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Quoted from Poojah

Whatever happens, remember that Lincoln are experiencing something close to an all time high as they push for promotion from the bottom tier. Meanwhile, we remain very much on our arse as a club, on and off the field, yet harbour much the same ambitions as they do.

Our highs came in the top two tiers of the game. We’ll get back there. One day.

Exactly. This is apparently their most successful period...and it’s one of our worst. But we’re in the same league.

Quoted from forza ivano

I'm going to get red crosses for this but I think it's unique and adds something to match day.i actually wish we'd do something similar with a mournful fog horn recording.would be so atmospheric

Some games I'd be happy with a fog machine.

Yeah ! I work with a couple of gimps . We might as well not turn up , we are getting hammered by the champions in waiting . Bore off .

I am hoping that they WILL think all they have to do is turn up although the Cowleys are more sensible than that.

This might not be popular being it is Lincoln but we will go into this match as the underdogs but if they think they only have to turn up they are in for a shock.

Same goes for their plastic fans, Blundell Park will rock from three sides they WILL NOT outsing us.

EVERY GTFC PLAYER AND FAN WILL BE UP FOR THIS ONE.
UTM.

I don't have a great deal of anger towards Lincoln, they have been largely insignificant for most of my time following Town.

The one thing I hate more than most is the whining and moaning at the ref, trying to influence every decision. The diving and play acting. The 'junior'Crowley is the despicable leader of this it seems. They call it 'professionalism', I call it a total lack of standards and decency.

Hope we can blunt them sufficiently but expect not.

Beforehand I expect we will give it a good go on Tuesday as Jolley has already spoken that he wants to progress in Cup competitions as they are a potential revenue stream, similar to how Lincoln started their high!

Their new breed of fan might get a rude awakening should they pick the wrong watering hole,tread in dog excrement ,get a seat at the back of the stand,get cold,hot etc

Quoted from Cloudy

I don't have a great deal of anger towards Lincoln, they have been largely insignificant for most of my time following Town.

The one thing I hate more than most is the whining and moaning at the ref, trying to influence every decision. The diving and play acting. The 'junior'Crowley is the despicable leader of this it seems. They call it 'professionalism', I call it a total lack of standards and decency.

Hope we can blunt them sufficiently but expect not.

Beforehand I expect we will give it a good go on Tuesday as Jolley has already spoken that he wants to progress in Cup competitions as they are a potential revenue stream, similar to how Lincoln started their high!

Totally agree with the whining to refs both the Cowleys moaning constantly , subbing players the other side of the pitch to slow a game down ‘ game management ‘ they call it

If they think it’s going to be easy then they haven’t seen John welsh in midfield 🤔

Quoted from dapperz fun pub

subbing players the other side of the pitch to slow a game down ‘ game management ‘ they call it

All teams do this one though, Jordan Cook on Saturday was a prime example. The trick is to not give your opponents the lead so that they would want to slow it down.

Quoted from pkscouse

............will they sell their full allocation for a change ???

We sold our allocation out last week.

Quoted from nealeardleyscrossing

We sold our allocation out last week.

What is the full allocation for Lincoln these days?

Quoted from H19P1

What is the full allocation for Lincoln these days?

1827 fella.

Quoted from nealeardleyscrossing

1827 fella.

Cheers 👍 should make for a cracking atmosphere if all are coming.

Quoted from H19P1

Cheers 👍 should make for a cracking atmosphere if all are coming.

Yep, should be good, always think there are decent acoustics in the away end at BP.
Think it will be a tight affair, definite leveller, a local derby.

Quoted from nealeardleyscrossing

Yep, should be good, always think there are decent acoustics in the away end at BP.
Think it will be a tight affair, definite leveller, a local derby.

It's a great stand for making noise thanks to the shape of the roof. Unfortunately the shape also means that a significant proportion of the stand can't see the whole pitch ;D

Quoted from mariner91

It's a great stand for making noise thanks to the shape of the roof. Unfortunately the shape also means that a significant proportion of the stand can't see the whole pitch ;D

Yeah its an unusual stand, I fell down the stairs there and scolded myself with bovril when Simon Yeo scored to put us 3-2 up.

Exactly. This is apparently their most successful period...and it’s one of our worst. But we’re in the same league.

This made me laugh you'd think they invented big gates at home and bandwagon support >:(

Iv'e got rid of My Lincoln imbecile TROLL he was getting too offensive his abuse wasn't football related ??)

Quoted from nealeardleyscrossing

Yep, should be good, always think there are decent acoustics in the away end at BP.
Think it will be a tight affair, definite leveller, a local derby.

So you clearly think you are better than us and that we will bring you down to our level then?

Quoted from ginnywings

So you clearly think you are better than us and that we will bring you down to our level then?

Yes Ginny, I think we have a better team/Squad than you at present.
I think we have our best squad for years.We lost Waterfall and Woodyard, fair play to them they have gone to good teams. But we got got good money for them, and replaced them well. I have no idea how we got Shackell (Probably money), and the offer of coaching, Derby fans thought he would have gone to low end Championship or L1. I also watched us on Saturday rip Swindon apart time and time again, with good Football, 4-1 flattered them, we should have been 4 up at half time, but they got a fortuitous penalty and got a bit of momentum.

We have a good squad, good management and good support so we should do well. But I am not naive enough to know that you have to earn promotion and work hard. I maintain that you will do okay this season, FG in my opinion was a freak result, but I do actually think they will do okay. I think Macc will go down, but that was a good result at a newly promoted team in their first home game. As I have said I would predict 1-0 either way, but I don't think that will stop us being up there this season. We are still after a couple of players so that will only strengthen us further. Either this year or next we will go up in my opinion.

