1995–96 Grimsby Town F.C. season

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

Main article: 1995-96 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Sunderland	46	13	8	2	32	10	9	9	5	27	23	59	33	+26	83
2	Derby County	46	14	8	1	48	22	7	8	8	23	29	71	51	+20	79
3	Crystal Palace	46	9	9	5	34	22	11	6	6	33	26	67	48	+19	75
4	Stoke City	46	13	6	4	32	15	7	7	9	28	34	60	49	+11	73
5	Leicester City	46	9	7	7	32	29	10	7	6	34	31	66	60	+6	71
6	Charlton Athletic	46	8	11	4	28	23	9	9	5	29	22	57	45	+12	71
7	Ipswich Town	46	13	5	5	45	30	6	7	10	34	39	79	69	+10	69
8	Huddersfield Town	46	14	4	5	42	23	3	8	12	19	35	61	58	+3	63
9	Sheffield United	46	9	7	7	29	25	7	7	9	28	29	57	54	+3	62
10	Barnsley	46	9	10	4	34	28	5	8	10	26	38	60	66	–6	60
11	West Bromwich Albion	46	11	5	7	34	29	5	7	11	26	39	60	68	–8	60
12	Port Vale	46	10	5	8	30	29	5	10	8	29	37	59	66	–7	60
13	Tranmere Rovers	46	9	9	5	42	29	5	8	10	22	31	64	60	+4	59
14	Southend United	46	11	8	4	30	22	4	6	13	22	39	52	61	–9	59
15	Birmingham City	46	11	7	5	37	23	4	6	13	24	41	61	64	–3	58
16	Norwich City	46	7	9	7	26	24	7	6	10	33	31	59	55	+4	57
17	Grimsby Town	46	8	10	5	27	25	6	4	13	28	44	55	69	–14	56
18	Oldham Athletic	46	10	7	6	33	20	4	7	12	21	30	54	50	+4	56
19	Reading	46	8	7	8	28	30	5	10	8	26	33	54	63	–7	56
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	8	9	6	34	28	5	7	11	22	34	56	62	–6	55
21	Portsmouth	46	8	6	9	34	32	5	7	11	27	37	61	69	–8	52
22	Millwall	46	7	6	10	23	28	6	7	10	20	35	43	63	–20	52
23	Watford	46	7	8	8	40	33	3	10	10	22	37	62	70	–8	48
24	Luton Town	46	7	6	10	30	34	4	6	13	10	30	40	64	–24	45

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Football League Champions, promoted to FA Premier League
	Promoted to FA Premier League
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted to Premier League through play-offs
	Relegated

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

Main article: 1995-96 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 1996	Luton Town	H	7–1	5,387	Forrester (2), Livingstone (2), Bonetti, Southall, Woods
R4	7 February 1996	West Ham United	A	1–1	22,030	Laws
R4R	14 February 1996	West Ham United	H	3–0	8,382	Childs, Forrester, Woods
R5	21 February 1996	Chelsea	H	0–0	9,448
R5R	28 February 1996	Chelsea	A	1–4	28,545	Groves

League Cup

Main article: 1995-96 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	20 September 1995	Birmingham City	A	1–3	7,446	Woods
R2 2nd 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.		Position	Player
		GK	Paul Crichton
		GK	Andy Love
		GK	Jason Pearcey
		DF	Gary Croft
		DF	Ashley Fickling
		DF	Tony Gallimore
		DF	Enzo Gambaro
		DF	Peter Handyside
		DF	Kevin Jobling
		DF	Brian Laws (player-manager)
		DF	Mark Lever
		DF	John McDermott
		DF	Jimmy Neil
		DF	Graham Rodger
		DF	Richard Smith
		DF	Vance Warner (on loan from Nottingham Forest)
		MF	Peter Butler (on loan from Notts County)

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

References

↑ "Bonetti walks out on Grimsby". The Independent. 13 February 1996. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/grimsby-town/1995-1996/results
↑ http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/grimsby/grimsby.html

Grimsby Town Football Club

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History	Seasons

Home stadium	Clee Park (1878–1879 & 1880-1889) Lovett Street (1879-1880) Abbey Park (1889-1899) Blundell Park (1899-present)

Rivalries	Humber derby Lincolnshire derby

Games	1998 Football League Trophy Final 1998 Football League Second Division play-off Final 2006 Football League Two play-off Final 2008 Football League Trophy Final 2013 FA Trophy Final

Supporters	Mariners Trust

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First Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Derby County Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leicester City Luton Town Millwall Norwich City Oldham Athletic Portsmouth Port Vale Reading Sheffield United Southend United Stoke City Sunderland Tranmere Rovers Watford West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

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