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Third Grimsby Town Football Club are an club playing in, the fourth tier of English football. The club is located at in the seaside town of, part of the of Borough in, on the. Despite recently being the least successful, the club has previously been the most successful of the three professional league clubs in historic, being the only one to play top-flight football.

It is also the only club of the three to reach an FA Cup semi-final (doing so on two occasions) and is the only one to succeed in two finals at the old. It has also spent more time in the English game's first and second tiers than any other club from Lincolnshire. Notable managers include the late, who went on to guide to three League titles, two and a triumph and who, after securing promotion to the then third division in, moved to where he won the FA Cup in. Is the club's most successful manager, he had three spells as team manager between 1988 and 2008, and guided the club to two Wembley appearances during the 1997–1998 season winning both the and the Nationwide Division 2 Play Off Final. In 2008 Buckley took Grimsby to the capital again, but lost out to in the final of the. Advertisements The early years (1878-1916) The club was formed in 1878 after a meeting held at the Wellington Arms public house in Freeman Street.

Several attendees included members of the local Worsley Cricket Club who wanted to form a football club to occupy the empty winter evenings after the cricket season had finished. The club was originally called Grimsby Pelham, this being the family name of the, a significant landowner in the area. In the club purchased land at Clee Park which was to become their ground until when they relocated to Abbey Park, before moving again in to their present home,. The original colours were blue and white hoops, which were changed to chocolate and blue quartered shirts in.

In the club first played league football, joining the newly-formed 'Combination'. The league soon collapsed and the following year the club applied to join the, an application that was refused.

Instead the club joined the. In the club became a limited company and in finally entered the Football League, when it was expanded to two divisions. The first game was a 2-1 victory over. The season saw promotion to the first division; two seasons later they were relegated and within a decade they would be a non-league side again, failing re-election in and falling to the. However they won that at the first attempt and at the subsequent re-election vote, replaced local rivals in the Football League. Grimsby Town and were the only two professional teams which had official permission to play league football on because of the demands of the fish trade.

That tradition has now disappeared following the dramatic reduction of their trawler fleets in recent years. The Inter-War years (1916-1945) This was probably the most successful period in the club's history as they played at the highest level. The first full season after the the club was relegated to the new Third Division North. By they were however back in Division One, where they stayed (with a brief break from 1932 to 1934) until 1939, obtaining their highest-ever league position, 5th in Division One, in the 1934-35 season.

In 1925 they adopted the black and white stripes as their colours. On 25 March 1939, played Grimsby, in a FA Cup semi-final at. The attendance of 76,962 remains Old Trafford's largest ever attendance, though it is likely to be exceeded in the near future. The Mariners lost the game 5-0 after the second choice goalkeeper was injured early on in the match (first choice keeper had caught the flu days earlier). With the then rules forbidding substitutes for injuries Grimsby had to play with 10 men and an outfield player in goal.

It was at this match that the squad wore numbered shirts for the first time, three months before it became official. As well as the semi-final of 1939 the club also reached the semi-final of the FA Cup in 1936 but lost 1-0 to Arsenal. Postwar decline (1946-1970) With the resumption of the Football League for the 1946-47 season after the club were relegated at the end of the 1947-48 season and have never returned to this level. Much of the 1950s and 1960s were spent alternating between the Second Division and the Third Division North, later the Third Division.

In 1968 they slipped into the Fourth Division for the first time. The following season the club had to apply for re-election to the league having finished second from bottom. It was in this season that the lowest-ever attendance for a Football League match at Blundell Park was ever recorded; 1,833 saw a 2-0 defeat to. Revival of the seventies (1970-1980) Three years later 22,489 people witnessed a home victory against that saw the club promoted as Fourth Division Champions. This turnaround was credited to the appointment of as manager.

The club stayed in Division Three until relegation in 1977 but were promoted again in 1979. A year later they finished as Third Division Champions under the stewardship of and returned to the second tier of the English game, a level they had not been at for 16 years. In 1976 the club saw what could be said to be its' most prestigious visitor when the local and then invited the then American to watch the Mariners play. Back in the Second Division (1980-1987) The first season back (1980–81) saw the club finish 7th. Work started that year on a new £1m stand, originally called the Findus Stand (now once again the Findus Stand) after the former Barretts Stand had been declared unsafe. In the 1983-84 season the club finished fifth in the Second Division after spending most of the latter part of the campaign in the top three promotion places. This was their highest league finish since the 1947-48 season.

