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HertsGTFC
April 10, 2015, 9:29pm

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I am a GTFC fan because,

1. My home town club (born Nunny 1967)
2. BP since my first game in 1977 has given  me more pleasure than pain..........Just!
3. Re the above loads of cup ties beating big teams home and away, Kevin Drinkall hat trick last day of the season v Sheff U when e won the 3rd Division, Promotions under Buckley and Wembley 98 x 2
3 There are a lot like me..........and some great support and humour especially when we go away.
4..A current squad of players that really appreciate the fans and are happy to engage with them
5. Despite real challenges the club/fans try and do things to keep fans coming, sticker book, video, inflatables, wigs  
6. Might Mariner.....Will Mini ever come back?
7. The best song in football.........always a barrel of Tetley's for me.
8. Radio Humberside hate us
9.Yorkshire TV and Look North Likewise
10. And we are not Scunthorpe!
  
    


"Crombie you would have got to that if you weren't such a fat ba%$@rd" - George Kerr, inspiration from the dug out 70s style  
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April 10, 2015, 9:29pm
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Born London and arrived in Grimsby aged 4. There was a youth project when I was about 7 and my brother won best attendance and got a season ticket for the main stand. Went with him and been going ever since. Season ticket holder until 14 and then my football took over. Attend as much as I can now. Still not better feeling in the world watching town win though!
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April 10, 2015, 9:35pm
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All my dad's family and most of my mother's are from Grimsby although they both grew up in Mablethorpe. Dad supported them, took me in 1999 when I was 8 and I've been hooked ever since.


Looking forward to a brighter future now Fenty has gone.
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April 10, 2015, 9:51pm
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Born in Nunny
Dad took me when I was 5 at the front of the Barretts stand
Doesn't everyone support the club where they where born?
Not interested in any other team
Come on Town!!
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April 10, 2015, 9:55pm

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Born in Grimsby and lived here for 22 years (bar a brief one-year hiatus in Nottingham). Went to my first match with my old man which was the 6-5 against Burnley when I was 9. Set the tone for what has been an emotional rollercoaster following the club.
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April 10, 2015, 10:03pm
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Born in Cleethorpes, brought up in Waltham. Went to my first game in 1965.
Left the area for 20 years but returned & there's  has only ever been one club for me.

I have seen lot of football but there is only one I have supported.
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April 10, 2015, 10:21pm

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After moving to Grimsby from Peterborough in 2008, I didn't know anyone nor my way round the town. I was born in Grimsby (1988 ), moved away in 99 aged 11 and didn't really bother with football, was a so called Liverpool fan, but never watched many games. I played football and was really good up until an accident that caused a serious injury screwed that up.

When I left college in Peterborough, I started work in a big retail supermarket. Whilst working there I came across Peterborough united fans and they use to give me a bit of stick for being from Grimsby. My dad and older brother have always been town fans (though hardly go any more) and it started to interest me. I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. So in 2008 aged 20 when I moved back here (Grimsby) I started going to town games. My first game was 10th October V Wycombe at Blundell park, went with my dad, younger and older brother. Stood left side of the pontoon (where I stand to this day, seven seasons later) and loved it, been going ever since.

I didn't know many people in Grimsby at the time either, and through going to town games home and away (though not been to an away game this season, due to being unemployed off and on) I've met some great fans / people of all ages. Fans like Matty Dawson and Knobby who are sadly no longer with us. I've even met some decent fans of other clubs.

I've only followed town for 7 seasons, but it feels as if I've always followed them. I am certainly proud to be able to call myself a town fan. Being a town fan knowing so many other fellow town fans, makes me feel as if I'm a part of a great community. I don't see us as just fans, but a community of people who have something in common that we are all passionate about, something we talk about so often. It's a community that I am proud to be a part of.

Football is our religion, and Blundell park is our church.  


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Maringer
April 10, 2015, 10:25pm
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Born in Croft Baker (as was my Dad) and I've lived in Clee for most of my life.

My Dad went as a boy with his Dad and Uncles and we're carrying on the tradition with my young nephew though he only goes to a few matches a year at the moment.

I'm told that one of my ancestors (Great Great Great Grandfather, perhaps?) was one of those who was involved in forming the club. No idea if there is any truth in that tale, however!
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April 10, 2015, 10:35pm
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I was prescribed them after a particularly bad dose of the Farmer Giles.


No attempt at ethical or social seduction can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred of the Tory party. So far as I'm concerned they're lower than vermin. Aneurin Bevan.
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April 10, 2015, 10:49pm
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Born in Grimsby (Nunsthorpe 1966 ) went to my first game at the age of 10, still love it as much now as I did back then.
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