W. Andrew Robinson

This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Grimsby Town. Generally, this means players that have played 100 or more league matches for the club. However, some players who have played fewer matches are also included; this includes players that have had considerable success at other clubs.

Players are listed in alphabetical order. Appearances and goals are for league matches only; wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances included.

As of 1 November 2008.

Name	Nationality	Position	Grimsby career	Appearances	Goals
Walter Abbott	England	IL	1919–1920
George Affleck	Scotland	FB	1919–1924	197	0
Paul Agnew	Northern Ireland	LB	1983–1994	243	3
Keith Alexander	England/ Saint Lucia	FW	1988–1990	83	26
Bradley Allen	England	FW	1999–2001	80	15
Willie Andrews	United States/ Ireland	WH	1912–1914	105	2
Bill Appleyard	England	FW	1901–1902 1908	44 13	19 2
Jock Archibald	Scotland	GK	1923–1926	111	0
Tony Arrowsmith	England	FB	1911–1914	137	0
Lee Ashcroft	England	FW	1998–1999	61	15

Name	Nationality	Position	Grimsby career	Appearances	Goals
Joseph Bache	England	FW	1920	5	0
Darren Barnard	Wales	LB	2002–2003	63	4
Alan Barnett	England	GK	1958–1962	116	0
Frank Barton	England	MF	1973–1975	123	15
Nigel Batch	England	GK	1976–1986	348	0
Peter Beagrie	England	MF	2006	9	0
Dave Beasant	England	GK	1992	6	0
Bill Bellas	England	FB	1951–1952	5	0
Jackie Bestall	England	MF	1926–1937	427	76
Harry Betmead	England	CB	1931–1946	296	10
Garry Birtles	England	FW	1989–1991	69	9
Fred Bisby	England	MF	1905–1907	12	1
Kingsley Black	Northern Ireland	MF	1996–2000	141	8
Ernest Blake	England	MF	1920–1921	7	0
William Blanchard	England	FB	1907–1915	11	0
Jimmy Bloomer	Scotland	FW	1949–1954	109	42
Tom Blythe	England	IF	1898	4	1
Paul Bolland	England	MF	2005–2010	118	13
Ivano Bonetti	Italy	MF	1995	19	3
Phil Bonnyman	Scotland	MF	1982–1986	151	15
Dave Booth	England	FB	1972–1977	200	7
Michael Boulding	England	FW	2001–2002 2002–2003	35 39	11 16
Jimmy Boyd	Scotland	FW	1938–1939	37	9
Dave Boylen	England	MF	1966–1977	384	34
Stuart Brace	England	FW	1968–1973	206	81
Alec Brader	England	FW	1960–1963	2	0
Jack Bradford	England	WH	1920–1923	108	0
Tommy Briggs	England	FW	1947–1950 1957–1958	116 19	78 9
Bert Brocklesbury	England	FB	1898	3	0
Mike Brolly	Scotland	MF	1976–1981	254	27
Ernie Brooks	England	MF	1919–1920	3	0
Marlon Broomes	England	CB	2001	15	0
George Browell	England	CB	1911–1912	23	0
Willie Brown	Scotland	FB	1951–1957	265	1
Edward Brumley	England	CB	1901–1903	5	2
Teddy Buck	England	WH	1929–1939	354	4
Wayne Burnett	England	MF	1997–2001	106	6
Andy Butler	England	CB	2006	4	0
Martin Butler	England	FW	2008	16	5
Danny Butterfield	England	RB	1997–2001	124	3