Grimsby's stay in the Second Division ended in 1987. They actually spent much of the 1986-87 season in the top half of the table, but a run of 8 losses and 2 draws in the final 10 games saw them fall from 8th to 21st.

Another decline and another revival (1987-1996) saw Grimsby suffer a second successive relegation, placing them in the Fourth Division. The club's financial situation was also dismal, and as the began, the task at Grimsby was to avoid relegation to the and to avoid going out of business completely. Following the resignation of Dave Booth in 1986 (to pursue outside business interests) the club had two managers in two years ( and Bobby Roberts). Was appointed after the 1988 relegation and by 1991 had led the club to two successive promotions with the chairman at that time being Peter Furneaux. Grimsby survived their first season back in the Second Division, with Buckley's current crop of players currently boasting some of the most popular and biggest cult heroes in the clubs history. Players such as, and to make the club a solid second tier side (the Second Division became Division One in on the creation of the from the old First Division).

In, Grimsby finished ninth in the new Division One, and until well into April they were in the hunt for a play-off place that would have given them the chance of a third promotion in four years (something that has so far only been achieved by Swansea City and Wimbledon). They dipped to 16th place a year later, though they were never in any real danger of relegation and it would have been unrealistic to except Grimsby to push for promotion as the division was now dominated by a host of sides with greater resources, such as Crystal Palace, Nottingham Forest, Leicester City, Derby County and Wolverhampton Wanderers. Grimsby, however, won many friends with their attractive passing football during Buckley's first two spells in charge. The Mariners began to produce home grown talent from the clubs youth academy, players such as, and were the best of a big bunch of new players at. Buckley departed Grimsby in October 1994 to join and he was replaced by defender.

Laws seemed to be proving himself as a decent successor to Buckley, as he steered Grimsby to a 10th place finish in his first season as manager. During his tenure Laws became famous for a changing-room altercation after a defeat at Luton with Italian striker, which left the latter with a broken cheekbone, and caused the popular player to leave the club at the end of the season, in which Grimsby finished 17th and were in the battle to avoid relegation right up to the penultimate game of the season. In 1996–1997 season The Mariners were relegated from Division One. Despite flowing goals from Clive Mendonca, and notably good performances from John Oster and new comer, Grimsby failed to save themselves. The club had suffered at the losses of Gary Croft, who made a £1.5 million move to and ever present Goalkeeper, who would see his replacement, (who had been the club's second choice keeper in the previous season) struggle to fill his boots. Subs:.

1998 Final starting lineup at. The 1997–98 season saw the return of Alan Buckley as manager, after an unsuccessful period at, for Grimsby's most successful post-war season. In the summer of 1997, Buckley succeeded in bringing in players to the club who were to be instrumental in the clubs upcoming season. Former skipper was re-signed from, and and also joined the club from Albion. The capture of midfielder proved to be a good bit of business for Buckley.

After a seemingly poor start to the League, performances improved which propelled the club into a promotion battle with, and an expensively-assembled (at the time the only club at this level to have spent seven-figure sums on players). A good run in the saw The Mariners knock holders and fellow Premier League side out of the competition before finally losing out to. A decent run of form had ignited the careers of such younger players like, and who were becoming an integral part of the setup. The Mariners went on to dump out of the Northern section area final, which would see the club book its first trip to.The club were drawn against Southern section champions and in a tight game, an equaliser from substitute brought the game into extra time. And in the 112th minute Grimsby secured the game courtesy of a from. This was the first major trophy awarded to the club following its first appearance at Wembley.

It took only four weeks though for Grimsby to return to the stadium, this time to face in the Division Two Play Off Final. Town won the game 1-0 thanks to a first half goal which gave the club a historic Wembley double and The Mariners promotion back to Division One.

Back in the second tier (1998-2003) The 1998-99 season saw Grimsby finish in a very respectable 11th place, but saw Grimsby struggle and finish 20th, avoiding relegation at the expense of Buckley's old club. The saw a boardroom change with Doug Everitt taking over from. Everett dismissed manager Alan Buckley just two games into the season, replacing him with, who earlier in his managerial career had guided both and into the top flight. The new manager changed his entire team around and brought in some expensive loan signings from abroad such as,.

