List of Grimsby Town F.C. seasons

Season by season league and cup results for Grimsby Town F.C.

Key

Key to league record

Level = Level of the league in the current league system
Pld = Games played
W = Games won
D = Games drawn
L = Games lost
GF = Goals for
GA = Goals against
GD = Goals difference
Pts = Points
Position = Position in the final league table
Top scorer and number of goals scored shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division. Number of goals includes goals scored in play-offs.

Key to cup records

Res = Final reached round
Rec = Final club record in the form of wins-draws-losses
PR = Preliminary round
QR1 (2, etc.) = Qualifying Cup rounds
G = Group stage
R1 (2, etc.) = Proper Cup rounds
QF = Quarter-finalists
SF = Semi-finalists
F = Finalists
A (QF, SF, F) = Area quarter-, semi-, finalists
W = Winners

Seasons

Year	League	Lvl	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Position	Leading league scorer^[1]		FA Cup		FL Cup		FL Trophy FA Trophy		Average home attendance^[2]^[a]
Year	League	Lvl	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Position	Name	Goals	Res	Rec	Res	Rec	Res	Rec	Average home attendance^[2]^[a]
1884–85														R4	1-0-1
1885–86														R3	0-0-1
1886–87														R2	1-1-1
1887–88														R4	1-0-1
1888–89														R2	2-0-1
1889–90	Football Alliance	2	22	12	2	8	58	47	+11	26	4th of 12			R2	1-0-1
1890–91			22	11	5	6	43	27	+16	27	3rd of 12			QR1	0-0-1
1891–92			22	6	6	10	40	39	+1	16	10th of 12			QR3	2-0-1
Football League Second Division created, the club elected to the newly created division.
1892–93	Second Division	2	22	11	1	10	42	41	+1	23	4th of 12			R2	2-0-1					2,435
1893–94			28	15	2	11	71	58	+13	32	5th of 15			R1	1-0-1					2,800
1894–95			30	18	1	11	79	52	+27	37	5th of 16			-						3,530
1895–96			30	20	2	8	82	38	+44	42	3rd of 16			R2	3-1-1					3,500
1896–97			30	17	4	9	66	45	+21	38	3rd of 16			R1	0-2-1					4,345
1897–98			30	10	4	16	52	62	-10	24	12th of 16			R1	0-0-1					3,465
1898–99			34	15	5	14	71	60	+11	35	10th of 18			R1	1-1-1					3,545
1899–1900			34	17	6	11	67	46	+21	40	6th of 18			R1	1-0-1					3,800
1900–01			34	20	9	5	60	33	+27	49	1st of 18 Promoted			INT	0-0-1					5,125
1901–02	First Division	1	34	13	6	15	44	60	-16	32	15th of 18			R1	0-1-1					5,955
1902–03	First Division	1	34	8	9	17	43	62	-19	25	17th of 18 Relegated			R2	1-0-1					5,055
1903–04	Second Division	2	34	14	8	12	50	49	+1	36	6th of 18			R1	1-0-1					4,400
1904–05			34	11	8	15	33	46	-13	30	13th of 18			R1	1-0-1					3,875
1905–06			38	15	10	13	46	46	0	40	8th of 20			R1	0-0-1					4,230
1906–07			38	16	3	19	57	62	-5	35	11th of 20			R1	0-1-1					5,100
1907–08			38	11	8	19	43	71	-28	30	18th of 20			QF	3-1-1					4,575
1908–09			38	14	7	17	41	54	-13	35	13th of 20			R1	0-0-1					5,235
1909–10			38	9	6	23	50	77	-27	24	19th of 20			R1	0-0-1					4,405
The club voted out of the Football League.
1910–11	Midland League		38	25	7	6	93	32	+61	57	1st of 20			R3	2-0-1
