8 billion!

Quoted from Rick12

I say less than that .Sadly a few times Ive spoken to some football/sport fans and they dont take Grimsby seriously. I remember an answer and I kid you not:

Football  fan " who do you support " .
Me= "Grimsby" .
Football fan ="no which proper football team".

At least I say Iam trying to support the club of my roots.

Had a lot of confused Italians trying to work out if I supported Juve, Siena or Newcastle whilst on holiday there.  They'd never heard of Grimsby, but it was a great conversation starter.

Quoted from OddShapedBalls

Had a lot of confused Italians trying to work out if I supported Juve, Siena or Newcastle whilst on holiday there.  They'd never heard of Grimsby, but it was a great conversation starter.

Two words for them mate (and it boosts your command of the Italian language) Ivano Bonetti

Quoted from barralad

Two words for them mate (and it boosts your command of the Italian language) Ivano Bonetti

I should have remembered to use that, tbf the pressure was on though as I was in Naples and about to be lynched by some local ultras.  My broken italian got us through despite my brother insisting on trying to correct their english  - 'no no no, the 'k' in know is silent, it's pronounced "no" not "ker-no".  "Si, si, eeenglish,  you-a ker-no wha we do to gobbi inna her-a?".   Fascinating place.  They claim to have invented pizza there.

Quoted from OddShapedBalls

Had a lot of confused Italians trying to work out if I supported Juve, Siena or Newcastle whilst on holiday there.  They'd never heard of Grimsby, but it was a great conversation starter.

To be fair to the Italians on the whole  they are quite passionate about their football though.

Proper football fans are those that follow their local team (or at least thereabouts)   Most proper football fans have a better handle on geography than the rest of the population.

I had a new colleague so asked her where she was from.  

"Southampton.  How about you?"
"Grimsby"
She paused and then said, "isn't that up north?"
"Well done, but isn't almost every place up north to you?"

8 billion people, and over the next hundred years  at least 8 billion will die!!

They all seem to be on my commute home down great coates road at 5pm

Quoted from Phil the cod

They all seem to be on my commute home down great coates road at 5pm

😁🙂.

Live in London Phil and the rush hour is even worse- on the roads and especially the tube network. I've had a few years of this living there and going to a semi  rural place near Lincoln is like a breadth of fresh air.

Quoted from Mayaman

Proper football fans are those that follow their local team (or at least thereabouts)   Most proper football fans have a better handle on geography than the rest of the population.

I had a new colleague so asked her where she was from.  

"Southampton.  How about you?"
"Grimsby"
She paused and then said, "isn't that up north?"
"Well done, but isn't almost every place up north to you?"

Hahaha, bet that's her stock answer to everything geography related!  

Quoted from OddShapedBalls

I should have remembered to use that, tbf the pressure was on though as I was in Naples and about to be lynched by some local ultras.  My broken italian got us through despite my brother insisting on trying to correct their english  - 'no no no, the 'k' in know is silent, it's pronounced "no" not "ker-no".  "Si, si, eeenglish,  you-a ker-no wha we do to gobbi inna her-a?".   Fascinating place.  They claim to have invented pizza there.

To be fair to the hunchback odd balls of Napoli, they did invent pizza. Best place in Italy to get pizza. Can get a banging slice in Rome but still not as good as Napoli.

They all hate Juve so the black and white draws their attention but plenty will suss it out. I once sat, with around 10/15 Hellas Ultras, in the stand waiting for KO whilst watching the end of the Torquay game a few years ago when we scored really late on. They loved it. Once Italians know you supper your local team they’ll love you forever.

We often talk about football being woven in the fabric, Italy is a prime example of that, especially places like Napoli. My love of Hellas makes me detest Napoli but, if I was born in Italy, being a Napoli fan would be decent, although to have to live there and it’s predominantly a dump.

People have made the proper jibe to me before, I laugh, I pity those folk.