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biggles9999
August 5, 2017, 1:43pm
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You've seen the rumours, well here's the full details.

I am delighted to announce that the Internet Mariners fans team will be playing against Donny R'sonists on August 29th in a 7:15pm kick off at the Linden Club. Our overall aim is to have more fans at our game then there are at Blundell Park, but we also wanted to support some fantastic local charities and all proceeds will be split between the 3 organisations below:

Grimsby Town Disabled Supporters Club

Inspire TCI - http://www.supportinglocalchampions.co.uk/

Bluebell Wood Childrens Hospice Doncaster - http://www.bluebellwood.org/


Tickets for the game are priced at £5 for adults and £2 for concessions, with all money payable on the gate. Although you can download tickets or find more information at: https://internet-mariners.yapsody.com/

Alternatively if you would like to donate, but not attend the game, then please visit: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/checkatrade-boycott

We want this game to be a huge success for us as fans but also in raising our message. So any additional support be it raising the publicity of the event, donating money or even your time to volunteer on the night is greatly appreciated!

Come down, enjoy the game and the atmosphere and lets do something huge
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Great idea.hope the event goes well.




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Great work Biggles and the other Internet Mariners and Donny R'sonists.

Gonna try to make it (subject to getting time off from work). If I can't I'll donate.

This deserves a lot of publicity. Anyone been able to share info with journalists? Maybe that bloke who works for the Daily Heil Mail can give it a platform.


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Great idea. I will be there but if for some unknown reason i can't make it, will still chuck a fiver in. Great idea to download tickets too. Well done to all concerned and let's show Harvey we mean business.
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Would be great if Town fans can really get behind this game, and more importantly support the reasons for staging the game. It is a protest against what in essence, is wrong about modern day football. The elite are trying to get a hold of the lower divisions, they are trying to gain control over Grimsby Town.

Make no mistake, they are testing the water for the B team plan, they are trying to get people to accept an under 23 team, they will fail if we all pull together. Our own club has grabbed ££££ and completely ignored the will of the fans. It's down to us now.

Get to the protest game, support your supporters. UTM!
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I would appeal to every single football fan (apart from the plastic prem fans) to support this match.
If we could get a higher attendance than BP it would surely make the national press.
My only concern is the admission fee. I'll be there with son, but it may put some folk off.
If those that would have attended BP if it was the normal format attend, it will be a complete success.
So make the effort. Our away support is acknowledged throughout this division. Let's get the home support some recognition too. UTIM 😄


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Quoted from Civvy at last
I would appeal to every single football fan (apart from the plastic prem fans) to support this match.
If we could get a higher attendance than BP it would surely make the national press.
My only concern is the admission fee. I'll be there with son, but it may put some folk off.
If those that would have attended BP if it was the normal format attend, it will be a complete success.
So make the effort. Our away support is acknowledged throughout this division. Let's get the home support some recognition too. UTIM 😄


We had a lot of debate about the costs for this, whether to keep it as pay what you want etc, but there are also going to be some costs that we need to cover at the same time. Our thoughts were that if we raise a big total for charity at the same time then it is likely to get even more attention - it also demonstrates that we arent just staying away from BP because of the cost, we are staying away on principal.

I hope that the money doesn't put people off too much because as you say we are aiming for a bigger crowd than that which is at Blundell Park, although of course understand that some wont want to pay. I can't claim that £5 is cheap for the standard of football on show....but I can promise that at the very least you will get a good laugh from it!

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What is the capacity
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August 6, 2017, 7:52am
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I couldn't tell you 100% Gaz,

There's no seating etc so it's standing room only around the edge of the pitch, but it should be more than enough for us to beat the BP attendance.
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I couldn't tell you 100% Gaz,

There's no seating etc so it's standing room only around the edge of the pitch, but it should be more than enough for us to beat the BP attendance.


