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2019–20 Grimsby Town F.C. season

The 2019–20 season is Grimsby Town's 142nd season of existence and their fourth consecutive season in League Two.[3] Along with competing in League Two, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

Grimsby Town F.C.
2019–20 season
ChairmanJohn Fenty
ManagerMichael Jolley
(until 31 December)[1]
Ian Holloway
(from 31 December)[2]
StadiumBlundell Park
League Two15th
FA CupFirst round
EFL CupThird round
EFL TrophyGroup stage

The season covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

Transfers edit

Transfers in edit

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2019 CF   Matt Green   Salford City Free transfer [4]
1 July 2019 CF   James Hanson   AFC Wimbledon Free transfer [5]
1 July 2019 RB   Elliott Hewitt   Notts County Free transfer [6]
1 July 2019 CF   Moses Ogbu   Al-Ain Free transfer [7]
16 August 2019 CB   Luke Waterfall   Shrewsbury Town Free transfer [8]
9 January 2020 AM   Billy Clarke   Plymouth Argyle Free transfer [9]
15 January 2020 AM   James Tilley   Bighton & Hove Albion Undisclosed [10]
31 January 2020 LB   Bradley Garmston   Gillingham Free transfer [11]
31 January 2020 RW   Elliot Grandin   Saint-Pierroise Undisclosed [12]

Loans in edit

Date Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
1 July 2019 LB   Liam Gibson   Newcastle United 1 January 2020 [13]
2 September 2019 CM   Ethan Robson   Sunderland 1 January 2020 [14]
7 January 2020 LB   Anthony Glennon   Burnley 30 June 2020 [15]
16 January 2020 CM   Josh Benson   Burnley 30 June 2020 [16]

Loans out edit

Date Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
1 August 2019 LW   Brandon Buckley   Cleethorpes Town January 2020 [17]
1 August 2019 CM   Jock Curran   Lincoln United January 2020 [17]
14 August 2019 GK   Ollie Battersby   Lincoln United September 2019 [18]
8 November 2019 AM   Charles Vernam   Chorley December 2019 [19]

Transfers out edit

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2019 CF   Rumarn Burrell   Middlesbrough Undisclosed [20]
1 July 2019 CB   Danny Collins   Retired Released [21]
1 July 2019 RB   Reece Hall-Johnson   Northampton Town Free transfer [22]
1 July 2019 CF   JJ Hooper   Wrexham Released [21][23]
1 July 2019 CF   Wes Thomas   Notts County Released [21][24]
1 July 2019 CB   Alex Whitmore   AFC Fylde Free transfer [25]
1 July 2019 LM   Martyn Woolford   Hyde United Released [21][26]
22 December 2019 LB   Sebastian Ring   Kalmar FF Mutual consent [27]
14 January 2020 CF   Moses Ogbu   Mjällby Mutual consent [28][29]

Pre-season edit

Grimsby revealed their pre-season programme in June 2019.[30]

6 July 2019 (2019-07-06) Friendly Cleethorpes Town 0–8 Grimsby Town Cleethorpes
15:00 BST Report Green  
Hanson   19', 34', 45+1'
Wright   55', 58', 62'
Rose   60'		 Stadium: Linden Club
9 July 2019 (2019-07-09) Friendly Grantham Town 1–3 Grimsby Town Grantham
19:30 BST Westcarr   21' Report Hanson   8'
Pollock   77'
Rose   90' (pen.)		 Stadium: South Kesteven Sports Stadium
11 July 2019 (2019-07-11) Friendly Boston United 2–1 Grimsby Town Boston
19:30 BST Thewlis   49' (pen.)
Trialist   86'		 Report Green   64' Stadium: The Jakesman Stadium
18 July 2019 (2019-07-18) Friendly Gainsborough Trinity 2–0 Grimsby Town Gainsborough
19:30 BST Worsfold   20'
Middleton   90+3'		 Report Stadium: Gainsborough Martin & Co. Arena
20 July 2019 (2019-07-20) Friendly Grimsby Town 1–0 Doncaster Rovers Cleethorpes
12:30 BST Hessenthaler   84' Stadium: Blundell Park
23 July 2019 (2019-07-23) Friendly Scarborough Athletic 1–2 Grimsby Town Scarborough
19:30 BST Walshaw   57' Report Ring   12'
Ogbu   43' (pen.)		 Stadium: Flamingo Land Stadium
27 July 2019 (2019-07-27) Friendly Grimsby Town 0–2 Peterborough United Cleethorpes
15:00 BST Report Eisa   21'
Dembélé   74'		 Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 1,573

