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(Top) 1 Transfers 1.1 Transfers in 1.2 Loans in 1.3 Loans out 1.4 Transfers out 2 Pre-season 3 First Team Squad 4 Competitions 4.1 League Two 4.1.1 League table 4.1.2 Results summary 4.1.3 Results by matchday 4.1.4 Matches 4.2 FA Cup 4.3 EFL Cup 4.4 EFL Trophy 5 References

2019–20 Grimsby Town F.C. season

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Grimsby Town F.C.
2019–20 season
Chairman	John Fenty
Manager	Michael Jolley (until 31 December)^[1] Ian Holloway (from 31 December)^[2]
Stadium	Blundell Park
League Two	15th
FA Cup	First round
EFL Cup	Third round
EFL Trophy	Group stage
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 seasonisGrimsby Town's 142nd season of existence and their fourth consecutive season in League Two.^[3] Along with competing in League Two, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

Transfers[edit]

Transfers in[edit]

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	CF	Matt Green	Salford City	Free transfer	^[4]
1 July 2019	CF	James Hanson	AFC Wimbledon	Free transfer	^[5]
1 July 2019	RB	Elliott Hewitt	Notts County	Free transfer	^[6]
1 July 2019	CF	Moses Ogbu	Al-Ain	Free transfer	^[7]
16 August 2019	CB	Luke Waterfall	Shrewsbury Town	Free transfer	^[8]
9 January 2020	AM	Billy Clarke	Plymouth Argyle	Free transfer	^[9]
15 January 2020	AM	James Tilley	Bighton & Hove Albion	Undisclosed	^[10]
31 January 2020	LB	Bradley Garmston	Gillingham	Free transfer	^[11]
31 January 2020	RW	Elliot Grandin	Saint-Pierroise	Undisclosed	^[12]

Loans in[edit]

Date	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2019	LB	Liam Gibson	Newcastle United	1 January 2020	^[13]
2 September 2019	CM	Ethan Robson	Sunderland	1 January 2020	^[14]
7 January 2020	LB	Anthony Glennon	Burnley	30 June 2020	^[15]
16 January 2020	CM	Josh Benson	Burnley	30 June 2020	^[16]

Loans out[edit]

Date	Position	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
1 August 2019	LW	Brandon Buckley	Cleethorpes Town	January 2020	^[17]
1 August 2019	CM	Jock Curran	Lincoln United	January 2020	^[17]
14 August 2019	GK	Ollie Battersby	Lincoln United	September 2019	^[18]
8 November 2019	AM	Charles Vernam	Chorley	December 2019	^[19]

Transfers out[edit]

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	CF	Rumarn Burrell	Middlesbrough	Undisclosed	^[20]
1 July 2019	CB	Danny Collins	Retired	Released	^[21]
1 July 2019	RB	Reece Hall-Johnson	Northampton Town	Free transfer	^[22]
1 July 2019	CF	JJ Hooper	Wrexham	Released	^[21]^[23]
1 July 2019	CF	Wes Thomas	Notts County	Released	^[21]^[24]
1 July 2019	CB	Alex Whitmore	AFC Fylde	Free transfer	^[25]
1 July 2019	LM	Martyn Woolford	Hyde United	Released	^[21]^[26]
22 December 2019	LB	Sebastian Ring	Kalmar FF	Mutual consent	^[27]
14 January 2020	CF	Moses Ogbu	Mjällby	Mutual consent	^[28]^[29]

Pre-season[edit]

Grimsby revealed their pre-season programme in June 2019.^[30]

6 July 2019 (2019-07-06) Friendly	Cleethorpes Town	0–8	Grimsby Town	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST		Report	Green Hanson 19', 34', 45+1' Wright 55', 58', 62' Rose 60'	Stadium: Linden Club

9 July 2019 (2019-07-09) Friendly	Grantham Town	1–3	Grimsby Town	Grantham
19:30 BST	Westcarr 21'	Report	Hanson 8' Pollock 77' Rose 90' (pen.)	Stadium: South Kesteven Sports Stadium

11 July 2019 (2019-07-11) Friendly	Boston United	2–1	Grimsby Town	Boston
19:30 BST	Thewlis 49' (pen.) Trialist 86'	Report	Green 64'	Stadium: The Jakesman Stadium