Why don't you ask John fenty to swop venues for the night
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Reckon we could sticky this til the night? Also spread the word on all social media sites!
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Hope I can get there but will donate my admission fee if not. Hope it gets some national exposure too.
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Could we all perhaps meet up at Blundell Park carpark at 6pm with some banners and flags ect and march from there to the Linden Club?

Bit of a push on social media and I think this could well be very popular with fans across the whole country and not just GTFC and Donny fans.
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August 6, 2017, 8:06pm
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Just giving this a bump folks.

If everyone can either retweet our thread from @InternetMariner or search for Internet Mariners on Facebook and share our post we can hit tens of thousands of people.

We've already hit £100 mark in the very early days.
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Quoted from biggles9999
Just giving this a bump folks.

If everyone can either retweet our thread from @InternetMariner or search for Internet Mariners on Facebook and share our post we can hit tens of thousands of people.

We've already hit £100 mark in the very early days.


Ian...  Have you contacted Matt Dean on this? get the local news on to it and this will soon spread
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Great idea. I will be there.

Well done for doing something. Too many moan and take no action. This is a fantastic response.


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I've had a few people in social media saying they'd never do it because it's taking money away form the club, if you're worried about that go and spend some money in the club shop next time you're at BP which you'd have spent going to this joke of a competition UTM
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Quoted from lukeo
I've had a few people in social media saying they'd never do it because it's taking money away form the club, if you're worried about that go and spend some money in the club shop next time you're at BP which you'd have spent going to this joke of a competition UTM


People should have zero sympathy as the club have completely ignored fans.
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I've had a few people in social media saying they'd never do it because it's taking money away form the club, if you're worried about that go and spend some money in the club shop next time you're at BP which you'd have spent going to this joke of a competition UTM


Which is exactly what I did last season.  This was when I gave JF the benefit of the doubt as it was all done (or so we were told) at short notice.

JF has clearly stuck two fingers up to the fans this year.  He reckons the competition still made money last year (30 pieces of silver I would think), so I have no qualms about giving my money this time to a well deserved cause and at the same time making a point.  Some people of course will have the view about it being disloyal.
I won't give them grief about them going to BP. So don't give a fat rats mammary what they think of me going to the supporters game.
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I've had a few people in social media saying they'd never do it because it's taking money away form the club, if you're worried about that go and spend some money in the club shop next time you're at BP which you'd have spent going to this joke of a competition UTM


Good point


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Ian...  Have you contacted Matt Dean on this? get the local news on to it and this will soon spread


TBH Matt Dean is one person I havent hit yet.

Trying to get in contact with a variety of local and national sources however to get the word out. I'm expecting that as soon as one source hits it, then others will soon follow......hopefully anyway.

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Would it perhaps be a good idea to run a ticket count type thing?  I'll bet there  - could comfortably get more than BP. Be really good if we could get some Donny fans on board too ?


Sleep well Icey, Matty and Richard. Keep each other company up there xx

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Hi Brad

There is a ticket count on the website so we know how many have been sold.

That's why we are asking people to get a ticket online before paying on the gate.

Bit of a pain, but without it we don't know how many are coming and to take payments online would've cost us around 2-3% of all takings
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Quoted from lukeo
I've had a few people in social media saying they'd never do it because it's taking money away form the club, if you're worried about that go and spend some money in the club shop next time you're at BP which you'd have spent going to this joke of a competition UTM


Clubs weren't making any money on this competition anyway, as it was dying on it's ar$e and fans were staying away. It's the reason cited for trying to revive it with this new format, though i think that's crap myself and Harvey saw an opportunity to throw a bit of money at lower league clubs to lure them in. I have no qualms about boycotting this competition as i think it will eventually bite the smaller clubs on the ar$e, for the benefit of the bigger clubs, who want to rule over everything.
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Clubs weren't making any money on this competition anyway, as it was dying on it's ar$e and fans were staying away. It's the reason cited for trying to revive it with this new format, though i think that's crap myself and Harvey saw an opportunity to throw a bit of money at lower league clubs to lure them in. I have no qualms about boycotting this competition as i think it will eventually bite the smaller clubs on the ar$e, for the benefit of the bigger clubs, who want to rule over everything.


