2020–21 Grimsby Town F.C. season

Grimsby Town
2020–21 season
Chairman	Philip Day
Manager	Ian Holloway; (until 23 December); Paul Hurst; (from 30 December)
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)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

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 27 April after a 3-2 loss to Exeter City F.C.

Transfers

Transfers in

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

Loans in

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

Loans out

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

Transfers out

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

Pre-season

First-team squad

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

Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 2020–21 season (12 September).

Competitions

EFL League Two

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
17	Harrogate Town	46	16	9	21	52	61	−9	57
18	Oldham Athletic	46	15	9	22	72	81	−9	54
19	Walsall	46	11	20	15	45	53	−8	53
20	Colchester United	46	11	18	17	44	61	−17	51
21	Barrow	46	13	11	22	53	59	−6	50
22	Scunthorpe United	46	13	9	24	41	64	−23	48
23	Southend United (R)	46	10	15	21	29	58	−29	45	Relegation to National League
24	Grimsby Town (R)	46	10	13	23	37	69	−32	43	Relegation to National League

Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2021. 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^[52]
(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	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

Matchday	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	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A
Result	L	L	D	W	W	L	D	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	D	D	D	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	L
Position	20	23	23	18	15	16	17	19	17	18	20	18	18	20	20	20	20	19	20	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2021. Source: 11v11 for league tables and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.^[53]

12 September 2020 1	Walsall	1–0	Grimsby Town	Bescot
15:00 BST	Cockerill-Mollett 44' Adebayo 60'	Report	Edwards 44' Idehen 69'	Stadium: Banks's Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Lee Swabey

19 September 2020 2	Grimsby Town	0–4	Salford City	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Tilley 48' Öhman 90+2'	Report	Hunter 28' Henderson 32' (pen.), 63' (pen.), 76' Towell 56' 90+3' (pen.) Touray 89'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Declan Bourne

10 October 2020 3	Bolton Wanderers	0–0	Grimsby Town	Horwich
15:00 BST	Sarcevic 70' Santos 90+7'	Report	Green 52'	Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Samuel Barrott

13 October 2020 4	Cheltenham Town	1–3	Grimsby Town	Cheltenham
19:00 BST	Williams 28' Bonds 49'	Report	Edwards 23' Tilley 39' Pollock 67' Hendrie 84' Windsor 90+4'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 0 Referee: Paul Howard

17 October 2020 5	Leyton Orient	2–3	Grimsby Town	Leyton
17:30 BST	Wilkinson 5' Wright 39' Maguire-Drew 74' 75' Clay 90' McAnuff 90+3'	Report	Waterfall 22' Williams 32' Clifton 86' Gibson 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tom Nield

20 October 2020 6	Grimsby Town	1–2	Harrogate Town	Cleethorpes
19:45 BST	Tilley 26' 61' Pollock 45' Hendrie 48' Preston 56' Clifton 70'	Report	Muldoon 25', 43' Thomson 42' Kerry 73'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

24 October 2020 7	Grimsby Town	1–1	Carlisle United	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Pollock 24' 90+3' Taylor 37' Waterfall 76' Starbuck 82'	Report	Anderton 18' McKeown 46' (o.g.)	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Christopher Pollard

27 October 2020 8	Forest Green Rovers	1–0	Grimsby Town	Nailsworth
19:00 GMT	Young 24' Winchester 48' Godwin-Malife 90+4'	Report	Taylor 90+2' Green 90+3'	Stadium: The Innocent [Insert Name Here] Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: James Adcock

31 October 2020 9	Stevenage	0–0	Grimsby Town	Stevenage
15:00 GMT	Coker 84'	Report	Taylor 53'	Stadium: Lamex Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Sam Allison

3 November 2020 10	Grimsby Town	1–0	Barrow	Grimsby
19:00 GMT	Gibson 60' Waterfall 77' McKeown 89'	Report	Hird 41' Platt 71'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Alan Young

21 November 2020 11	Tranmere Rovers	5–0	Grimsby Town	Birkenhead
15:00 GMT	Vaughan 10', 29' (pen.) Clarke 27' Khan 34' Monthé 79' Lewis 86'	Report	Hendrie 35' Waterfall 65'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Marc Edwards