Name	Nationality	Position	Grimsby career	Appearances	Goals
Billy Cairns	England	FW	1946–1953	221	121
Stuart Campbell	England/ Scotland	MF	2000–2003	155	12
Jimmy Carmichael	Scotland	FW	1920–1926	227	137
Herbert Chapman	England	FW	1898	10	4
Lew Chatterley	England	FW	1972–1974	73	16
Steve Chettle	England	CB	2002–2003	20	1
Gary Childs	England	MF	1989–1996	233	26
Allenby Chilton	England	CB	1954–1956	63	0
Daryl Clare	Ireland	FW	1995–2001	79	9
Brian Clifton	England	WH	1962–1965	104	5
Harry Clifton	Wales	MF	2015–2024	238	21
John Cockerill	England	MF	1988–1991	107	19
Ron Cockerill	England	CB	1958–1967	294	28
Steve Coglin	England	FW	1926–1930	118	39
Stacy Coldicott	England	MF	1998–2004	121	4
Ernie Coleman	England	FW	1928–1931	87	57
Doug Collins	England	MF	1963–1968	103	9
Dick Conner	England	WH	1953–1958	186	8
Terry Cooke	England	MF	2002–2003	28	1
Joe Cooper	England	FW	1924–1931	154	47
Danny Coyne	Wales	GK	1999–2002	181	0
Colin Cramb	Scotland	FW	2004–2005	11	2
Tony Crane	England	CB	2003–2006	45	4
Charlie Craven	England	FW	1930–1937	256	95
Paul Crichton	England	GK	1993–1996	133	0
Gary Croft	England	LB	1990–1995 2005–2007	149 61	3 0
Dean Crombie	England	CB	1978–1986	320	4
Jason Crowe	England	RB	2003–2005	69	4
Mick Cullen	Scotland	FW	1958–1962	178	35
Bobby Cumming	Scotland	MF	1974–1986	365	57
Shaun Cunnington	England	MF	1987–1991	182	13
Terry Curran	England	MF	1987	12	0
Mike Czuczman	England	CD	1971–1975 1980–1981	113 9	6 0

Name	Nationality	Position	Grimsby career	Appearances	Goals
Jon Daly	Ireland	FW	2005	3	1
Aidan Davison	England/ Northern Ireland	GK	1997–1998 2003	77 32	0 0
Jim Dobbin	Scotland	MF	1991–1995 1997–1998	164 6	21 0
Don Donovan	Ireland	FB	1958–1964	238	1
Kevin Donovan	England	MF	1997–2000	156	24
Kevin Drinkell	England	FW	1976–1984	272	89
Jimmy Dyson	Scotland	MF	1931–1937	139	38

Name	Nationality	Position	Grimsby career	Appearances	Goals
Paul Emson	England	MF	1983–1985	97	15
Zhang Enhua	China	CB	2000	17	3
Billy Evans	England	FW	1955–1957	102	28

Name	Nationality	Position	Grimsby career	Appearances	Goals
Willie Falconer	Scotland	FW	2002	2	0
Jimmy Fell	England	MF	1956–1960	166	35
Nick Fenton	England	CB	2006–2008	80	6
Alan Fettis	Northern Ireland	GK	2004	11	0
Fred Fisher	England	FB	1938–1950	166	0
Terry Fleming	England	MF	2004–2005	43	2
Harry Fletcher	England	FW	1892–1897 1900–1902 1905–1909	154 79 40	73 12 7
Terrell Forbes	England	CB	2004–2005	33	0
Simon Ford	Jamaica	CB	2001–2004	78	4
Tony Ford	England	MF	1975–1985 1991–1993	355 68	55 3
Jamie Forrester	England	FW	1995–1997	41	6
Tom Frith	England	FB	1892–1898	125	0
Ben Futcher	England	CB	2006	19	2
Paul Futcher	England	CB	1990–1994	132	0

Name	Nationality	Position	Grimsby career	Appearances	Goals
Hughie Gallacher	Scotland	FW	1937	12	3
Tony Gallimore	England	LB	1995–2002	273	4
Dave Gilbert	England	MF	1988–1994 1997	259 5	41 0
Wilf Gillow	England	WH	1919–1924	103	5
Pat Glover	Wales	FW	1929–1938	227	180
Dean Gordon	England	LB	2004–2005	20	2
Jimmy Gordon	England	CB	1909–1914	126	7
Paddy Gray	Scotland	CB	1898–1902	121	5
Stewart Gray	England	CB	1970–1976	264	2
Paul Groves	England	MF	1992–1995 1997–2003	184 270	38 33
Goran Yabae	Canada	MF	1999–2002 1997–2003	184 270	38 33

