2012–13 Grimsby Town F.C. season

	Grimsby Town
Season 2012-13
Chairman	John Fenty
Managers	Rob Scott & ; Paul Hurst
Team captain	Craig Disley
Home stadium	Blundell Park
Conference National	4th (play off semi-finalists)
FA Cup	Fourth Qualyfing Round
FA Trophy	Runners Up
Lincolnshire Senior Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: 0 Andy Cook (11 goals) ; All comps: 0 Andy Cook (16 goals)
Highest home ; attendance	7,405 0v0 Lincoln City ; 1 January 2013
Highest away ; attendance	5,662 0v0 Luton Town ; 12 April 2013
Lowest home ; attendance	2,134 0v0 Havant & Waterlooville ; 15 December 2012
Lowest away ; attendance	351 0v0 Gateshead ; 26 March 2013
← 2011–12 0 0 0 0 0 0 2013–14 →

Grimsby Town Football Club entered the 2012–13 season as a member of the Conference National for the third season running. The club are managed by Rob Scott and Paul Hurst who were appointed in 2010-11 season.

Team kit

Errea supplied the kits for the fifth season running. Young's Bluecrest continued as the club's sponsor for the eighth consecutive season.

Fixtures and results

Pre season matches

Lincolnshire Cup


Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
24 July	Scunthorpe United	Glanford Park, Scunthorpe	W 2 - 0	1,535	Soares, Cook
31 July	Lincoln City	Sincil Bank, Lincoln	W 1 - 1 (5 - 4) Pens		Miller

Friendlies


Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 July	Grimsby Borough	The Bradley Football Development Centre, Grimsby	W 12 - 3	630	Cook, Disley, Colbeck (3), Southwell, Hearn (3), Artus (2), Elding
14 July	Gainsborough Trinity	The Northolme, Gainsborough	D 2 - 2	697	G.Pearson, Hatton
17 July	Doncaster Rovers	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 2 - 3	1,456	Southwell (2)
18 July	Horncastle Town	The Wong, Horncastle	D 2 - 2	321	O'Malley (2)
20 July	Hull City	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 0 - 0	2,220	-----
21 July	Winterton Rangers	West Street, Winterton	W 1 - 0		Morrall
28 July	Barton Town Old Boys	The Euronics Ground, Barton-upon-Humber	W 4 - 2		Southwell, Colbeck (2), Hatton
1 August	North Ferriby United	Grange Lane, North Ferriby	D 1 - 1	170	Hearn
3 August	Stalybridge Celtic	Bower Fold, Stalybridge	L 1 - 2		G.Pearson

Conference National


Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 Aug	Southport	Haig Avenue, Southport	D 1–1	1,743	Disley
14 Aug	Stockport County	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 1–2	3,765	Pond
18 Aug	Nuneaton Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 0–0	3,405	-----
25 Aug	Wrexham	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham	D 0–0	3,434	-----
27 Aug	Mansfield Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 4–1	4,323	Artus, G.Pearson (2), Colbeck
Sept 1	Hereford United	Edgar Street, Hereford	W 2–0	2,059	Southwell, S.Pearson
Sept 4	Barrow	Holker Street, Barrow-in-Furness	D 2–2	966	Elding (2)
Sept 8	Forest Green Rovers	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 1–0	3,270	Pond
Sept 15	Kidderminster Harriers	Aggborough, Kidderminster	D 0–0	1,881	-----
Sept 21	Luton Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 4–1	4,074	Colbeck, Cook, Hannah, Beckwith (O.G)
Sept 25	Gateshead	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 3–0	3,202	Niven, Pond, Hannah
Sept 29	Newport County	Rodney Parade, Newport	D 0–0	2,968	-----
6 Oct	Dartford	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0–2	4,009	-----
9 Oct	Alfreton Town	North Street, Alfreton	W 2–0	1,192	Neilson, Hannah
13 Oct	AFC Telford United	New Bucks Head, Telford	W 2–1	2,349	Pond, Miller
27 Oct	Macclesfield Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0–1	3,014	-----
3 Nov	Tamworth	The Lamb Ground, Tamworth	W 1–0	1,042	Cook
6 Nov	Hyde	Ewen Fields, Hyde, Greater Manchester	L 2–3	822	Hannah (2)
10 Nov	Woking	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 5–1	3,418	Hatton (2), Disley, Thanoj, Cook
17 Nov	Braintree Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 3–0	3,722	Hannah (2), Disley
1 Dec	Ebbsfleet United	Stonebridge Road, Gravesend	D 1–1	2,968	Marshall
8 Dec	Tamworth	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 2–0	3,109	Disley, Hannah
21 Dec	Wrexham	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 1–0	4,302	Hannah
26 Dec	Lincoln City	Sincil Bank, Lincoln	W 4–1	5,702	Cook, Boyce (O.G), Disley, Colbeck
1 Jan	Lincoln City	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 1–1	7,405	Miller
5 Jan	Hereford United	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 1–1	3,793	Pond
22 Jan	Hyde	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 2–0	2,755	Cook (2)
26 Jan	Cambridge United	Abbey Stadium, Cambridge	D 0–0	2,764	-----
2 Feb	Alfreton Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 4–2	3,868	Devitt, Brodie, Cook, Disley
9 Feb	AFC Telford United	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 1–0	4,462	Brodie
19 Feb	Braintree Town	Cressing Road, Braintee	L 0–2	880	-----
26 Feb	Ebbsfleet United	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 3–1	3,241	Marshall, Cook, Disley
5 Mar	Forest Green Rovers	The New Lawn, Nailsworth, Stroud	W 1-0	744	Naylor
9 Mar	Kidderminster Harriers	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 1–3	3,709	Miller
12 Mar	Mansfield Town	Field Mill, Mansfield	L 0–2	3,896	-----
16 Mar	Cambridge United	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0–1	3,516	-----
19 Mar	Nuneaton Town	Trifton Community Arena, Nuneaton	L 0–1	964	-----
26 Mar	Gateshead	Victoria Park, Hartlepool	D 1–1	351	Thanoj
30 Mar	Barrow	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 0–0	3,532	-----
1 Apr	Stockport County	Edgeley Park, Stockport	W 2–1	3,804	Hannah, Hatton
3 Apr	Macclesfield Town	Moss Rose, Macclesfield	W 3–1	1,776	Cook, S.Pearson, Artus
6 Apr	Southport	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 2–2	3,780	Cook, Taylor
9 Apr	Dartford	Princes Park, Dartford	W 2–1	1,201	Cook, Thomas
12 Apr	Luton Town	Kenilworth Road, Luton	D 1–1	5,662	Southwell
16 Apr	Woking	Kingfield Stadium, Woking	W 1–0	1,570	John-Lewis
20 Apr	Newport County	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 3–0	4,555	Devitt, Thanoj, Hearn