Despite this the club struggled to avoid relegation, only securing their place in Division One on the last day of the season with a win over promoted. The Mariners started the 2001–02 season strongly, topping the league table after five games and staying there for most of the next few weeks. The club knocked local rivals and out of the to meet holders at. Grimsby held the Premier League team to a 0-0 draw after 90 minutes taking the game into extra time. Despite scoring a penalty following a handball to put the Reds 1–0 up, loan signing equalised and then hit a wonderous 35 yard strike into the top corner of goal to give the club a historic victory.

Ultimately, Grimsby didn't have the strength to mount a serious bid for promotion and their form declined rapidly, with Lawrence being dismissed halfway into the season. Was chosen to replace him. Grimsby finished 19th in the final table, enough to avoid relegation, but a disappointing end to a season which had begun so promisingly.

The season was overshadowed by loanee 's footballing career being ended after a leg-breaking tackle by defender as well as the collapse of putting enormous strain on finances. The season, was a disaster for Grimsby Town. Mariners boss Paul Groves attempted to bolster his side as good as he could, veteran footballers and amongst others were brought to the club, and such players as, and returning hero all played some part in the season, but the club couldn't avoid relegation and Grimsby finished bottom of Division One and were relegated after five successive seasons at this level. Indeed, only one of their previous 12 seasons had been spent outside it. Financial crisis and another relegation (2003-2004) The sudden collapse of had left the club with debts of over £2m, £700,000 of which is owed to the and a further substantial amount to their bankers,.Relegation had hit Grimsby very hard.

The collapse had seen a lot of the smaller clubs playing in the second tier of English football struggle to make end meets. Coupled with this, it meant integral team members such as and moved on to bigger and more financially stable clubs. For the new season, the club also had to supply its own kits following the closure of long serving kit suppliers Avec Sportswear. Grimsby played the season using the brand 'Grimsby Town Sports' before a lucrative three year deal with was signed in April 2004. Groves dabbed in the transfer market and brought in some rough diamonds, notably and, while Dutch striker joined on loan. His dealings saw The Mariners boast a thick squad for the 2003–2004 campaign but despite this, Groves soon found his men sliding down the league. And they found themselves involved in another relegation scrap with like the previous season.

Groves was sacked in 2004 following a 6-0 drubbing against and was replaced. To be fair, things were always against Law, after the club lost Goalkeeper to injury, as well as players like, and departing for various reasons. Other players such as were deemed surplus to requirements and were released.

Law brought in his own team, veterans, and were joined by controversial journeyman and injury prone Huddersfield midfielder. With little time left for the new team to gel, Grimsby dropped into the relegation zone and went down again on the last day of the season. Subs:. 2006 Play-Off Final starting lineup at. With failing to keep Grimsby in the Second Division, chairman wielded the axe and ended his short stay as first team manager.

The club move to appoint manager as his replacement, and despite being questioned by some of the clubs supporters, he answered his critics with the signings of, and who were all arguably considered to be of a standard higher than the division. In 2005 director became the controlling shareholder in the club after a search for outside investors failed, and a sale of shares to the local public was poorly received. He now owns 51% of the club and has made significant loans to the club to ensure its continued operation. Former chairman also joined the board of directors, However with the current cash flow a problem, corners had to be cut and the squad was paper thin, numbers were mainly made up by inexperienced youth team players, and pointless loan signings. Like many other teams who suffer a relegation in the previous season Grimsby got off to a mediocre start and a lower mid table finish was a good as it would get for Slade's men.

For the 2005–2006 season, The Mariners started well. Slade made more additions with popular signings and added to the already hungry looking team, the club soon found themselves rising to the top of, and beating and in the (although they were finally knocked out of the cup by ). Grimsby failed to gain automatic promotion into League One after conceding a last minute goal against, although a goal giving victory at condemned Grimsby to the play-offs regardless. This despite being amongst the automatic promotion places for the majority of the season.

The Mariners faced local rivals in the play-offs semi-finals, going on to win 3-1 on aggregate. They faced at The in but, perhaps surprisingly as the made them favourites, they lost 1-0. On 31 May, manager left the club after failing to agree terms on a new contract. The club also lost important players such as,. Player of the season was also sold for £250,000 to. In 2006 the club announced an arrangement with the Revenue which allowed the club to repay its tax liabilities in instalments. In the report for the year ending 31 May 2006 it was revealed that the club made a profit after tax of over £400,000, due mainly to cup exploits and the play-off final.Assistant Manager was promoted to Manager and was looked on by some clubs supporters as the cheap option, but like Slade, he answered his critics by signing popular players.

