[20][21] The Mariners lost the game 5–0 after goalkeeper George Moulson was injured early in the match. With the rules forbidding substitutes for injuries, Grimsby had to play with 10 men and an outfield player in goal. [20] Post-war decline (1946–70)[edit] A Grimsby Town game in 1977. With the resumption of the Football League for the 1946–47 season after World War II the club was relegated at the end of the 1947–48 season and has never returned to the highest level. [23] Much of the 1950s and 1960s were spent alternating between the Second Division and the Third Division North, later the Third Division. From July 1951 to January 1953 they were managed by Bill Shankly. [24][25] His main problems were that Grimsby had been relegated twice in recent seasons, dropping from the First to the Third Division, and some good players had been transferred before he arrived.
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Grimsby went ahead in the second half with 20 minutes left to go, through an Andy Cook strike. However, they conceded a penalty with 9 minutes left and Wrexham equalised. This took the game to extra time, and then penalties, where Grimsby lost the shoot-out 4–1. Grimsby finished the season in good form, with a 9 match unbeaten run, finishing the season with a 3–0 win against Newport County. [102] This led them to finish in 4th place with 83 points. [103] They faced Newport County again straight away in the play-off semi-finals, where they were knocked out by a 1–0 loss in both legs.
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The new manager chopped and changed the playing squad around and brought in some expensive loan signings from abroad such as Zhang Enhua, [69][70] Menno Willems signing from Vitesse for 160K, [71] David Nielsen and Knut Anders Fostervold. Despite this, the club struggled to avoid relegation, only securing their place in Division One on the last day of the season with a win over promoted Fulham. [72] The Mariners started the 2001–02 season strongly, topping the league table after five games. The cluib advanced to the third round of the League Cup where they met holders Liverpool at Anfield.
Matt Tees BBC Sports Cult Heroes[edit] The following were chosen by fans as the favourite club heroes in the BBC Sports Cult Heroes poll in 2006. [157] Honours[edit] Best performances in competitions entered Competition Best result Championship Runners-up Play-off winners Play-off runners-up Semi-finalists First Division/Premier League (L1) 5th 0 N/A First Division/Second Division/EFL Championship (L2) Winners Third Division/Second Division/EFL League One (L3) Third Division North (L3) Fourth Division/Third Division/EFL League Two (L4) Conference National/National League (L5) Play-off Winners Football Alliance Third Place Midland League (Historic L5) FA Cup Football League Cup/EFL Cup Fifth round Football League Trophy/EFL Trophy FA Trophy Football League Group Cup Full Members' Cup Second Round Anglo-Italian Cup Group Stage Anglo-Scottish Cup Preliminary Stage Lincolnshire Senior Cup 25 Midland Youth Cup Puma Youth Alliance League Cup First Division/Second Division/EFL Championship (second tier) Winners (2): 1898–99, 1933–34 Runners-up (1): 1928–29 Third place (2): 1895–96, 1896–97 Second Division/Third Division/EFL League One (third tier) Winners (1): 1979–90 Runners-up (1): 1961–62 Third place (1): 1990–91 Play-off winners (1): 1997–98 Football League Third Division North (third tier) Winners (2): 1925–26, 1955–56 Runners-up (1): 1951–52 Third place (1): 1921–22 Football League Fourth Division/Football League Third Division/EFL League Two (fourth tier) Winners (1): 1971–72 Runners-up (2): 1978–79, 1989–90 Play-off runners-up (1): 2005–06 Conference National/National League (fifth tier) Play-off winners (2): 2015–16, 2021–22 Play-off runners-up (1): 2014–15 Midland League (historic non-league) Winners (5): 1910–11, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1946–47 Winners (1): 1997–98 Runners-up (1): 2007–08 Winners (1): 1981–82 Runners-up (2): 2012–13, 2015–16 Winners (39): 1885–86, 1888–89, 1896–97, 1898–99, 1899–1900, 1900–01, 1901–02, 1902–03, 1905–06, 1908–09, 1912–13, 1920–21, 1922–23, 1924–25, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1932–33, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1946–47, 1949–50, 1952–53, 1967–68, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1979–80, 1983–84, 1986–87, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1999–2000, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15 Runners-up (25): 1886–87, 1909–10, 1910–11, 1911–12, 1914–15, 1919–20, 1923–24, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1945–46, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1953–54, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1990–91, 1996–97, 2003–04, 2008–09, 2010–11 Winners (2): 2005–06, 2009–10 Winners (1): 2008–09 Seasons[edit] Club records[edit] More clubs have lost their managers after meeting Grimsby Town than after playing any other club.
[111][112] Return to the Football League (2016–21)[edit] After promotion, manager, Paul Hurst, released a number of players, many of whom were pivotal to the previous season's promotion push. [113] On 24 October 2016, Paul Hurst was appointed as Shrewsbury Town manager, Chris Doig also left Grimsby and made Hurst's assistant at Shrewsbury, thus leaving Dave Moore and Stuart Watkiss as caretaker managers.
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