24 November 2020 12	Crawley Town	1–2	Grimsby Town	Crawley
19:00 GMT	Watters 4' 80' Powell 78'	Report	Green 35' Wright 51' Hewitt 80'	Stadium: The People's Pension Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Johnson

1 December 2020 13	Grimsby Town	1–4	Exeter City	Cleethorpes
19:00 GMT	Hendrie 31' 36' Rose 50'	Report	Bowman 19' Williams 40', 44' Jay 68' Key 74'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Andy Haines

5 December 2020 14	Colchester United	2–1	Grimsby Town	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Smith 8' Harriott 56' Gambin 63' Eastman 87'	Report	Pollock 2' Hendrie 23'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Lee Swabey

8 December 2020 15	Grimsby Town	0–2	Newport County	Cleethorpes
19:00 GMT	Hendrie 24' Taylor 52' Waterfall 66'	Report	Twine 25' Amond 45+1' (pen.) Willmott 50'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

12 December 2020 16	Grimsby Town	1–1	Mansfield Town	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Bennett 48' Jackson Jr 63' Russell 68' Clifton 72' Morais 87'	Report	Gordon 54' Maynard 69' (pen.) Lapslie 89'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Carl Brook

15 December 2020 17	Southend United	3–1	Grimsby Town	Southend-on-Sea
19:45 GMT	Taylor 1' Clifford 57' Halford 75' Egbri 89'	Report	Jackson Jr 45+4' Hewitt 68' Waterfall 73' 90+4'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 0 Referee: Sam Allison

19 December 2020 18	Grimsby Town	1–0	Scunthorpe United	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Pollock 21' Spokes 59' Holloway	Report	McAtee 39' Jarvis 55' Clarke 69'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Darren Drysdale

22 December 2020 19	Grimsby Town	1–2	Bradford City	Cleethorpes
19:00 GMT	Clifton 49'	Report	Novak 21' Sutton 45'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 0 Referee: John Busby

26 December 2020 20	Morecambe	3–1	Grimsby Town	Morecambe
15:00 GMT	Stockton 45' Songo'o 56' Mendes Gomes 58', 71' Phillips 90+3'	Report	Pollock 21'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Declan Bourne

29 December 2020 21	Grimsby Town	0–0	Oldham Athletic	Cleethorpes
19:00 GMT	Pollock 39' Hewitt 86' Preston 88'	Report	Piergianni 33' Garrity 68' Ntambwe 86'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Tom Nield

2 January 2021 22	Grimsby Town	1–2	Cambridge United	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Hewitt 72'	Report	May 4' Mullin 36' Hannant 90+1'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Andy Haines

9 January 2021 23	Port Vale	3–0	Grimsby Town	Burslem
15:00 GMT	Brisley 8', 69' Joyce 11' Rodney 15' Waterfall 60' (o.g.)	Report	Wright 86'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Graham Salisbury

16 January 2021 24	Grimsby Town	0–0	Southend United	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Habergham 71' Spokes 90+1'	Report	McCormack 74' White 75' Demetriou 90+4'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Ben Toner

23 January 2021 25	Scunthorpe United	3–0	Grimsby Town	Scunthorpe
13:00 GMT	Eisa 14', 65' Loft 38', 75' Gilliead 83'	Report	Wright 29'	Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ollie Yates

30 January 2021 26	Grimsby Town	1–2	Stevenage	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	McKeown 73' Payne 90+3'	Report	List 42' Vincelot 70' Stevens 90+5'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

6 February 2021 27	Newport County	1–0	Grimsby Town	Newport
15:00 GMT	Bennett 37' Maynard 51'	Report	Matete 81'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 0 Referee: Craig Hicks

23 February 2021 28	Grimsby Town	2–1	Crawley Town	Cleethorpes
19:00 GMT	Morais 21' Bunney 69' 90+3' Adams 70', 79' Hewitt 85'	Report	Powell 30' Wright 32' Hessenthaler 90'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Bobby Madley