First Team Squad edit

# Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends
Goalkeepers
— James McKeown   GK (1989-07-24)24 July 1989 (aged 30) RKSV Leonidas   2011 2021
— Sam Russell   GK (1982-10-04)4 October 1982 (aged 36) Forest Green Rovers   2018 ????
— Ollie Battersby   GK (2001-07-23)23 July 2001 (aged 18) Academy 2017 2021
Defenders
— Luke Hendrie   RB (1994-08-27)27 August 1994 (aged 24) Shrewsbury Town   2019 2021
— Elliott Hewitt   RB/CM (1994-05-30)30 May 1994 (aged 25) Notts County   2019 2021
— Ludvig Öhman   CB (1991-10-09)9 October 1991 (aged 27) BP   2019 2021
— Harry Davis   CB (1991-09-04)4 September 1991 (aged 27) St Mirren   2018 2020
— Matthew Pollock   CB (2001-09-28)28 September 2001 (aged 17) Academy 2018 2021
— Sebastian Ring   LB (1995-04-18)18 April 1995 (aged 24) ÖSK   2019 2020
— Liam Gibson   LB (1997-04-25)25 April 1997 (aged 22) Newcastle United   (Loan) 2019 2020
Midfielders
— Jake Hessenthaler   CM (1994-04-20)20 April 1994 (aged 25) Gillingham   2018 2020
— Elliott Whitehouse   CM (1993-10-27)27 October 1993 (aged 25) Lincoln City   2018 2020
— Harry Clifton   CM (1998-06-12)12 June 1998 (aged 21) Academy 2007 2021
— Jock Curran   CM (2001-01-29)29 January 2001 (aged 18) Academy 2017 2020
— Charles Vernam   CAM/CF (1996-10-08)8 October 1996 (aged 22) Derby County   2018 2020
— Jordan Cook   CAM/CF (1990-03-20)20 March 1990 (aged 29) Luton Town   2018 2020
— Brandon Buckley   CAM (2000-09-21)21 September 2000 (aged 18) Academy 2009 2020
— Max Wright   RW (1998-04-06)6 April 1998 (aged 21) Academy 2008 2020
Attackers
— James Hanson   ST (1987-11-09)9 November 1987 (aged 31) AFC Wimbledon   2019 2021
— Matt Green   ST (1987-01-02)2 January 1987 (aged 32) Salford City   2019 2021
— Moses Ogbu   ST (1991-02-07)7 February 1991 (aged 28) Al-Ain   2019 2020
— Harry Cardwell   ST (1996-10-28)28 October 1996 (aged 22) Reading   2017 2020
— Ahkeem Rose   ST (1998-11-27)27 November 1998 (aged 20) Heather St John's   2017 2020
Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 2019–20 season (Friday 2 August).

Competitions edit

League Two edit

Main article: 2019–20 EFL League Two

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PPG
11 Salford City 37 13 11 13 49 46 +3 50 1.35
12 Walsall 36 13 8 15 40 49 −9 47 1.31
13 Crawley Town 37 11 15 11 51 47 +4 48 1.30
14 Newport County 36 12 10 14 32 39 −7 46 1.28
15 Grimsby Town 37 12 11 14 45 51 −6 47 1.27
16 Cambridge United 37 12 9 16 40 48 −8 45 1.22
17 Leyton Orient 36 10 12 14 47 55 −8 42 1.17
18 Carlisle United 37 10 12 15 39 56 −17 42 1.14
19 Oldham Athletic 37 9 14 14 44 57 −13 41 1.11
Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 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[31]

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
37 12 11 14 45 51  −6 47 6 5 7 22 27  −5 6 6 7 23 24  −1

Last updated: 7 March 2020.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday edit

Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637
GroundAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAAHHAHAHHAAHAHHAAHAHHAA
ResultWDLDWWLDLWWLLLDLDLDLDDWWDLLWDDWWLWLLW
Position24131474791197910141619182020202021181717171915171816151614141414
Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League Two fixtures were revealed.[32]

3 August 2019 (2019-08-03) 1 Morecambe 0–2 Grimsby Town Morecambe
15:00 BST Old   56'
Kenyon   59'
Alessandra   73'		 Report Green   58'
Whitehouse   68'
Clifton   74'
Wright   90+7'		 Stadium: Globe Arena
Attendance: 2,872
Referee: Darren Handley
10 August 2019 (2019-08-10) 2 Grimsby Town 1–1 Bradford City Cleethorpes
13:00 BST Öhman   3'
Hanson   66'
Clifton   77'		 Report Vaughan   53'
Anderson   68'		 Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 6,882
Referee: Ben Toner
17 August 2019 (2019-08-17) 3 Forest Green Rovers 1–0 Grimsby Town Nailsworth
15:00 BST Winchester   31'
Mondal   75'		 Report Stadium: The New Lawn
Attendance: 2,152
Referee: Leigh Doughty
20 August 2019 (2019-08-20) 4 Grimsby Town 2–2 Colchester United Cleethorpes
19:45 BST Hewitt   10'
Hanson   48' (pen.)
Davis   68'
Green   87'		 Report Nouble   25'
Norris   45+1'
Comley   90+4'		 Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 4,103
Referee: Rob Lewis
24 August 2019 (2019-08-24) 5 Grimsby Town 5–2 Port Vale Cleethorpes
15:00 BST Cook   20'
Ogbu   51'
Green   57'
Whitehouse   72'
Waterfall   80'
Hanson   86'
Hewitt   90'		 Report Whitehouse   13' (o.g.)
Worrall   54'
Smith   62'
Joyce   73'		 Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 4,290
Referee: Will Finnie
31 August 2019 (2019-08-31) 6 Walsall 1–3 Grimsby Town Walsall
15:00 BST Lavery   5'
Pring   80'		 Report Öhman   20'
Whitehouse   41'
Hanson   68', 81' (pen.)		 Stadium: Banks's Stadium
Attendance: 4,812
Referee: David Rock
7 September 2019 (2019-09-07) 7 Grimsby Town 0–2 Crewe Alexandra Cleethorpes
15:00 BST Hanson   28'   49' Report Lowery   46'
Powell   62'
Kirk   90+1'   90+2'		 Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 4,679
Referee: Anthony Coggins
14 September 2019 (2019-09-14) 8 Oldham Athletic 2–2 Grimsby Town Oldham
15:00 BST Missilou   19'
Morais   66'
Sylla   84'		 Report Ogbu   46'
Hendrie   61'
Hewitt   69'
Cook   81'
Vernam   89'
Öhman   90'		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 3,789
Referee: Sam Purkiss
17 September 2019 (2019-09-17) 9 Salford City 1–0 Grimsby Town Salford
19:45 BST Shelton   21' Report Cook   24' Stadium: The Peninsula Stadium
Attendance: 2,782
Referee: Chris Sarginson
21 September 2019 (2019-09-21) 10 Grimsby Town 1–0 Macclesfield Town Cleethorpes
15:00 BST Robson   56' Report Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 3,794
Referee: David Webb
28 September 2019 (2019-09-28) 11 Exeter City 1–3 Grimsby Town Exeter
15:00 BST Collins   32'
Moxey   59'
Sweeney   76'
Taylor   82'
Bowman   90+4'		 Report Gibson   22'
Robson   23', 67'   25'
Ogbu   59' (pen.)
Hessenthaler   69'
Wright   77'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 4,973
Referee: Brett Huxtbale
5 October 2019 (2019-10-05) 12 Grimsby Town 0–1 Mansfield Town Cleethorpes
15:00 BST Cook   42'
Green   69'
Hendrie   90+5'		 Report Bishop   58'
White   60'
Pearce   90+6'		 Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 5,087
Referee: Paul Marsden
12 October 2019 (2019-10-12) 13 Stevenage 2–1 Grimsby Town Stevenage
15:00 BST Guthrie   17'
Carter   44'
Farman   83'		 Report Rose   80' Stadium: The Lamex Stadium
Attendance: 3,220
Referee: Neil Hair
19 October 2019 (2019-10-19) 14 Grimsby Town 0–4 Leyton Orient Cleethorpes
15:00 BST Hendrie   25'
Hewitt   56'		 Report Happe   11'
Coulson   21'
Harrold   28'
Ekpiteta   37'
Dayton   37'
Alabi   80'
Wright   85' (pen.)		 Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 4,132
Referee: Nick Kinseley
22 October 2019 (2019-10-22) 15 Cambridge United 0–0 Grimsby Town Cambridge
19:45 BST Smith   37' Report Whitehouse   24' Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 4,898
