Chris Kelly

1 month ago | footballleagueworld.co.uk | Chris Kelly

David Artell transformed Grimsby Town from a side that narrowly avoided relegation from the EFL in 2023/24 to one that came very close to achieving a play-off spot the following campaign. However, while the Blundell Park outfit can be pleased with their development over the last 12 months, they'll be keen to kick-on again next year, and in order to do that, further clever recruitment over the summer will be key.

1 month ago | footballleagueworld.co.uk | Chris Kelly

Grimsby Town's 2024/25 League Two season came to a conclusion last weekend with a 1-0 defeat to AFC Wimbledon in a winner-takes-all play-off clash, with David Artell's side just missing out in what has been a hugely progressive season for the Blundell Park club. Having fought off relegation last time out, the Mariners were in the mix at the right end of the table for much of the campaign, with their ninth-placed finish being their best in nearly two decades.

1 month ago | footballleagueworld.co.uk | Chris Kelly

Grimsby Town supporters have suffered some difficult times this century, with 2008–2010 being a particularly bleak period, one that culminated in the Mariners' relegation out of the Football League for the first time. A notable contributing factor to this was consistently poor recruitment, with an array of sub-par players donning the black and white stripes in what seemed like an endlessly revolving door at Blundell Park at that time.

2 months ago | footballleagueworld.co.uk | Chris Kelly

Grimsby Town fans didn't have too much to enthuse about during a very poor 2008/09 fourth-tier campaign that saw them almost relegated out of the Football League. One shining light, however, was the incredible end-of-season form of Preston North End loanee goalkeeper Wayne Henderson, without whose heroics may well have seen Mike Newell's side fall through the trap door.

2 months ago | footballleagueworld.co.uk | Chris Kelly

Grimsby Town head into a difficult-looking and potentially season-defining Easter weekend which sees them face in-form Swindon Town at Blundell Park on Friday, before a trip to league leaders Port Vale on Monday, with both sides offering a level of physicality in forward areas that the Mariners have struggled to deal with at times this campaign.