Fenty stepping down as Councillor.

There is only one reason he chucked his hand in is because he knows he would be voted out and his Ego just couldn't stand that.

Are you sitting comfortably? Then here's the next Jackanory Story.

Quoted from Fillipe Noche

John will be a massive loss to the council. He has done a tremendous job.

Well done John on a great role that you’ve fulfilled, and enjoy the time you have to now spend with your lovely family.

Thank you too for everything you’ve done in supporting Grimsby Town FC financially. You won’t get many thanks in this place, but you certainly have my gratitude for getting the club I love financially stable and keeping it that way

👏👏👏

Nice one Fillipe, come in the weekend but don't tell your mate.

Quoted from Fillipe Noche

Like it has in its entire history, the football on the pitch and the relative football success and failure, will fluctuate and vary. Nothing will ever change that. There will always be ups and downs and that is just sport.

But you don’t get any of those sporting ups and downs if there isn’t financial stability on the table.

If people only ever expect forward momentum and success, then sadly they shouldn’t be pinning their hopes on a sport.  

Forgive me but remind me of all the ups in the last 20 years.

Quoted from Fillipe Noche

Remind me how many times our small club has graced Wembley Stadium under John’s tenure? We’ve had some terrific times. Oh and a trip to Cardiff too.

He’s appointed managers that were popular choices.

He has backed everyone of them financially and given every one of them more than a fair crack of the whip.

He’s been brilliant, and absolutely nobody can say otherwise. Without John you wouldn’t even have a club to support right now

intercourse me, if that's the measurement for success for you lot you probably think its a shame we got promoted back up to the FL. What with all the success of being a non-league club for SIX years.

I'm sure JSF is on record as saying that the non league years were a great success. Probably because he felt like a big fish in a small pond

Quoted from Fillipe Noche

Remind me how many times our small club has graced Wembley Stadium under John’s tenure? We’ve had some terrific times. Oh and a trip to Cardiff too.

What you mean, Phil, is that you've had some nice little outings to Wembley and other places.  That's on top of god knows how many years of sitting in the Executive Boxes at BP to watch games, get fed and watered, without having to pay a penny.  

You're now disappointed that your master is leaving with his tail between his legs, but hope that by praising him on a forum we know he reads (Hi John!) he'll be impressed enough to let you carry his bag and cling onto his trouser pocket lining at his next venture.

Quoted from buckstown

I'm sure JSF is on record as saying that the non league years were a great success. Probably because he felt like a big fish in a small pond

Winning team, bigger crowds, cup runs, Wembley visits and more income with lower wage bills. He loved it.

I hated it.

I think that it was a very damaging period as my kids just could not get interested in watching a game against the likes of Dagenham and Solihull where there was absolutely no atmosphere. A lot of my sons friends were the same and so we have damaged our fan base.
UTM

Seen plenty of people saying conference away days were great - most of them were absolute dross, save for a few in the last couple of years down there. I don’t think we ever sold out single Play-off semi away tie - at Newport, Gateshead, Eastleigh Braintree (fair enough Eastleigh...).

I think that many fans will view climbing the floodlights to change the lights as his biggest ever achievement.  

Demonstrating both impressive mountaineering skills and admirable cost-savings.

Who knows?  He might have gone on to be the first man to plant a broken flag on the top of Everest.