2016–17_Grimsby_Town_F.C._season

Grimsby Town
2016–17 season
Chairman	John Fenty
Manager	Paul Hurst ; (Left 24/10/16); Marcus Bignot (Sacked 10/04/17); Russell Slade; (From 12/4/17)
Stadium	Blundell Park
FA Cup	First round; (vs. Bolton Wanderers)
League Cup	First round; (vs. Derby County)
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 Grimsby Town F.C. season

Grimsby Town 2016–17 football season

The 2016–17 season is Grimsby Town's 139th season of existence and their first back in League Two after gaining promotion the previous season.^[1] Along with competing in League Two, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.

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The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

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[24] Following Clay's release, he signed for Motherwell.^[23]

[26] Following East's release, he signed for Guiseley.^[24]

[28] Following Marshall's release, he signed for Boston United.^[25]

[30] Following Monkhouse's release, he signed for Alfreton Town.^[26]

[34] Following Pittman's release, he signed for Harrogate Town.^[29]

[36] Following Straker's release, he signed for Aldershot Town.^[30]

[44] On 31 December 2016, Henderson's loan was extended.^[37]

[46] On 3 February 2017, Dean Henderson's loan was terminated.^[38]

[49] On 31 December 2016, Shaun Tuton's loan was terminated.^[40]

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"History". Statto.

[2] [2]
"Danny Andrew Joins The Mariners". Grimsby Town Official Site. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.

[3] [3]
"Mariners Sign Berrett". Grimsby Town Official Site. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.

[4] [4]
"Bolarinwa Signs For The Mariners". Grimsby Town Official Site. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.

[5] [5]
"Boycey Is Back". Grimsby Town Official Site. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.

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"Browne Joins Town". Grimsby Town Official Site. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.

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"Chambers Joins Town". Grimsby Town Official Site. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.

[8] [8]
"Davies Becomes A Mariner". Grimsby Town Official Site. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.

[9] [9]
"Dan's The Man – Defender Arrives At BP". Grimsby Town Official Site. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.

[10] [10]
"McAllister Joins The Mariners". Grimsby Town Official Site. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

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"Zak Joins Town". Grimsby Town Official Site. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.

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"Summerfield Signs For Town". Grimsby Town Official Site. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.

[13] [13]
"Vernon Joins The Mariners". Grimsby Town Official Site. 30 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.

[14] [14]
"Grimsby Town sign former Premier League defender Danny Collins". Grimsby Telegraph. 12 September 2016. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2017.

[15] [15]
"Adi Yussuf Set To Sign For The Mariners". Grimsby Town Official Site. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.

[16] [16]
"Gunning To Sign For The Mariners". Grimsby Town Official Site. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.

[bbc.com-17] [17]
"Grimsby Town sign Solihull Moors' Jamey Osborne and Akwasi Asante". BBC. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.

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"Club Statement – Chris Clements". Grimsby Town Official Site. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.

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"Club Statement – Sam Jones". Grimsby Town Official Site. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.

[20] [20]
"Amond joins Pools as Woods stays". BBC. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.

[21] [21]
"Lincoln sign ex-Grimsby man Arnold". BBC. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.

[Retained_List-22] [22]
"Retained List Announced". Grimsby Town Official Site. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.

[23] [23]
"Motherwell sign Clay on two-year deal". BBC. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.

[25] [24]
"Guiseley sign East, Vidal and Palmer". BBC. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.

[27] [25]
"Marshall makes United switch". Boston United Official Site. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.

[29] [26]
"Winger Monkhouse joins Alfreton Town". Non League Daily. 24 May 2016. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.

[31] [27]
"Chesterfield sign midfielder Nolan". BBC. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.

[32] [28]
"Hartlepool sign Grimsby defender Nsiala". BBC. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.

[33] [29]
"Harrogate grab Grimsby striker Pittman". Non League Yorkshire. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.

[35] [30]
"Anthony Straker Returns To The Shots". Aldershot Town Official Site. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.

[37] [31]
"Well secure Lasley and three additions". BBC. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

[38] [32]
"Club Statement – Omar Bogle". Grimsby Town Official Site. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.

[39] [33]
"Vose Signs On Loan". Grimsby Town Official Site. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.

[40] [34]
"Barnsley Striker Arrives". Grimsby Town Official Site. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.

[41] [35]
"Comley Joins On Loan". Grimsby Town Official Site. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

[42] [36]
"Henderson Joins The Mariners". Grimsby Town Official Site. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

[43] [37]
"Henderson Extends Town Stay". Grimsby Town Official Site. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.