The club elected to the Football League.
1911–12	Second Division	2	38	15	9	14	48	55	-7	39	9th of 20			-						5,250
1912–13			38	15	10	13	51	50	+1	40	7th of 20			R1	0-0-1					5,790
1913–14			38	13	8	17	42	58	-16	34	15th of 20			R1	0-0-1					8,345
1914–15			38	11	9	18	48	76	-28	31	17th of 20			R1	0-0-1					5,900
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the World War I.
1919–20	Second Division	2	42	10	5	27	34	75	-41	25	22nd of 22 Relegated			R1	0-0-1					6,200
1920–21	Third Division South	3	42	15	9	18	49	59	-10	39	13th of 22 Transferred			R2	2-0-1					9,790
1921–22	Third Division North		38	21	8	9	72	47	+25	50	3rd of 20			R1	2-3-1					8,750
1922–23			38	14	5	19	55	52	+3	33	14th of 20			QR5	0-0-1					8,445
1923–24			42	14	13	15	49	47	+2	41	11th of 22			R1	2-1-1					7,590
1924–25			42	15	9	18	60	60	0	39	12th of 22			QR5	0-0-1					6,315
1925–26			42	26	9	7	91	40	+51	61	1st of 22 Promoted			R3	2-1-1					9,418
1926–27	Second Division	2	42	11	12	19	74	91	-17	34	17th of 22			R3	2-0-1					12,558
1927–28			42	14	12	16	69	83	-14	40	11th of 22			R3	0-0-1					11,237
1928–29			42	24	5	13	82	61	+21	53	2nd of 22 Promoted			R3	0-1-1					12,295
1929–30	First Division	1	42	15	7	20	73	89	-16	37	18th of 22			R3	0-1-1					14,724
1930–31			42	17	5	20	82	87	-5	39	13th of 22			R5	2-0-1					13,082
1931–32			42	13	6	23	67	98	-31	32	21st of 22 Relegated			R5	2-0-1					11,968
1932–33	Second Division	2	42	14	13	15	79	84	-5	41	13th of 22			R4	1-0-1					8,357
1933–34	Second Division	2	42	27	5	10	103	59	+44	59	1st of 22 Promoted			R4	1-0-1					10,852
1934–35	First Division	1	42	17	11	14	78	60	+18	45	5th of 22			R3	0-0-1					13,706
1935–36			42	17	5	20	65	73	-8	39	17th of 22			SF	4-1-1					11,496
1936–37			42	17	7	18	86	81	+5	41	12th of 22			R5	2-1-1					11,514
1937–38			42	13	12	17	51	68	-17	38	20th of 22			R3	0-1-1					12,288
1938–39			42	16	11	15	61	69	-8	43	10th of 22			SF	4-2-1					12,064
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to the World War II.
1945–46														R3	0-0-2
1946–47	First Division	1	42	13	12	17	61	82	-21	38	16th of 22			R4	1-1-1					16,220
1947–48	First Division	1	42	8	6	28	45	111	-66	22	22nd of 22 Relegated			R3	0-0-1					16,031
1948–49	Second Division	2	42	15	10	17	72	76	-4	40	11th of 22			R4	1-0-1					16,602
1949–50			42	16	8	18	74	73	+1	40	11th of 22			R4	1-0-1					18,056
1950–51			42	8	12	22	61	95	-34	28	22nd of 22 Relegated			R3	0-1-1					15,939
1951–52	Third Division North	3	46	29	8	9	96	45	+51	66	2nd of 24			R2	1-0-1					14,909
1952–53			46	21	10	15	75	59	+16	52	5th of 24			R3	2-0-1					14,298
1953–54			46	16	9	21	51	77	-26	41	17th of 24			R3	2-2-1					9,578
1954–55			46	13	8	25	47	78	-31	34	23rd of 24			R3	2-0-1					8,261
1955–56			46	31	6	9	76	29	+47	68	1st of 24 Promoted			R3	2-1-1					15,934
1956–57	Second Division	2	42	17	5	20	61	62	-1	39	16th of 22			R3	0-0-1					15,331
1957–58			42	17	6	19	86	83	+3	40	13th of 22			R3	0-0-1					14,166