Conference Play-offs


Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
24 Apr	SF1ST	Newport County	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0–1	6,783	-----
28 Apr	SF2ND	Newport County	Rodney Parade, Newport	L 0–1	6,615	-----

FA Cup


Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
26 Oct	4RQ	Kidderminster Harriers	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 2–4	3,612	Niven, Neilson

FA Trophy


Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
24 Nov	1R	Buxton	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 0–0	2,533	-----
28 Nov	1R Replay	Buxton	The Silverlands, Buxton	W 1–0	776	Miller
15 Dec	2R	Havant & Waterlooville	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 4–0	2,134	Cook (2), S.Pearson, G. Pearson
12 Jan	3R	Welling	Park View Road, Welling	W 2–1	1,037	Devitt, Marshall
29 Jan	QF	Luton Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 3–0	2,791	Devitt, Cook, Marshall
16 Feb	SF 1st leg	Dartford	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 3–0	3,571	Disley (2), Cook
23 Feb	SF 2nd leg	Dartford	Princes Park, Dartford	D 0–0	1,450	-----
24 Mar	Final	Wrexham	Wembley Stadium, London	L 1–1 (4–5 pens)	35,266	Cook

League table

Promoted as champions of the Football Conference were Mansfield Town, who coincidentally were one of the teams replaced by Aldershot at the end of the 2007–08 season. They were joined by 2013 Conference National play-off Final winners Newport County, who joined the Football League for the first time as the current incarnation of the club (their forerunners last played in the League in 1988). The play-off final between Newport County and Wrexham was the first Wembley Stadium final to feature two Welsh clubs.

Stockport County were relegated from the conference eleven years after competing in the second tier of English football. They were to be joined by Barrow, Ebbsfleet and Telford.


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mansfield Town (C) (P)	46	30	5	11	92	52	+40	95	Promotion to 2013–14 League Two
2	Kidderminster Harriers	46	28	9	9	82	40	+42	93	Qualification for Conference National play-offs
3	Newport County (P)	46	25	10	11	85	60	+25	85
4	Grimsby Town	46	23	14	9	70	38	+32	83
5	Wrexham	46	22	14	10	74	45	+29	80
6	Hereford United	46	19	13	14	73	63	+10	70
7	Luton Town	46	18	13	15	70	62	+8	67
8	Dartford	46	19	9	18	67	63	+4	66
9	Braintree Town	46	19	9	18	63	72	−9	66
10	Forest Green Rovers	46	18	11	17	63	49	+14	65
11	Macclesfield Town	46	17	12	17	65	70	−5	63
12	Woking	46	18	8	20	73	81	−8	62
13	Alfreton Town	46	16	12	18	69	74	−5	60
14	Cambridge United	46	15	14	17	68	69	−1	59
15	Nuneaton Town	46	14	15	17	55	63	−8	57
16	Lincoln City	46	15	11	20	66	73	−7	56
17	Gateshead	46	13	16	17	58	61	−3	55
18	Hyde	46	16	7	23	63	75	−12	55
19	Tamworth	46	15	10	21	55	69	−14	55
20	Southport	46	14	12	20	72	86	−14	54
21	Stockport County (R)	46	13	11	22	57	80	−23	50	Relegation to 2013–14 Conference North/South
22	Barrow (R)	46	11	13	22	45	83	−38	46
23	Ebbsfleet United (R)	46	8	15	23	55	89	−34	39
24	AFC Telford United (R)	46	6	17	23	52	79	−27	35