[45] [38]
"Henderson Recalled By Manchester United". Grimsby Town Official Site. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.

[47] [39]
"Shaun Tuton Signs On Loan". Grimsby Town Official Site. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

[48] [40]
"Shaun Tuton returns to Barnsley after loan spell with Grimsby Town is cut short". Grimsby Telegraph. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}

[50] [41]
"Brandon's Back!". Grimsby Town Official Site. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2017.

[51] [42]
"Club Statement – Luke Maxwell". Grimsby Town Official Site. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.

[52] [43]
"Dyson Signs On Loan". Grimsby Town Official Site. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.

[53] [44]
"Macclesfield Town sign Grimsby's Rhys Browne on loan until end of season". BBC Sport. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017.

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"Summerfield Makes Macclesfield Loan Switch". Grimsby Town Official Site. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017.

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Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	LB	Danny Andrew	Fleetwood Town	Free transfer	^[2]
1 July 2016	CM	James Berrett	York City	Undisclosed	^[3]
1 July 2016	RW	Tom Bolarinwa	Sutton United	Undisclosed	^[4]
1 July 2016	CB	Andrew Boyce	Scunthorpe United	Free transfer	^[5]
1 July 2016	CF	Rhys Browne	Aldershot Town	Undisclosed	^[6]
1 July 2016	CF	Ashley Chambers	Dagenham & Redbridge	Free transfer	^[7]
1 July 2016	RB	Ben Davies	Portsmouth	Free transfer	^[8]
1 July 2016	LB	Dan Jones	Hartlepool United	Free transfer	^[9]
1 July 2016	CM	Sean McAllister	Scunthorpe United	Free transfer	^[10]
1 July 2016	RB	Zak Mills	Boston United	Free transfer	^[11]
1 July 2016	CM	Luke Summerfield	York City	Free transfer	^[12]
30 July 2016	CF	Scott Vernon	Shrewsbury Town	Free transfer	^[13]
12 September 2016	CB	Danny Collins	Rotherham United	Free transfer	^[14]
1 January 2017	CF	Adi Yussuf	Mansfield Town	Free transfer	^[15]
5 January 2017	CB	Gavin Gunning	Greenock Morton	Free transfer	^[16]
18 January 2017	CF	Akwasi Asante	Solihull Moors	Undisclosed	^[17]
18 January 2017	CM	Jamey Osborne	Solihull Moors	Undisclosed	^[17]
19 January 2017	CM	Chris Clements	Mansfield Town	Undisclosed	^[18]
31 January 2017	AM	Sam Jones	Gateshead	Undisclosed	^[19]

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	CF	Pádraig Amond	Hartlepool United	Free transfer	^[20]
1 July 2016	RW	Nathan Arnold	Lincoln City	Free transfer	^[21]
1 July 2016	GK	Callum Bastock	Free agent	Released	^[22]
1 July 2016	CM	Craig Clay	Motherwell ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Released	^[22]
1 July 2016	RB	Danny East	Guiseley ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Released	^[22]
1 July 2016	CM	Conor Henderson	Crawley Town	Released	^[22]
1 July 2016	RW	Marcus Marshall	Boston United ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Released	^[22]
1 July 2016	LM	Andy Monkhouse	Alfreton Town ^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Released	^[22]
1 July 2016	CM	Jon Nolan	Chesterfield	Free transfer	^[27]
1 July 2016	CB	Aristote Nsiala	Hartlepool United	Free transfer	^[28]
1 July 2016	CF	Jon-Paul Pittman	Harrogate Town ^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Released	^[22]
1 July 2016	LB	Gregor Robertson	Retired	Released	^[22]
1 July 2016	LM	Anthony Straker	Aldershot Town ^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Released	^[22]
1 July 2016	CB	Josh Sunter	Grimsby Borough	Released	^[22]
1 July 2016	RB	Richard Tait	Motherwell	Free transfer	^[31]
31 January 2017	CF	Omar Bogle	Wigan Athletic	Undisclosed	^[32]

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2016	AM	Dominic Vose	Scunthorpe United	End of season	^[33]
22 July 2016	CF	Kayden Jackson	Barnsley	End of season	^[34]
31 August 2016	CM	Brandon Comley	Queens Park Rangers	3 January 2017	^[35]
31 August 2016	GK	Dean Henderson	Manchester United	3 February 2017	^[36]^{[lower-alpha 1]}^{[lower-alpha 2]}
31 August 2016	CF	Shaun Tuton	Barnsley	31 December 2016	^[39]^{[lower-alpha 3]}
13 January 2017	CM	Brandon Comley	Queens Park Rangers	End of season	^[41]
27 January 2017	AM	Luke Maxwell	Birmingham City	End of season	^[42]
31 January 2017	CF	Calum Dyson	Everton	End of season	^[43]