Living in Lincoln myself it’s a City revitalised in terms of football. I’ve got numerous mates even some in Gainsborough who have all of a sudden become Lincoln fans ? Even people I’ve known for years who’ve never been Lincoln fans. Basically anyone who wasn’t a Lincoln fan or is a “Premier League” fan living in the area are all of a sudden a die hard Imp. They’ve gone from 2,3k per week to capacity attendances.

Quoted from Gainsbro_Mariner

Living in Lincoln myself it’s a City revitalised in terms of football. I’ve got numerous mates even some in Gainsborough who have all of a sudden become Lincoln fans ? Basically anyone who wasn’t a Lincoln fan or is a “Premier League” fan living in the area are all of a sudden a die hard Imp. They’ve gone from 2,3k per week to capacity attendances.

I'd agree with some of that. But fans that were staying away have come back, and thats quite a number too, and the club do masses in the community now too.

We have always been relatively well supported in L2, but I agree we have good crowds now. Someone mentioned empty seats at our ground Saturday but we still had 8k home fans during a holiday period. I maintain its the kids, and families that are the biggest change. Our Junior Imps has over 1,000 members -Add parents to that and the maths is there for all to see.

Quoted from nealeardleyscrossing

I'd agree with some of that. But fans that were staying away have come back, and thats quite a number too, and the club do masses in the community now too.

We have always been relatively well supported in L2, but I agree we have good crowds now. Someone mentioned empty seats at our ground Saturday but we still had 8k home fans during a holiday period. I maintain its the kids, and families that are the biggest change. Our Junior Imps has over 1,000 members -Add parents to that and the maths is there for all to see.

Definitely more families that have engaged with the club now & you definitely see people that did follow us but you didn't see in the conference years.
The Cowley's went round the local schools and there was 500 kids singing Lincoln songs at every school they went to it was incredible.
Spent years trying to get the connection between the club and fans then the Cowleys come along and make it so easy.
Junior Imps is a good scheme encourages families it was well priced but had to increase this season.
Something Grimsby could do?

Main point is we are only 2 games in so not getting carried away, normally its no problem getting tickets.
Rememeber being told the same things as i have read about being outsung and the like but we always used to give it a good go with only 500-600.

Quoted from nealeardleyscrossing

Yes Ginny, I think we have a better team/Squad than you at present.
I think we have our best squad for years.We lost Waterfall and Woodyard, fair play to them they have gone to good teams. But we got got good money for them, and replaced them well. I have no idea how we got Shackell (Probably money), and the offer of coaching, Derby fans thought he would have gone to low end Championship or L1. I also watched us on Saturday rip Swindon apart time and time again, with good Football, 4-1 flattered them, we should have been 4 up at half time, but they got a fortuitous penalty and got a bit of momentum.

We have a good squad, good management and good support so we should do well. But I am not naive enough to know that you have to earn promotion and work hard. I maintain that you will do okay this season, FG in my opinion was a freak result, but I do actually think they will do okay. I think Macc will go down, but that was a good result at a newly promoted team in their first home game. As I have said I would predict 1-0 either way, but I don't think that will stop us being up there this season. We are still after a couple of players so that will only strengthen us further. Either this year or next we will go up in my opinion.

Fair enough. You are probably right and i will be happy if we take a point from the game.

Good luck to the Imps but with all the families and young kids about it’s a tad embarrassing the way the Cowleys conduct themselves with the officials........ bad sportsmanship and all that........

Quoted from oochiad

Good luck to the Imps but with all the families and young kids about it’s a tad embarrassing the way the Cowleys conduct themselves with the officials........ bad sportsmanship and all that........

I actually think the way Rhead conducted himself was worse.
All, and I mean all managers berate officials to attempt to influence.

Surely officials get wise to it all after a while so it becomes counter productive. If I was a ref and knew what the Cowleys are like I would put them in their place from the start and let them know who's in charge.

Lincoln have got lucky with a once in a century (literally) FA Cup run
They also got lucky with the Cowley appt - as GTFC did in the late 80s with Buckley
GTFC were going out of the FL at that time - two successive relegations and were 4th from bottom at one point in Div 4 (I know cos I was on holiday and it was days when you had to wait two days to get the results or face a bloody expensive phone call home!)
LCFC (IMO) were heading for the Conf North before Cowleys - excrement crowds, excrement teams, excrement managers

Having said all of that...LCFC have cashed in, invested wisely and brought in some quality players to add to an already very good squad for L2

I work in Lincoln and you can tell it's a booming city - this often goes hand in hand with football success; at one time in past few years I read Bournemouth was fastest growing town/city in Europe... and they aren't doing badly

Lincoln and Bournemouth are (historically) 'nothing' football teams but GTFC's history counts for 'nothing' now sadly - we are one of several poor relations and just have to get on with it until we 'get lucky' again, primarily a major investor

I think Lincoln's 'crossroads' will be
a) if/when they lose Cowley - every manager has a price and if Lincoln rip league up, within 10/15 games the sackings will have started elsewhere and L1/Championship clubs must come knocking surely? Any manager with an ounce of ambition would leave Lincoln

b) their ability to get a new stadium - as long as they remain at Sincil Bank they will always be a small club punching above their weight

If they get a new stadium they could be a new Wigan/MK Dons/Scunny

Never really get this stuff. You realise Lincoln is the second fastest growing City in the Country don't you?

FFS, you're on a Grimsby board. And you have shown some levels of smugness at times. Why do you keep harping on about non-football things? Fastest growing? It's full of bloody students. It is not special in any way.
You're a little insecure to be spending these vast amounts of time on a GTFC board, constantly correcting anything you see as detrimental to your town.

Quoted from Helgy

Definitely more families that have engaged with the club now & you definitely see people that did follow us but you didn't see in the conference years.
The Cowley's went round the local schools and there was 500 kids singing Lincoln songs at every school they went to it was incredible.
Spent years trying to get the connection between the club and fans then the Cowleys come along and make it so easy.
Junior Imps is a good scheme encourages families it was well priced but had to increase this season.
Something Grimsby could do?