27 February 2021 29	Harrogate Town	1–0	Grimsby Town	Harrogate
15:00 GMT	Beck 77'	Report	Matete 16'	Stadium: The EnviroVent Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Trevor Kettle

2 March 2021 30	Grimsby Town	0–1	Leyton Orient	Cleethorpes
19:00 GMT		Report	Happe 20'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Steve Martin

6 March 2021 31	Grimsby Town	1–2	Forest Green Rovers	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Matete 30' Hanson 38'	Report	Matt 19' (pen.) Adams 66' Mark Cooper	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Peter Wright

9 March 2021 32	Carlisle United	1–1	Grimsby Town	Carlisle
19:00 GMT	Hayden 31' Zanzala 90+3'	Report	John-Lewis 16' Coke 55'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Chris Sarginson

13 March 2021 33	Grimsby Town	0–0	Colchester United	Cleethorpes
17:30 GMT	Matete 25'	Report	Pell 90+2'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Marc Edwards

17 March 2021 34	Grimsby Town	0–0	Tranmere Rovers	Cleethorpes
19:00 GMT	Lamy 8' Clifton 60'	Report	Blackett-Taylor 47' Ridehalgh 71'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Lewis

20 March 2021 35	Mansfield Town	2–2	Grimsby Town	Mansfield
15:00 GMT	Maris 20' Law 67' McLaughlin 70' Sweeney 90' Wright 90+6'	Report	Jackson Jr 56' John-Lewis 63' Matete 63' Williams 90+1'	Stadium: One Call Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: John Busby

23 March 2021 36	Barrow	0–1	Grimsby Town	Barrow-in-Furness
19:00 GMT		Report	John-Lewis 62' Spokes 71'	Stadium: Furness Building Society Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ben Speedie

27 March 2021 37	Grimsby Town	1–1	Walsall	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Hanson 9' Payne 12'	Report	Lavery 45+1' Clarke 88'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Samuel Barrott

2 April 2021 38	Salford City	1–1	Grimsby Town	Salford
15:00 BST	Lowe 26' Touray 73', 88'	Report	Clifton 2', 19' Payne 50' Matete 73'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 0 Referee: Declan Bourne

5 April 2021 39	Grimsby Town	1–1	Cheltenham Town	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	John-Lewis 8'	Report	Boyle 34'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Andy Davies

10 April 2021 40	Bradford City	1–0	Grimsby Town	Bradford
15:00 BST	A. O'Connor 42' P. O'Connor 70' Donaldson 76'	Report	Habergham 38' Williams 44' Payne 45+2' Hanson 90+3'	Stadium: Utilita Energy Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: James Bell

17 April 2021 41	Grimsby Town	2–1	Bolton Wanderers	Cleethorpes
12:30 BST	Matete 1', 78' Khouri 34' Clifton 59' Jackson Jr 86'	Report	Williams 6' Miller 90+6'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Carl Brook

20 April 2021 42	Grimsby Town	0–3	Morecambe	Cleethorpes
19:00 BST	Clifton 83'	Report	Stockton 22' Songo'o 28' Waterfall 81' (o.g.)	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Paul Howard

24 April 2021 43	Oldham Athletic	1–2	Grimsby Town	Oldham
15:00 BST	McAleny 30' Whelan 39'	Report	Coke 6' Green 36' Menayese 73' Matete 80' Khouri 89'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Alan Young

27 April 2021 44	Exeter City	3–2	Grimsby Town	Exeter
19:00 BST	Waterfall 33' (o.g.) Collins 79' Fisher 83' Bowman 89'	Report	John-Lewis 41' (pen.) Matete 58', 61' Menayese 90+7'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 0 Referee: David Rock

1 May 2021 45	Grimsby Town	1–0	Port Vale	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Green 32', 45'	Report	Legge 54' Montaño 83' 87'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Will Finnie

8 May 2021 46	Cambridge United	3–0	Grimsby Town	Cambridge
15:00 BST	O'Neil 25' Hoolahan 57' Mullin 80'	Report		Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tom Nield

FA Cup

The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October.^[54]