18 July 2019 (2019-07-18) Friendly	Gainsborough Trinity	2–0	Grimsby Town	Gainsborough
19:30 BST	Worsfold 20' Middleton 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Gainsborough Martin & Co. Arena

20 July 2019 (2019-07-20) Friendly	Grimsby Town	1–0	Doncaster Rovers	Cleethorpes
12:30 BST	Hessenthaler 84'			Stadium: Blundell Park

23 July 2019 (2019-07-23) Friendly	Scarborough Athletic	1–2	Grimsby Town	Scarborough
19:30 BST	Walshaw 57'	Report	Ring 12' Ogbu 43' (pen.)	Stadium: Flamingo Land Stadium

27 July 2019 (2019-07-27) Friendly	Grimsby Town	0–2	Peterborough United	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST		Report	Eisa 21' Dembélé 74'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 1,573

First Team Squad[edit]

#	Name	Position	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends
Goalkeepers
—	James McKeown	GK	(1989-07-24)24 July 1989 (aged 30)	RKSV Leonidas	2011	2021
—	Sam Russell	GK	(1982-10-04)4 October 1982 (aged 36)	Forest Green Rovers	2018	????
—	Ollie Battersby	GK	(2001-07-23)23 July 2001 (aged 18)	Academy	2017	2021
Defenders
—	Luke Hendrie	RB	(1994-08-27)27 August 1994 (aged 24)	Shrewsbury Town	2019	2021
—	Elliott Hewitt	RB/CM	(1994-05-30)30 May 1994 (aged 25)	Notts County	2019	2021
—	Ludvig Öhman	CB	(1991-10-09)9 October 1991 (aged 27)	BP	2019	2021
—	Harry Davis	CB	(1991-09-04)4 September 1991 (aged 27)	St Mirren	2018	2020
—	Matthew Pollock	CB	(2001-09-28)28 September 2001 (aged 17)	Academy	2018	2021
—	Sebastian Ring	LB	(1995-04-18)18 April 1995 (aged 24)	ÖSK	2019	2020
—	Liam Gibson	LB	(1997-04-25)25 April 1997 (aged 22)	Newcastle United (Loan)	2019	2020
Midfielders
—	Jake Hessenthaler	CM	(1994-04-20)20 April 1994 (aged 25)	Gillingham	2018	2020
—	Elliott Whitehouse	CM	(1993-10-27)27 October 1993 (aged 25)	Lincoln City	2018	2020
—	Harry Clifton	CM	(1998-06-12)12 June 1998 (aged 21)	Academy	2007	2021
—	Jock Curran	CM	(2001-01-29)29 January 2001 (aged 18)	Academy	2017	2020
—	Charles Vernam	CAM/CF	(1996-10-08)8 October 1996 (aged 22)	Derby County	2018	2020
—	Jordan Cook	CAM/CF	(1990-03-20)20 March 1990 (aged 29)	Luton Town	2018	2020
—	Brandon Buckley	CAM	(2000-09-21)21 September 2000 (aged 18)	Academy	2009	2020
—	Max Wright	RW	(1998-04-06)6 April 1998 (aged 21)	Academy	2008	2020
Attackers
—	James Hanson	ST	(1987-11-09)9 November 1987 (aged 31)	AFC Wimbledon	2019	2021
—	Matt Green	ST	(1987-01-02)2 January 1987 (aged 32)	Salford City	2019	2021
—	Moses Ogbu	ST	(1991-02-07)7 February 1991 (aged 28)	Al-Ain	2019	2020
—	Harry Cardwell	ST	(1996-10-28)28 October 1996 (aged 22)	Reading	2017	2020
—	Ahkeem Rose	ST	(1998-11-27)27 November 1998 (aged 20)	Heather St John's	2017	2020

Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 2019–20 season (Friday 2 August).