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
12 January 2017	RW		Rhys Browne	Macclesfield Town	End of Season	^[44]
6 February 2017	CM		Luke Summerfield	Macclesfield Town	End of Season	^[45]

12 July 2016 (2016-07-12) Friendly	North Ferriby United	4–1	Grimsby Town	North Ferriby
19:00	Bateson 26' Fry 35' Brogan 61' Hare 64'	Report	Summerfield 47'	Stadium: Grange Lane

2016–17_Grimsby_Town_F.C._season

2016–17 Grimsby Town F.C. season

Transfers

In

Out

Loans in

Loans out

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

League Two

League table

Matches

FA Cup

EFL Cup

EFL Trophy

References

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15 July 2016 (2016-07-15) Friendly	Grimsby Town	0–0	Hull City	Cleethorpes
19:30		Report		Stadium: Blundell Park

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) Friendly	Boston United	1–1	Grimsby Town	Boston
19:30	Adams 15'		Vose 63'	Stadium: York Street

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Mansfield Town	46	17	15	14	54	50	+4	66
13	Accrington Stanley	46	17	14	15	59	56	+3	65
14	Grimsby Town	46	17	11	18	59	63	−4	62
15	Barnet	46	14	15	17	57	64	−7	57
16	Notts County	46	16	8	22	54	76	−22	56

6 August 2016 1	Grimsby Town	2–0	Morecambe	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Jackson 6' Bolarinwa 43' Davies 63' Gowling 71' McKeown 81'	Report	Fleming 62'	Stadium: Blundell Park

13 August 2016 2	Wycombe Wanderers	2–1	Grimsby Town	High Wycombe
15:00 BST	McGinn 38' Jombati 55' Stewart 90+1'	Report	Bolarinwa 47' Boyce 79' Berrett 89'	Stadium: Adams Park

16 August 2016 3	Colchester United	3–2	Grimsby Town	Colchester
19:45 BST	Dickenson 10', 39' Guthrie 26' 34'	Report	Boyce 21' Disley 48' Pearson 77' Bogle 90+3'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium

20 August 2016 4	Grimsby Town	1–2	Leyton Orient	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Vose 90+2' Chambers 90+4' Andrew 90+4'	Report	Erichot 33' Kelly 58' Palmer 77' Massey 86'	Stadium: Blundell Park

27 August 2016 5	Grimsby Town	5–2	Stevenage	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Bogle 15', 50', 90+4' Summerfield 40' Vose 49' Andrew 73'	Report	Franks 45+2' McAnuff 66' Kennedy 75'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 4,425 Referee: Darren Handley

3 September 2016 6	Notts County	2–2	Grimsby Town	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Forte 77' Collins 89'	Report	Pearson 34' Bogle 56'	Stadium: Meadow Lane

10 September 2016 7	Luton Town	1–2	Grimsby Town	Luton
15:00 BST	Sheehan 43' Rea 59' Potts 62' Cook 75'	Report	Bogle 29', 82' Vose 78' Comley 88' McKeown 90+4' Jackson 90+4'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Stadium

24 September 2016 9	Mansfield Town	0–1	Grimsby Town	Mansfield
12:15 BST	Shearer 17' Pearce 17'	Report	Bogle 17' (pen.) Chambers 72'	Stadium: One Call Stadium

29 October 2016 15	Yeovil Town	0–0	Grimsby Town	Yeovil
15:00 BST	Lawless 30' Mugabi 37' Smith 50'	Report	Berrett 30'	Stadium: Huish Park Stadium Attendance: 3,733 Referee: Brendan Malone

11 February 2017 30	Crewe Alexandra	5–0	Grimsby Town	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Cooper 2', 25' 62' Dagnall 16', 29' Cooke 87' Nugent 90+3'	Report	Dyson 6' Pearson 35' Gunning 90+2'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 4,003 Referee: Kevin Johnson

17 September 2016 8	Grimsby Town	0–2	Crewe Alexandra	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Bogle 60' Gowling 72'	Report	Bakayogo 27' Hollands 43' Cooper 45+1' Jones 85'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 5,289 Referee: Michael Salisbury

27 September 2016 10	Grimsby Town	1–0	Newport County	Cleethorpes
19:45 BST	McKeown 59' Bogle 88' (pen.) 89'	Report	Bennett 35' Parkin 59' Tozer 77'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 4,296 Referee: Ben Toner

