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The Yard Dog
January 31, 2025, 12:44am
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Grimsby have played 210 different teams in a competitive domestic match (League, FA cup, League Cup, FA Trophy, EFL Trophy & National league) during its history.
Got me thinking is this the most that any club has played. Having played in all the divisions including 3rd North & 3rd South, National League and all the domestic trophies.
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January 31, 2025, 6:18am

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Grimsby have played 210 different teams in a competitive domestic match (League, FA cup, League Cup, FA Trophy, EFL Trophy & National league) during its history.
Got me thinking is this the most that any club has played. Having played in all the divisions including 3rd North & 3rd South, National League and all the domestic trophies.


Have you counted in the teams we played in the Football Alliance from season 1889/90 to 1891/92?

We played Sunderland Albion, Long Eaton Rangers and Birmingham St. George’s in those years who didn’t go on to play in the expanded Football League when we joined it for 1892/93 season.

We also had one season in old Midlands League after failing re-election at the end of 1909/10.
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Here’s the final league table for that season. A few different teams in there even after excluding reserve sides.



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January 31, 2025, 9:38am
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Impressed with your fact finding Golly.
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Quoted from The Yard Dog
Grimsby have played 210 different teams in a competitive domestic match (League, FA cup, League Cup, FA Trophy, EFL Trophy & National league) during its history.
Got me thinking is this the most that any club has played. Having played in all the divisions including 3rd North & 3rd South, National League and all the domestic trophies.


As others have indicated, it gets a bit messy, depending on what you call a "first class" game.  It all became a bit "really?" when we dropped into non-league but still counted National League games the same as League games.  Then we have other issues, such as the Wimbledon confusion.  Both AFC Wimbledon and MK Dons claim to be the successors of Wimbledon FC, Newton Heath became Man United, etc etc.  If we say one Wimbledon team is the successor to Wimbledon AFC, that clubs changing names are the same club, that teams such as Accrington Stanley are the same club as the Accrington Stanley that went out of business in the 1960s, (Nerwport County the same) then it ends up as a complete mess with lots of "If we count ....."  I'd suggest that it is a few more than 210.  But it's one of those stats that can be proved or disproved and argued over interminably.


Download a copy of Town records to your own computer to use as you wish from here:
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As others have indicated, it gets a bit messy, depending on what you call a "first class" game.  It all became a bit "really?" when we dropped into non-league but still counted National League games the same as League games.  Then we have other issues, such as the Wimbledon confusion.  Both AFC Wimbledon and MK Dons claim to be the successors of Wimbledon FC, Newton Heath became Man United, etc etc.  If we say one Wimbledon team is the successor to Wimbledon AFC, that clubs changing names are the same club, that teams such as Accrington Stanley are the same club as the Accrington Stanley that went out of business in the 1960s, (Nerwport County the same) then it ends up as a complete mess with lots of "If we count ....."  I'd suggest that it is a few more than 210.  But it's one of those stats that can be proved or disproved and argued over interminably.


I just counted up the teams listed in the Fishy database.
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Could you include friendlies - say abroad?
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I've seen every team in the league play at Blundell Park except for Man. Utd.
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I've seen every team in the league play at Blundell Park except for Man. Utd.


Liverpool?
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I have seen Town play 151 different teams in competitive matches......