Competitions[edit]

League Two[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG
11	Salford City	37	13	11	13	49	46	+3	50	1.35
12	Walsall	36	13	8	15	40	49	−9	47	1.31
13	Crawley Town	37	11	15	11	51	47	+4	48	1.30
14	Newport County	36	12	10	14	32	39	−7	46	1.28
15	Grimsby Town	37	12	11	14	45	51	−6	47	1.27
16	Cambridge United	37	12	9	16	40	48	−8	45	1.22
17	Leyton Orient	36	10	12	14	47	55	−8	42	1.17
18	Carlisle United	37	10	12	15	39	56	−17	42	1.14
19	Oldham Athletic	37	9	14	14	44	57	−13	41	1.11

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences^[31]

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
37	12	11	14	45	51	−6	47	6	5	7	22	27	−5	6	6	7	23	24	−1

Last updated: 7 March 2020.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday[edit]

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A
Result	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	D	D	W	W	D	L	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	W
Position	2	4	13	14	7	4	7	9	11	9	7	9	10	14	16	19	18	20	20	20	20	21	18	17	17	17	19	15	17	18	16	15	16	14	14	14	14

Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League Two fixtures were revealed.^[32]

3 August 2019 (2019-08-03) 1	Morecambe	0–2	Grimsby Town	Morecambe
15:00 BST	Old 56' Kenyon 59' Alessandra 73'	Report	Green 58' Whitehouse 68' Clifton 74' Wright 90+7'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 2,872 Referee: Darren Handley

10 August 2019 (2019-08-10) 2	Grimsby Town	1–1	Bradford City	Cleethorpes
13:00 BST	Öhman 3' Hanson 66' Clifton 77'	Report	Vaughan 53' Anderson 68'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,882 Referee: Ben Toner

17 August 2019 (2019-08-17) 3	Forest Green Rovers	1–0	Grimsby Town	Nailsworth
15:00 BST	Winchester 31' Mondal 75'	Report		Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,152 Referee: Leigh Doughty

20 August 2019 (2019-08-20) 4	Grimsby Town	2–2	Colchester United	Cleethorpes
19:45 BST	Hewitt 10' Hanson 48' (pen.) Davis 68' Green 87'	Report	Nouble 25' Norris 45+1' Comley 90+4'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 4,103 Referee: Rob Lewis

24 August 2019 (2019-08-24) 5	Grimsby Town	5–2	Port Vale	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Cook 20' Ogbu 51' Green 57' Whitehouse 72' Waterfall 80' Hanson 86' Hewitt 90'	Report	Whitehouse 13' (o.g.) Worrall 54' Smith 62' Joyce 73'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 4,290 Referee: Will Finnie

31 August 2019 (2019-08-31) 6	Walsall	1–3	Grimsby Town	Walsall
15:00 BST	Lavery 5' Pring 80'	Report	Öhman 20' Whitehouse 41' Hanson 68', 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Banks's Stadium Attendance: 4,812 Referee: David Rock

7 September 2019 (2019-09-07) 7	Grimsby Town	0–2	Crewe Alexandra	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Hanson 28' 49'	Report	Lowery 46' Powell 62' Kirk 90+1' 90+2'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 4,679 Referee: Anthony Coggins

14 September 2019 (2019-09-14) 8	Oldham Athletic	2–2	Grimsby Town	Oldham
15:00 BST	Missilou 19' Morais 66' Sylla 84'	Report	Ogbu 46' Hendrie 61' Hewitt 69' Cook 81' Vernam 89' Öhman 90'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 3,789 Referee: Sam Purkiss

17 September 2019 (2019-09-17) 9	Salford City	1–0	Grimsby Town	Salford
19:45 BST	Shelton 21'	Report	Cook 24'	Stadium: The Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 2,782 Referee: Chris Sarginson

21 September 2019 (2019-09-21) 10	Grimsby Town	1–0	Macclesfield Town	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Robson 56'	Report		Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 3,794 Referee: David Webb

28 September 2019 (2019-09-28) 11	Exeter City	1–3	Grimsby Town	Exeter
15:00 BST	Collins 32' Moxey 59' Sweeney 76' Taylor 82' Bowman 90+4'	Report	Gibson 22' Robson 23', 67' 25' Ogbu 59' (pen.) Hessenthaler 69' Wright 77'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 4,973 Referee: Brett Huxtbale

