+1'	Report	Dickson 9' Ndala 28' Simpson-Pusey 35' Smith 68'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 1,101 Referee: Daniel Middleton
	Penalties
	Hunt Glennon Clifton Gnahoua		Wright Galvez Heskey Samuel

5 September 2023 Group stage	Barnsley	2–0	Grimsby Town	Barnsley
19:30 BST	Dodgson 33' Marsh 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 2,439 Referee: Ruebyn Ricardo

10 October 2023 Group stage	Grimsby Town	1–2	Bradford City	Cleethorpes
19:30 BST	Pyke 18' Rodgers 90+2'	Report	Kelly 3' 16' Osadebe 48' 90+2' McDonald 59'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: Paul Howard Referee: 747

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2023–24 Grimsby Town F.C. season

Contents

Current squad

Transfers

In

Out

Loaned in

Loaned out

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall record

League Two

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

FA Cup

EFL Cup

EFL Trophy

References