Main point is we are only 2 games in so not getting carried away, normally its no problem getting tickets.
Rememeber being told the same things as i have read about being outsung and the like but we always used to give it a good go with only 500-600.

Interesting point about schools John Newman/George Kerr and the team with Alec King did it around 35+ years ago for us and it had a similar effect.

Personally I think you’ll go up automatically this season as the level of investment supports that if you miss out some would see it as under achieving but I don’t think you will.

I’d take a point and a clean sheet Saturday.

Quoted from RoboCod

Never really get this stuff. You realise Lincoln is the second fastest growing City in the Country don't you?

FFS, you're on a Grimsby board. And you have shown some levels of smugness at times. Why do you keep harping on about non-football things? Fastest growing? It's full of bloody students. It is not special in any way.
You're a little insecure to be spending these vast amounts of time on a GTFC board, constantly correcting anything you see as detrimental to your town.

Look at the post above yours from Devs. No smugness, but i find it ironic with the 6 fingered, pictures etc. Yep lots of students that add an enormous amount to the economy, restaurants , bars , social stuff to do. As I said I can't imagine many Imps work or live in Grimsby.

Quoted from RoboCod

Never really get this stuff. You realise Lincoln is the second fastest growing City in the Country don't you?

FFS, you're on a Grimsby board. And you have shown some levels of smugness at times. Why do you keep harping on about non-football things? Fastest growing? It's full of bloody students. It is not special in any way.
You're a little insecure to be spending these vast amounts of time on a GTFC board, constantly correcting anything you see as detrimental to your town.

As a matter of interest how do you know it's full of students?

Quoted from forza ivano

I'm going to get red crosses for this but I think it's unique and adds something to match day.i actually wish we'd do something similar with a mournful fog horn recording.would be so atmospheric

followed by a chorus of ....

"its just gone noon... half past monsoon"

https://uk.video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=yfp-t&p=madness+night+boat+to+cairo#id=1&vid=fbe23ff6362b17628a2d2275b17764bf&action=click

Quoted from devs

Lincoln have got lucky with a once in a century (literally) FA Cup run
They also got lucky with the Cowley appt - as GTFC did in the late 80s with Buckley
GTFC were going out of the FL at that time - two successive relegations and were 4th from bottom at one point in Div 4 (I know cos I was on holiday and it was days when you had to wait two days to get the results or face a bloody expensive phone call home!)
LCFC (IMO) were heading for the Conf North before Cowleys - excrement crowds, excrement teams, excrement managers

Having said all of that...LCFC have cashed in, invested wisely and brought in some quality players to add to an already very good squad for L2

I work in Lincoln and you can tell it's a booming city - this often goes hand in hand with football success; at one time in past few years I read Bournemouth was fastest growing town/city in Europe... and they aren't doing badly

Lincoln and Bournemouth are (historically) 'nothing' football teams but GTFC's history counts for 'nothing' now sadly - we are one of several poor relations and just have to get on with it until we 'get lucky' again, primarily a major investor

I think Lincoln's 'crossroads' will be
a) if/when they lose Cowley - every manager has a price and if Lincoln rip league up, within 10/15 games the sackings will have started elsewhere and L1/Championship clubs must come knocking surely? Any manager with an ounce of ambition would leave Lincoln

b) their ability to get a new stadium - as long as they remain at Sincil Bank they will always be a small club punching above their weight

If they get a new stadium they could be a new Wigan/MK Dons/Scunny

Good post, the new stadium has already been highlighted in the new Western Growth corridor close to the A46, as part of a sporting village. Our new chairman was talking about it the other day, saying it was an absolute must.

Quoted from moosey_club

followed by a chorus of ....

"its just gone noon... half past monsoon"

https://uk.video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=yfp-t&p=madness+night+boat+to+cairo#id=1&vid=fbe23ff6362b17628a2d2275b17764bf&action=click

I actually don't like it, or Rheads behaviour, I found it embarrassing. I am glad he is on the bench and has played about 10 minutes this season so far.

I can't imagine many/any Grimsby fans wasting their time obsessively sitting on the Lincoln Vital board putting everyone right.

Quoted from nealeardleyscrossing

As a matter of interest how do you know it's full of students?

I live in Lincoln, as you'd know had you been posting on The Fishy BC (before Cowley)

Quoted from RoboCod

I live in Lincoln, as you'd know had you been posting on The Fishy BC (before Cowley)

;D ;D

Oh I do love derby season. Arguing over who’s shite town is better, who’s squad players are bigger twits and calling everyone inbred despite us all being from a mostly rural county.

Quoted from LH

Oh I do love derby season. Arguing over who’s shite town is better, who’s squad players are bigger twits and calling everyone inbred despite us all being from a mostly rural county.

Not sure I called anyone inbred.The irony of Robocod living in Lincoln though ;D

Quoted from nealeardleyscrossing

Not sure I called anyone inbred.The irony of Robocod living in Lincoln though ;D

Oh Christ... the 'irony' thing. Moved here because my future wife lived here about 18 years ago. I'm self-employed, my 2 daughters/son in law all in pretty crappy jobs and thoroughly drunk off with the Lincoln jobs scene, 'boom'and all, my wife works in the hell that is modern schooling, so we're all saving our pennies to make a huge family move to the coast.
But yeah, sit on this board all day and boast about boom towns and being higher in League 2 than Town, and I'll continue thinking it's all pretty weird of you.

Quoted from sam gy

Exactly. This is apparently their most successful period...and it’s one of our worst. But we’re in the same league.