5 October 2019 (2019-10-05) 12	Grimsby Town	0–1	Mansfield Town	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Cook 42' Green 69' Hendrie 90+5'	Report	Bishop 58' White 60' Pearce 90+6'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 5,087 Referee: Paul Marsden

12 October 2019 (2019-10-12) 13	Stevenage	2–1	Grimsby Town	Stevenage
15:00 BST	Guthrie 17' Carter 44' Farman 83'	Report	Rose 80'	Stadium: The Lamex Stadium Attendance: 3,220 Referee: Neil Hair

19 October 2019 (2019-10-19) 14	Grimsby Town	0–4	Leyton Orient	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Hendrie 25' Hewitt 56'	Report	Happe 11' Coulson 21' Harrold 28' Ekpiteta 37' Dayton 37' Alabi 80' Wright 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 4,132 Referee: Nick Kinseley

22 October 2019 (2019-10-22) 15	Cambridge United	0–0	Grimsby Town	Cambridge
19:45 BST	Smith 37'	Report	Whitehouse 24'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 4,898 Referee: James Adcock

26 October 2019 (2019-10-26)	Grimsby Town	v	Cheltenham Town	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Blundell Park
Note: Fixture was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.^[33]

2 November 2019 (2019-11-02)	Plymouth Argyle	v	Grimsby Town	Plymouth
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Home Park
Note: Fixture was postponed due to structural damage to the roof of Home Park.^[34]

16 November 2019 (2019-11-16)	Grimsby Town	v	Newport County	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Blundell Park
Note: On 8 November, the match was postponed due to international call ups.^[35]

23 November 2019 (2019-11-23) 16	Northampton Town	2–0	Grimsby Town	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Wharton 25' Oliver 41' 60'	Report	McKeown 42' Green 52' Clifton 81' Rose 90+1'	Stadium: PTS Academy Stadium Attendance: 5,211 Referee: Andy Haines

26 November 2019 (2019-11-26) 17	Grimsby Town	0–0	Cheltenham Town	Cleethorpes
19:45 GMT	Whitehouse 37' Davis 72'	Report		Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 2,508 Referee: Christopher Pollard

7 December 2019 (2019-12-07) 18	Grimsby Town	0–3	Swindon Town	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Hewitt 76'	Report	Doyle 10' Yates 24', 52'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 3,723 Referee: Peter Wright

14 December 2019 (2019-12-14) 19	Carlisle United	0–0	Grimsby Town	Carlisle
15:00 GMT		Report	Robson 10' Green 66' Gibson 75' Wright 80'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 3,653 Referee: Marc Edwards

21 December 2019 (2019-12-21) 20	Grimsby Town	0–1	Scunthorpe United	Cleethorpes
13:00 GMT	Clifton 36' Wright 82'	Report	Brown 26' McGahey 32' van Veen 62' 62' Ntlhe 73' Ward 76'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 7,385 Referee: Tom Nield

26 December 2019 (2019-12-26) 21	Macclesfield Town	1–1	Grimsby Town	Macclesfield
15:00 GMT	Fitzpatrick 38' Ironside 49' (pen.) Horsfall 75' Harris 86'	Report	Hendrie 45+1' Wright 54' Vernam 59' Davis 83'	Stadium: Moss Rose Attendance: 1,991 Referee: Paul Marsden

29 December 2019 (2019-12-29) 22	Grimsby Town	1–1	Crawley Town	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Hessenthaler 2' Gibson 25' Hendrie 59' Clifton 62'	Report	Nadesan 37' Lubala 43' McNerney 90+3'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 3,612 Referee: Oliver Yates

1 January 2020 (2020-01-01) 23	Grimsby Town	1–0	Salford City	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Rose 83'	Report	Towell 60'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 4,555 Referee: Martin Coy

4 January 2020 (2020-01-04) 24	Mansfield Town	0–1	Grimsby Town	Mansfield
15:00 GMT	White 31' Pearce 45+3' Davies 90+1'	Report	Waterfall 10' Benning 66' (o.g.) McKeown 67' Gibson 77'	Stadium: One Call Stadium Attendance: 5,848 Referee: James Oldham

