1997–98 Grimsby Town F.C. season

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Winners
Top goalscorerLeague: Donovan (16)
All: Donovan (21)
Average home league attendance5,601

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

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.[1] 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.[1] 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.[1]

Transfers

Transfers in

Date Pos Player Transferred from Fee Ref
1 August 1997 MF England Kevin Donovan England West Bromwich Albion £300,000
1 August 1997 MF England Paul Groves England West Bromwich Albion £250,000
1 August 1997 FW Wales Lee Nogan England Reading £170,000
1 August 1997 GK Northern Ireland Aidan Davison England Bradford City Free Transfer
16 January 1998 MF England David Smith England West Bromwich Albion £200,000
12 February 1998 MF England Wayne Burnett England Huddersfield Town £100,000
26 March 1998 MF Scotland Jim Dobbin England Scarborough Free transfer

Loans in

Date Pos Player Transferred from Date Until Ref
10 August 1997 MF England Dave Gilbert England West Bromwich Albion 13 September 1997
1 August 1997 MF England Paul Holsgrove England Reading 9 November 1997
9 January 1998 MF England Wayne Burnett England Huddersfield Town 8 February 1998

Transfers out

Date Pos Player Transferred To Fee Ref
31 May 1997 FW England Clive Mendonca England Charlton Athletic £700,000
31 May 1997 MF England Craig Shakespeare England Scunthorpe United Released
31 May 1997 DF England Joby Gowshall England Lincoln City Released
31 May 1997 DF England Neil Webb England Aldershot Town Released
31 May 1997 GK England Andy Quy
Stevenage Borough
 Released
31 May 1997 MF England Paul Harsley England Scunthorpe United Released
1 August 1997 MF Wales John Oster England Everton £1,500,000
7 August 1997 MF England Jimmy Neil England Scunthorpe United Released
1 September 1997 MF England Gary Childs England Wisbech Town Released
6 December 1997 MF England Nicky Southall England Gillingham Free transfer

Loans out

Date Pos Player Transferred To Date Until Ref
7 November 1997 FW England Neil Woods England Wigan Athletic 9 November 1997
17 January 1998 FW England Neil Woods England Scunthorpe United 16 February 1998
17 February 1998 FW England Neil Woods England Mansfield Town 17 March 1998
26 March 1998 DF England Ashley Fickling England Darlington 31 May 1998
Transfers in: Decrease £1,020,000
Transfers out: Increase £2,200,000
Total spending: Increase £480,000

Final league table

Main article: 1997–98 Football League

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Watford 46 24 16 6 67 41 +26 88 Division Champions, promoted
2 Bristol City 46 25 10 11 69 39 +30 85 Promoted
3 Grimsby Town 46 19 15 12 55 37 +18 72 Promoted through play-offs
4 Northampton Town 46 18 17 11 52 37 +15 71 Participated in
play-offs
5 Bristol Rovers 46 20 10 16 70 64 +6 70
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Results

Grimsby Town's score comes first[3]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League Second Division