Funny you should say that. I'm reading Lord of the Rings at the moment.


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Hi folks

unfortunately there is some building work taking place at the Linden Club which would mean that we are unable to use the facilities on the 29th August.

However, we have moved this to take place at Lucarly's, still in a 7:15pm kick off on the 29th August. Of course we apologise if this causes anyone any inconvenience, but we are very grateful to Lucarly's for stepping in to support us at such short notice.

It does mean that we are able to facilitate foods sales including a BBQ, weather permitting, so all of your food and drink needs will be covered.
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Both good venues. Looking forward to it.


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Hello all,

Just an update on our match with a fortnight to go. It will be hosted at Lucarly's KO 7:15. Thanks to some fantastic work from the guys involved and some overwhelming generosity from Lucarly's and others we no longer have as many overheads to cover which means the game will now be "Pay what you like"

If you wish to attend could you please "purchase" a FREE ticket from the website. [url]https://internet-mariners.yapsody.com/[/url]

It's vital we get an attendance figure so we can hopefully beat the one from BP that night.

We will have donation buckets at the match or you can donate from the same website.

We'll be on Radio Humberside tomorrow morning at 8:20 to talk in more detail about it all if you'd like to tune in.

Any questions we'll be happy to answer them.


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Can i bring my dog? If so i will 'buy' him a ticket too
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Excellent news.
Let's hope there is plenty of media coverage.
I will be encouraging everyone I can to attend.

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Will I be able to bring my flask?


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Can we plsy it at thr coach house.  They could live stream the checkatrade game, best of both worlds .....everyone's a winner.


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As an update tickets can be purchased from:

https://internet-mariners.yapsody.com/

and donations can be made at:

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/checkourtirade

As above tickets will be available on the night along with buckets etc for donations to be collected
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Wonder what police "intelligence" make of all this?

Great idea, and I can't make it but will make a donation.


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Can i bring my dog? If so i will 'buy' him a ticket too


No problem


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Will I be able to bring my flask?


Over my cold dead body.


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Ticket obtained, donation made
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Over my cold dead body.


Nice try but you still need to make a donation  
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No way would I ever boycott a Grimsby Town game
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I take it you won't be putting a coach on then?
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I take it you won't be putting a coach on then?
Maybe if we reach the final

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Looking at the attendances tonight I would say there 25% of a normal league game, which is probably comparable to what the previous cup competition was in the 1st round.
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Over my cold dead body.


hehehe
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Can i bring my dog? If so i will 'buy' him a ticket too


Just what I was thinking, if the wife wants to go.
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Quoted from Richard Cranium
No way would I ever boycott a Grimsby Town game


Thats fine, each to their own and we aren't looking to take anybody away who wishes to attend.

Indeed we would actively encourage anybody coming to our game to also visit the club shop and purchase items to the value of the ticket price. This will still support the club whilst making our point about the competition.


Just to note for those talking about attendances, I cant comment on last night but based on this article from last season....https://www.theguardian.com/fo.....e-bteamboycott-bites

The average attendance went from 1871 to 1462 on average, so around a 22% drop.

It is difficult to compare for Grimsby, but as an example in 07/08 when we played Huddersfield at home in the first round we had an attendance of 1204, against a season average of 4115 so around 30% of our attendance average game to the JPT Game.

Last year we had 609 + 597 for the 2 games against a season average of 5259 - so around 11% of the average attendance for the season. It is also a 50% drop on our previous involvements in the competition.

Clearly a lot of fans feel the same way, particularly in Grimsby.
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Thats fine, each to their own and we aren't looking to take anybody away who wishes to attend.