If you check the records you will find that Lincoln had several seasons in the 50's at Championship level. In fact since 1945 Lincoln, Scunthorpe and Grimsby have all yo-yoed through the leagues although town are the only one of the three to experience the top tier and that ended in 1948.

How is Lincoln even a fast growing city I was there last week and It didn’t look at all any bigger, it’s still really just a little town with a cathedral. As for mass investment all the building work I’ve seen is for student flats that looks as though they’ve all been built on the cheap.
The little town centre is not big enough for all these students who want to drive on their own resulting in the roads constantly gridlocked.

To be honest I think that Grimsby and Lincoln are quite similar, they both still have that traditional English identity when compared to areas like Derby, Manchester, Birmingham and London.

Good nightclubs in lincoln. And a cheap as intercourse travelodge, other than that its no different to here

Lincoln don't even have a leisure centre.... Lol

Playing football on the cow paddle was a bloody joy..... Dodging large quantities of horse shite. Lincoln have some awful areas as does town. But I certainly wouldn't say its in boom.

nealeardleyscrossing.
It's not worth it mate.
Some on here are ok and you can have a bit of banter with them but you'll soon find who the precious ones are.
Boring now with all this plastics rubbish they talk considering they will have 3000 of their own plastics attending on Saturday.

Son at Uni there so have spent more time in Lincoln over the past couple of years. It's become a University city and everything is a lot more accessible. It also benefits from being 30 miles inland and not surrounded by sea on two sides.

Lincoln don’t even have an ice rink 😂booming city my bottom.

Quoted from towncryer

nealeardleyscrossing.
It's not worth it mate.
Some on here are ok and you can have a bit of banter with them but you'll soon find who the precious ones are.
Boring now with all this plastics rubbish they talk considering they will have 3000 of their own plastics attending on Saturday.

I think we all know who the precious one is ;)

Quoted from towncryer

nealeardleyscrossing.
It's not worth it mate.
Some on here are ok and you can have a bit of banter with them but you'll soon find who the precious ones are.
Boring now with all this plastics rubbish they talk considering they will have 3000 of their own plastics attending on Saturday.

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Yeah, just not worth it, could have spent those 560+ combined hours on a LINCOLN forum talking about LINCOLN (icon_rolleyes)

Quoted from towncryer

nealeardleyscrossing.
It's not worth it mate.
Some on here are ok and you can have a bit of banter with them but you'll soon find who the precious ones are.
Boring now with all this plastics rubbish they talk considering they will have 3000 of their own plastics attending on Saturday.

Going back 6 years i admit but watch this https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jV-2BABO9Og&t=311s. We stuck with our team through thick and thin. This was a local derby on boxing day and you couldnt fill half the ground. Plastics? Dont make me laugh😂😂😂

Quoted from LH

Oh I do love derby season. Arguing over who’s shite town is better, who’s squad players are bigger twits and calling everyone inbred despite us all being from a mostly rural county.

oh hang on....i am of Scandinavian descent...more rape and pillage in my locker than inbreeding if you dont mind !! (dwarf)

Quoted from Hagrid

Going back 6 years i admit but watch this https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jV-2BABO9Og&t=311s. We stuck with our team through thick and thin. This was a local derby on boxing day and you couldnt fill half the ground. Plastics? Dont make me laugh😂😂😂

All those empty home seats for a Boxing Day Derby 😭

Quoted from Grim74

Lincoln don’t even have an ice rink 😂booming city my bottom.

That's terrible, what do they put in their Bacardi and cokes?

Quoted from Hagrid

Going back 6 years i admit but watch this https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jV-2BABO9Og&t=311s. We stuck with our team through thick and thin. This was a local derby on boxing day and you couldnt fill half the ground. Plastics? Dont make me laugh😂😂😂

no Hagrid....as it was Boxing Day they had a fancy dress theme day....most decided to come dressed as seats , the place is packed

Had a look on that Lincoln board , are they on a wind up or do they honestly think they live in LA ffs ;D .I spent a good few years in Lincoln through work and bail gate aside its the same shithole as everywhere else.

Quoted from Hagrid

Going back 6 years i admit but watch this https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jV-2BABO9Og&t=311s. We stuck with our team through thick and thin. This was a local derby on boxing day and you couldnt fill half the ground. Plastics? Dont make me laugh😂😂😂

Beating Lincoln 4-1 away, a Dizza bicycle kick and Joe Colbeck scoring direct from a corner. The Conference years weren't all bad were they?

Quoted from nealeardleyscrossing

Yep, should be good, always think there are decent acoustics in the away end at BP.
Think it will be a tight affair, definite leveller, a local derby.

Most of them have never been to BP

Quoted from Meza

Lincoln don't even have a leisure centre.... Lol

Great Banter, but it has 3.

Quoted from Bristol Mariner

Most of them have never been to BP

I imagine you're right. Most will probably never go again either. There is not a lot family orientated around your ground is there really? At our place there is the Family Zone and Fan Zone, which is used by both sets of supporters.. Cant see the Imp or the BP Hotel being very appealing or accommodating can you?

Quoted from nealeardleyscrossing

I imagine you're right. Most will probably never go again either. There is not a lot family orientated around your ground is there really? At our place there is the Family Zone and Fan Zone, which is used by both sets of supporters.. Cant see the Imp or the BP Hotel being very appealing or accommodating can you?

The Imp has been closed (BC) :-/

Quoted from 1mickylyons

The Imp has been closed (BC) :-/

And the Leaking boot flattened?

We were put in there a few years back.

Why the big debate on Lincoln fans, good luck to them I say, its a club that has pulled out all the stops to get the fans on board, I happened to be in Lincoln ladt Saturday morning and there was a real buzz around the city like a matchday should be, I counted dozens of kids and families enjoying ths morning and getting ready for the match, its what its all about and should be an example to us at GTFC, instead of bitter comments critisising Lincoln and its fans however new they are, I recall similar commenta about Hull City and all the new fans a few years back, some have obviously dropped away but there are thousands who have remained loyal to the club.
When can we honestly say there was a real buzz around the town on a matchday?