Name	Nationality	Position	Grimsby career	Appearances	Goals
Alec Hall	England	WH	1929–1947	358	4
Des Hamilton	England	MF	2003–2004	27	0
Peter Handyside	Scotland	CB	1992–2000	190	4
Laurens ten Heuvel	Netherlands	FW	2003	4	0
Mike Hickman	England	FW	1968–1974	254	48
Sandy Higgins	England	CB	1892–1896 1911	126 1	27 0
Brian Hill	England	MF	1960–1966	180	26
Jack Hodgson	England	FB	1932–1947	212	2
Phil Hubbard	England	MF	1929–1947	146	37
Richard Hughes	Scotland	MF	2003 I Albert Walter Irvine , English, fullback 1920-1921 J Name Nationality Position Grimsby career Appearances Goals Hughie Jacobson  England FB 1925–1934 360 1 Michael Jeffrey  England FW 2000–2002 42 2 Dennis Jennings  England MF 1932–1935 99 29 Phil Jevons  England FW 2001–2004 63 18 Paul Jewell  England FW 1995 5 1 Keith Jobling  England CB 1953–1968 450 5 Kevin Jobling  England FB 1987–1997 285 10 Pat Johnston  Ireland WH 1948–1956 250 16 Gary Jones  England FW 2005–2008 118 27 Rob Jones  England CB 2004–2006 60 5 K Name Nationality Position Grimsby career Appearances Goals Steve Kabba  England FW 2002 13 6 Jean-Paul Kamudimba Kalala  DR Congo MF 2005–2006 2008–2009 21 21 5 2 Brian Keeble  England FB 1959–1964 172 1 Jimmy Kelly  England FB 1932–1937 160 3 L Name Nationality Position Grimsby career Appearances Goals Jamie Lawrence  Jamaica MF 2004 5 1 Brian Laws  England CB 1994–1996 46 2 Jason Lee  England FW 1997 7 2 Jack Lester  England FW 1994–1999 133 17 Mark Lever  England CB 1987–1999 361 8 Jack Lewis  England FW 1969–1976 258 74 Gary Liddell  Scotland FW 1976–1980 105 22 Billy Lindsay  England FB 1894–1897 106 1 Steve Livingstone  England FW/CB 1993–2002 289 43 Stan Lloyd  England MF 1948–1952 148 23 M Name Nationality Position Grimsby career Appearances Goals Clint Marcelle  Trinidad and Tobago FW 2004 3 0 Tommy McCairns  England FW 1893–1897 137 86 John McDermott  England FB 1987–2007 647 10 Jimmy McGowan  Scotland WH 1946–1949 34 4 Frank McKenna  England FW 1922–1926 114 31 James McKeown  Republic of Ireland GK 2011-2022 432 0 George McLean  Scotland FW 1962–1964 91 41 Duncan McMillan  Scotland CB 1948–1954 188 2 Jimmy Maddison  England MF 1950–1958 272 40 Billy Marshall  England MF 1923–1931 340 59 Frank Martin  England WH 1911–1920 159 1 Clive Mendonca  England FW 1991–1996 166 61 Steve Mildenhall  England GK 2005–2006 46 0 Bobby Mitchell  England MF 1978–1981 142 6 Ken Moody  England FB 1947–1950 114 0 David Moore  England FB 1978–1982 1986–1987 136 4 2 0 Kevin Moore  England CB 1976–1986 400 28 Bert Morley  England FB 1904–1906 93 3 George Mountain  England FB 1895 1897–1902 1 151 0 4 N Name Nationality Position Grimsby career Appearances Goals Alan Neilson  Wales CB 2001–2002 8 2 Alf Nelmes  England WH 1898–1905 219 14 Tom Newey  England LB 2005–2009 134 4 David Nielsen  Denmark FW 2000–2001 17 5 Chris Nicholl  England/ Northern Ireland CB 1983–1984 70 0 Lee Nogan  Wales FW 1997–1999 73 10 O Name Nationality Position Grimsby career Appearances Goals Iffy Onuora  Scotland FW 2003–2004 19 3 John Oster  Wales MF 1996–1997 2002–2003 24 17 3 6 P Name Nationality Position Grimsby career Appearances Goals Andy Parkinson  England MF 2004–2006 88 12 Malcolm Partridge  England FW 1974–1978 138 25 Martin Paterson  Northern Ireland FW 2006–2007 15 6 Norman Penrose  England WH 1938–1949 9 0 Thomas Pinault  France MF 2004–2005 43 7 Cliff Portwood  England FW 1961–1963 92 35 Alan Pouton  England MF 1999–2003 121 12 Gerry Priestley  England MF 