Who had a short but fruitful stay with the club in 2004, was re-signed from and other signings such as veteran and Goalkeeper were brought in. Former manager was appointed as the clubs Assistant Manager. Despite high expectations The Mariners stumbled out the starting blocks and the mouth watering strike partnership of Rankin and never got going due to injury woes and Reddy harboring the interest in playing at a higher level. Grimsby found themselves near the foot of the table, and by November the poor start had basically destroyed any chances of promotion. On 6 November 2006 sacked Graham Rodger, The club released a statement, saying 'He has been a loyal servant to the club, but has become a victim of circumstances. Graham has qualities this club needs - the shame of it is that this man deserved better.'

Stuart Watkiss took temporary charge until the unexpected happened. On 9 November 2006 saw the return of Alan Buckley for his third stint at managing the club in the last twenty years. Generally agreed to be the club's most successful managercitation needed he had already taken the club from a basement division position to one that became established in what is now the in his first term at the club (1988–1994). Buckley inherited a strong but under performing side. He in turn brought in from, and on loan to bolster the squad. Buckley soon found himself under pressure as Grimsby slipped down too 22nd in the League, but the board and the supporters stuck by him, and he turned the clubs fortunes around with a whopping 6-0 victory away against.

Grimsby once again stuttered into a lower mid table position. The 2007-2008 season was mainly non eventful but the club enjoyed a good run in the and on 4 March 2008 Grimsby booked their place at the new after beating in a nervy two-legged Northern Final. A goal in the away first leg enough to see Town through. They went on to play in the Final on 30 March, losing 2-0 after had missed an early penalty. There was frustration from the start in the next season, with Town hunting for a new striker, Buckley failed to sign and club hero, coupled with this Grimsby fans grew frustrated with the lack of transfer action at the club, notably he did bring in Scotland International, but the club were to start the season with want away, injured and the vastly inexperienced youngsters and as their only striking options. Following a poor pre-season period in which the team suffered defeats to a number of different Non League clubs such as and, the club started the new season poorly and soon dropped down to near the foot of the league.

After a 13-game winless streak in the league stretching from 22 March 2008, on 15 September 2008 Alan Buckley was sacked as manager of Grimsby Town FC. Mike Newell (2008-2009) Following the dismissal of, Assistant Manager was given the role of Caretaker Manger for the second time since his arrival in 2006. In October 2008, he was replaced on a permanent basis by, a year and a half after his dismissal.

Newell's first transfer dealings were to sign two former Grimsby players, and on loan. citation needed Grimsby's winless streak in the league, going back to March 2008, was finally ended after 23 games with a 2–0 win over at.

citation needed. Newell continued to dab into the transfer market and in the club offered former and striker the chance of becoming a player/coach.

Despite positive signs for the deal to come off, Fowler decided to join when his contract expired at the following month. Back on the pitch, after a further run of 10 games without a win, Grimsby dropped into the relegation zone for the first time this season, but moved back up to 22nd place after clinching a vital victory against local rivals. Despite their previous form, the Mariners ran out comfortable winners with a full-time scoreline of 5-1. After dropping back into the relegation zone for a second time, the team recovered once again after a 3-0 victory at home against promotion chasing.

After an extensive campaign in the local newspaper and with tickets reduced to £5, this match achieved the biggest attendance of the season, with 6406 spectators. This was broken with the next home game against; the same £5 deal saw 7065 watch a 1-0 win for the Mariners. The Mariners went on to secure victories over and going into the final 2 weeks of the 08-09 season, Town's previous run of form was heralded by manager Newell down to the fact that new loan signing had improved morale in the dressing room, not to mention clinching 5 goals inside his first 6 appearances in a Grimsby shirt.

The Mariners were all but mathematically safe from relegation, despite a 2-1 away defeat against relegation rivals - which saw The Cherries confirm safety. Fortunately could only manage a 2-2 draw with which left City 3 points behind Grimsby with one game remaining, but with a vastly inferior goal difference. Chester lost their final game anyway, meaning that Grimsby were safe; however, they would have been relegated if not for Newell's previous club, Luton suffering a massive and ultimately fatal 30 point deduction.

