1995–96 Grimsby Town F.C. season

February 2015 February 2015 Grimsby Town 1995–96 Brian Laws (player-manager) Bill Carr Blundell Park First Division 17th FA Cup Fifth round League Cup Second round Livingstone (11) 5,865 _black_stripes_thin1 _blackstripes3 _black_stripes_thin1 _blacktop 000000 1994–95 1996–97 During the 1995–96 English football season, Grimsby Town F.C. competed in the Football League First Division. Transfers Transfers in DatePosPlayerTransferred fromFeeRef 12 June 1995 CM ENG Nicky Southall ENG Hartlepool United £40,000 19 September 1995 CM SCO Johnny Walker SCO Clydebank Free transfer 29 September 1995 FW ITA Ivano Bonetti ITA Torino Free transfer 17 October 1995 FW ENG Jamie Forrester ENG Leeds United Free transfer 20 December 1995 GK ENG John Burridge ENG Darlington Free transfer 9 March 1995 CB ITA Enzo Gambaro ENG Bolton Wanderers Free transfer 11 March 1996 CB ENG Richard Smith ENG Leicester City £50,000 28 March 1996 LB ENG Tony Gallimore ENG Carlisle United £125,000 Loans in DatePosPlayerTransferred fromDate UntilRef 16 August 1995 FW ENG Paul Jewell ENG Bradford City 18 October 1995 30 January 1996 CM ENG Peter Butler ENG Notts County 27 March 1996 2 February 1996 CB ENG Vance Warner ENG Nottingham Forest 2 March 1996 28 March 1996 FW ENG Mark Flatts ENG Arsenal 31 May 1996 Transfers out DatePosPlayerTransferred toFeeRef 8 August 1995 CM ENG Dave Gilbert ENG West Bromwich Albion £50,000 1 January 1996 GK ENG John Burridge ENG Gateshead Free Transfer 28 March 1996 LB ENG Gary Croft ENG Blackburn Rovers £1,000.000 Season summary In the 1995–96 season, Grimsby had a disappointing campaign and Laws' initially successful managerial reign deteriorated after he clashed with Grimsby player Ivano Bonetti. Laws reportedly threw a plate of chicken wings at the Italian following a 3–2 defeat at Luton Town in February 1996 and caused the popular player to leave the club at the end of the season.https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/bonetti-walks-out-on-grimsby-1318849.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/bonetti-walks-out-on-grimsby-1318849.html 1 May 2022 subscription live The Independent Bonetti walks out on Grimsby 13 February 1996 20 December 2010 Grimsby finished the season in 17th place and were in the battle to avoid relegation right up to the penultimate game of the season. Final league table 1995–96 Football League First Division First Division y GRI Results Grimsby Town's score comes firsthttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/grimsby-town/1995-1996/results Grimsby Town results for the 1995-1996 season - Statto.com 7 August 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150906040815/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/grimsby-town/1995-1996/results 6 September 2015 live dmy-all Legend WinDrawLoss Football League First Division DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 12 August 1995 MillwallA1–28,546Livingstone 19 August 1995 PortsmouthH2–14,515Laws, Croft 26 August 1995 Derby CountyA1–110,564Shakespeare (pen) 29 August 1995 Luton TownH0–04,289 2 September 1995 WatfordH0–03,993 9 September 1995 Wolverhampton WanderersA1–423,656Groves 12 September 1995 ReadingA2–07,283Woods (2) 17 September 1995 Port ValeH1–04,066Livingstone 23 September 1995 Norwich CityH2–25,901Childs, Southall 30 September 1995 