Quoted from nealeardleyscrossing

And the Leaking boot flattened?

We were put in there a few years back.

Sadly due to the elements of both Clubs and the awful Policing any decent Imps fan`s just looking for a drink in decent surroundings are going to struggle.You will be put in the Sub/Buck and Spade pub whatever name it is this week on the seafront then frogmarched to the game under escort.If you are travelling in car and keep a low profile you will get in any pubs around the market place or high st .

Quoted from 1mickylyons

Sadly due to the elements of both Clubs and the awful Policing any decent Imps fan`s just looking for a drink in decent surroundings are going to struggle.You will be put in the Sub/Buck and Spade pub whatever name it is this week on the seafront then frogmarched to the game under escort.If you are travelling in car and keep a low profile you will get in any pubs around the market place or high st .

Will have my 8 year old with me, so will probably have a drink on the outskirts - then park up off Cleethorpes road.

Quoted from 1mickylyons

Sadly due to the elements of both Clubs and the awful Policing any decent Imps fan`s just looking for a drink in decent surroundings are going to struggle.You will be put in the Sub/Buck and Spade pub whatever name it is this week on the seafront then frogmarched to the game under escort.If you are travelling in car and keep a low profile you will get in any pubs around the market place or high st .

Off the train and into the Parity in town last season then back on train to Waves in Clee.
Got to say the police were very much spot on last season let's hope that carrys on this Saturday.

Quoted from nealeardleyscrossing

I imagine you're right. Most will probably never go again either. There is not a lot family orientated around your ground is there really? At our place there is the Family Zone and Fan Zone, which is used by both sets of supporters.. Cant see the Imp or the BP Hotel being very appealing or accommodating can you?

What? There's a whole bloody beach & promenade 5 minutes drive down the road. Must have imagined all the families I saw enjoying the seafront before our last home game.

Nearleardly, if you need family fan zones etc to entice people to grounds and they won’t come otherwise that just confirms everyone’s suspicions. A so called ‘proper’ fan is happy with a game and pub outsider the ground. I go and always have done to watching the footy. Fan zones just promote plastic fans, something I don’t want at GTFC!

Quoted from Mariner_09

Nearleardly, if you need family fan zones etc to entice people to grounds and they won’t come otherwise that just confirms everyone’s suspicions. A so called ‘proper’ fan is happy with a game and pub outsider the ground. I go and always have done to watching the footy. Fan zones just promote plastic fans, something I don’t want at GTFC!

That's a silly position to take. We may have a larger "hardcore" fanbase than Lincoln but without enticing people who need a bit more encouragement, a "plastic" if you will, then we won't progress. We should be doing more to get families with young kids in, we should be improving our facilities so that they don't put people off (because they do), we should be looking at making the match day experience as appealing as possible to as many people as possible.

Lincoln have capitalised on their football fortune in a way that our board could only dream of. In fact, our board couldn't even dream of it because they think we should turn up regardless without any positive input from them. I'm extremely envious of the way Lincoln have been run in the last couple of years. It's still hilarious and completely false to claim they "grew" their fanbase when in fact the vast majority of their fans jumped on the bandwagon during their fantastic FA Cup run. You only have to look at the attendances game to game in that season to see that and no board plans for a once in a lifetime FA Cup run to "grow" a fanbase. But what I would agree with is that they have managed to retain a huge proportion of those fans with the way they've changed the match day experience at Sincil Bank which is highly impressive.

Quoted from Chrisblor

What? There's a whole bloody beach & promenade 5 minutes drive down the road. Must have imagined all the families I saw enjoying the seafront before our last home game.

Hah, was just about to say that. If there’s one thing we HAVE got, it’s family friendly areas. The beach/seafront/boating lake are glorious in the summer and a short walk to BP.

Who the hell wants to spend time hanging around a football stadium hours before kick off?

https://youtu.be/MUV00NSQT9E

Everything ready for the Lincoln Fans. ;D ;D ;D ;D

Quoted from Chrisblor

What? There's a whole bloody beach & promenade 5 minutes drive down the road. Must have imagined all the families I saw enjoying the seafront before our last home game.

All well and good in the Summer, Cleethorpes in winter is like Siberia.

Quoted from Mariner_09

Nearleardly, if you need family fan zones etc to entice people to grounds and they won’t come otherwise that just confirms everyone’s suspicions. A so called ‘proper’ fan is happy with a game and pub outsider the ground. I go and always have done to watching the footy. Fan zones just promote plastic fans, something I don’t want at GTFC!

And welcome to the 1960's, Fan-zones keep people coming, spending money at the club, creating new generations of fans.

Quoted from sam gy

Hah, was just about to say that. If there’s one thing we HAVE got, it’s family friendly areas. The beach/seafront/boating lake are glorious in the summer and a short walk to BP.

Who the hell wants to spend time hanging around a football stadium hours before kick off?

To be honest kids do. Spending money (Or getting their parents to), creating atmosphere, generating cash for the club. Swindon game, you couldn't get in our club shop such was the demand, bars and fan bars , pop up bars were heaving too.

A few of the last few posts suggest why your club is light years behind other clubs in generating revenue.

Quoted from nealeardleyscrossing

All well and good in the Summer, Cleethorpes in winter is like Siberia.

I heard that in Lincoln, aside from the fact that the streets are paved with gold, the sun shines all year round.

Quoted from nealeardleyscrossing

To be honest kids do. Spending money (Or getting their parents to), creating atmosphere, generating cash for the club. Swindon game, you couldn't get in our club shop such was the demand, bars and fan bars , pop up bars were heaving too.

