1997–98 Grimsby Town F.C. season

February 2015 February 2015 Grimsby Town 1997–98 Alan Buckley Peter Furneaux Blundell Park Second Division 3rd (promoted via playoffs) FA Cup Fourth round League Cup Fourth round Auto Windscreens Shield Winners Donovan (16) Donovan (21) 5,601 _whitestripes4 _grimsby2627 _whitestripes4 _whitesides _band_black 000000 000000 000000 FFFFFF _acm9596t _acm9596t _acm9596t _acm9596t _acm9596t 0633E6 1996–97 1998–99c During the 1997–98 English football season, Grimsby Town F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division. Season summary The 1997–98 season saw the return of Alan Buckley as manager, after an unsuccessful period at West Bromwich Albion, for Grimsby's most successful post-war season. In the summer of 1997, Buckley succeeded in bringing in players to the club who were to be instrumental in the club's upcoming season. Former skipper Paul Groves was re-signed from West Bromwich Albion, and Kevin Donovan and David Smith also joined the club from Albion. The mid-season capture of Huddersfield Town midfielder Wayne Burnett proved to be a great bit of business for Buckley. After a seemingly poor start to the League campaign, performances improved, which propelled the club into a promotion battle with Watford, Bristol City and an expensively assembled Fulham (at the time the only club at this level to have spent seven-figure sums on players). A good run in the League Cup saw The Mariners knock holders Leicester City and fellow Premier League side Sheffield Wednesday out of the competition before finally losing out to Liverpool. A decent run of form had ignited the careers of such younger players as Daryl Clare, Danny Butterfield and Jack Lester who were becoming an integral part of the Blundell Park set-up. The Mariners went on to dump Burnley out of the Football League Trophy Northern section area final, which would see the club book its first trip to Wembley Stadium.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/g/grimsby_town/7317202.stm Buckley savours Wembley hat-trick BBC Sport 27 March 2008 28 August 2012 The club were drawn against Southern section champions AFC Bournemouth and in a tight game, an equaliser from substitute Kingsley Black took the game into extra time, and in the 112th minute Grimsby secured the game courtesy of a golden goal from Wayne Burnett. This was the first major trophy awarded to the club following its first appearance at Wembley. It took only four weeks for Grimsby to return to the stadium though, this time to face Northampton Town in the Division Two Play Off Final. Town won the game 1–0 thanks to a first half Kevin Donovan goal which gave the club a historic Wembley double and The Mariners promotion back to Division One. Transfers Transfers in DatePosPlayerTransferred fromFeeRef1 August 1997MFENG Kevin DonovanENG West Bromwich Albion£300,0001 August 1997MFENG Paul GrovesENG West Bromwich Albion£250,0001 August 1997FWWAL Lee NoganENG Reading£170,0001 August 1997GKNIR Aidan DavisonENG Bradford CityFree Transfer16 January 1998MFENG David SmithENG West Bromwich Albion£200,00012 February 1998MFENG Wayne BurnettENG Huddersfield Town£100,00026 March 1998MFSCO Jim DobbinENG ScarboroughFree transfer Loans in DatePosPlayerTransferred fromDate UntilRef10 August 1997MFENG Dave GilbertENG West Bromwich Albion13 September 19971 August 1997MFENG Paul HolsgroveENG Reading9 November 19979 January 1998MFENG Wayne BurnettENG Huddersfield Town8 February 1998 Transfers out DatePosPlayerTransferred ToFeeRef31 May 1997FWENG Clive MendoncaENG Charlton Athletic£700,00031 May 1997MFENG Craig ShakespeareENG Scunthorpe UnitedReleased31 May 1997DFENG Joby GowshallENG Lincoln CityReleased31 May 1997DFENG Neil WebbENG Aldershot TownReleased31 