2005–06 Grimsby Town F.C. season explained

Season:	2005–06
League Result:	4th (Play off runners up)
Cup1 Result:	First round
Cup2 Result:	Third round
Cup3 Result:	First round
Cup4 Result:	Semi-final
League Topscorer:	Gary Jones(15)
Season Topscorer:	Gary Jones(17)
Highest Attendance:	8458 v Northampton Town (6 May 2006)
Lowest Attendance:	1131 v Morecambe (18 October 2005)
Nextseason:	2006–07

The 2005–06 season is Grimsby Town's 128th season in their existence. They competed in Football League Two, alongside competing in the FA Cup, Football League Cup and the Football League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref
25 May 2005	FW	Jermaine Palmer	Stoke City	Free Transfer
8 June 2005	MF	Terry Barwick	Scunthorpe United	Free Transfer
9 June 2005	GK	John Lukic Jr.	Nottingham Forest	Free Transfer
22 June 2005	GK	Steve Mildenhall	Oldham Athletic	Free Transfer
23 June 2005	MF	Paul Bolland	Notts County	Free Transfer
27 June 2005	DF	Tom Newey	Cambridge United	Free Transfer
1 July 2005	MF	Jean-Paul Kamudimba Kalala	OGC Nice	Free Transfer
1 July 2005	FW	Gary Jones	Tranmere Rovers	Free Transfer
5 August 2005	DF	Gary Croft	Cardiff City	Free Transfer
5 August 2005	MF	Tom Taylor	Viking FK	Free Transfer
18 August 2005	FW	Ciaran Toner	Lincoln City	Free Transfer
18 October 2005	FW	Steve Slade	Vikingur Reykjavik	Free Transfer
12 January 2006	DF	Ben Futcher	Boston United	Free Transfer
27 January 2006	MF	Curtis Woodhouse	Hull City	Free Transfer
31 January 2006	FW	Marc Goodfellow	Bristol City	Free Transfer
31 January 2006	FW	Gary Cohen	Gretna	Free Transfer

Loans in

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Date Until	Ref
29 June 2005	FW	Gary Cohen	Gretna	30 January 2006
1 August 2005	FW	Calvin Andrew	Luton Town	4 November 2005
27 September 2005	DF	Simon Francis	Sheffield United	23 October 2005
1 January 2006	DF	Matthew Bloomer	Lincoln City	31 January 2006
17 January 2006	FW	Junior Mendes	Northampton Town	17 May 2006

Transfers out

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Ref
26 May 2005	DF	Terrell Forbes	Oldham Athletic	Free Transfer
29 May 2005	DF	Jason Crowe	NorthamptonTown	Free Transfer
29 May 2005	MF	Graham Hockless	North Ferriby United	Released
29 May 2005	FW	David Soames	Armthorpe Welfare	Released
9 June 2005	GK	Anthony Williams	Carlisle United	Released
1 July 2005	MF	Stacy Coldicott	Hereford United	Released
6 July 2005	MF	Terry Fleming	Kidderminster Harriers	Released
7 July 2005	MF	Ronnie Bull	New Zealand Knights	Released
20 October 2005	FW	Steve Slade	Worthing	Released
1 January 2006	DF	Tony Crane	Worksop Town	Free Transfer
30 January 2006	FW	Martin Gritton	Lincoln City	Undisclosed Fee
31 January 2006	DF	Simon Ramsden	Rochdale	Free Transfer
31 January 2006	MF	Tom Taylor	Buxton	Released
30 March 2006	GK	John Lukic Jr.	Barnsley	Released

Loans out

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Date Until	Ref
3 August 2005	FW	Jermaine Palmer	Scarborough	3 September 2005
16 September 2005	FW	Jermaine Palmer	York City	16 October 2005
15 October 2005	DF	Tony Crane	Worksop Town	31 December 2005
24 November 2005	MF	Terry Barwick	York City	1 January 2006
27 November 2005	MF	Nick Hegarty	Whitby Town	27 December 2005
16 January 2006	MF	Nick Hegarty	Willenhall Town	16 March 2006
17 January 2006	FW	Jermaine Palmer	Alfreton Town	17 March 2006

Fixtures and results

Grimsby Town's score shown first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Pre-season matches