Referee: James Adcock
26 October 2019 (2019-10-26) Grimsby Town v Cheltenham Town Cleethorpes
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Blundell Park
Note: Fixture was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.[33]
2 November 2019 (2019-11-02) Plymouth Argyle v Grimsby Town Plymouth
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Home Park
Note: Fixture was postponed due to structural damage to the roof of Home Park.[34]
16 November 2019 (2019-11-16) Grimsby Town v Newport County Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Blundell Park
Note: On 8 November, the match was postponed due to international call ups.[35]
23 November 2019 (2019-11-23) 16 Northampton Town 2–0 Grimsby Town Northampton
15:00 GMT Wharton   25'
Oliver   41'   60'		 Report McKeown   42'
Green   52'
Clifton   81'
Rose   90+1'		 Stadium: PTS Academy Stadium
Attendance: 5,211
Referee: Andy Haines
26 November 2019 (2019-11-26) 17 Grimsby Town 0–0 Cheltenham Town Cleethorpes
19:45 GMT Whitehouse   37'
Davis   72'		 Report Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 2,508
Referee: Christopher Pollard
7 December 2019 (2019-12-07) 18 Grimsby Town 0–3 Swindon Town Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT Hewitt   76' Report Doyle   10'
Yates   24', 52'		 Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 3,723
Referee: Peter Wright
14 December 2019 (2019-12-14) 19 Carlisle United 0–0 Grimsby Town Carlisle
15:00 GMT Report Robson   10'
Green   66'
Gibson   75'
Wright   80'		 Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 3,653
Referee: Marc Edwards
21 December 2019 (2019-12-21) 20 Grimsby Town 0–1 Scunthorpe United Cleethorpes
13:00 GMT Clifton   36'
Wright   82'		 Report Brown   26'
McGahey   32'
van Veen   62'   62'
Ntlhe   73'
Ward   76'		 Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 7,385
Referee: Tom Nield
26 December 2019 (2019-12-26) 21 Macclesfield Town 1–1 Grimsby Town Macclesfield
15:00 GMT Fitzpatrick   38'
Ironside   49' (pen.)
Horsfall   75'
Harris   86'		 Report Hendrie   45+1'
Wright   54'
Vernam   59'
Davis   83'		 Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 1,991
Referee: Paul Marsden
29 December 2019 (2019-12-29) 22 Grimsby Town 1–1 Crawley Town Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT Hessenthaler   2'
Gibson   25'
Hendrie   59'
Clifton   62'		 Report Nadesan   37'
Lubala   43'
McNerney   90+3'		 Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 3,612
Referee: Oliver Yates
1 January 2020 (2020-01-01) 23 Grimsby Town 1–0 Salford City Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT Rose   83' Report Towell   60' Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 4,555
Referee: Martin Coy
4 January 2020 (2020-01-04) 24 Mansfield Town 0–1 Grimsby Town Mansfield
15:00 GMT White   31'
Pearce   45+3'
Davies   90+1'		 Report Waterfall   10'
Benning   66' (o.g.)
McKeown   67'
Gibson   77'		 Stadium: One Call Stadium
Attendance: 5,848
Referee: James Oldham
11 January 2020 (2020-01-11) 25 Leyton Orient 1–1 Grimsby Town Leyton
15:00 GMT Kyprianou   51'
Angol   60'   90+2' (pen.)
Brophy   90+6'		 Report Hessenthaler   30'
Clarke   74'
Hendrie   83'
McKeown   87'		 Stadium: The Breyer Group Stadium
Attendance: 6,248
Referee: Will Finnie
18 January 2020 (2020-01-18) 26 Grimsby Town 0–1 Exeter City Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT Vernam   44' Report Bowman   32'
Law   67'		 Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 6,021
Referee: Andy Haines
25 January 2020 (2020-01-25) 27 Crawley Town 3–2 Grimsby Town Crawley
15:00 GMT Palmer   16', 70'
Nadesan   58'   77'
Doherty   85'		 Report Whitehouse   21'
Hanson   32'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,480
Referee: Nick Kinseley
28 January 2020 (2020-01-28) 28 Grimsby Town 3–1 Stevenage Cleethorpes
19:45 GMT Nugent   17' (o.g.)
Clarke   63' (pen.)   64'
Vernam   72'
Hendrie   78'		 Report Lakin   79'   90+2'
Nugent   87'		 Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 4,175
