2019–20 Grimsby Town F.C. season

The 2019–20 season is Grimsby 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.

Grimsby Town
2019–20 season
ChairmanJohn Fenty
ManagerMichael Jolley
(until 31 December)[1]
Ian Holloway
(from 31 December)[2]
StadiumBlundell Park
League Two15th
FA CupFirst round
EFL CupThird round
EFL TrophyGroup stage

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

Transfers

Transfers in
Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2019CFMatt Green Salford CityFree transfer[4]
1 July 2019CFJames Hanson AFC WimbledonFree transfer[5]
1 July 2019RBElliott Hewitt Notts CountyFree transfer[6]
1 July 2019CFMoses Ogbu Al-AinFree transfer[7]
16 August 2019CBLuke Waterfall Shrewsbury TownFree transfer[8]
9 January 2020AMBilly Clarke Plymouth ArgyleFree transfer[9]
15 January 2020AMJames Tilley Bighton & Hove AlbionUndisclosed[10]
31 January 2020LBBradley Garmston GillinghamFree transfer[11]
31 January 2020RWElliot Grandin Saint-PierroiseUndisclosed[12]

Loans in
Date Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
1 July 2019LBLiam Gibson Newcastle United1 January 2020[13]
2 September 2019 CM Ethan Robson Sunderland 1 January 2020 [14]
7 January 2020LBAnthony Glennon Burnley30 June 2020[15]
16 January 2020CMJosh Benson Burnley30 June 2020[16]

Loans out
Date Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
1 August 2019LWBrandon Buckley Cleethorpes TownJanuary 2020[17]
1 August 2019CMJock Curran Lincoln UnitedJanuary 2020[17]
14 August 2019GKOllie Battersby Lincoln UnitedSeptember 2019[18]
8 November 2019AMCharles Vernam ChorleyDecember 2019[19]

Transfers out
Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2019CFRumarn Burrell MiddlesbroughUndisclosed[20]
1 July 2019CBDanny Collins Free agentReleased[21]
1 July 2019RBReece Hall-Johnson Northampton TownFree transfer[22]
1 July 2019CFJJ Hooper WrexhamReleased[21][23]
1 July 2019CFWes Thomas Notts CountyReleased[21][24]
1 July 2019CBAlex Whitmore AFC FyldeFree transfer[25]
1 July 2019LMMartyn Woolford Hyde UnitedReleased[21][26]
22 December 2019LBSebastian Ring Free agentMutual consent[27]
14 January 2020CFMoses Ogbu MjällbyMutual consent[28][29]

Pre-season

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

Competitions

League Two
Main article: 2019–20 EFL League Two

League table
Pos Team 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
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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
Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637
GroundAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAAHHAHAHHAAHAHHAAHAHHAA
ResultWDLDWWLDLWWLLLDLDLDLDDWWDLLWDDWWLWLLW
Position24131474791197910141619182020202021181717171915171816151614141414
Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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 Coronavirus outbreak.[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 Coronavirus outbreak.[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 Coronavirus outbreak.[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 Coronavirus outbreak.[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.[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.[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.[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.[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.[37]

FA Cup
Main article: 2019–20 FA Cup

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
Main article: 2019–20 EFL Cup

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
Main article: 2019–20 EFL Trophy

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 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
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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