Location

Please excuse my probable ignorance, but all this talk in this forum about Grimsbys location and the inability of getting the players we want because of it, really confuses me.
Can someone please clear the following up for me?

Looking at a map of England, it seems to me that Hull isn`t very far from Grimsby. I have never travelled in that direction when I have been to England, so it is possibly much farther away than I think?
(I have travelled from Manchester to Grimsby, so I know that distance by train. When I came to Scunthorpe, it didn`t seem very far from Grimsby, and looking at the map it seems about the same distance away as Hull is from Grimsby. Now even if I closed my eyes in Scunthorpe, to avoid nightmares looking at all that terrible filth, madness and poverty, I don`t think i dozed off - so my recollection should be correct.)

Why is Hull a better location for attracting players as it seems to me that it`s about the same geographical distance away from everything as Grimsby? (Again, correct me if I`m wrong about Hulls location).

Is the location of Hull the reason why they always fall out of the Premier League? That would explain a lot.

Please help.

Yours, as always,

Geir

Nice to hear from you again, Geir. I think the reason Hull were attracting players was more to do with so much Premiership money rather than any geographical location. The players who went there had different reasons for going. Some wanted a last pay day like Ray Parlour or Jimmy Bullard while others used the club to put themselves in the shop window.

So no different to Grimsby then

Surely places like Hartlepool maybe even Carlisle are no better a location, or do they have to pay more to get players to go there.

Quoted from Cloudy

So no different to Grimsby then

Apart from the premiership money, no!

Players based in the Midlands, Nottingham for example, might be prepared for a 30 or even 45 minute commute to Mansfield or even Lincoln but not a 90-100 minute commute to Grimsby and they are unlikely to move their family for a one or even two year deal if they can get similar money within a shorter travel distance and their family is already settled.

Maybe the bad publicity the town has had i.e. benefits etc.

Someone once likened ourselves and barrow as football relatives. We are isolated on a perninsula where the nearest 'well to do' place is over an hours drive away (I think it was Nottingham) therefore finding it difficult to attract players. Only two roads can take you in and out, therefore leaving us with a sense of isolation

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

Someone once likened ourselves and barrow as football relatives. We are isolated on a perninsula where the nearest 'well to do' place is over an hours drive away (I think it was Nottingham) therefore finding it difficult to attract players. Only two roads can take you in and out, therefore leaving us with a sense of isolation

Louth is only 13 minutes !!

Strangely, a lot of players who have donned the stripes have settled here, so it's probably down to perception of the town. We are at the end of the line and GY is not somewhere you just pass through.

I'm sure there are players that turn down other clubs for reasons of location and several other reasons. Nobody ever quotes the players that say they jumped at the chance to play for us, or that it was a "no brainer" to come here once the interest was known.

Spending 6 years in non league didn't help and i think it will take time to build things back up again. A promotion or two will certainly help in player recruitment, as it has Scunny, which isn't exactly a cosmopolitan town by any stretch. We've had a season back to get our feet under the table and after the turmoil of last season, we now have an experienced management duo in place and hopefully, we can build on last year. If we win a few games and rise toward the top of the table, all this talk will soon be forgotten, as is the way of it in football.

Thinking about some of the great teams and managers we have had in the past, none of us knew who the successful ones would be when they came in; either managers or players.