1955–1958 110 11 John Priestley  Scotland WH 1928–1931 139 7 Martin Pringle  Sweden FW 2002 2 0 Jack Prior  England MF 1926–1931 160 34 Q R Name Nationality Position Grimsby career Appearances Goals Ron Rafferty  England FW 1956–1962 264 145 Isaiah Rankin  England FW 2004 2006–2008 12 37 4 2 Graham Rathbone  England CB 1966–1972 233 11 Tommy Read  England GK 1927–1933 247 0 Michael Reddy  Ireland FW 2004–2007 94 23 Tony Rees  Wales FW 1989–1993 141 33 Dave Richardson  England FB 1955–1959 175 1 Thomas Rippon  England FW 1911–1919 121 37 Nicky Rizzo  Australia MF 2007 1 0 Neil Robinson  England FB 1984–1987 109 6 Joe Robson  England FW 1924–1930 161 123 Graham Rodger  Scotland/ England CB 1991–1997 146 11 Bobby Ross  Scotland MF 1965–1970 212 18 S Name Nationality Position Grimsby career Appearances Goals Georges Santos  Cape Verde CB/MF 2002–2003 26 1 Ashley Sestanovich  England/ Croatia/ Grenada MF 2004–2005 22 2 Reg Scotson  England WH 1950–1954 164 4 Jackie Scott  Northern Ireland MF 1956–1962 240 51 Walter Scott  England GK 1907–1909 1919 80 19 0 0 Max Seeburg  Germany WH 1911 20 0 Craig Shakespeare  England MF 1993–1997 106 10 Steve Sherwood  England GK 1987–1992 183 0 Nicky Southall  England MF 1995–1997 72 6 David Smith  England LB 1997–2001 112 9 Martin Spendiff  England GK 1902–1904 1913–1919 66 57 0 0 Tommy Spink  England MF 1914–1921 116 3 T Name Nationality Position Grimsby career Appearances Goals Graham Taylor  England FB 1963–1967 189 2 Robert Taylor  England FW 2002 2002–2003 4 1 1 0 Matt Tees  Scotland FW 1963–1966 1970–1972 113 83 51 42 Jimmy Thompson  England FB 1962–1966 156 2 Lee Thorpe  England FW 2004 6 0 Tony Thorpe  England FW 2006–2007 6 0 John Thorrington  United States MF 2004 3 0 Andy Tillson  England CB 1988–1990 1992 105 4 5 0 Andy Todd  England CB 2002 12 3 Ciaran Toner  Northern Ireland MF 2005–2008 96 14 George Tweedy  England GK 1932–1952 347 0 U V Name Nationality Position Grimsby career Appearances Goals Ned Vincent  England FB 1934–1946 144 2 W Name Nationality Position Grimsby career Appearances Goals Harry Wainman  England GK 1964–1977 420 0 Paul Warhurst  England CB/MF/FW 2004 7 0 Joe Waters  Ireland MF 1975–1983 357 65 Tommy Watson  England MF 1987–1995 172 24 Duncan Welbourne  England FB 1957–1963 130 3 Sidney Wheelhouse  England FB 1907–1914 234 3 Jimmy Whitehouse  England GK 1892–1895 1899 110 27 0 0 Justin Whittle  England CB 2004–2008 131 3 Trevor Whymark  England FW 1980–1983 93 16 Tommy Widdrington  England MF 1996–1999 89 8 Joe Widdowson  England LB 2009–2010 58 1 Clive Wigginton  England CB 1968–1974 1979–1982 173 122 6 2 Paul Wilkinson  England FW 1982–1984 71 27 Menno Willems  Netherlands MF 2000–2002 54 2 Clarrie Williams  England GK 1952–1959 188 0 Charlie Wilson  England FB 1923–1932 273 2 Curtis Woodhouse  England MF 2006 16 1 Neil Woods  England FW 1990–1997 226 42 Dave Worthington  England FB 1966–1972 293 14 Charlie Wrack  England CB 1925–1930 125 2 Darren Wrack  England MF 1996–1998 13 1 Charlie Wright  Scotland GK 1962–1965 129 0 X Y Z Key GK — Goalkeeper RB — Right back LB — Left back FB — Fullback CB — Centre back WH — Wing half MF — Midfielder FW — Forward References Player database at thefishy.co.uk Grimsby Town at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database Since 1888 – Football league statistics (requires registration) Lamming, Douglas (1985). A Who's Who of Grimsby Town AFC 1890–1985. Hutton Press. ISBN 0-907033-34-2.