Updated to games played on 20 April 2013.
Source: Football Conference
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Coaching staff

Role	Nationality	Name
First-Team Joint Manager		Paul Hurst
First-Team Joint Manager		Rob Scott
Youth Team Manager		Robbie Stockdale (left the club in August 2012)
U17 Manager		Alan Buckley
Goalkeeping Coach		Steve Croudson
Head Physiotherapist		Dave Moore
Physiotherapist		Ben Mortlock
Community Sport Coach		Graham Rodger
Community Sport Coach		Jonathan Rowan

Squad overview

Kit numbers

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Greg Fleming
2	DF	Sam Hatton
3	DF	Aswad Thomas
4	MF	Derek Niven
5	DF	Shaun Pearson
6	DF	Ian Miller
7	MF	Joe Colbeck
8	MF	Craig Disley (club captain)
9	FW	Anthony Elding (Departed in January 2013)
10	FW	Liam Hearn
11	MF	Frankie Artus
12	FW	Andy Cook
13	GK	James McKeown
14	FW	Richard Brodie (on loan from Crawley Town)
15	MF	Jamie Devitt (on loan from Hull City)
16	DF	Simon Ford

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	Louie Soares
18	FW	Greg Pearson
19	DF	Bradley Wood
20	FW	Dayle Southwell
21	MF	Andi Thanoj
22	DF	Nathan Pond (on loan from Fleetwood Town)
23	DF	Josh Morrall
24	MF	Scott Neilson (on loan from Crawley Town)
25	FW	Ross Hannah
26	MF	Marcus Marshall (on loan from Bury)
27	FW	Michael Rankine (on loan from Aldershot Town)
28	FW	Lenell John-Lewis
29	DF	Tom Naylor (on loan from Derby County)
30	MF	Dougie Wilson (on loan from Hull City)
31	MF	Cleveland Taylor (on loan from Burton Albion)
34	GK	Steve Croudson (Player/Coach)

Statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Conference National		Conference League Cup		FA Trophy		FA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Greg Fleming	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Sam Hatton	29	3	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Aswad Thomas	42	1	42	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	MF		Derek Niven	34	1	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Shaun Pearson	34	2	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF		Ian Miller	26	3	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Joe Colbeck	39	3	39	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Craig Disley	40	7	40	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Anthony Elding	16	2	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW		Liam Hearn	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF		Frankie Artus	22	2	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	FW		Andy Cook	43	11	43	11	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK		James McKeown	43	0	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW		Richard Brodie	10	2	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF		Jamie Devitt	14	2	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF		Simon Ford	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Louie Soares	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW		Greg Pearson	12	2	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF		Bradley Wood	30	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW		Dayle Southwell	30	2	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF		Andi Thanoj	20	3	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF		Nathan Pond	26	5	26	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF		Josh Morrall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF		Scott Neilson	10	1	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW		Ross Hannah	28	10	28	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF		Marcus Marshall	26	2	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW		Michael Rankine	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	FW		Lenell John-Lewis	14	1	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF		Tom Naylor	14	1	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF		Dougie Wilson	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF		Cleveland Taylor	8	1	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	GK		Steve Croudson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Last updated on 17 April 2013

Rank	Pos	No.	Player	Conference National	FA Cup	FA Trophy	Total
1	FW	12	Andy Cook	11	0	5	16
2	FW	25	Ross Hannah	10	0	0	10
3	MF	8	Craig Disley	7	0	2	9
4	DF	22	Nathan Pond	5	0	0	5
5	MF	15	Jamie Devitt	2	0	2	4
5	MF	26	Marcus Marshall	2	0	2	4
6	MF	7	Joe Colbeck	3	0	0	3
	DF	2	Sam Hatton	3	0	0	3
	DF	6	Ian Miller	3	0	0	3
	DF	5	Shaun Pearson	2	0	1	3
	FW	18	Greg Pearson	2	0	1	3
	MF	21	Andi Thanoj	3	0	0	3
7	MF	11	Frankie Artus	2	0	0	2
	FW	14	Richard Brodie	2	0	0	2
	FW	9	Anthony Elding	2	0	0	2
	MF	24	Scott Neilson	1	1	0	2
	MF	4	Derek Niven	1	1	0	2
	FW	20	Dayle Southwell	2	0	0	2
8	FW	10	Liam Hearn	1	0	0	1
	FW	28	Lenell John-Lewis	1	0	0	1
	DF	29	Tom Naylor	1	0	0	1
	MF	31	Cleveland Taylor	1	0	0	1
	DF	3	Aswad Thomas	1	0	0	1