A few of the last few posts suggest why your club is light years behind other clubs in generating revenue.

I totally get the need for them, and i'm not against them per se, it was more of a response to what seemed like you saying there is nothing for kids/families to do round here, ahead of this game, in the middle of August.

Quoted from sam gy

I heard that in Lincoln, aside from the fact that the streets are paved with gold, the sun shines all year round.

Not at all, I think you are missing my point, I probably will go to the beach on Saturday, but if it were other months I would not bother.

Which is why having to stuff to do bar the match will get kids there and keep them coming.

Quoted from sam gy

I heard that in Lincoln, aside from the fact that the streets are paved with gold, the sun shines all year round.

Oh no, no , no , no ... Lincoln welcome the snow and take advantage of all the winter scenery and run the Xmas market....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-42299497

:)

Quoted from mariner91

That's a silly position to take. We may have a larger "hardcore" fanbase than Lincoln but without enticing people who need a bit more encouragement, a "plastic" if you will, then we won't progress. We should be doing more to get families with young kids in, we should be improving our facilities so that they don't put people off (because they do), we should be looking at making the match day experience as appealing as possible to as many people as possible.

Lincoln have capitalised on their football fortune in a way that our board could only dream of. In fact, our board couldn't even dream of it because they think we should turn up regardless without any positive input from them. I'm extremely envious of the way Lincoln have been run in the last couple of years. It's still hilarious and completely false to claim they "grew" their fanbase when in fact the vast majority of their fans jumped on the bandwagon during their fantastic FA Cup run. You only have to look at the attendances game to game in that season to see that and no board plans for a once in a lifetime FA Cup run to "grow" a fanbase. But what I would agree with is that they have managed to retain a huge proportion of those fans with the way they've changed the match day experience at Sincil Bank which is highly impressive.

Great post and agree with it 100%.

You can either engage with the fanbase or just keep giving them the same matchday experience that you had in 1985.
Not everything is a bed of roses but with the clubs success the local economy is booming all the local pubs beer gardens are rammed on match days ,they seem not to be affected by the Fan zone.
Clubs have to change or they will just keep repeating the cycle they do every few years.

I know we quote Lincoln as suddenly having a load of "plastic " fans, but if they can keep their attendances at + 8k for another 3/4 years are they still classed as "plastic" fans. I would love us to have a good cup run where we attract an extra 3/4 thousand "plastic" fans who give us the finances to improve the playing staff and gain promotion.

I don't know if it's envy on our part the fact that at the moment Lincoln are riding on the crest of a very large wave, mainly due to good cup run, a chairman who can bankroll them and a shrewd board who saw the opportunity, took it with both hands and made the club all about the city and local community, but we don't need to hate them as a club, maybe we all know that with the right resources we would be a bigger and better club, have more supporters coming through gates, increasing the revenue which in turn increases the playing budget and has the knock effect of football fortunes....so, we call Lincoln city fans plastic yet, if all of a sudden we had an extra 2000 fans in BP on a match day, increasing our budget and allowing us to kick on up the football pyramid would you call those 2000 plastic???...

Quoted from Helgy

You can either engage with the fanbase or just keep giving them the same matchday experience that you had in 1985.
Not everything is a bed of roses but with the clubs success the local economy is booming all the local pubs beer gardens are rammed on match days ,they seem not to be affected by the Fan zone.
Clubs have to change or they will just keep repeating the cycle they do every few years.

Don't think many of us would complain if we got the 1985 match day experience Helgy - think that the 84/85 season was when we finished 10th in Division Two (now Championship) so sure that most of us would snap your hand off for that match day experience :)

Quoted from Gaffer58

I know we quote Lincoln as suddenly having a load of "plastic " fans, but if they can keep their attendances at + 8k for another 3/4 years are they still classed as "plastic" fans. I would love us to have a good cup run where we attract an extra 3/4 thousand "plastic" fans who give us the finances to improve the playing staff and gain promotion.

The acid test comes when they stop winning games.

Quoted from nealeardleyscrossing

Great Banter, but it has 3.

no it doesn't it uses school apparatus ;D ;D

Quoted from Grantley

The acid test comes when they stop winning games.

Well they will be like every club in the land and see attendances fall! Getting our attendances up in the first place would be a good start.

The imp fans going mad on social media reckoning we will be shating ourselves and all they have to do is turn up. ;D ;D ;D.

I might as well not go then lol

As Kevin keegan once famously said https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqyoDUd8aE8

Quoted from Mrs Doyle

The imp fans going mad on social media reckoning we will be shating ourselves and all they have to do is turn up. ;D ;D ;D.

I might as well not go then lol

As Kevin keegan once famously said https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqyoDUd8aE8

We won't be shitting ourselves but I do think we are a long way behind them at present. They had some 'football fortune' in respect of Cup draws but they then capitalised on it with leadership and engagement.

Splashed the cash big time on wages and signing on fees to attract their targets, better players really, simple as that.

I think we will scrap on Saturday but be outgunned

I like all these comments about Lincoln's surge in supporters, yes they have had a surge because they appointed an excellent management team, questions regarding his integrity I know but there is absolutely no doubting his track record as a manager, some people say they got lucky in the FA cup but in order to get lucky they had to have an effective team to do so and they had a damn effective team even before the FA cup come around, if we have a golden couple of years our gates will double and would all you lot be saying how you'd wish we had 3,500 again? I highly doubt it.

The fact of the matter is they have attracted the crowds and they are keeping them, when we get a big crowd we don't keep them because we deliver a substandard performance. They have a forward thinking board with some money, we have a backwards thinking board with no ambition, the fact of the matter is in a space of a couple of years they have overtaken us rapidly and we are trailing far behind in their wake, they will get promoted from league 1 well before us, Scunthorpe and Lincoln are on the up, we'll certainly Lincoln are and we are not on the up, let's just face facts.

get your facts right ffs. lol

Seriously be interested to see that whilst there on the crest of a wave will they grasp the opportunity and get a new ground?