1 October 2016 11	Grimsby Town	0–3	Hartlepool United	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST		Report	Carroll 4' Amond 25', 36' Thomas 60'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 5,713 Referee: Chris Sarginson

8 October 2016 12	Exeter City	0–0	Grimsby Town	Exeter
15:00 BST		Report	Comley 28' Gowling 78'	Stadium: St. James' Park Attendance: 3,557 Referee: John Brooks

15 October 2016 13	Cambridge United	0–1	Grimsby Town	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Dunne 49' Roberts 82' Clark 87'	Report	Berrett 26' Tuton 90+2'	Stadium: The R Costings Abbey Stadium Attendance: 5,121 Referee: Charles Breakspear

22 October 2016 14	Grimsby Town	0–1	Cheltenham Town	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Andrew 71'	Report	Waters 9' Pell 70' Munns 80' Dayton 85'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 4,809 Referee: Darren Deadman

12 November 2016 16	Grimsby Town	2–2	Barnet	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Bogle 22', 35' 90+3' Chambers 43' Bolarinwa 81' Collins 90+6'	Report	Dembélé 45+2' Akinde 50' (pen.), 55' (pen.) Champion 74' Sesay 90'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 5,519 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

19 November 2016 17	Plymouth Argyle	0–3	Grimsby Town	Plymouth
15:00 GMT		Report	Collins 44' Bogle 62', 86'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 10,241 Referee: Rob Jones

22 November 2016 18	Grimsby Town	2–2	Carlisle United	Cleethorpes
19:45 GMT	Gowling 41' Bogle 50' (pen.) Bolarinwa 78'	Report	Raynes 28' Wyke 44' Mills 67' (o.g.) Jones 83'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 4,818 Referee: Nigel Miller

26 November 2016 19	Crawley Town	3–2	Grimsby Town	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Yorwerth 20' Young 26' Collins 31' Roberts 56', 79' Payne 88' Boldewijn 90+5'	Report	Bogle 45+2', 90' Mills 63'	Stadium: Checkatrade.com Stadium Attendance: 2,315 Referee: Graham Salisbury

10 December 2016 20	Grimsby Town	0–1	Portsmouth	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Gowling 51' Berrett 85'	Report	Stevens 82' Naismith 86' Evans 90+3'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,560 Referee: Andy Haines

17 December 2016 21	Doncaster Rovers	1–0	Grimsby Town	Doncaster
12:30 GMT	Mandeville 3' Butler 45+1'	Report	Pearson 70' Collins 86' Berrett 89'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 10,084 Referee: Richard Clark

26 December 2016 22	Grimsby Town	2–0	Accrington Stanley	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Bolarinwa 32' Bogle 50' Andrew 68' Chambers 88'	Report	O'Sullivan 62' Pearson 81'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 5,782 Referee: Ross Joyce

31 December 2016 23	Grimsby Town	0–0	Blackpool	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT		Report	Osayi-Samuel 41' Aldred 89'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 5,637 Referee: Darren England

2 January 2017 24	Carlisle United	1–3	Grimsby Town	Carlisle
15:00 GMT	Wyke 31'	Report	Bogle 48', 74' Yussuf 78'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 6,865 Referee: David Webb

7 January 2017 25	Hartlepool United	0–1	Grimsby Town	Hartlepool
15:00 GMT	Featherstone 75'	Report	Yussuf 34' Comley 82' Bogle 90+3'	Stadium: The Northern Gas and Power Stadium Attendance: 4,388 Referee: Darren Drysdale

14 January 2017 26	Grimsby Town	0–3	Exeter City	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Collins 57' Disley 66'	Report	James 15' Watkins 28' 80' Reid 41' Wheeler 59'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 5,009 Referee: Ben Toner

21 January 2017 27	Grimsby Town	2–0	Notts County	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Bogle 27' Clements 62' Vernon 82'	Report	O'Connor 42' Tootle 54'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 5,421 Referee: Darren Handley

28 January 2017 28	Stevenage	2–0	Grimsby Town	Stevenage
15:00 GMT	Schumacher 4' McAnuff 61' Wilkinson 68' McQuoid 82'	Report	Bogle 60'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 3,394 Referee: Brett Huxtable

4 February 2017 29	Grimsby Town	1–1	Luton Town	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Clements 56' Collins 64' Comley 90+7'	Report	Vassell 36' 77' Hylton 63' Senior 76'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 5,114 Referee: Mark Haywood