Win Draw Loss

7 November 2020 First round	Dagenham & Redbridge	3–1	Grimsby Town	Dagenham
15:00 GMT	Wilson 10', 90+1' Ogogo 82' Brundle 90+6' (pen.)	Report	Windsor 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 0 Referee: Craig Hicks

EFL Cup

Win Draw Loss

The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.^[55]

5 September 2020 First round	Grimsby Town	1–1 (3–4 p)	Morecambe	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Green 34'	Report	Phillips 7' Slew 44'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Graham Salisbury
	Penalties
	Pollock Tilley Preston Edwards McKeown		Kenyon McAlinden Hendrie Pringle O'Sullivan

EFL Trophy

Win Draw Loss

The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.^[56]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	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	Advance to Round 2
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

8 September 2020 Group stage	Grimsby Town	2–2 (5–4 p)	Harrogate Town	Cleethorpes
19:45 BST	Gibson 36' (pen.) Öhman 74' Boyd 74' Taylor 80' Khouri 90'	Report	Lokko 33' 86' Smith 65' Burrell 81 Kiernan 81'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 0 Referee: James Bell
	Penalties
	Gibson Taylor Edwards Starbuck Jackson Jr		Thomson Martin Beck Burrell Kerry

10 November 2020 Group stage	Grimsby Town	1–3	Leicester City U21	Cleethorpes
19:00 GMT	Pollock 21' Spokes 89'	Report	Wright 58' Tavares 60' Muskwe 74' Flynn 85'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Neil Hair

17 November 2020 Group stage	Hull City	3–0	Grimsby Town	Kingston upon Hull
17:30 GMT	Samuelsen 27', 32' Scott 79'	Report	Wright 3' Edwards 64'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Darren Drysdale

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[2] "Hurst Appointed First Team Manager". Grimsby Town FC. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2020.

[3] "Mohsni Becomes First Summer Signing". Grimsby Town F.C. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.^{[dead link‍]}

[4] "Grimsby Town sign striker Ira Jackson on busy day at Blundell Park". Grimsby Town F.C. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

[5] "Town Secure Signing Of Gibson". Grimsby Town F.C. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.^{[dead link‍]}

[6] "Williams Is A Mariner!". Grimsby Town F.C. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.^{[dead link‍]}

[7] "Sisay Becomes Signing Number Five". Grimsby Town F.C. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.^{[dead link‍]}

[8] "Rose Becomes Summer Signing Number Six". Grimsby Town F.C. 31 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.^{[dead link‍]}

[9] "Scannell Joins Town". Grimsby Town F.C. 2 September 2020. Archived from the original on 2 September 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.

[10] "Grimsby Town make fifth signing of the week as non-league midfielder Luke Spokes joins Mariners". Grimsby Telegraph. 5 September 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.

[11] "Morais Signs For The Mariners". Grimsby Town FC. Archived from the original on 11 December 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.

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[14] "Bunney Signs Until End Of The Season". Grimsby Town - Official Site. Retrieved 1 February 2021.^{[dead link‍]}

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[16] "Lamy Signs Until End Of The Season". Grimsby Town FC. Retrieved 6 February 2021.^{[dead link‍]}

[17] "Grimsby Town sign experienced midfielder Giles Coke until end of the season". Grimsbylive. Grimsby Live. 12 February 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2021.

[18] "Grimsby Town sign highly-rated Nottingham Forest defender Danny Preston on loan". Grimsby Telegraph. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.

[19] "Danny Preston announces Grimsby Town departure, latest on Kyle Bennett and rules on Jay Matete recall". Grimsby Telegraph. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[20] "Robins' Frontman Joins Town". Grimsby Town F.C. 5 September 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.^{[dead link‍]}

[21] "Done Deal! Town Complete Terry Taylor Deal". Grimsby Town F.C. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.^{[dead link‍]}

[22] "Mariners Confirm Morton Signing". Grimsby Town FC. Retrieved 1 October 2020.^{[dead link‍]}

[23] "Kyle Bennett Completes Loan Move". Bristol Rovers FC. Retrieved 8 October 2020.

[24] "Windsor Joins The Mariners On Loan". Grimsby Town FC. Retrieved 8 October 2020.^{[dead link‍]}

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