1     ACCRINGTON STANLEY
2     AFC BOURNEMOUTH
3     AFC TELFORD UNITED
4     AFC WIMBELDON
5     ALDERSHOT
6     ALDERSHOT TOWN
7     ALFRETON TOWN
8     ALTRINCHAM
9     ARSENAL
10     ASTON VILLA
11     BARNET
12     BARNSLEY
13     BARROW
14     BARROW AFC
15     BATH CITY
16     BIRMINGHAM CITY
17     BLACKBURN ROVERS
18     BLACKPOOL
19     BOGNOR REGIS TOWN
20     BOLTON WANDERERS
21     BOREHAM WOOD
22     BOSTON UNITED
23     BRACFORD CITY
24     BRADFORD PARK AVENUE
25     BRAINTREE TOWN
26     BRENTFORD
27     BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION
28     BRISTOL CITY
29     BRISTOL ROVERS
30     BROMLEY
31     BROMSGROVE SPORTING
32     BURNLEY
33     BURTON ALBION
34     BURY
35     CAMBRIDGE UNITED
36     CARLISLE UNITED
37     CHARLTON ATHLETIC
38     CHELSEA
39     CHELTENHAM TOWN
40     CHESTER CITY
41     CHESTER FC
42     CHESTERFIELD
43     COALVILLE TOWN
44     COLCHESTER UNITED
45     COVENTRY CITY
46     CRAWLEY TOWN
47     CREWE ALEXANDRA
48     CRYSTAL PALACE
49     DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE
50     DARLINGTON
51     DARTFORD
52     DERBY COUNTY
53     DONCASTER ROVERS
54     DOVER ATHLETIC
55     EASTBOURNE BOROUGH
56     EASTLEIGH
57     EBBSFLEET UNITED
58     EXETER CITY
59     F.C. HALIFAX TOWN
60     FLEETWOOD TOWN
61     FOREST GREEN ROVERS
62     FULHAM
63     GATESHEAD
64     GILLINGHAM
65     GUISELEY
66     HALIFAX TOWN
67     HARROGATE TOWN
68     HARTLEPOOL UNITED
69     HAYES & YEADING UNITED
70     HEREFORD  
71     HEREFORD UNITED
72     HISTON
73     HUDDERSFIELD TOWN
74     HULL CITY
75     HYDE UNITED
76     IPSWICH TOWN
77     KETTERING TOWN
78     KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS
79     KING'S LYNN TOWN
80     LEEDS UNITED
81     LEICESTER CITY
82     LEYTON ORIENT
83     LINCOLN CITY
84     LIVERPOOL
85     LUTON TOWN
86     MACCLESFIELD TOWN
87     MAIDENHEAD UNITED
88     MANCHESTER CITY
89     MANSFIELD TOWN
90     MIDDLESBOROUGH
91     MILLWALL
92     MK DONS
93     MORECAMBE
94     NEWCASTLE UNITED
95     NEWPORT COUNTY
96     NORTHAMPTON TOWN
97     NORWICH CITY
98     NOTTINGHAM FOREST
99     NOTTS COUNTY
100     NUNEATON TOWN
101     OLDHAM ATHLETIC
102     OXFORD UNITED
103     PETERBOROUGH UNITED
104     PLYMOUTH ARGYLE
105     PORT VALE
106     PORTSMOUTH
107     PRESTON NORTH END
108     QUEENS PARK RANGERS
109     READING
110     ROCHDALE
111     ROTHERHAM UNITED
112     RUSHDEN & DIAMONDS
113     SALFORD CITY
114     SALISBURY CITY
115     SALISBURY TOWN
116     SCARBOROUGH
117     SCUNTHORPE UNITED
118     SHEFFIELD UNITED
119     SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
120     SHREWSBURY TOWN
121     SOLIHULL MOORS
122     SOUTHAMPTON
123     SOUTHEND UNITED
124     SOUTHPORT
125     STEVENAGE
126     STOCKPORT COUNTY
127     STOKE CITY
128     SUNDERLAND
129     SUTTON UNITED
130     SWANSEA CITY  (TOWN)
131     SWINDON TOWN
132     TAMWORTH
133     TORQUAY UNITED
134     TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
135     TRANMERE ROVERS
136     WALSALL
137     WATFORD
138     WEALDSTONE
139     WELLING UNITED
140     WEST BROMWICH ALBION
141     WEST HAM UNITED
142     WEYMOUTH
143     WIGAN ATHLETIC
144     WIMBLEDON
145     WOKING
146     WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
147     WORKINGTON TOWN
148     WREXHAM
149     WYCOMBE WANDERERS
150     YEOVIL TOWN
151     YORK CITY


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