1958–59			42	9	10	23	62	90	-28	28	21st of 22 Relegated			R4	1-1-1					13,108
1959–60	Third Division	3	46	18	16	12	87	70	+17	52	4th of 24			R2	1-0-1					10,540
1960–61			46	20	10	16	77	69	+8	50	6th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R2	0-0-1			9,295
1961–62			46	28	6	12	80	56	+24	62	2nd of 24 Promoted			R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1			9,469
1962–63	Second Division	2	42	11	13	18	55	66	-11	35	19th of 22			R3	0-0-1	R2	0-0-1			11,216
1963–64	Second Division	2	42	9	14	19	47	75	-28	32	21st of 22 Relegated			R3	0-0-1	R2	0-0-1			9,515
1964–65	Third Division	3	46	16	17	13	68	67	+1	49	10th of 24			R2	1-2-1	R3	1-0-1			7,144
1965–66			46	17	13	16	68	62	+6	47	11th of 24			R4	3-2-1	QF	3-1-1			7,239
1966–67			46	17	9	20	61	68	-7	43	17th of 24			R1	0-1-1	R4	3-1-1			5,965
1967–68			46	14	9	23	52	69	-17	37	21st of 24 Relegated			R1	0-0-1	R2	1-1-1			4,301
1968–69	Fourth Division	4	46	9	15	22	47	69	-22	33	23rd of 24			R1	0-0-1	R2	1-2-1			3,984
1969–70			46	14	15	17	54	58	-4	43	16th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1			4,112
1970–71			46	18	7	21	57	71	-14	43	19th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1			4,143
1971–72			46	28	7	11	88	56	+32	63	1st of 24 Promoted			R1	0-0-1	R4	3-2-1			11,164
1972–73	Third Division	3	46	20	8	18	67	61	+6	48	9th of 24			R4	3-2-1	R2	1-1-1			10,657
1973–74			46	18	15	13	67	50	+17	51	6th of 24			R3	2-1-1	R2	1-2-1			7,240
1974–75			46	15	13	18	55	64	-9	43	16th of 24			R2	1-1-1	R1	0-0-1			5,619
1975–76			46	15	10	21	62	74	-12	40	18th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R1	0-1-1			5,380
1976–77			46	12	9	25	45	69	-24	33	23rd of 24 Relegated			R2	1-1-1	R1	0-1-1			4,359
1977–78	Fourth Division	4	46	21	11	14	57	51	+6	53	6th of 24			R3	2-2-1	R2	2-0-1			4,463
1978–79	Fourth Division	4	46	26	9	11	82	49	+23	61	2nd of 24 Promoted			R1	0-0-1	R2	2-0-1			6,290
1979–80	Third Division	3	46	26	10	10	73	42	+31	62	1st of 24 Promoted	Kevin Drinkell	16	R3	2-1-1	QF	5-3-1			10,498
1980–81	Second Division	2	42	15	15	12	44	42	+2	45	7th of 22			R3	0-0-1	R1	1-0-1			10,960
1981–82			42	11	13	18	53	65	-12	46	17th of 22			R5	2-0-1	R2	1-0-1			8,409
1982–83			42	12	11	19	45	70	-25	47	19th of 22			R4	1-1-1	R2	1-2-1			7,751
1983–84			42	19	13	10	60	47	+13	70	5th of 22			R3	0-0-1	R2	1-1-2			7,579
1984–85			42	18	8	16	72	64	+8	62	10th of 22			R4	1-1-1	QF	3-2-1			6,466
1985–86			42	14	10	18	58	62	-4	52	15th of 22			R3	0-0-1	R3	1-1-1			5,160
1986–87			42	10	14	18	39	59	-20	44	21st of 22 Relegated			R3	0-2-1	R2	1-1-2			5,145
1987–88	Third Division	3	46	12	14	20	48	58	-10	50	22nd of 24 Relegated			R2	1-1-1	R1	1-0-1	G	1-0-2	3,336
1988–89	Fourth Division	4	46	17	15	14	65	59	+6	66	9th of 24			R5	4-1-1	R1	0-0-2	R1	1-1-1	4,267
1989–90	Fourth Division	4	46	22	13	11	70	47	+23	79	2nd of 24 Promoted			R3	2-0-1	R2	2-0-2	G	0-1-1	5,991
1990–91	Third Division	3	46	24	11	11	66	34	+32	83	3rd of 24 Promoted			R1	0-0-1	R1	1-0-1	G	0-0-2	7,237
