During the 2001–02 English football season, Grimsby Town competed in the Football League First Division.
Season summary During the opening weeks of the 2001–02 season, Grimsby briefly led the First Division, sparking hopes that Lawrence could repeat the promotion success he achieved at Charlton Athletic and Middlesbrough with a much smaller club. One major highlight in the season was when Grimsby picked up a shock 2–1 win over Liverpool in extra time at Anfield in the League Cup thanks to a wonder strike from Phil Jevons in the last minute. However, after a 5–0 heavy loss to Crystal Palace, ambitious promotion hopes were quickly extinguished as Grimsby's form hit a major decline with only one win in their next 18 league games which saw Grimsby sit 23rd in the table and Lawrence was sacked as a result and Paul Groves was named player-manager. Groves brought in Graham Rodger as his assistant and made successful loan signings which included Andy Todd and Martin Pringle both from Charlton and Grimsby's results steadily improved as Groves steered them to safety.
Transfers
Transfers in DatePosPlayerTransferred fromFeeRef6 July 2001FW Phil Jevons Everton£250,0001 August 2001MF Chris Bolder Hull CityFree Transfer1 August 2001MF Graham Hockless Hull CityFree Transfer1 August 2001DF Simon Ford Charlton AthleticFree Transfer1 August 2001GK Morgan Cranley ShelbourneFree Transfer1 August 2001DF David Morgan SunderlandFree Transfer1 August 2001MF Ross Thompson Scunthorpe UnitedFree Transfer1 August 2001MF Robbie Busscher FeyenoordFree Transfer6 July 2001GK Ronald Ermes FeyenoordFree Transfer24 August 2000FW Michael Boulding Mansfield TownFree Transfer19 October 2001DF Alan Neilson FulhamFree Transfer30 October 2001FW Chris Thompson LiverpoolFree Transfer23 March 2002FW Willie Falconer St. JohnstoneFree Transfer
Loans in DatePosPlayerTransferred fromDate UntilRef9 August 2001DF David Beharall Newcastle United9 November 20019 August 2001FW Paul Robinson Newcastle United27 October 20017 September 2001DF Marlon Broomes Blackburn Rovers7 December 200117 January 2002FW Robert Taylor Wolverhampton Wanderers17 February 200221 February 2002FW Martin Pringle Charlton Athletic27 February 200221 February 2002MF Andy Todd Charlton Athletic22 April 200228 March 2002MF Terry Cooke Manchester City22 April 2002
Transfers out DatePosPlayerTransferred ToFeeRef22 May 2001MF Kingsley Black Lincoln CityReleased31 May 2001DF Richard Smith RetiredReleased8 June 2001MF Matthew Bloomer Hull CityReleased2 July 2001MF Kevin Donovan BarnsleyFree Transfer9 July 2000MF Andy Smith Lincoln CityReleased10 July 2001DF Peter Handyside Stoke CityFree Transfer20 July 2001FW Daryl Clare Boston UnitedReleased23 July 2001MF Adam Buckley Lincoln CityReleased1 January 2002GK Ronald Ermes SC FeyenoordReleased1 January 2002MF Robbie Busscher Stormvogels TelstarReleased1 January 2002GK Morgan Cranley ShelbourneReleased22 February 2002DF Alan Neilson Luton TownReleased21 March 2002DF David Morgan GatesheadReleased
Loans out DatePosPlayerTransferred ToDate UntilRef 16 August 2001GK Steve Croudson Scunthorpe United16 September 200113 March 2002FW Mike Jeffrey Scunthorpe United21 April 2022
Final league table
Results summary
Results by round
Results Grimsby Town's score comes first
Legend WinDrawLoss
Football League First Division DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 11 August 2001 Crewe AlexandraH1–05,368Burnett 18 August 2001 West Bromwich AlbionA1–017,971Pouton (pen) 25 August 2001 Preston North EndH2–25,789Rowan, Pouton (pen) 27 August 2001 PortsmouthA2–413,614Butterfield, Jeffrey 1 September 2001 BarnsleyH1–06,173Jevons 8 September 2001 Coventry CityA1–014,980Jevons 15 September 2001 Nottingham ForestH0–08,746 18 September 2001 Crystal PalaceA0–513,970 22 September 2001 Stockport CountyA3–37,834Rowan, Burnett, Campbell 25 September 2001 GillinghamH1–24,859Allen 29 September 2001 Bradford CityA2–313,778Rowan, Boulding 5 October 2001 Rotherham UnitedH0–26,662 13 October 2001 Sheffield UnitedA1–315,442Willems 20 October 2001 WatfordH0–35,506 23 October 2001 Manchester CityA0–430,797 26 October 2001 Birmingham CityH3–15,419Boulding (2), Jevons 30 October 2001 Norwich CityH0–25,489 3 November 2001 WimbledonA1–26,189Campbell 10 November 2001 Sheffield WednesdayA0–017,507 17 November 2001 MillwallH2–25,037Rowan, Boulding 23 November 2001 BurnleyA0–118,535 1 December 2001 Manchester CityH0–27,960 7 December 2001 Wolverhampton WanderersH1–15,143Jevons 15 December 2001 WalsallA0–45,080 22 December 2001 Preston North EndA0–014,667 26 December 2001 Coventry CityH0–17,568 29 December 2001 PortsmouthH3–15,217Jevons (2, 1 pen), Ford 1 January 2002 BarnsleyA0–013,325 12 January 2002 West Bromwich AlbionH0–06,011 19 January 2002 Crewe AlexandraA0–25,974 29 January 2002 Rotherham UnitedA1–16,098Taylor 2 February 2002 Bradford CityH0–15,054 10 February 2002 WatfordA0–212,163 16 February 2002 Sheffield UnitedH1–07,141Campbell 23 February 2002 Nottingham ForestA0–021,081 26 February 2002 Stockport CountyH3–16,836Todd, Groves, Allen 2 March 2002 Crystal PalaceH5–25,924Todd, Allen, Boulding, Fleming (own goal), Smith 5 March 2002 GillinghamA1–27,025Boulding 9 March 2002 WalsallH2–27,016Groves, Roper (own goal) 16 March 2002 Wolverhampton WanderersA1–025,967Todd 23 March 2002 WimbledonH6–26,473Boulding (3), Pouton (3, 2 pens) 30 March 2002 Birmingham CityA0–423,249 1 April 2002 Sheffield WednesdayH0–09,236 6 April 2002 Norwich CityA1–120,075Cooke 13 April 2002 BurnleyH3–19,275Boulding (2), Allen 21 April 2002 MillwallA1–317,004Butterfield
FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers5 January 2002York CityH0–05,05215 January 2002York CityA0–16,638
Football League Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers21 August 2001Lincoln CityH2–15,906Jevons, Rowan11 September 2001Sheffield UnitedH3–3 (won 4–2 on pens)5,236Broomes, Jeffrey, Allen9 October 2001LiverpoolA2–1 32,672Broomes, Jevons27 November 2001ArsenalA0–216,917
First-team squad Squad at end of season
Left club during season
Squad statistics No.Pos.NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals1GK Danny Coyne4502040510
References
External links Grimsby Town 2001–02 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)