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2005–06 Grimsby Town F.C. season

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The 2005–06 seasonisGrimsby 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.

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

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

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

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

Grimsby Town's score shown first

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.

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

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Steve Mildenhall 2 DF  ENG John McDermott 3 DF  ENG Tom Newey 4 DF  ENG Simon Ramsden (Departed in January 2006) 5 DF  ENG Tony Crane (Departed in January 2006) 5 DF  ENG Ben Futcher 6 DF  ENG Justin Whittle 7 MF  COD Jean-Paul Kamudimba Kalala 8 MF  ENG Paul Bolland 9 FW  EIR Michael Reddy 10 MF  SCO Martin Gritton (Departed in January 2006) 10 MF  ENG Marc Goodfellow 11 MF  ENG Andy Parkinson 12 DF  ENG Rob Jones 13 GK  ENG John Lukic (Departed in March 2006) 14 MF  ENG Terry Barwick 15 MF  ENG Gary Cohen 16 FW  ENG Jermaine Palmer 17 DF  ENG Glen Downey

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  NIR Ciaran Toner 19 FW  ENG Gary Jones 20 DF  ENG Gary Croft 21 MF  ENG Alan Lamb 22 FW  ENG Calvin Andrew (on loan from Luton Town) 22 FW  ENG Andy Taylor 23 MF  ENG Nick Hegarty 24 FW  ENG Danny North 25 MF  ENG Paul Ashton 26 MF  ENG Tommy Taylor (Departed in November 2005) 26 GK  ENG Robert Murray 28 DF  ENG Simon Francis (on loan from Sheffield United) 28 DF  ENG Matthew Bloomer (on loan from Lincoln City) 29 DF  ENG Miles Chamberlain 30 MF  ENG Ben Higgins 31 FW  ENG Steve Slade (Departed in October 2005) 31 FW  MSR Junior Mendes (on loan from Huddersfield Town) 32 MF  ENG Curtis Woodhouse

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		League Cup		Football League Trophy		FA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Steve Mildenhall	54	0	49	0	3	0	1	0	1	0
2	DF	ENG	John McDermott	37	1	32	1	3	0	1	0	1	0
3	DF	ENG	Tom Newey	43	1	40	1	1	0	1	0	1	0
4	DF	ENG	Simon Ramsden	15	0	12	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
5	DF	ENG	Tony Crane	6	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
5	DF	ENG	Ben Futcher	18	2	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	ENG	Justin Whittle	41	1	37	1	3	0	1	0	0	0
7	MF	COD	Jean-Paul Kamudimba Kalala	25	6	21	5	3	1	1	0	0	0
8	MF	ENG	Paul Bolland	51	4	47	4	3	0	0	0	1	0
9	FW	EIR	Michael Reddy	51	14	47	14	3	0	1	0	0	0
10	FW	SCO	Martin Gritton	30	2	26	2	2	0	1	0	1	0
10	MF	ENG	Marc Goodfellow	11	1	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	ENG	Andy Parkinson	47	4	43	4	3	0	0	0	1	0
12	DF	ENG	Rob Jones	46	4	42	4	3	0	0	0	1	0
13	GK	ENG	John Lukic jnr	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	ENG	Terry Barwick	11	0	8	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
15	MF	ENG	Gary Cohen	48	6	43	6	3	0	1	0	1	0
16	FW	ENG	Jermaine Palmer	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
17	DF	ENG	Glen Downey	3	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	NIR	Ciaran Toner	34	3	34	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	ENG	Gary Jones	47	17	43	15	3	1	0	0	1	1
20	DF	ENG	Gary Croft	37	0	36	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	ENG	Alan Lamb	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW	ENG	Calvin Andrew (on loan from Luton Town)	9	1	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW	ENG	Andy Taylor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	ENG	Nick Hegarty	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
24	FW	ENG	Danny North	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	ENG	Paul Ashton	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
26	MF	ENG	Tommy Taylor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	GK	ENG	Robert Murray	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	ENG	Simon Francis (on loan from Sheffield United)	6	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
28	DF	ENG	Matthew Bloomer (on loan from Lincoln City)	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	ENG	Miles Chamberlain	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
30	DF	ENG	Ben Higgins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW	ENG	Steve Slade	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
31	MF	MSR	Junior Mendes (on loan from Huddersfield Town)	20	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	ENG	Curtis Woodhouse	19	1	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Mildenhall

McDermott

Whittle

R.Jones

Newey

Cohen

Bolland

Toner

Parkinson

G.Jones

Reddy

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.