1998–99 Grimsby Town F.C. season

During the 1998–99 English football season, Grimsby Town F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Grimsby Town
1998–99 season
ChairmanBill Carr
ManagerAlan Buckley
StadiumBlundell Park
Football League First Division11th
FA CupThird round
Worthington CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Groves (14)
All: Groves (15)
Average home league attendance6,681

Season summary

Grimsby had a great first season back in the First Division after relegation two seasons ago, finishing in a satisfying 11th place,[1] with club captain Groves being their top scorer with 15 in all competitions.

Transfers

Transfers in
Date Pos Player Transferred from Fee Ref
1 July 1998 MF England Stacy Coldicott England West Bromwich Albion £125,000
11 August 1998 MF England Lee Ashcroft England Preston North End £500,000

Transfers out
Date Pos Player Transferred To Fee Ref
31 May 1998 GK England Jason Pearcey England Brentford Released
31 May 1998 DF England Kevin Jobling England Shrewsbury Town Released
31 May 1998 DF England Ashley Fickling England Scunthorpe United Released
31 May 1998 DF England Graham Rodger Retired Released
31 May 1998 FW England Neil Woods England York City Released
31 May 1998 MF England Darren Wrack England Walsall Released

Loans out
Date Pos Player Transferred To Date Until Ref
21 December 1998 MF Scotland Jim Dobbin England Southport 9 January 1999

Final league table
Main article: 1998–99 Football League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
9 Norwich City 46 15 17 14 62 61 +1 62
10 Huddersfield Town 46 15 16 15 62 71 −9 61
11 Grimsby Town 46 17 10 19 40 52 −12 61
12 West Bromwich Albion 46 16 11 19 69 76 −7 59
13 Barnsley 46 14 17 15 59 56 +3 59
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Fulham (C, P) 46 31 8 7 79 32 +47 101 Promotion to the First Division
2 Walsall (P) 46 26 9 11 63 47 +16 87
3 Manchester City (O, P) 46 22 16 8 69 33 +36 82 Qualification for the Second Division play-offs
4 Gillingham 46 22 14 10 75 44 +31 80
5 Preston North End 46 22 13 11 78 50 +28 79
6 Wigan Athletic 46 22 10 14 75 48 +27 76
7 Bournemouth 46 21 13 12 63 41 +22 76
8 Stoke City 46 21 6 19 59 63 −4 69
9 Chesterfield 46 17 13 16 46 44 +2 64
10 Millwall 46 17 11 18 52 59 −7 62
11 Reading 46 16 13 17 54 63 −9 61
12 Luton Town 46 16 10 20 51 60 −9 58
13 Bristol Rovers 46 13 17 16 65 56 +9 56
14 Blackpool 46 14 14 18 44 54 −10 56
15 Burnley 46 13 16 17 54 73 −19 55
16 Notts County 46 14 12 20 52 61 −9 54
17 Wrexham 46 13 14 19 43 62 −19 53
18 Colchester United 46 12 16 18 52 70 −18 52
19 Wycombe Wanderers 46 13 12 21 52 58 −6 51
20 Oldham Athletic 46 14 9 23 48 66 −18 51
21 York City (R) 46 13 11 22 56 80 −24 50 Relegation to the Third Division
22 Northampton Town (R) 46 10 18 18 43 57 −14 48
23 Lincoln City (R) 46 13 7 26 42 74 −32 46
24 Macclesfield Town (R) 46 11 10 25 43 63 −20 43
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Squad

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 Northern Ireland NIR Aidan Davison
- DF England ENG John McDermott
- DF Scotland SCO Peter Handyside
- DF England ENG Richard Smith
- DF England ENG Tony Gallimore
- MF England ENG Paul Groves (captain)
- MF Northern Ireland NIR Kingsley Black
- FW Wales WAL Lee Nogan
- FW England ENG Jack Lester
- MF England ENG Stacy Coldicott
- DF England ENG David Smith
- MF England ENG Kevin Donovan
- FW England ENG Lee Ashcroft
No. Pos. Nation Player
- MF England ENG Tommy Widdrington
- GK England ENG Andy Love
- FW England ENG Steve Livingstone
- DF England ENG Mark Lever
- MF England ENG Wayne Burnett
- DF England ENG Danny Butterfield
- FW Republic of Ireland IRL Daryl Clare
- GK England ENG Steve Croudson
- MF Scotland SCO Jim Dobbin
- DF England ENG Matthew Bloomer
- MF England ENG Adam Buckley
- DF England ENG Ben Chapman

References
  1. "English Division One 1998–1999 : Table". Statto. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
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