May 1997GKENG Andy QuyENG Stevenage BoroughReleased31 May 1997MFENG Paul HarsleyENG Scunthorpe UnitedReleased1 August 1997MFWAL John OsterENG Everton£1,500,0007 August 1997MFENG Jimmy NeilENG Scunthorpe UnitedReleased1 September 1997MFENG Gary ChildsENG Wisbech TownReleased6 December 1997MFENG Nicky SouthallENG GillinghamFree transfer Loans out DatePosPlayerTransferred ToDate UntilRef 7 November 1997 FW ENG Neil Woods ENG Wigan Athletic 9 November 1997 17 January 1998 FW ENG Neil Woods ENG Scunthorpe United 16 February 1998 17 February 1998 FW ENG Neil Woods ENG Mansfield Town 17 March 1998 26 March 1998 DF ENG Ashley Fickling ENG Darlington 31 May 1998 Transfers in: £1,020,000 Transfers out: £2,200,000 Total spending: £480,000 Final league table 1997–98 Football League Second Division y GRI Results Grimsby Town's score comes firsthttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/grimsby-town/1997-1998/results Grimsby Town 1997-1998 Results - statto.com 20 August 2014 21 August 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140821035646/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/grimsby-town/1997-1998/results live Legend WinDrawLoss Football League Second Division DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 9 August 1997 Bristol CityH1–16,220Widdrington 16 August 1997 Plymouth ArgyleA2–26,002Donovan (pen), Nogan 23 August 1997 WrexhamH0–04,404 30 August 1997 BrentfordA1–33,875Nogan 2 September 1997 Preston North EndA0–29,489 9 September 1997 York CityH0–05,308 13 September 1997 FulhamA2–06,874Livingstone (2) 20 September 1997 MillwallH0–14,267 27 September 1997 BournemouthA1–03,712Groves 4 October 1997 Wigan AthleticH2–14,623Donovan (2 pens) 11 October 1997 Northampton TownH1–04,778Donovan 18 October 1997 BlackpoolA2–25,234Nogan, Donovan (pen) 21 October 1997 Oldham AthleticA0–24,520 25 October 1997 WatfordH0–15,699 1 November 1997 Southend UnitedH5–14,501Nogan (2), Lester, Groves, Widdrington 4 November 1997 WalsallA0–02,599 8 November 1997 ChesterfieldA0–15,004 22 November 1997 BurnleyH4–14,829Groves, Widdrington, Lester, Nogan 29 November 1997 GillinghamA2–04,855Jobling, Black 2 December 1997 Wycombe WanderersH0–04,160 12 December 1997 Bristol RoversA4–04,801Gallimore, Livingstone (2), Donovan 20 December 1997 Carlisle UnitedH1–06,222McDermott 26 December 1997 York CityA0–07,093 28 December 1997 Preston North EndH3–16,725Donovan (2), Black 10 January 1998 Bristol CityA1–412,567Groves 17 January 1998 BrentfordH4–04,624Groves, Smith, Donovan, Clare 31 January 1998 FulhamH1–16,785Burnett 7 February 1998 MillwallA1–06,020Livingstone 14 February 1998 Wigan AthleticA2–03,548Nogan, Donovan 21 February 1998 BournemouthH2–15,456O'Neil (own goal), Groves 24 February 1998 BlackpoolH1–04,924Clare 28 February 1998 Northampton TownA1–26,932Donovan 3 March 1998 ChesterfieldH0–04,940 7 March 1998 Southend UnitedA1–04,829Clare 14 March 1998 WalsallH3–04,916Nogan, Donovan (2) 21 March 1998 Luton TownA2–25,700Gallimore, Donovan 24 March 1998 Plymouth ArgyleH1–04,661Groves 28 March 1998 BurnleyA1–28,256Lester 31 March 1998 WrexhamA0–05,421 4 April 1998 GillinghamH0–05,190 7 April 1998 Luton TownH0–14,455 10 April 1998 Wycombe WanderersA1–15,846Lester 13 April 1998 Bristol RoversH1–25,484Donovan (pen) 21 April 1998 Carlisle UnitedA1–03,956Donovan (pen) 25 April 1998 WatfordA0–014,002 2 May 1998 Oldham AthleticH0–28,054 Second Division play-offs +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers1 Semi-final first leg9 May 1998 FulhamA1–113,954Smith2 Semi-final second leg13 May 1998 FulhamH1–0 (won 2–1 on agg)8,689Donovan3 Final24 May 1998 Northampton TownN1–062,988Donovan FA Cup 1997–98 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers1 First round15 