Shortly after the close of the 2008/09 season, the club announced that Assistant Manager would not be offered a new contract for the 2009/10 season. He will be replaced by, who was brought to Grimsby Town by manager and was originally signed as senior scout. In a statement to the local press, chairman John Fenty admitted that Newell had always intended for Stein to be his right hand man and stated that it was unsustainable for the club to effectively have two assistant managers and that Watkiss paid the price with his job.

Mike started his summer spending by quickly securing and on a permanent basis. Was brought in from, should hugely targeted Ryan Bennett be on his way, but after rejecting 2 offers from, the club tied the young skipper on an improved 4 year contract. Newell also managed to bring in former loan stars and, as well as, and to finish his squad refurbishing. The Mariners had a mixed pre-season, consisting of a 12-1 thrashing of, a creditable 1-1 draw with, as well as losses to Stockport and Doncaster.

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Season Tickets for the 2009/10 campaign had smashed through the previous seasons sales, summing up to around 2'500 tickets sold, a creditable total considering the economic climate. Following a slow start to the season, and despite previous backings from the Grimsby Town board, On 18 October 2009 the club's official website declared they had sacked Mike Newell due to 'irretrievable breakdown'. Woods takes charge (2009-present) Following the dismissal of, Youth Team Coach and former player was given the role of Caretaker Manger, chosen ahead of Assistant Manager.

After six games in charge (including a humiliating defeat at home to in the ), none of which were won, Neil Woods was controversially made permanent manager on November 23, 2009. The other main candidate for the job was former boss, but the board decided upon Woods ahead of Slade. Almost suddenly Woods was dealt a blow when the club decided to do a u-turn and sell captain to for £500,000 despite rejecting this offer in the summer and the player only recently signing a new four year deal.

Next to leave was Brian Stein, who was brought to the club by previous manager Newell. His replacement as Assistant Manager would be former manager. Grimsby continued to show no signs of improvement under Woods and Casper and Town would find themselves being dragged into a second succesive relegation battle.

By the end of 2009, Grimsby had won 3, drew 8 and lost 12 in the league. In 2010 top scorer was loaned out to before signing permanently shortly afterwards. Puzzled supporters questioned Woods and chairman over the decision which was later revealed to be because the player was a disruptive influence and wasn't turning up for training. Woods began to clear out the ranks amongst the players with, and all being released.

Whilst was loaned out only several months after being signed. Woods began to make some fresh signings, notably, and former loanee joined the club. Woods would also heavily use the loan sysyem in a bid to change the clubs fortunes. On March 6, 2010 Grimsby ended a club record 25 winless streak by beating promotion chasing at by winning 3-0. The 25 game streak had last seen Grimsby win in the league with a 2-0 away at on September 19, 2009. During this time The Mariners had drawn 15 games and lost 10. The game would also come as the first career victory for Neil Woods.

The Stand (formerly the Stand. Grimsby play their home games at Blundell Park in.

This is the clubs fourth stadium. They originally played at Clee Park until 1879, they then moved to Lovett Street for one single season, before returning back to Clee Park for a further nine years. The Mariners then moved to Abbey Park Stadium until 1898 before a move to Blundell Park, the club's current stadium. The stadium has had an all-seated capacity of just under 10,000 in recent years, being in and around 27,000 before the stadium was made all seated in the late 1980s. The clubs demise from the second tier of English football, down to the fourth meant the expansion seating was removed. This brought the overall capacity down from around 12,000 to what it is today.

Situated inside the Findus Stand at Blundell Park, is the 'McMenemys Function Suite' named after former manager. Since the late 1990s, there have been plans for a new 20,200-seat stadium at nearby Great Coates - tentatively titled the after a naming rights deal with the American oil producer. There have been numerous delays to the development of the new stadium. The plans have been met with resistance from many residents of the local area surrounding the proposed stadium site, but other factors have also slowed progress. One of the most notable difficulties for the club was in demonstrating how it planned to finance the scheme. As a result, they later amended their proposal to include a retail park on the site, which would help to fund the development. This raised other problems, due to a rival proposal by the property developer, who are continuing with plans for their own retail park, which will be in direct competition with the Grimsby Town site and which has also been approved by the local council.