Indeed we would actively encourage anybody coming to our game to also visit the club shop and purchase items to the value of the ticket price. This will still support the club whilst making our point about the competition. [b][/b]


Just to note for those talking about attendances, I cant comment on last night but based on this article from last season....https://www.theguardian.com/fo.....e-bteamboycott-bites

The average attendance went from 1871 to 1462 on average, so around a 22% drop.

It is difficult to compare for Grimsby, but as an example in 07/08 when we played Huddersfield at home in the first round we had an attendance of 1204, against a season average of 4115 so around 30% of our attendance average game to the JPT Game.

Last year we had 609 + 597 for the 2 games against a season average of 5259 - so around 11% of the average attendance for the season. It is also a 50% drop on our previous involvements in the competition.

Clearly a lot of fans feel the same way, particularly in Grimsby.


Why? those in charge at the club voted for the current format. They should pick up any shortfall because of it. I would have gone to all the home trophy games and spent a fair whack in the club shop this season, but my spending stops at a season ticket now. The vast majority of fans have been completely ignored. It was time for the club to support the fans and those in charge have let us down.

A tournament with regionalised groups without B teams would have been a massive winner.
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Some disappointing attendances last night although when you look at how desperate clubs have been to attract fans it's not surprising. Plymouth offered £8 per adult and kids free so overall takings would have been well down. Makes my blood boil that for some kids this farce will be their first experience of attending a football match. I'm immensely proud that our fans are leading the way in standing up for the future of lower league football.
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Why? those in charge at the club voted for the current format. They should pick up any shortfall because of it. I would have gone to all the home trophy games and spent a fair whack in the club shop this season, but my spending stops at a season ticket now. The vast majority of fans have been completely ignored. It was time for the club to support the fans and those in charge have let us down.

A tournament with regionalised groups without B teams would have been a massive winner.


Again, each to their own.

From my perspective a lot of people are saying to me that they dont want the club to be affected financially, but wish to make their point to the club. I personally am in the same boat, I will go along and purchase something but wouldn't buy a ticket/attend the game.
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It is of course up to individual choice whether they attend the game or not.

I will not attend any games in this trophy whether we get to Wembley or not.

I am not THAT concerned about the inclusion of B teams into the league structure but my principles say to me that the game i have followed for nearly 60 years is disappearing too fast.

Owners, major shareholders, chairmen or whoever inject, in some cases, a lot of their own money into clubs but even they know that deep down their clubs only exist because of the supporters. The people that pay money week in week out to follow their clubs.

This Under 21/23 thingy is about one thing, money. The owners showed they can be bought off by the big boys who have no interest in lower league football. What angers me is that many clubs asked for their fans views on the competition but then ignored them.

If fans allow this to continue then i really do fear for lower league clubs such as ours. We might survive but I would hate to have contributed to the demise of others be it Morecambe, Swindon or Yeovil.

The divide between the have's and the have nots is wider than ever and continues to grow. For me it is time to split, let the Premiership disappear up its own bottom because it has no value to the likes of GTFC. The trouble is so many clubs aspire to be like them and because of that will blindly toe the line and dance to their tune. The trouble is by doing so they are turning their backs on the very people that keep them going. A hundred thousand pounds from the Prem league is nothing when set against the income provided by fans who stand by their clubs.

Enough is enough and it is time for people who believe a lot of the above to make stand for the long term survival of lower league football.

Despite this I appreciate that some see it differently
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TBH Matt Dean is one person I havent hit yet.

Trying to get in contact with a variety of local and national sources however to get the word out. I'm expecting that as soon as one source hits it, then others will soon follow......hopefully anyway.



Have you tried Jeff Stelling at sky, that local comedian who presents soccer AM, talksport etc.

Nigel Lowther at the Cleethorpes Chronicle, don't charge him for a interview

Got any photographers for the game?