Friendlies

!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Scorers

18 July 2005			1–2		Hegarty
22 July 2005			1–1		Gritton
26 July 2005			1–1		Reddy
31 July 2005			1–0		Parkinson
2 August 2005			1–2		R.Jones

Lincolnshire Cup

!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Scorers

14 July 2005

0–0

Football League Two

!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Scorers

6 August 2005			1–1		Crane
9 August 2005			2–1		Gritton, R.Jones
20 August 2005			0–1		–
27 August 2005			1–0		Andrew
29 August 2005			2–0		McDermott, Kalala
2 September 2005			1–3		G.Jones
6 September 2005			2–1		Kalala, Reddy
10 September 2005			1–0		G.Jones
17 September 2005			3–0		R.Jones, Reddy (2)
24 September 2005			1–1		Kalala
27 September 2005			4–0		R.Jones, Gritton, Kalala, Cohen
1 October 2005			0–0		–
7 October 2005			0–1		–
14 October 2005			3–0		Bolland, Reddy, Cohen
22 October 2005			0–1		–
29 October 2005			0–0
11 November 2005			3–1		G.Jones, Newey, Cohen
19 November 2005			1–3		Reddy
26 November 2005			3–2		Parkinson, Bolland, Cohen
6 December 2005			4–1		G.Jones, Cohen, R.Jones, Reddy
10 December 2005			0–1		–
26 December 2005			2–1		G.Jones, Cohen
28 December 2005			3–0		Toner, Reddy, Parkinson
31 December 2005			2–1		Reddy, Downey
2 January 2006			1–2		Toner
14 January 2006			2–1		Reddy, Parkinson
17 January 2006			0–0		–
21 January 2006			2–2		Parkinson, Futcher
24 January 2006			1–2		Reddy
28 January 2006			1–2		Reddy
4 February 2006			1–0		Reddy
11 February 2006			1–0		Reddy
14 February 2006			1–2		Woodhouse
25 February 2006			1–0		G.Jones
3 March 2006			1–1		Futcher
11 March 2006			3–0		G.Jones (2), Bolland
18 March 2006			2–1		G.Jones (2)
21 March 2006			2–2		Toner, Bolland
25 March 2006			0–5		–
1 April 2006			2–0		G.Jones, Reddy
8 April 2006			0–1		–
15 April 2006			1–1		Goodfellow
17 April 2006			0–0		–
21 April 2006			1–0		G.Jones
29 April 2006			1–1		G.Jones
6 May 2006			1–1		Kalala

Playoffs

!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Scorers

13 May 2006			1–0		G.Jones
16 May 2006			2–1		Futcher, G.Jones
28 May 2006			0–1		–

League Cup

!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Scorers

28 August 2005			1–0		G.Jones
20 September 2005			1–0		Kalala
26 October 2005			0–1		–

Football League Trophy

League table

Carlisle United were another side who earned a second successive promotion, only two years after a relegation from the League that some predicted would see the end of the club. Northampton Town joined them, making up for two seasons of play-off disappointment, and Leyton Orient ended a decade in the bottom division by earning promotion on nearly the last minute of the season. Wycombe started the season with a 21-game unbeaten run that saw 5 of their players named in the PFA LG2 team of the year. Two tragic off the fields events however saw them fall away in the second part of the season before losing to Cheltenham Town in the playoff semi-finals. Grimsby Town lost 1–0 to Cheltenham in the final at the Millennium Stadium.

Rushden and Diamonds failed to improve on the previous season, and paid the price with relegation to the Conference. Oxford United joined them, despite the return of manager Jim Smith, and became the first former winners of a major trophy to be relegated to the Conference.

Coaching staff

Role	Nationality	Name
First-Team Manager		Russell Slade
First-Team Assistant Manager		Graham Rodger
Reserve Team Manager		Graham Rodger
Head of Youth		Neil Woods
Youth Team Manager		Neil Woods
Physiotherapist		David Moore
Community Sport Coach		Gary Childs

First Team Squad

Appearances and goals

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Most frequent starting line-up

Most frequent starting line-up uses the team's most used formation: 4–4–2. The players used are those who have played the most games in each respective position, not necessarily who have played most games out of all the players.