11 January 2020 (2020-01-11) 25	Leyton Orient	1–1	Grimsby Town	Leyton
15:00 GMT	Kyprianou 51' Angol 60' 90+2' (pen.) Brophy 90+6'	Report	Hessenthaler 30' Clarke 74' Hendrie 83' McKeown 87'	Stadium: The Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 6,248 Referee: Will Finnie

18 January 2020 (2020-01-18) 26	Grimsby Town	0–1	Exeter City	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Vernam 44'	Report	Bowman 32' Law 67'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,021 Referee: Andy Haines

25 January 2020 (2020-01-25) 27	Crawley Town	3–2	Grimsby Town	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Palmer 16', 70' Nadesan 58' 77' Doherty 85'	Report	Whitehouse 21' Hanson 32'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,480 Referee: Nick Kinseley

28 January 2020 (2020-01-28) 28	Grimsby Town	3–1	Stevenage	Cleethorpes
19:45 GMT	Nugent 17' (o.g.) Clarke 63' (pen.) 64' Vernam 72' Hendrie 78'	Report	Lakin 79' 90+2' Nugent 87'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 4,175 Referee: Tom Nield

1 February 2020 (2020-02-01) 29	Grimsby Town	2–2	Forest Green Rovers	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Vernam 19' Clifton 35' Glennon 53' Hendrie 90+1'	Report	Bailey 32' Kitching 44' Aitchison 50' Winchester 55'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 4,675 Referee: Paul Marsden

8 February 2020 (2020-02-08) 30	Bradford City	1–1	Grimsby Town	Bradford
15:00 GMT	Reeves 77' Novak 80'	Report	Clarke 70' Hendrie 90+1'	Stadium: The Utilita Energy Stadium Attendance: 17,668 Referee: Steve Martin

11 February 2020 (2020-02-11) 31	Colchester United	2–3	Grimsby Town	Colchester
19:45 GMT	Prosser 17' 67' Robinson 42' Stevenson 79' Bramall 90+1'	Report	Vernam 21', 66', 69' Green 50' Benson 88'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Attendance: 2,954 Referee: Will Finnie

15 February 2020 (2020-02-15) 32	Grimsby Town	2–1	Morecambe	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Hanson 69' Benson 86'	Report	Phillips 90+2'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 4,704 Referee: Trevor Kettle

22 February 2020 (2020-02-22) 33	Swindon Town	3–1	Grimsby Town	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Grant 3' Yates 46' Jaiyesimi 49' Hendrie 57' (o.g.)	Report	Hanson 59' Clarke 66' Glennon 70'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,180 Referee: Sam Purkiss

25 February 2020 (2020-02-25) 34	Grimsby Town	4–2	Newport County	Cleethorpes
19:45 GMT	Garmston 1' Hanson 29' 61' Benson 40' Wright 84'	Report	Green 10' Inniss 39' Amond 68' Labadie 73'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 3,578 Referee: Sebastian Stockbridge

29 February 2020 (2020-02-29) 35	Grimsby Town	0–3	Northampton Town	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Öhman 20'	Report	Goode 9' Morton 26', 82'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 4,879 Referee: Christopher Pollard

3 March 2020 (2020-03-03) 36	Plymouth Argyle	3–0	Grimsby Town	Plymouth
19:45 GMT	Bakinson 22' Hardie 30' Jephcott 40' Grant 65'	Report	Clifton 57'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 9,327 Referee: David Rock

7 March 2020 (2020-03-07) 37	Scunthorpe United	0–2	Grimsby Town	Scunthorpe
13:00 GMT	Bedeau 65' Sutton 81' Gilliead 86' Perch 90+2'	Report	Glennon 20' Waterfall 22' 61' Vernam 52' Hewitt 89'	Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium Attendance: 6,855 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

14 March 2020 (2020-03-14)	Grimsby Town	v	Carlisle United	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Blundell Park
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[36]

17 March 2020 (2020-03-17)	Grimsby Town	v	Cambridge United	Cleethorpes
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Blundell Park
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[36]

21 March 2020 (2020-03-21)	Cheltenham Town	v	Grimsby Town	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Jonny-Rocks Stadium
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[36]

28 March 2020 (2020-03-28)	Grimsby Town	v	Plymouth Argyle	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Blundell Park
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[36]