Would be great to get fans form over attending, that would be a real headline story.
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Does anybody have any figures for last night's attendance? Hopefully attendances were low.
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last nights attendances , with previous weeks home league attendance in brackets as comparison

LUTON 2699 (8101)
ROTHERHAM 2562 (8004)
NOTTS COUNTY 1409 (7021)
SWINDON 2082 (7795)
PLYMOUTH 3962 (11,17
CHELTENHAM 801 (2834)

well done Cheltenham
Interesting that they have tried to make the opening games the most attractive ties possible
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[url=http://www.fsf.org.uk/blog/view/checkatrade-trophy-boycott-mariners-host-alternative-match]http://www.fsf.org.uk/blog/view/checkatrade-trophy-boycott-mariners-host-alternative-match[/url]
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Some of the Justgiving links seem to be broken. The one on the FSF's article is....and I think I saw another one yesterday...possibly on Cod Almighty.
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Some of the Justgiving links seem to be broken. The one on the FSF's article is....and I think I saw another one yesterday...possibly on Cod Almighty.


Yeah were working our way through getting the link changes - weve contacted the above to get them changed too.

The correct version is:

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/checkourtirade
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Quoted from forza ivano
last nights attendances , with previous weeks home league attendance in brackets as comparison

LUTON 2699 (8101)
ROTHERHAM 2562 (8004)
NOTTS COUNTY 1409 (7021)
SWINDON 2082 (7795)
PLYMOUTH 3962 (11,17
CHELTENHAM 801 (2834)

well done Cheltenham
Interesting that they have tried to make the opening games the most attractive ties possible


The figures being down from the previous league game is obvious really, it'd be interesting to see how it compares with last year.


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Is it right that the game has been moved again because Lucarlys were worried about a backlash from the club?
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Is it right that the game has been moved again because Lucarlys were worried about a backlash from the club?


Afraid so and it's not the only one to do so. We made a lot of concessions for Lucarlys so they were comfortable with the arrangement too, the club were contacted to give them reassurance that a backlash wouldn't be the case. The name was changed to avoid the use of the word boycott at behest of the club. We also promoted it as a match against the competition rather than the club for going forward with it again after ignoring fans and the Trust on our words and actions from last season. Personally I'm pretty annoyed by the whole thing but to reiterate the club have not actively sort to quash the game rather the places we approached or agreed to host the game were worried about it being used against them in the future by the club.

But we have found a new place! Third times a charm and all that. St Christophers. We will give you more details as they come.

Stay tuned for the next probable announcement when it's changed to Ploggers or we go 90's rave style where you all have to go to a designated phone booth to find out the location 24 hours beforehand most probably a field off the A18.


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And people thought it would be easy to organize a so called boycott match and they are playing it in a church hall now
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Why are we boycotting the Checkatrade again? Other club's fans have got bored and can't be arsed now. Do we still think that the Premier League are going to takeover the world?
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Afraid so and it's not the only one to do so. We made a lot of concessions for Lucarlys so they were comfortable with the arrangement too, the club were contacted to give them reassurance that a backlash wouldn't be the case. The name was changed to avoid the use of the word boycott at behest of the club. We also promoted it as a match against the competition rather than the club for going forward with it again after ignoring fans and the Trust on our words and actions from last season. Personally I'm pretty annoyed by the whole thing but to reiterate the club have not actively sort to quash the game rather the places we approached or agreed to host the game were worried about it being used against them in the future by the club.

But we have found a new place! Third times a charm and all that. St Christophers. We will give you more details as they come.

Stay tuned for the next probable announcement when it's changed to Ploggers or we go 90's rave style where you all have to go to a designated phone booth to find out the location 24 hours beforehand most probably a field off the A18.


Well thats a shame, at least the other places had facilities for spectators St Christophers hardly has facilities for the players !!  

Which without may effect casual protestors from attending. Hope you get a good turnout, if i am back from work in time i will do my utmost to get there.









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We are looking to put some facilities in place at St Christopher's that will cover the things we are losing out on, including alcohol etc

More details will be out in due course.

Obviously we are frustrated because all 3 of the venues that would've been ideal are unavailable for a variety of reasons. But if people were only coming because of he facilities then we haven't hit the point well enough.