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
9 August 1997 Bristol City H 1–1 6,220 Widdrington
16 August 1997 Plymouth Argyle A 2–2 6,002 Donovan (pen), Nogan
23 August 1997 Wrexham H 0–0 4,404
30 August 1997 Brentford A 1–3 3,875 Nogan
2 September 1997 Preston North End A 0–2 9,489
9 September 1997 York City H 0–0 5,308
13 September 1997 Fulham A 2–0 6,874 Livingstone (2)
20 September 1997 Millwall H 0–1 4,267
27 September 1997
Bournemouth
 A 1–0 3,712 Groves
4 October 1997 Wigan Athletic H 2–1 4,623 Donovan (2 pens)
11 October 1997 Northampton Town H 1–0 4,778 Donovan
18 October 1997 Blackpool A 2–2 5,234 Nogan, Donovan (pen)
21 October 1997 Oldham Athletic A 0–2 4,520
25 October 1997 Watford H 0–1 5,699
1 November 1997 Southend United H 5–1 4,501 Nogan (2), Lester, Groves, Widdrington
4 November 1997 Walsall A 0–0 2,599
8 November 1997 Chesterfield A 0–1 5,004
22 November 1997 Burnley H 4–1 4,829 Groves, Widdrington, Lester, Nogan
29 November 1997 Gillingham A 2–0 4,855 Jobling, Black
2 December 1997 Wycombe Wanderers H 0–0 4,160
12 December 1997 Bristol Rovers A 4–0 4,801 Gallimore, Livingstone (2), Donovan
20 December 1997 Carlisle United H 1–0 6,222 McDermott
26 December 1997 York City A 0–0 7,093
28 December 1997 Preston North End H 3–1 6,725 Donovan (2), Black
10 January 1998 Bristol City A 1–4 12,567 Groves
17 January 1998 Brentford H 4–0 4,624 Groves, Smith, Donovan, Clare
31 January 1998 Fulham H 1–1 6,785 Burnett
7 February 1998 Millwall A 1–0 6,020 Livingstone
14 February 1998 Wigan Athletic A 2–0 3,548 Nogan, Donovan
21 February 1998
Bournemouth
 H 2–1 5,456
O'Neil (own goal), Groves
24 February 1998 Blackpool H 1–0 4,924 Clare
28 February 1998 Northampton Town A 1–2 6,932 Donovan
3 March 1998 Chesterfield H 0–0 4,940
7 March 1998 Southend United A 1–0 4,829 Clare
14 March 1998 Walsall H 3–0 4,916 Nogan, Donovan (2)
21 March 1998 Luton Town A 2–2 5,700 Gallimore, Donovan
24 March 1998 Plymouth Argyle H 1–0 4,661 Groves
28 March 1998 Burnley A 1–2 8,256 Lester
31 March 1998 Wrexham A 0–0 5,421
4 April 1998 Gillingham H 0–0 5,190
7 April 1998 Luton Town H 0–1 4,455
10 April 1998 Wycombe Wanderers A 1–1 5,846 Lester
13 April 1998 Bristol Rovers H 1–2 5,484 Donovan (pen)
21 April 1998 Carlisle United A 1–0 3,956 Donovan (pen)
25 April 1998 Watford A 0–0 14,002
2 May 1998 Oldham Athletic H 0–2 8,054

Second Division play-offs

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
Semi-final first leg 9 May 1998 Fulham A 1–1 13,954 Smith
Semi-final second leg 13 May 1998 Fulham H 1–0 (won 2–1 on agg) 8,689 Donovan
Final
 24 May 1998 Northampton Town N 1–0 62,988 Donovan

FA Cup

Main article: 1997–98 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
First round 15 November 1997 Shrewsbury Town A 1–1 3,193 Southall
First round replay 25 November 1997 Shrewsbury Town H 4–0 3,242 Nogan, Herbert (own goal), Lester, Jobling
Second round 6 December 1997 Chesterfield H 2–2 4,762 Rodger, Nogan
Second round replay 16 December 1997 Chesterfield A 2–0 4,553 Lester, Groves
Third round 3 January 1998 Norwich City H 3–0 8,161 McDermott, Woods, Donovan
Fourth round 14 January 1998
Leeds United
 A 0–2 29,598

League Cup

Main article: 1997–98 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
First round first leg 12 August 1997 Oldham Athletic A 0–1 5,656
First round second leg 26 August 1997 Oldham Athletic H 5–0 (won 5–1 on agg) 5,078 Lester (3), Livingstone, Donovan
Second round first leg 17 September 1997 Sheffield Wednesday H 2–0 6,429 Groves, Livingstone
Second round second leg 1 October 1997 Sheffield Wednesday A 2–3 (won 4–3 on agg) 11,120 Nogan, Groves
Third round 14 October 1997 Leicester City H 3–1 7,738 Jobling, Livingstone (2)
Fourth round 18 November 1997 Liverpool A 0–3 28,515