Something we failed to do in 98.

Quoted from Mrs Doyle

get your facts right ffs. lol

Seriously be interested to see that whilst there on the crest of a wave will they grasp the opportunity and get a new ground?

Something we failed to do in 98.

1981, 1991 as well. 1981 would have taken some foresight and vision admittedly, there was no trend for new stadia then. But it was when the building regs / fire regs failure of the Main Stand and Barratt happened.

Quoted from Mrs Doyle

get your facts right ffs. lol

Seriously be interested to see that whilst there on the crest of a wave will they grasp the opportunity and get a new ground?

Something we failed to do in 98.

The new ground location has been identified, and the chairman has said it is an absolute must.
Plans etc have been made, 12 k all seater.

I think it is still a few years away but it will definitely happen.

Quoted from Cloudy

We won't be shitting ourselves but I do think we are a long way behind them at present. They had some 'football fortune' in respect of Cup draws but they then capitalised on it with leadership and engagement.

Splashed the cash big time on wages and signing on fees to attract their targets, better players really, simple as that.

I think we will scrap on Saturday but be outgunned

Think most sensible Lincoln fans realise its 1 game, and a derby game where anything can happen. I certainly don't think we will smash you. We rested 8 last night though, which I think helps. I would take a draw, and look at winning our 2 home games after that.

Quoted from nealeardleyscrossing

Think most sensible Lincoln fans realise its 1 game, and a derby game where anything can happen. I certainly don't think we will smash you. We rested 8 last night though, which I think helps. I would take a draw, and look at winning our 2 home games after that.

That will be a concern of ours, gave out a lot of energy last night for nowt

Quoted from Garth

That will be a concern of ours, gave out a lot of energy last night for nowt

Alternatively,

we had a smaller pre-season, so it may have been a valued work out !!

That Vital site is something else. If the Imps visiting really want to do some form of irony, how about these paranoid little gems on their site..

1700 at blunder tonight, who's plastic now ha ha.
The-slippery-greek - 180 posts

Had a bet with a town fan that our lowest league gate at home will be higher than their highest this season, league only
riby - 64 ( ;D) posts

I’m not going either, basically because I got the biggest kicking of my life on the North Shore last time I went.
Norfolk Imp - 46 posts

Louth- always a good place to park when visiting Grimsby!
StrangelyBrown - 336 posts

So there'll be more imps at Blunders on Saturday than there were cods for a home game! What a massive club they are.
Long suffering Imp (suffering apparently for a mere 741 posts)

Just pointing this out as it backs up my view of those fans that I and others bump into in Lincoln, total frauds, popping up only when the going is good.

Quoted from RoboCod

That Vital site is something else. If the Imps visiting really want to do some form of irony, how about these paranoid little gems on their site..

1700 at blunder tonight, who's plastic now ha ha.
The-slippery-greek - 180 posts

Had a bet with a town fan that our lowest league gate at home will be higher than their highest this season, league only
riby - 64 ( ;D) posts

I’m not going either, basically because I got the biggest kicking of my life on the North Shore last time I went.
Norfolk Imp - 46 posts

Louth- always a good place to park when visiting Grimsby!

StrangelyBrown - 336 posts

So there'll be more imps at Blunders on Saturday than there were cods for a home game! What a massive club they are.
Long suffering Imp (suffering apparently for a mere 741 posts)

Just pointing this out as it backs up my view of those fans that I and others bump into in Lincoln, total frauds, popping up only when the going is good.

Just like the thousands that you have lost off your gate, or the thousands that didn't go last night, did they think it was the checkatrade.
I forgot , you must stay away unless you were there during the bad times.

Least I know how you know so much about Lincoln now though.

Quoted from nealeardleyscrossing

Just like the thousands that you have lost off your gate, or the thousands that didn't go last night, did they think it was the checkatrade.
I forgot , you must stay away unless you were there during the bad times.

Least I know how you know so much about Lincoln now though.

Come off it. It was the first round of the League Cup v Rochdale at full price. You sell out at Port Vale last night then? The mighty Lincoln gonna call Leeds fans plastics as they only sold 19k and closed two stands for Bolton at home?

I can understand you crowing about your err.. success at being in the same division as us, it's been a long old history of being well below us in the pyramid. Every dog has its day etc etc.. Our support holds up when we're shite even with all the crapp that Fenty throws at us, yours doesn't, get over it..

Quoted from nealeardleyscrossing

Just like the thousands that you have lost off your gate, or the thousands that didn't go last night, did they think it was the checkatrade.
I forgot , you must stay away unless you were there during the bad times.

Least I know how you know so much about Lincoln now though.

You literally brought 550 to BP on a bank holiday within the last six years, Lincoln fans can never brag about us being "badly supported". Still, well over half of that forum won't have been registered when that happened so I guess their ignorance is understandable.

Quoted from nealeardleyscrossing

Just like the thousands that you have lost off your gate, or the thousands that didn't go last night, did they think it was the checkatrade.
I forgot , you must stay away unless you were there during the bad times.

Least I know how you know so much about Lincoln now though.

Keep it up, Mr Irony. You're saying you don't know all there is to know about Grimsby? What is it now, 165 days logged on here? What's your username on Vitals? Just like to see your number of posts on there, or is it such a shite forum you come on here to mix with the real fans?

I've been here through thick and thin, and a bit more thin, check my post count. Unlike Helgy/Impish you showed up on here when you were safe in the knowledge that you were back in the League and Town were down and ready to be kicked after a shitshow from our board brought us to our knees.