Southend UnitedA0–14,979 7 October 1995 Charlton AthleticA1–08,997Jewell 14 October 1995 Oldham AthleticH1–15,830Dobbin 21 October 1995 Birmingham CityA1–316,455Woods 28 October 1995 Stoke CityH1–05,683Groves 4 November 1995 Ipswich TownA2–210,250Dobbin, Woods 11 November 1995 BarnsleyH3–16,166Lever, Livingstone, de Zeeuw (own goal) 18 November 1995 West Bromwich AlbionH1–08,155Bonetti 21 November 1995 Sheffield UnitedA2–19,884Southall, Childs 25 November 1995 Tranmere RoversA1–07,500Bonetti 2 December 1995 Charlton AthleticH1–26,881Groves 9 December 1995 Norwich CityA2–213,283Groves, Livingstone 16 December 1995 Southend UnitedH1–15,269Forrester 23 December 1995 Leicester CityH2–27,713Dobbin, Walsh (own goal) 1 January 1996 Huddersfield TownH1–17,524Livingstone 13 January 1996 PortsmouthA1–36,958Groves 20 January 1996 MillwallH1–25,218Livingstone 24 January 1996 SunderlandA0–114,517 3 February 1996 Derby CountyH1–17,818Bonetti 10 February 1996 Luton TownA2–37,158Forrester (2) 17 February 1996 ReadingH0–07,041 3 March 1996 SunderlandH0–45,767 5 March 1996 Crystal PalaceA0–511,548 9 March 1996 Leicester CityA1–213,784Livingstone 12 March 1996 Wolverhampton WanderersH3–05,565Shakespeare, Livingstone, Forrester 16 March 1996 Crystal PalaceH0–25,059 24 March 1996 Huddersfield TownA3–112,090Livingstone, Childs, Groves 30 March 1996 Birmingham CityH2–15,475Groves, Livingstone 2 April 1996 Oldham AthleticA0–15,037 6 April 1996 Stoke CityA2–112,524Groves, Gallimore 8 April 1996 Ipswich TownH3–15,904Mendonca (3) 13 April 1996 West Bromwich AlbionA1–316,116Forrester 16 April 1996 Port ValeA0–15,796 20 April 1996 Sheffield UnitedH0–27,685 23 April 1996 WatfordA3–68,909Walker, Groves, Livingstone 27 April 1996 Tranmere RoversH1–15,408Mendonca (pen) 4 May 1996 BarnsleyA1–16,108McDermott FA Cup 1995–96 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers1 Third round6 January 1996 Luton TownH7–15,387Forrester (2), Livingstone (2), Bonetti, Southall, Woods2 Fourth round7 February 1996 West Ham UnitedA1–122,030Laws3 Fourth round replay14 February 1996 West Ham UnitedH3–08,382Childs, Forrester, Woods4 Fifth round21 February 1996 ChelseaH0–09,4485 Fifth round replay28 February 1996 ChelseaA1–428,545Groves League Cup 1995–96 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers1 Second round first leg20 September 1995 Birmingham CityA1–37,446Woods2 Second round second leg3 October 1995 Birmingham CityH1–1 (lost 2–4 on agg)3,280Southall Squad Grimsby Town: 1946/47 - 2009/10 ENG GK Paul Crichton ENG GK Andy Love ENG GK Jason Pearcey ENG DF Gary Croft ENG DF Ashley Fickling ENG DF Tony Gallimore ITA DF Enzo Gambaro SCO DF Peter Handyside ENG DF Kevin Jobling ENG DF Brian Laws player-manager ENG DF Mark Lever ENG DF John McDermott ENG DF Jimmy Neil ENG DF Graham Rodger ENG DF Richard Smith ENG DF Vance Warner on loan from Nottingham Forest ENG MF Peter Butler on loan from Notts County ENG MF Gary Childs SCO MF Jim Dobbin ENG MF Mark Flatts on loan from Arsenal ENG MF Paul Groves WAL MF John Oster ENG MF Craig Shakespeare ENG MF Nicky Southall SCO MF Johnny Walker ENG MF Tommy Watson IRL FW Daryl Clare ITA FW Ivano Bonetti ENG FW Jamie Forrester ENG FW Paul Jewell on loan from Bradford City ENG FW Jack Lester ENG FW Steve Livingstone ENG FW Clive Mendonca ENG FW Neil Woods References Category:Grimsby Town F.C. seasons Grimsby Town