4 April 2020 (2020-04-04)	Newport County	v	Grimsby Town	Newport
15:00 BST				Stadium: Rodney Parade
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[37]

10 April 2020 (2020-04-10)	Port Vale	v	Grimsby Town	Burslem
15:00 BST				Stadium: Vale Park
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[37]

13 April 2020 (2020-04-13)	Grimsby Town	v	Walsall	Cleethorpes
13:00 BST				Stadium: Blundell Park
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[37]

18 April 2020 (2020-04-18)	Crewe Alexandra	v	Grimsby Town	Crewe
15:00 BST				Stadium: Alexandra Stadium
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[37]

25 April 2020 (2020-04-25)	Grimsby Town	v	Oldham Athletic	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST				Stadium: Blundell Park
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[37]

FA Cup[edit]

The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019.^[38]

9 November 2019 (2019-11-09) First round	Grimsby Town	1–1	Newport County	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Öhman 20' Green 27' Waterfall 43' Robson 90+5'	Report	Amond 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 2,086 Referee: Leigh Doughty

20 November 2019 (2019-11-20) First round replay	Newport County	2–0	Grimsby Town	Newport
19:45 GMT	Abrahams 47' Amond 50' Sheehan 85' Labadie 90+2'	Report	Rose 52' Pollock 80' 90+1'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 2,053 Referee: Darren Handley

EFL Cup[edit]

The first round draw was made on 20 June.^[39] The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first-round matches.^[40] The third round draw was confirmed on 28 August 2019, live on Sky Sports.^[41]

13 August 2019 (2019-08-13) First round	Grimsby Town	1–0	Doncaster Rovers	Cleethorpes
19:45 BST	Cook 40'	Report	Taylor 78'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 2,470 Referee: John Brooks

27 August 2019 (2019-08-27) Second round	Grimsby Town	A–A	Macclesfield Town	Cleethorpes
19:45 BST	Wright 14' Cook 35'	Report	Cameron 34'	Stadium: Blundell Park Referee: Darren Drysdale
Note: Match was abandoned at half-time due to a waterlogged pitch.^[42]

11 September 2019 (2019-09-11) Second round	Grimsby Town	0–0 (5–4 p)	Macclesfield Town	Cleethorpes
19:45 BST	Whitehouse 16' Hessenthaler 56' Gibson 90'	Report		Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 3,011 Referee: Darren Drysdale
	Penalties
	Green Hanson Cardwell Ogbu Hessenthaler Whitehouse		Ironside Horsfall Archibald Gnahoua Evans Kirby

25 September 2019 (2019-09-25) Third round	Chelsea	7–1	Grimsby Town	Fulham
19:45 BST	Barkley 4' Batshuayi 7', 86' Pedro 43' (pen.) Zouma 56' James 82' Hudson-Odoi 89'	Report	Green 19' 28'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 39,674 Referee: Keith Stroud

EFL Trophy[edit]

On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019.^[43]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ACA	Leicester City U21	3	2	1	0	0	5	3	+2	8	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Scunthorpe United	3	2	0	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Sunderland	3	1	0	0	2	4	7	−3	3
4	L2	Grimsby Town	3	0	0	0	3	4	7	−3	0

Source: EFL.com

3 September 2019 (2019-09-03) Group stage	Grimsby Town	1–2	Scunthorpe United	Cleethorpes
19:45 BST	Pollock 32' Cardwell 49'	Report	van Veen 28', 75' Colclough 69' Perch 90+2'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 1,302 Referee: Andy Haines

8 October 2019 (2019-10-08) Group stage	Sunderland	3–2	Grimsby Town	Sunderland
19:45 BST	Watmore 68' Dobson 70' McNulty 79' Grigg 86'	Report	Green 59' Ogbu 81'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 6,952 Referee: Steve Martin

29 October 2019 (2019-10-29) Group stage	Grimsby Town	1–2	Leicester City U21	Cleethorpes
19:45 GMT	Ogbu 31' Cardwell 50' Gibson 59' Clifton 80'	Report	Eppiah 68', 90'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 341 Referee: Sebastian Stockbridge

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