Referee: Tom Nield
1 February 2020 (2020-02-01) 29 Grimsby Town 2–2 Forest Green Rovers Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT Vernam   19'
Clifton   35'
Glennon   53'
Hendrie   90+1'		 Report Bailey   32'
Kitching   44'
Aitchison   50'
Winchester   55'		 Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 4,675
Referee: Paul Marsden
8 February 2020 (2020-02-08) 30 Bradford City 1–1 Grimsby Town Bradford
15:00 GMT Reeves   77'
Novak   80'		 Report Clarke   70'
Hendrie   90+1'		 Stadium: The Utilita Energy Stadium
Attendance: 17,668
Referee: Steve Martin
11 February 2020 (2020-02-11) 31 Colchester United 2–3 Grimsby Town Colchester
19:45 GMT Prosser   17'   67'
Robinson   42'
Stevenson   79'
Bramall   90+1'		 Report Vernam   21', 66', 69'
Green   50'
Benson   88'		 Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
Attendance: 2,954
Referee: Will Finnie
15 February 2020 (2020-02-15) 32 Grimsby Town 2–1 Morecambe Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT Hanson   69'
Benson   86'		 Report Phillips   90+2' Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 4,704
Referee: Trevor Kettle
22 February 2020 (2020-02-22) 33 Swindon Town 3–1 Grimsby Town Swindon
15:00 GMT Grant   3'
Yates   46'
Jaiyesimi   49'
Hendrie   57' (o.g.)		 Report Hanson   59'
Clarke   66'
Glennon   70'		 Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 8,180
Referee: Sam Purkiss
25 February 2020 (2020-02-25) 34 Grimsby Town 4–2 Newport County Cleethorpes
19:45 GMT Garmston   1'
Hanson   29'   61'
Benson   40'
Wright   84'		 Report Green   10'
Inniss   39'
Amond   68'
Labadie   73'		 Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 3,578
Referee: Sebastian Stockbridge
29 February 2020 (2020-02-29) 35 Grimsby Town 0–3 Northampton Town Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT Öhman   20' Report Goode   9'
Morton   26', 82'		 Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 4,879
Referee: Christopher Pollard
3 March 2020 (2020-03-03) 36 Plymouth Argyle 3–0 Grimsby Town Plymouth
19:45 GMT Bakinson   22'
Hardie   30'
Jephcott   40'
Grant   65'		 Report Clifton   57' Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 9,327
Referee: David Rock
7 March 2020 (2020-03-07) 37 Scunthorpe United 0–2 Grimsby Town Scunthorpe
13:00 GMT Bedeau   65'
Sutton   81'
Gilliead   86'
Perch   90+2'		 Report Glennon   20'
Waterfall   22'   61'
Vernam   52'
Hewitt   89'		 Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium
Attendance: 6,855
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
14 March 2020 (2020-03-14) Grimsby Town v Carlisle United Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT Stadium: Blundell Park
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[36]
17 March 2020 (2020-03-17) Grimsby Town v Cambridge United Cleethorpes
19:45 GMT Stadium: Blundell Park
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[36]
21 March 2020 (2020-03-21) Cheltenham Town v Grimsby Town Cheltenham
15:00 GMT Stadium: Jonny-Rocks Stadium
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[36]
28 March 2020 (2020-03-28) Grimsby Town v Plymouth Argyle Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT Stadium: Blundell Park
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[36]
4 April 2020 (2020-04-04) Newport County v Grimsby Town Newport
15:00 BST Stadium: Rodney Parade
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[37]
10 April 2020 (2020-04-10) Port Vale v Grimsby Town Burslem
15:00 BST Stadium: Vale Park
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[37]
13 April 2020 (2020-04-13) Grimsby Town v Walsall Cleethorpes
13:00 BST Stadium: Blundell Park
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[37]
18 April 2020 (2020-04-18) Crewe Alexandra v Grimsby Town Crewe
15:00 BST Stadium: Alexandra Stadium
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[37]
25 April 2020 (2020-04-25) Grimsby Town v Oldham Athletic Cleethorpes
15:00 BST Stadium: Blundell Park
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[37]