This is to boycott the competition and raise awareness. As far as I and the team are concerned, we'd play on the beach at low tide if it got the message across.
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It's a shame they feel the club might take revenge at some point. Thought it was a bit oddthat the Linden Club found out it had some building work going on. A cynic would see a mysterious hand at work in the background.

My concern is that the strategy is to force the fans game into playing on a potato field and the 'authorities' ban it because they deem it unsafe for 100s of people turning up.

intercourse it now. Even if I can only get a few hours off in the afternoon, I'm definitely coming.


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I will defend the Linden Club.

They did contact me very quickly to apologise for their mistake and the poor communication on their part. They've also made some generous offers to continue supporting us, albeit they aren't able to host.  

This is because of building works they have to get their facilities upto scratch for Clee Town.
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It's a shame they feel the club might take revenge at some point. Thought it was a bit oddthat the Linden Club found out it had some building work going on. A cynic would see a mysterious hand at work in the background.

My concern is that the strategy is to force the fans game into playing on a potato field and the 'authorities' ban it because they deem it unsafe for 100s of people turning up.

intercourse it now. Even if I can only get a few hours off in the afternoon, I'm definitely coming.


GY Borough and Cleethorpes Town i can sort of see why they may feel this could threaten their relationship with the club after all they have the friendlies each season now that raises funds to help their clubs with games at their pitches...Lucarlys though...??
I cant imagine what Lucarly's stand to lose out of this to even feel threatened/wary.......do the club regularly hire out Lucarly's for functions ? Hire the pitch for training ? Use it as a conference facility ? Does JF use it as a drinking hole ?  What repercussions could there be ?
If anything Lucarlys and McMenemies are both function facilities fighting for business in the same pond arent they ?


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Sorry meant to add (typing on my phone and it doesn't let me edit!)

We'd love to see you there though, show the other facilities and the club what they're missing out on!
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And people thought it would be easy to organize a so called boycott match and they are playing it in a church hall now


We were under no illusions that it would be easy, but we wanted to turn something that is generally considered to be a negative (boycott, protest, whatever phrase you use) and turn it into a positive for our local community.

I'm not going to sit here and lecture people on why they should or shouldn't attend. That's everyone's personal decision.

Since everyone would've been sat at home twiddling their thumbs we thought it would be the best way to not only support some charities close to ourselves, but also to raise awareness of our thoughts on the competition.

You may not agree with what we are doing, but please do not denigrate either myself or anyone organising the event. We knew it wouldn't be easy but we did it anyway because we thought it right.

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Has anybody thought King George? Or Bradley? Sorry I've joined this thread late.
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maybe we should try and switch the games so the game that matters is at BP and the other is at linden club, more support would want to watch the game that counts, i wont be able to go but will still donate to worth while cause

"edit" sorry missed other threads, send the mariners to PP to play
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GY Borough and Cleethorpes Town i can sort of see why they may feel this could threaten their relationship with the club after all they have the friendlies each season now that raises funds to help their clubs with games at their pitches...Lucarlys though...??
I cant imagine what Lucarly's stand to lose out of this to even feel threatened/wary.......do the club regularly hire out Lucarly's for functions ? Hire the pitch for training ? Use it as a conference facility ? Does JF use it as a drinking hole ?  What repercussions could there be ?
If anything Lucarlys and McMenemies are both function facilities fighting for business in the same pond arent they ?


Grimsby Borough are now running Lucarly's I believe.


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Well, I for one think this is a great initiative and I hope to be there to enjoy it.

We, as football fans, have been let down by those who are supposed to be in charge of the sport we love. The PL is on a quest for world domination and as part of that it's now affecting a competition that has - or should have - nothing to do with them.

Football is for the fans. Clubs are - or should be - run by fans. We are the lifeblood. If we're suddenly taken out of the equation on votes like this Checkatrade charade then that's the sign of a club that's lost perspective of what truly matters to it.