November 1997 Shrewsbury TownA1–13,193Southall2 First round replay25 November 1997 Shrewsbury TownH4–03,242Nogan, Herbert (own goal), Lester, Jobling3 Second round6 December 1997 ChesterfieldH2–24,762Rodger, Nogan4 Second round replay16 December 1997 ChesterfieldA2–04,553Lester, Groves5 Third round3 January 1998 Norwich CityH3–08,161McDermott, Woods, Donovan6 Fourth round14 January 1998 Leeds UnitedA0–229,598 League Cup 1997–98 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers1 First round first leg12 August 1997 Oldham AthleticA0–15,6562 First round second leg26 August 1997 Oldham AthleticH5–0 (won 5–1 on agg)5,078Lester (3), Livingstone, Donovan3 Second round first leg17 September 1997 Sheffield WednesdayH2–06,429Groves, Livingstone4 Second round second leg1 October 1997 Sheffield WednesdayA2–3 (won 4–3 on agg)11,120Nogan, Groves5 Third round14 October 1997 Leicester CityH3–17,738Jobling, Livingstone (2)6 Fourth round18 November 1997 LiverpoolA0–328,515 Football League Trophy 1997–98 Football League Trophy +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers1 First round9 December 1997 ChesterfieldA1–01,128Nogan2 Second round6 January 1998 Hull CityH1–04,778Butterfield3 Area quarter-final27 January 1998 Scunthorpe UnitedA2–04,596Groves, Burnett4 Area semi-final17 February 1998 BlackpoolH1–08,027Burnett5 Area final first leg10 March 1998 BurnleyH1–16,064Groves6 Area final second leg17 March 1998 BurnleyA2–0 (won 3–1 on agg)10,257Nogan, Donovan7 Final19 April 1998 BournemouthN2–162,432Glass (own goal), Burnett Squad http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=1148&teamTabs=stats&season_id=127 Grimsby FC Player Appearances | Past & Present | Soccer Base Second Division Play-offs FA Cup FL Cup FL Trophy - NIR GK Aidan Davison 42+0 0 3+0 0 6+0 0 5+0 0 7+0 0 - ENG GK Jason Pearcey 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 - SCO DF Peter Handyside 40+2 0 1+0 0 6+0 0 6+0 0 8+1 0 - ENG DF John McDermott 40+1 1 3+0 0 6+0 1 5+0 0 7+0 0 - ENG DF Mark Lever 37+1 0 3+0 0 1+1 0 5+0 0 6+0 0 - ENG DF Tony Gallimore 34+1 2 3+0 0 6+0 0 5+0 0 7+0 0 - ENG DF Kevin Jobling 17+13 1 0+1 0 5+0 1 1+3 1 2+2 0 - ENG DF Graham Rodger 10+1 0 0+0 0 5+0 1 1+1 0 1+0 0 - ENG DF Danny Butterfield 4+3 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 1+1 1 - ENG DF Matthew Bloomer 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 - ENG DF Ben Chapman 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 - ENG DF Ashley Fickling 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 - ENG MF Paul Groves 46+0 7 3+0 0 6+0 1 6+0 2 7+0 2 - ENG MF Kevin Donovan 46+0 16 3+0 2 6+0 1 6+0 1 6+0 1 - NIR MF Kingsley Black 24+15 2 0+3 0 4+0 0 5+0 0 2+2 0 - ENG MF Wayne Burnett 20+1 1 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 5+0 3 - ENG MF David Smith 17+0 1 3+0 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0 - ENG MF Tommy Widdrington 15+6 3 0+0 0 2+0 0 5+1 0 1+0 0 - ENG MF Dave Gilbert on loan from West Bromwich Albion 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 - ENG MF Nicky Southall 4+1 0 0+0 0 1+1 1 1+1 0 0+0 0 - ENG MF Paul Holsgrove on loan from Reading 3+7 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 - SCO MF Jim Dobbin 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 - ENG MF Darren Wrack 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 - ENG MF Gary Childs 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 - WAL FW Lee Nogan 33+3 8 3+0 0 4+0 2 6+0 1 5+0 2 - ENG FW Steve Livingstone 28+13 5 0+2 0 2+3 0 3+3 4 4+1 0 - ENG FW Jack Lester 27+13 4 3+0 0 4+0 2 3+2 3 1+4 0 - IRE FW Daryl Clare 8+14 3 0+1 0 1+4 0 0+0 0 4+1 0 - ENG FW Neil Woods 1+9 0 0+0 0 0+1 1 0+2 0 1+0 0 December 2018 References Category:Grimsby Town F.C. seasons Grimsby Town