Grimsby Borough Football Club is a football club based in

Grimsby Grimsby or Great Grimsby is a port town and the administrative centre of North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England. Grimsby adjoins the town of Cleethorpes directly to the south-east forming a conurbation. Grimsby is north-east of L ...

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, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Bradley Football Development Centre.

History

A previous club named Grimsby Borough joined the Supreme Division of the

Central Midlands League The Central Midlands Football League is an English football league covering the northeast-central part of England. Formed in 1971 as the South Derbyshire League, changing name initially to the Derbyshire League before changing to its current nam ...

under the name Grimsby Ross in 1987. They finished bottom of the division in 1988–89, and were renamed Grimsby Borough at the end of the season. After finishing bottom of the table again the following season, the club dropped into the Lincolnshire League. In 1990–91 they were Lincolnshire League runners-up, but left the league after finishing fourth the following season. A new Grimsby Borough club was established in 2003, joining the Lincolnshire League for the 2003–04 season. After finishing as runners-up in their first season, they joined the Premier Division of the Central Midlands League. Despite finishing second in their first season in the league, they were not promoted to the Supreme Division. However, after finishing as runners-up again in 2006–07, they were promoted. In 2007–08 the club finished twelfth in the Supreme Division and were admitted to Division One of the

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. In 2011–12 they won the league's Wilkinson Sword Trophy. Although they finished bottom of the division in 2014–15, conceding 161 goals, they were not relegated back to step seven. A fourth-place finish in 2016–17 saw them qualify or the promotion play-offs. After beating Hallam 3–2 in the semi-finals, they lost 4–2 to Penistone Church in the final. In 2018–19 Grimsby were Division One champions, earning promotion to the Premier Division.

Ground

The club initially played at the King George V ground, before moving to the

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following their promotion to the Central Midlands League. They later began groundsharing at Brigg Town's Hawthorns ground in order to progress to the Supreme Division of the CML. During the early months of the 2010–11 season the club played at Barton Town while awaiting the completion of their new ground In 2010 the club moved to the Bradley Football Development Centre. The first game was played at the new ground on 24 November, where a record crowd of 580 saw them lose 4–3 to

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in a League Cup match. The ground currently has a capacity of 1,000, of which 180 is seated and 200 covered.

Honours

*Northern Counties East League **Division One champions 2018–19 **League Trophy winners 2011–12 *Lincolnshire Junior Cup **Winners 2007–08 *Ashby Benefits Cup **Winners 2009–10

Records

*Best

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performance: First qualifying round, 2017–18, 2018–19 *Best FA Vase performance: Third round, 2019–20

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