Transfer and loans

In

Transfers

Date	Pos.	Player	From club	Transfer fee
5 June 2012	FW	Andy Cook	Barrow	Undisclosed Fee
20 June 2012	MF	Joe Colbeck	Hereford United	Free
23 June 2012	DF	Sam Hatton	AFC Wimbledon	Free
4 July 2012	DF	Aswad Thomas	Braintree Town	Undisclosed Fee
7 July 2012	FW	Greg Pearson	Burton Albion	Free
17 July 2012	MF	Derek Niven	Chesterfield	Free
24 July 2012	GK	Greg Fleming	Chesterfield	Free
1 August 2012	DF	Simon Ford	Chesterfield	Free
10 January 2013	FW	Ross Hannah	Bradford City	Undisclosed Fee
31 January 2013	FW	Lenell John-Lewis	Bury	Undisclosed Fee

Youth team graduates

Date	Pos.	Player	From club	Transfer fee
November 2013	DF	Josh Morrall	Youth Team	Free

Loans

Start date	End date	Pos.	Player	From club
10 August 2012	1 January 2013	DF	Nathan Pond	Fleetwood Town
19 September 2012	1 January 2013	MF	Scott Neilson	Crawley Town
20 September 2012	1 January 2013	FW	Ross Hannah	Bradford City
1 November 2012	21 January 2013	MF	Marcus Marshall	Bury
23 November 2013	1 January 2013	FW	Michael Rankine	Aldershot Town
4 January 2013	25 March 2013	FW	Richard Brodie	Crawley Town
4 January 2013	May 2013	MF	Jamie Devitt	Hull City
25 January 2013	May 2013	MF	Marcus Marshall	Bury
22 February 2013	May 2013	DF	Tom Naylor	Derby County
8 March 2013	May 2013	MF	Dougie Wilson	Hull City
28 March 2013	May 2013	MF	Cleveland Taylor	Burton Albion

Out

Transfers

Exit Date	Pos.	Player	To club	Transfer fee
18 April 2012	GK	Kenny Arthur	Airdrie United	Released
27 April 2012	MF	Michael Coulson	York City	Released
27 April 2012	FW	Robert Duffy	Lincoln City	Released
27 April 2012	DF	Charlie I'Anson	Elche CF	Released
27 April 2012	DF	Scott Garner	Cambridge United	Released
1 May 2012	MF	Anthony Church	Chelmsford City	Released
1 May 2012	DF	Josh Freeman	Spalding United	Released
1 May 2012	FW	Kiernan Hughes-Mason	Welling United	Released
3 May 2012	DF	Gary Silk	Boston United	Released
2 July 2012	MF	Serge Makofo	Farnborough	Released
8 February 2013	FW	Anthony Elding	Sligo Rovers	Released

Loans

Start date	End date	Pos.	Player	To club
27 September 2012	27 November 2012	MF	Louie Soares	Ebbsfleet United
15 November 2012	1 January 2013	FW	Anthony Elding	Preston North End
18 December 2012	May 2013	GK	Liam Higton	Grimsby Borough
17 January 2013	20 April 2013	MF	Louie Soares	Alfreton Town
8 February 2013	May 2013	FW	Greg Pearson	Kidderminster Harriers
27 February 2013	10 April 2013	DF	Simon Ford	AFC Telford United

Trialists

Pre-season

#	Pos.	Name	From	Age	Apps	Result
#	MF	Ian Craney	Accrington Stanley	29	0	No contract offered
#	MF	Derek Niven	Chesterfield	28	1	Contract offered & accepted
#	MF	Lewis Chalmers	Macclesfield Town	26	1	No contract offered
#	GK	Greg Fleming	Chesterfield	25	1	Contract offered & accepted
#	DF	Simon Ford	Chesterfield	30	1	Contract offered & accepted
#	MF	Luke Daley	Plymouth Argyle	22	1	No contract offered

Mid-season

#	Nat.	Pos.	Name	From	Age	Apps	Goals	Result
#		MF	Dean Morgan	Chesterfield	28	0	0	No contract offered

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