Football League Trophy

Main article: 1997–98 Football League Trophy
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
First round 9 December 1997 Chesterfield A 1–0 1,128 Nogan
Second round 6 January 1998 Hull City H 1–0 4,778 Butterfield
Area quarter-final 27 January 1998 Scunthorpe United A 2–0 4,596 Groves, Burnett
Area semi-final 17 February 1998 Blackpool H 1–0 8,027 Burnett
Area final first leg 10 March 1998 Burnley H 1–1 6,064 Groves
Area final second leg 17 March 1998 Burnley A 2–0 (won 3–1 on agg) 10,257 Nogan, Donovan
Final
 19 April 1998
Bournemouth
 N 2–1 62,432 Glass (own goal), Burnett

Squad

[4]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Second Division Play-offs FA Cup FL Cup FL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
- GK Northern Ireland NIR Aidan Davison 63 0 42+0 0 3+0 0 6+0 0 5+0 0 7+0 0
- GK England ENG Jason Pearcey 5 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
- DF Scotland SCO Peter Handyside 64 0 40+2 0 1+0 0 6+0 0 6+0 0 8+1 0
- DF England ENG John McDermott 62 2 40+1 1 3+0 0 6+0 1 5+0 0 7+0 0
- DF England ENG Mark Lever 54 0 37+1 0 3+0 0 1+1 0 5+0 0 6+0 0
- DF England ENG Tony Gallimore 56 2 34+1 2 3+0 0 6+0 0 5+0 0 7+0 0
- DF England ENG Kevin Jobling 44 3 17+13 1 0+1 0 5+0 1 1+3 1 2+2 0
- DF England ENG Graham Rodger 19 1 10+1 0 0+0 0 5+0 1 1+1 0 1+0 0
- DF England ENG Danny Butterfield 11 1 4+3 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 1+1 1
- DF England ENG
Matthew Bloomer
 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
- DF England ENG Ben Chapman 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
- DF England ENG Ashley Fickling 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
- MF England ENG Paul Groves 68 12 46+0 7 3+0 0 6+0 1 6+0 2 7+0 2
- MF England ENG Kevin Donovan 67 21 46+0 16 3+0 2 6+0 1 6+0 1 6+0 1
- MF Northern Ireland NIR Kingsley Black 55 2 24+15 2 0+3 0 4+0 0 5+0 0 2+2 0
- MF England ENG Wayne Burnett 29 4 20+1 1 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 5+0 3
- MF England ENG David Smith 25 2 17+0 1 3+0 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
- MF England ENG Tommy Widdrington 30 3 15+6 3 0+0 0 2+0 0 5+1 0 1+0 0
- MF England ENG Dave Gilbert 6 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
- MF England ENG Nicky Southall 9 1 4+1 0 0+0 0 1+1 1 1+1 0 0+0 0
- MF England ENG Paul Holsgrove 10 0 3+7 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
- MF Scotland SCO Jim Dobbin 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
- MF England ENG Darren Wrack 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
- MF England ENG Gary Childs 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
- FW Wales WAL Lee Nogan 54 13 33+3 8 3+0 0 4+0 2 6+0 1 5+0 2
- FW England ENG Steve Livingstone 59 9 28+13 5 0+2 0 2+3 0 3+3 4 4+1 0
- FW England ENG Jack Lester 57 9 27+13 4 3+0 0 4+0 2 3+2 3 1+4 0
- FW Ireland EIR Daryl Clare 33 3 8+14 3 0+1 0 1+4 0 0+0 0 4+1 0
- FW England ENG Neil Woods 14 1 1+9 0 0+0 0 0+1 1 0+2 0 1+0 0

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Buckley savours Wembley hat-trick". BBC Sport. 27 March 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  2. ^ "England 1997–98". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  3. ^ "Grimsby Town 1997-1998 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Grimsby FC Player Appearances | Past & Present | Soccer Base".
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