Grimsby guide: official ticket route, Blundell Park, Cleethorpes, food and drink options, hotel bases, supporter leads, videos, images and FanChants songbook hooks.
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Understand the club, get a ticket, pick a stand or route, plan food and a hotel, and find the fan culture around Grimsby.
Grimsby profile uses official, Wikidata/Wikipedia and local map sources for stable facts, with live checks before publishing volatile ticket or venue details.
| Competition | Result | Years / seasons |
|---|---|---|
| Second Division (level 2) | champions (2) | 1898–99, 1933–34 |
| Third Division North / Third Division / Second Division (level 3) | champions (3) | 1925–26, 1955–56, 1979–80 |
| Third Division North / Third Division / Second Division (level 3) | play-off winners (1) | 1998 |
| Fourth Division (level 4) | champions (1) | 1971–72 |
| National League (level 5) | play-off winners (2) | 2016, 2022 |
| Midland League | champions (5) | 1910–11, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1946–47 |
| Football League Trophy | winners (1) | 1997–98 |
| Football League Group Cup | winners (1) | 1981–82 |
| Lincolnshire Senior Cup | winners (39) | 1885–86, 1888–89, 1896–97, 1898–99, 1899–1900, 1900–01, 1901–02, 1902–03, 1905–06, 1908–09, 1912–13, 1920–21, 1922–23, 1924–25, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1932–33, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1946–47, 1949–50, 1952–53, 1967–68, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1979–80, 1983–84, 1986–87, 1989–90 |
Blundell Park is the working matchday ground/ground-area for this guide; use live club and map sources for exact gates and routes.
Use the official ticket route first; membership, loyalty, resale and ID rules can change by fixture. General sale is not assumed. Check the live fixture page before promising availability, delivery method or away allocation.
| Stand / area | What to say | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Home end | home atmosphere | partly verified |
| Main stand | premium and mixed seating | partly verified |
| Opposite stand | mixed seating | partly verified |
| Away allocation | visiting supporters | partly verified |
0 chants in the FanChants catalogue.
Grimsby chants on FanChants [verified]
Option rows, not a single winner — different lanes for different fans.
Cleethorpes · neutral · unknown
Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.
Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.
keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.
Sources: McDonald's
Cleethorpes · neutral · unknown
Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.
Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.
keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.
Sources: Fryer Tuck's Take Away
Cleethorpes · neutral · unknown
Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.
Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.
keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.
Sources: Number 1 Refreshment Room
Cleethorpes · neutral · unknown
Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.
Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.
keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.
Sources: Pizza Star
Cleethorpes · neutral · unknown
Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.
Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.
keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.
Sources: Spiders Web
Cleethorpes · neutral · unknown
Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.
Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.
keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.
Sources: Magic Flame
Cleethorpes · neutral · unknown
Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.
Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.
keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.
Sources: No.2 Refreshment Room
Cleethorpes · neutral · unknown
Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.
Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.
keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.
Sources: The Shanghai Express
Area and fit, not prices. Prices and availability stay live-check fields.
| Hotel | Fit | Why it belongs | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Kingsway Hotel | city base · station access | Cleethorpes seafront option for fans making a weekend of it. Use as one option for a football trip, not a ranking. keep with caveat: Official hotel or major booking/reference source confirms the property exists; selection is a practical option set, not a guarantee of quality. | The Kingsway Hotel official or booking reference |
| Holiday Inn Express Grimsby | city base · station access | Central Grimsby chain option by the station. Use as one option for a football trip, not a ranking. keep with caveat: Official hotel or major booking/reference source confirms the property exists; selection is a practical option set, not a guarantee of quality. | Holiday Inn Express Grimsby official or booking reference |
| The Burlington Hotel | city base · station access | Cleethorpes hotel close to the promenade and station. Use as one option for a football trip, not a ranking. keep with caveat: Official hotel or major booking/reference source confirms the property exists; selection is a practical option set, not a guarantee of quality. | The Burlington Hotel official or booking reference |
| The Clee Hotel | city base · station access | Cleethorpes option closer to Blundell Park than central Grimsby. Use as one option for a football trip, not a ranking. keep with caveat: Official hotel or major booking/reference source confirms the property exists; selection is a practical option set, not a guarantee of quality. | The Clee Hotel official or booking reference |
| Group | Type | Geography | Public page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grimsby official supporter information | official branch | official | Public page |
| Grimsby fan media and supporter-group search | fan media | public web | Public page |
Creator/research leads only — no embedding, cropping, transcription or clip extraction until permission and platform terms are cleared.
Grimsby matchday starts with Blundell Park and the surrounding Cleethorpes area.
Channels: website · X · Facebook · short video
Sources: stadium, Google Maps route search
Start with the official Grimsby ticket route before resale or fixture-day claims.
Channels: website · X · Facebook · short video
Sources: Official ticket route or club site, Official club/team site or Wikidata official URL
Build a Grimsby food card from several named options near the ground, not one ranked pick.
Channels: website · X · Facebook · short video
Sources: McDonald's, Fryer Tuck's Take Away
Use the city and stadium-area rows to split pre-match, post-match and late-night plans.
Channels: website · X · Facebook · short video
Sources: Number 1 Refreshment Room, Pizza Star
Show ground-first and night-out hotel options separately for Grimsby.
Channels: website · X · Facebook · short video
Sources: The Kingsway Hotel official or booking reference, Holiday Inn Express Grimsby official or booking reference
Use the FanChants Grimsby songbook for chant-count, top-song and search hooks.
Channels: website · X · Facebook · short video
Sources: FanChants team songbook
Treat Grimsby supporter groups as public organisation leads, not private fan data.
Channels: website · X · Facebook · short video
Fan videos can help check chants, routes and food, but stay lead-only until permission is cleared.
Channels: website · X · Facebook · short video
Sources: YouTube public video search lead
| Image | Licence | Creator | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blundell Park, Grimsby Town Football Club, Cleethorpes, aerial 2024 - geograph.org.uk - 7839081.jpg | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Simon Tomson | candidate cc |
| Blundell Park Away End.jpg | CC BY-SA 3.0 | MapsMan at English Wikipedia | candidate cc |
| Blundell Park Main Stand.JPG | CC BY-SA 3.0 | MapsMan at English Wikipedia | candidate cc |
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