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moosey_club
May 8, 2017, 4:30pm
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Quoted from GrimRob
Anyone notice Man Utd are missing from the Division 1 table for 1934-35? #tinpot


They pulled out of the League that season to concentrate on the cup  


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Best part of 700,000 people live in the Swansea Bay area (which admittedly extends to the end of Pembrokeshire!). The more immediate region is around 400k, I believe, so we can't get near to competing with their catchment and we'll never be able to attract the same sorts of crowds, especially as football is now becoming more popular there instead of the traditional rugby. Same goes for Hull. And Bournemouth, for that matter - Population of Bournemouth and its immediate neighbours combined is much higher than that of NE Lincs.


The immediate area is more like 250k I've not met many down here who travel from as far as Carmarthen to watch the Swans and areas towards Neath and Port Talbot also have a lot of Blues fans + the catchment is still fairly split with the rugby as the Ospreys get 10k a game.

Given that the swans did it without a rich benefactor it shows it's possible for other clubs of simular size.
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In Hull, a surfer is something you sit on.


I was listening to that Gwillam Lloyd and thought he was appealing for pot plants from people who'd been to the Ker Cer, because he said 'if you went to the match give us a fern and tell us yer thurts'.


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My dad was lucky enough to watch Town in the 30's,

I doubt I will ever see us in the top flight,

BUT

You never know.


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Doubt we will reach the top flight but wasn't there something saying the new stadiums capacity can be increased to 20,000 if needed ?


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Yes it can be increased.

Town don't have any local big clubs, (I don't count dull city) to compete with, unlike say Burnley.

Our catchment area is about 170000 so I reckon  we could sell out a 20000 seater stadium in the top flight. I'm  sure the glory hunters from scunny, Brigg, Lincoln Skeggy etc would make the relatively short trip if top flight football was on offer.
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Quoted from ginnywings
In Hull, a surfer is something you sit on.


So a homeless person in Hull relying on friends is a surfer surfer?


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So a homeless person in Hull relying on friends is a surfer surfer?



but if he is looking for a place of his own but as yet is unsuccesful then... surfar he is a surfer surfer


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There is some footage of Derby v Town from Oct 1934 on the BFI National Archive site. Cut and paste this link and, hopefully, it will take you there.

http://search.bfi.org.uk/search-bfi/Grimsby%20Town
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Quoted from moosey_club


but if he is looking for a place of his own but as yet is unsuccesful then... surfar he is a surfer surfer


And if the friends he stays with are not criminals and have locks on their doors he'll be a surfer surfer surfer.  


The wife was going away for a girly weekend.
I jokingly remarked  'I don't know whether to spend it watching porn or watching football'
'you may as well spend it watching porn' she replied
That's understanding darling what makes you say that? I asked

She said 'Well you already know how to play football'  
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