1995–96 Grimsby Town F.C. season

Grimsby Town
1995–96 season
Chairman	Bill Carr
Manager	Brian Laws (player-manager)
Stadium	Blundell Park
First Division	17th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	Livingstone (9)
Average home league attendance	5,865
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1996–97 →

During the 1995–96 English football season, Grimsby Town F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary[]

In the 1995–96 season, Grimsby had a disappointing campaign and Laws' initially successful managerial reign deteriorated after he clashed with Grimsby player Ivano Bonetti. Laws reportedly threw a plate of chicken wings at the Italian following a 3–2 defeat at Luton Town in February 1996 and caused the popular player to leave the club at the end of the season.^[1] Grimsby finished the season in 17th place and were in the battle to avoid relegation right up to the penultimate game of the season.

Final league table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
15	Birmingham City	46	15	13	18	61	64	−3	58
16	Norwich City	46	14	15	17	59	55	+4	57
17	Grimsby Town	46	14	14	18	55	69	−14	56
18	Oldham Athletic	46	14	14	18	54	50	+4	56
19	Reading	46	13	17	16	54	63	−9	56

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results[]

Grimsby Town's score comes first^[2]

Legend[]

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division[]

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 1995	Millwall	A	1–2	8,546	Livingstone
19 August 1995	Portsmouth	H	2–1	4,515	Laws, Croft
26 August 1995	Derby County	A	1–1	10,564	Shakespeare (pen)
29 August 1995	Luton Town	H	0–0	4,289
2 September 1995	Watford	H	0–0	3,993
9 September 1995	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–4	23,656	Groves
12 September 1995	Reading	A	2–0	7,283	Woods (2)
17 September 1995	Port Vale	H	1–0	4,066	Livingstone
23 September 1995	Norwich City	H	2–2	5,901	Childs, Southall
30 September 1995	Southend United	A	0–1	4,979
7 October 1995	Charlton Athletic	A	1–0	8,997	Jewell
14 October 1995	Oldham Athletic	H	1–1	5,830
21 October 1995	Birmingham City	A	1–3	16,455	Woods
28 October 1995	Stoke City	H	1–0	5,683	Groves
4 November 1995	Ipswich Town	A	2–2	10,250	Dobbin, Woods
11 November 1995	Barnsley	H	3–1	6,166	Lever, Livingstone, de Zeeuw (own goal)
18 November 1995	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–0	8,155	Bonetti
21 November 1995	Sheffield United	A	2–1	9,884	Southall, Childs
25 November 1995	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–0	7,500	Bonetti
2 December 1995	Charlton Athletic	H	1–2	6,881	Groves
9 December 1995	Norwich City	A	2–2	13,283	Groves, Livingstone
16 December 1995	Southend United	H	1–1	5,269	Forrester
23 December 1995	Leicester City	H	2–2	7,713	Dobbin, Walsh (own goal)
1 January 1996	Huddersfield Town	H	1–1	7,524	Livingstone
13 January 1996	Portsmouth	A	1–3	6,958	Groves
20 January 1996	Millwall	H	1–2	5,218	Livingstone
24 January 1996	Sunderland	A	0–1	14,517
3 February 1996	Derby County	H	1–1	7,818	Bonetti
10 February 1996	Luton Town	A	2–3	7,158	Forrester (2)
17 February 1996	Reading	H	0–0	7,041
3 March 1996	Sunderland	H	0–4	5,767
5 March 1996	Crystal Palace	A	0–5	11,548
9 March 1996	Leicester City	A	1–2	13,784	Livingstone
12 March 1996	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3–0	5,565	Shakespeare, Livingstone, Forrester
16 March 1996	Crystal Palace	H	0–2	5,059
24 March 1996	Huddersfield Town	A	3–1	12,090
30 March 1996	Birmingham City	H	2–1	5,475	Dobbin
2 April 1996	Oldham Athletic	A	0–1	5,037
6 April 1996	Stoke City	A	2–1	12,524	Groves, Gallimore
8 April 1996	Ipswich Town	H	3–1	5,904	Mendonca (3)
13 April 1996	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–3	16,116	Forrester
16 April 1996	Port Vale	A	0–1	5,796
20 April 1996	Sheffield United	H	0–2	7,685
23 April 1996	Watford	A	3–6	8,909	Walker, Groves, Livingstone
27 April 1996	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–1	5,408	Mendonca (pen)
4 May 1996	Barnsley	A	1–1	6,108	McDermott

FA Cup[]


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
Third round	6 January 1996	Luton Town	H	7–1	5,387	Forrester (2), Livingstone (2), Bonetti, Southall, Woods
Fourth round	7 February 1996	West Ham United	A	1–1	22,030	Laws
Fourth round replay	14 February 1996	West Ham United	H	3–0	8,382	Childs, Forrester, Woods
Fifth round	21 February 1996	Chelsea	H	0–0	9,448
Fifth round replay	28 February 1996	Chelsea	A	1–4	28,545	Groves

League Cup[]


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
Second round first leg	20 September 1995	Birmingham City	A	1–3	7,446	Woods
Second round second leg	3 October 1995	Birmingham City	H	1–1 (lost 2–4 on agg)	3,280	Southall

Squad[]

^[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	Paul Crichton
—	GK	ENG	Andy Love
—	GK	ENG	Jason Pearcey
—	DF	ENG	Gary Croft
—	DF	ENG	Ashley Fickling
—	DF	ENG	Tony Gallimore
—	DF	ITA	Enzo Gambaro
—	DF	SCO	Peter Handyside
—	DF	ENG	Kevin Jobling
—	DF	ENG	Brian Laws (player-manager)
—	DF	ENG	Mark Lever
—	DF	ENG	John McDermott
—	DF	ENG	Jimmy Neil
—	DF	ENG	Graham Rodger
—	DF	ENG	Richard Smith
—	DF	ENG	Vance Warner (on loan from Nottingham Forest)
—	MF	ENG	Peter Butler (on loan from Notts County)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Gary Childs
—	MF	SCO	Jim Dobbin
—	MF	ENG	Mark Flatts (on loan from Arsenal)
—	MF	ENG	Paul Groves
—	MF	WAL	John Oster
—	MF	ENG	Craig Shakespeare
—	MF	ENG	Nicky Southall
—	MF	SCO	Johnny Walker
—	MF	ENG	Tommy Watson
—	FW	IRL	Daryl Clare
—	FW	ENG	Jamie Forrester
—	FW	ENG	Paul Jewell (on loan from Bradford City)
—	FW	ENG	Jack Lester
—	FW	ENG	Steve Livingstone
—	FW	ENG	Clive Mendonca
—	FW	ENG	Neil Woods

References[]

^ "Bonetti walks out on Grimsby". The Independent. 13 February 1996. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/grimsby/grimsby.html

[1] "Bonetti walks out on Grimsby". The Independent. 13 February 1996. Retrieved 20 December 2010.

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] ttp://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/grimsby/grimsby.html

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