1991–92	Second Division	2	46	14	11	21	47	62	-15	53	19th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R3	2-2-1			6,898
Football League divisions renamed after the Premier League creation.
1992–93	First Division	2	46	19	7	20	58	57	+1	64	9th of 24			R5	2-1-1	R2	1-2-1			6,091
1993–94			46	13	20	13	52	47	+5	59	16th of 24			R4	1-0-1	R3	2-0-1			6,075
1994–95			46	17	14	15	62	56	+6	65	10th of 24			R3	0-0-1	R1	0-0-2			5,921
1995–96			46	14	14	18	55	69	-14	56	17th of 24			R5	2-2-1	R1	0-1-1			5,865
1996–97			46	11	13	22	60	81	-21	46	22nd of 24 Relegated	Clive Mendonca	18	R3	0-0-1	R1	1-0-1			5,640
1997–98	Second Division	3	46	19	15	12	55	37	+18	72	3rd of 24 Promoted	Kevin Donovan	16	R4	3-2-1	R4	3-0-3	W	6-1-0	5,271
1997–98	Second Division	3	Promoted after winning the play-offs.
1998–99	First Division	2	46	17	10	19	40	52	-12	61	11th of 24	Paul Groves	14	R1	0-0-1	R3	1-2-2			6,698
1999–2000			46	13	12	21	41	67	-26	51	20th of 24	Lee Ashcroft	12	R4	1-0-1	R3	2-1-2			6,157
2000–01			46	14	10	22	43	62	-19	52	18th of 24	Steve Livingstone	7	R3	0-1-1	R2	2-1-1			5,646
2001–02			46	12	14	20	50	72	-22	50	19th of 24	Michael Boulding	11	R3	0-1-1	R4	2-1-1			6,431
2002–03			46	9	12	25	48	85	-37	39	24th of 24 Relegated	Stuart Campbell Steve Kabba John Oster	6	R3	0-1-1	R1	0-0-1			5,700
2003–04	Second Division	3	46	13	11	22	55	81	-26	50	21st of 24 Relegated	Michael Boulding Phil Jevons	12	R2	1-0-1	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-1-0	4,730
Football League divisions renamed.
2004–05	Football League Two	4	46	14	16	16	51	52	-1	58	18th of 24	Michael Reddy	9	R1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1	R1	0-0-1	4,943
2005–06			46	22	12	12	64	44	+20	78	4th of 24	Michael Reddy	14	R1	0-0-1	R3	2-0-1	R1	0-1-0	5,151
2005–06			Lost in the play-off* final.*											R1	0-0-1	R3	2-0-1	R1	0-1-0	5,151
2006–07			46	17	8	21	57	73	-16	59	15th of 24	Peter Bore Gary Jones Ciarán Toner	8	R1	0-1-1	R1	0-0-1	R2	0-1-1	4,379
2007–08			46	15	10	21	55	66	-11	55	16th of 24	Danny North	9	R2	1-1-1	R1	0-0-1	F	3-3-1	4,115
2008–09			46	9	14	23	51	69	-18	41	22nd of 24	Adam Proudlock	7	R1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1	R2	0-1-1	4,475
2009–10			46	9	17	20	45	71	-26	44	23rd of 24 Relegated	four players	5	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	AQF	1-0-1	4,428
2010–11	Conference National	5	46	15	17	14	72	62	+10	62	11th of 24	Alan Connell	25	QR4	0-1-1			R2	1-0-1	3,073
2011–12			46	19	13	14	79	60	+19	70	11th of 24	Liam Hearn	27	R2	2-2-1			QF	3-0-1	3,308
2012–13			46	23	14	9	70	38	+32	83	4th of 24	Andy Cook	11	QR4	0-0-1			F	5-3-0	3,813
2012–13			Lost in the play-off* semifinal.*											QR4	0-0-1			F	5-3-0	3,813
2013–14			46	22	12	12	65	46	+19	78	4th of 24	Ross Hannah	13	R3	3-1-1			SF	4-2-1	3,568
2013–14			Lost in the play-off* semifinal.*											R3	3-1-1			SF	4-2-1	3,568
2014–15			46	25	11	10	74	40	+34	86	3rd of 24	Lenell John-Lewis	16	R1	1-0-1			R2	1-1-1	3,683
