Grimsby Town Football Club
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| Full name | Grimsby Town Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Mariners, Mighty Mariners, Town |
| Founded | 1878, as Grimsby Pelham 1879, as Grimsby Town |
| Ground | Blundell Park |
| Capacity | 9,027 (all seated) |
| Owner(s) |
John Fenty (42.91%) Mike Parker (22%) The Mariners Trust (14.13%) |
| Chairman | John Fenty (de facto) |
| Manager | Russell Slade |
| League | League Two |
| 2016–17 | League Two, 14th of 24 |
| Website | Club home page |
Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional football club based in the seaside town of Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that competes in League Two, the fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system. Nicknamed "the Mariners", the club was founded as Grimsby Pelham in 1878, changed its name to Grimsby Town a year later and moved to its current stadium, Blundell Park, in 1898.
Grimsby Town are the most successful of the three professional league clubs in historic Lincolnshire, being the only one to play top flight English football. It is also the only club of the three to reach an FA Cup semi-final (doing so on two occasions). It has also spent more time in the English game's first and second tiers than any other club from Lincolnshire.
Notable former managers include Bill Shankly, who went on to guide Liverpool to three League titles, two FA Cups and a UEFA Cup triumph, and Lawrie McMenemy who, after securing promotion to the then Third Division in 1972, moved to Southampton where he won the FA Cup in 1976. Alan Buckley is the club's most successful manager; he had three spells between 1988 and 2008, guiding the club to three promotions and two appearances at Wembley Stadium during the 1997–98 season, winning both the Football League Trophy and the Football League Second Division play-off Final. In 2008 Buckley took Grimsby to the capital again, but lost out to MK Dons in the final of the Football League Trophy. The Mariners had also reached the Football League Two play-off Final in 2006 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, but lost the match 1–0 to Cheltenham Town, Later trips to Wembley in 2013 and 2016 saw them defeated in the FA Trophy final by Wrexham and F.C. Halifax Town respectively.
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