Henry Boot attempted to have the football teams development plan stopped, by asking for it to be sent for judicial review by the Government, however their attempt failed. Currently, the Grimsby Town stadium development proposal has satisfied all the conditions that were imposed by planning officials and consent for the project has been granted. Initial estimates had suggested that the club would be able to move to the new stadium for the start of the 2011/12 season, however as a result of the ongoing global recession, the club have halted all progress on the new development and it is unlikely that any work will begin until financial stability returns, if at all.

The official Grimsby Town website no longer carries information about the new stadium, so any development on the stadium front is not going to be forthcoming over the next few years, at the very least. Add to that Grimsby's poor league record in recent seasons and it is hard to make a case for any new development. Mascot Mighty Mariner is the Grimsby Town mascot. He wears the clubs home team strip, and normally parades in front of the Pontoon Stand as well as tormentingthe opposition fans.

He also plays football with the mascots and warms up the Grimsby Town fans. Up until 1998, there was two club mascots, Mighty and Mini Mariner, and until then they used to wear yellow fishing rain coats, before Mini was dropped, and Mighty was given the home strip to wear.

Rivals Grimsby share a geographical rivalry with fellow club, who are widely thought of as the clubs main rivals. However the two clubs have rarely played each other in recent times. Within recent years Grimsby have dropped from the higher breaches of professional football in, down to the bottom, while Hull did the opposite and climbed the leagues.

The last time the two clubs met in a competitive game was when Grimsby beat Hull 1-0 in the in 1998 which incidentally Grimsby went on to win. The closest professional football club to is. Like Hull, United are classed as local rivals, but also like Hull, both Grimsby and Scunthorpe have rarely spent time playing in the same leagues in recent seasons. With Grimsby spending most of their time in higher divisions, while Scunthorpe spent many seasons playing in the basement professional divisions.

In recent seasons Scunthorpe, like Hull, have eclipsed Grimsby. In recent years has been viewed as Grimsby's local derby. However despite this, Lincoln are often not referred too as local rivals, and to some Grimsby supporters they are not seen as rivals at all. From 2000 to 2004 rivalry with intensified, with the two clubs being involved in the several relegation battles in both First and Second Divisions. Games between the two teams were very heated and at the time this fixture was seen as the biggest derby for Grimsby supporters. Other heated derby fixtures for Grimsby in past seasons, have been the games against,. All three played Grimsby many times in the ten year period from 1993 to 2003 when Grimsby played all but one season in the second tier of professional English football.

Other clubs such as, and also fall into the clubs local catchment area for rivalry. Most games with any club generally from tends to be classed as a local derby. Other past rivalries have lessened due to thre other teams now playing at a level, this includes teams such as,. Other smaller non league football clubs that share the same geographical region as Grimsby include,. Players First Team Squad as of 28 November 2009.

Coughlan, right, made his league debut for Bray in the 0-0 draw in Dundalk But the Bray Wanderers attacker — who made his debut against Dundalk last Friday — is entitled to wonder about what might have been. After a promising start, Coughlan’s time at the English club was blighted by injuries.

The 22-year-old told SunSport: “I missed about a year and a half. I had tendonitis in my knee and I kept playing with it but it got to the point where I couldn’t. “I managed to get rid of it and then, after playing 20 minutes against Leeds, I had my first proper game back against Birmingham.

“I went up for a header and when I landed my leg extended into my knee. I was in agony and thought I had done my ACL, but the scan showed I had cracked the top of my tibia. “It’s called a bumper fracture because it happens a lot when someone is hit by a car. Normally it takes away two to four millimetres of the bone, but for me it was 15 millimetres. Coughlan celebrates U-21 success with Huddersfield He added: “The biggest crowd I’d probably played in front of was 4,000 at Sheffield United.

“There were 2,500 in Dundalk but it was a proper atmosphere. “There is a big difference between Under-23 and men’s football but we had a pretty strict manager at Huddersfield, Frankie Bunn, who wouldn’t let you slip up. I think we were the fittest team in the country. “We had a good team, we won a lot at Under-18 and Under-23 level. Philip is the only one playing there now but there’s a good few others in League Two.” Two more, Danny Kane and Tadhg Ryan, are with Cork City and Galway United. And like them, Coughlan is eager to make a name for himself.

He said: “We had to defend a lot against Dundalk but hopefully I can show what I can do. “There are some good players here. My brother had told me about Aaron Greene from his time at Limerick and I think I can link up well with the likes of him and Gary McCabe.”. ©News Group Newspapers Limited in England No.

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