2014–15			Lost in the play-off* final.*											R1	1-0-1			R2	1-1-1	3,683
Fifth and sixth tier divisions renamed.
2015–16	National League	5	46	22	14	10	82	45	+37	80	4th of 24 Promoted	Pádraig Amond	30	R2	2-1-1			F	6-1-1	4,357
2015–16	National League	5	Promoted after winning the play-offs.											R2	2-1-1			F	6-1-1	4,357
2016–17	Football League Two	4	46	17	11	18	59	63	-4	62	14th of 24	Omar Bogle	19	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	G	0-0-3	5,259
2017–18			46	13	12	21	42	66	-24	51	18th of 24	Mitch Rose	8	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	G	0-2-1	4,658
2018–19			46	16	8	22	45	56	-11	56	17th of 24	Wes Thomas	11	R3	2-0-1	R1	0-0-1	G	1-0-2	4,430
2019–20			37^[b]	12	11	14	45	51	-6	47	15th of 24	James Hanson	9	R1	0-1-1	R3	2-0-1	G	0-0-3	4,599
2020–21			46	10	13	23	37	69	-32	43	24th of 24 Relegated	Lenell John-Lewis	4	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	G	0-1-2	0^[c]
2021–22	National League	5	44	23	8	13	68	46	+22	77	6th of 23 Promoted	John McAtee	14	R1	1-0-1			R3	0-0-1	5,568
2021–22	National League	5	Promoted after winning the play-offs.											R1	1-0-1			R3	0-0-1	5,568
2022–23	Football League Two	4	46	16	13	17	49	56	-7	61	11th of 24	Harry Clifton	7	QF	5-1-1	R2	1-0-1	R2	1-1-2	6,279
2023-24	Football League Two	4	46	11	16	19	57	74	-17	49	21st of 24	Danny Rose	13	R2	1-1-1	R1	0-0-1	G	0-1-2	6,354

^ Average home attendance = for league games only
^ The 2019–20 season was disrupted by the effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic. The season was suspended in March 2020 and was then officially ended in May 2020.^[3] Final league standings were decided on a points per game basis.
^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, matches were played behind closed doors to avoid transmission of the virus.

References and notes

^ "Grimsby FC club details". Soccerbase. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
^ "English attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
^ "League Two clubs vote to end season early amid coronavirus pandemic". Sky Sports. 16 May 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

External sources

[3] Average home attendance = for league games only

[5] The 2019–20 season was disrupted by the effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic. The season was suspended in March 2020 and was then officially ended in May 2020.^[3] Final league standings were decided on a points per game basis.

[6] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, matches were played behind closed doors to avoid transmission of the virus.

[1] "Grimsby FC club details". Soccerbase. Retrieved 28 August 2018.

[2] "English attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 2 March 2016.

[4] "League Two clubs vote to end season early amid coronavirus pandemic". Sky Sports. 16 May 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

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