FA Cup edit

Main article: 2019–20 FA Cup

The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019.[38]

9 November 2019 (2019-11-09) First round Grimsby Town 1–1 Newport County Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT Öhman   20'
Green   27'
Waterfall   43'
Robson   90+5'		 Report Amond   80' (pen.) Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 2,086
Referee: Leigh Doughty
20 November 2019 (2019-11-20) First round replay Newport County 2–0 Grimsby Town Newport
19:45 GMT Abrahams   47'
Amond   50'
Sheehan   85'
Labadie   90+2'		 Report Rose   52'
Pollock   80'   90+1'		 Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 2,053
Referee: Darren Handley

EFL Cup edit

Main article: 2019–20 EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 20 June.[39] The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first-round matches.[40] The third round draw was confirmed on 28 August 2019, live on Sky Sports.[41]

13 August 2019 (2019-08-13) First round Grimsby Town 1–0 Doncaster Rovers Cleethorpes
19:45 BST Cook   40' Report Taylor   78' Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 2,470
Referee: John Brooks
27 August 2019 (2019-08-27) Second round Grimsby Town A–A Macclesfield Town Cleethorpes
19:45 BST Wright   14'
Cook   35'		 Report Cameron   34' Stadium: Blundell Park
Referee: Darren Drysdale
Note: Match was abandoned at half-time due to a waterlogged pitch.[42]
11 September 2019 (2019-09-11) Second round Grimsby Town 0–0
(5–4 p)		 Macclesfield Town Cleethorpes
19:45 BST Whitehouse   16'
Hessenthaler   56'
Gibson   90'		 Report Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 3,011
Referee: Darren Drysdale
Penalties
Green  
Hanson  
Cardwell  
Ogbu  
Hessenthaler  
Whitehouse  		 Ironside  
Horsfall  
Archibald  
Gnahoua  
Evans  
Kirby  
25 September 2019 (2019-09-25) Third round Chelsea 7–1 Grimsby Town Fulham
19:45 BST Barkley   4'
Batshuayi   7', 86'
Pedro   43' (pen.)
Zouma   56'
James   82'
Hudson-Odoi   89'		 Report Green   19'   28' Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 39,674
Referee: Keith Stroud

EFL Trophy edit

Main article: 2019–20 EFL Trophy

On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019.[43]

Pos Div Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 ACA Leicester City U21 3 2 1 0 0 5 3 +2 8 Advance to Round 2
2 L2 Scunthorpe United 3 2 0 1 0 6 2 +4 7
3 L1 Sunderland 3 1 0 0 2 4 7 −3 3
4 L2 Grimsby Town 3 0 0 0 3 4 7 −3 0
Source: EFL.com
3 September 2019 (2019-09-03) Group stage Grimsby Town 1–2 Scunthorpe United Cleethorpes
19:45 BST Pollock   32'
Cardwell   49'		 Report van Veen   28', 75'
Colclough   69'
Perch   90+2'		 Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 1,302
Referee: Andy Haines
8 October 2019 (2019-10-08) Group stage Sunderland 3–2 Grimsby Town Sunderland
19:45 BST Watmore   68'
Dobson   70'
McNulty   79'
Grigg   86'		 Report Green   59'
Ogbu   81'		 Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 6,952
Referee: Steve Martin
29 October 2019 (2019-10-29) Group stage Grimsby Town 1–2 Leicester City U21 Cleethorpes
19:45 GMT Ogbu   31'
Cardwell   50'
Gibson   59'
Clifton   80'		 Report Eppiah   68', 90' Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 341
Referee: Sebastian Stockbridge

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