I'm massively disappointed that our board voted in favour of elite under-23 teams joining the Checkatrade. I have no intention of watching any match in this competition and would rather watch a football match that's all about the fans.

Hopefully enough people agree, and enough people come along to watch the fans' match to make other clubs sit up and take note - or, even better, other clubs' fans see what we're doing and start to organise their own fans' match on the same night as their Checkatrade matches.


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Excellent Cod Almighty piece today:

http://www.codalmighty.com/site/ca.php?article=6392
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A section of a piece written on Cod Almighty below that sums up perfectly my feelings re how our club is being run and echoes my concerns for the future. When an incumbent has been in a position for a long time, they begin to think that the organisation they serve and they themselves are one and the same. Something needs addressing as I've never felt so detached from how I feel the club should be run..


"What the boycott match was not about was John Fenty or Grimsby Town. That was unless (as the facts we have presented might suggest) Fenty, and perhaps others at the club, have started using their position to bully community organisations into turning away business.

Fenty has taken to branding his plans to move the club to Peaks Parkway as a "community stadium". What kind of community does he really want to be a part of if one week he is telling a locally owned newspaper it must pay to speak to Russell Slade, and the next he is letting local sports clubs believe they need his permission before they decide to host a charity match? When Fenty talks about "community", I can't help but imagine him in a 17th-century wig, a latter-day Louis XIV, saying: "Les Mariners? C'est moi."

There is no sustainable community model that is based on one person having such power that he can dictate to all others. And there is no future for Grimsby Town if it allows its majority shareowner to treat his personal views and interests as being identical with the club.

For that reason, every Town fan has an important choice to make on 29 August. Missing a Grimsby Town match is a wrench – support is what supporters do – but understand that if you go along to the Checkatrade Trophy match you are supporting those who want to mould the Football League for the convenience of Premier League clubs with more players than they know what to do with. And now, until someone puts an alternative construction on the facts presented above, you will also be complicit in the cowing of grassroots sport."
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"What the boycott match was not about was John Fenty or Grimsby Town. That was unless (as the facts we have presented might suggest) Fenty, and perhaps others at the club, have started using their position to bully community organisations into turning away business.

Fenty has taken to branding his plans to move the club to Peaks Parkway as a "community stadium". What kind of community does he really want to be a part of if one week he is telling a locally owned newspaper it must pay to speak to Russell Slade, and the next he is letting local sports clubs believe they need his permission before they decide to host a charity match? When Fenty talks about "community", I can't help but imagine him in a 17th-century wig, a latter-day Louis XIV, saying: "Les Mariners? C'est moi."

There is no sustainable community model that is based on one person having such power that he can dictate to all others. And there is no future for Grimsby Town if it allows its majority shareowner to treat his personal views and interests as being identical with the club.

For that reason, every Town fan has an important choice to make on 29 August. Missing a Grimsby Town match is a wrench – support is what supporters do – but understand that if you go along to the Checkatrade Trophy match you are supporting those who want to mould the Football League for the convenience of Premier League clubs with more players than they know what to do with. And now, until someone puts an alternative construction on the facts presented above, you will also be complicit in the cowing of grassroots sport."


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With this current news I will no longer be putting my hard earned money into jf's pocket .... I'm out .... if this is true it is disgusting dictatorial behaviour imo


]Remember its just my opinion  ..... It might not be true ............
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August 17, 2017, 8:08pm
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I kind of have to agree with fleabag... I really hope Fenty hasn't stuck his nose in as it seems, always supported him and everyone at Gtfc but this is not good.
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http://imgur.com/a/xE71n


Entirely coincidental


We do the DN35 Podcast
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Oh, that is a coincidence. I hope it is because otherwise it might be seen as an anti-competitive practice.


Through the door there came familiar laughter,
I saw your face and heard you call my name.
Oh my friend we're older but no wiser,
For in our hearts the dreams are still the same.
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