I think most knowledgeable Imps fans know that Towns support has been decent, even when things aren't going well. However when we only used to get about 2000 for home games and being mocked for having that few in the NL it's really little wonder, having 6 seasons when we couldn't even manage a top half finish. I don't think there are many sides that would be able to attract home fans witnessing the crap we had to watch, getting turned over by pub sides like Carshalton and Whitehawk with players obviously not bothering for effort and a club run by skeleton staff wondering when the next pay day would come around.

We got 4-5-6000 gates for the bigger games when things were going okay in league two and nearly 8000 for our last league game before the NL demise, so even though we have suddenly sprung up to a very healthy level, the support has been there on and off mainly. Couple that with the novelty of seeing your home side win regularly, something most won't have seen since the likes of Graham Taylor, and they are flocking back, plastic or not.

FWIW, I think Saturday will be a close game.

If we even got a spark of what Lincoln has received we would bit hitting higher levels of attendance consistently. Most lincoln fans have no real idea how lucky they have been.

Quoted from Skrill

If we even got a spark of what Lincoln has received we would bit hitting higher levels of attendance consistently. Most lincoln fans have no real idea how lucky they have been.

Certain moments we have had luck like at Burnley it was their goal kick but the ref gave us another corner ,it was a once in a 143 year event the FA cup run.
I could not believe teams kept putting out massively changed teams that was a slice of luck only when we faced Arsenal soon as that team was read out knew we had no chance but if they had put out the team that played Sutton in the previous round i'd have fancied our chances.
The rest has been hard work Cowleys changed how the club was run brought in their team,sports scientists ,diet .every percentage counts.

Quoted from RoboCod

Keep it up, Mr Irony. You're saying you don't know all there is to know about Grimsby? What is it now, 165 days logged on here? What's your username on Vitals? Just like to see your number of posts on there, or is it such a shite forum you come on here to mix with the real fans?

I've been here through thick and thin, and a bit more thin, check my post count. Unlike Helgy/Impish you showed up on here when you were safe in the knowledge that you were back in the League and Town were down and ready to be kicked after a shitshow from our board brought us to our knees.

Not that many Lincoln fans post on vital , mainly one Facebook page there is 14.5k on there.

Quoted from Helgy

Not that many Lincoln fans post on vital , mainly one Facebook page there is 14.5k on there.

It's a shame, I frequented the old Lincoln forum (name escapes me) back in the day and it was great fun. Town were in Division 1 (now Championship) back then and Lincoln were Division 3 (now League 2) but it didn't matter, some really good posters and no resentment to be seen.

I think that the fact we have a 13 page thread discussing the increased support of our noisy neighbors, as opposed to the usual 2-3 pages taking the p-ss as to why they’ll only sell 1/3rd of their tickets tells it as it is. I’ll take the Micky out of them more than most.
But there is a grudging envy as to how they are handling their affairs. I know whose position I’d rather be in right now 😕

So, Lincoln fans think they have the better team and will win, some Grimsby fans think Lincoln have the better team and will win. On paper considering what the have paid in fees and wages they should have the better team. The bookmakers think Lincoln are the favorites to win.

But how will they feel if Grimsby win on Saturday? Devastated will be an understatement !

#UTFM

Quoted from Grantham_Mariner

So, Lincoln fans think they have the better team and will win, some Grimsby fans think Lincoln have the better team and will win. On paper considering what the have paid in fees and wages they should have the better team. The bookmakers think Lincoln are the favorites to win.

But how will they feel if Grimsby win on Saturday? Devastated will be an understatement !

#UTFM

I know the internet could go down en mass in Lincoln on Saturday ,when we played you in the conference you were the fancied team we brought our usual turn out of 600 and if i am honest i didn't fancy our chances but we won.
No game is easy especially local derbies form can go out of the window completely think it will be a close game.

[url]https://forums.vitalfootball.co.uk/threads/grimsby-town-a-ticket-information.83712/[/url]

"Pleased to see there was a 'singing section' option"

Really Lincoln? I didn't think you was tinpot anymore ;D

Quoted from pizzzza

[url]https://forums.vitalfootball.co.uk/threads/grimsby-town-a-ticket-information.83712/[/url]

"Pleased to see there was a 'singing section' option"

Really Lincoln? I didn't think you was tinpot anymore ;D

I noticed on that link that one of the Gimps hopes he gets a seat next to Devon, Well that shouldn't be to difficult ,surely he can find a seat somewhere in Cornwall. ;)

Quoted from pizzzza

[url]https://forums.vitalfootball.co.uk/threads/grimsby-town-a-ticket-information.83712/[/url]

"Pleased to see there was a 'singing section' option"

Really Lincoln? I didn't think you was tinpot anymore ;D

They do this because we always have problems at away matches that are allocated seating and sold out.
Mates always want to sit with mates especially alll those who want to sing thus they are given the opportunity to choose a section where they can all be together.
For what it's worth it doesn't work, never has and never will.
It will be a free for all Saturday as per usual at your place with a few people getting irate cos someones sat in their seats.

Quoted from towncryer

They do this because we always have problems at away matches that are allocated seating and sold out.
Mates always want to sit with mates especially alll those who want to sing thus they are given the opportunity to choose a section where they can all be together.
For what it's worth it doesn't work, never has and never will.
It will be a free for all Saturday as per usual at your place with a few people getting irate cos someones sat in their seats.

Well at least you don`t have that problem

Quoted from nealeardleyscrossing

And the Leaking boot flattened?

We were put in there a few years back.

Such a shame it wasn't while it was being flattened !

Quoted from 1mickylyons

Well at least you don`t have that problem

You saying I got B O micky.

The worst type of football fan is the type who whinges someone is sat in their seat in sold out away end. Just be thankful to have a ticket as others would no doubt love to have had it off you and sat on the roof to get a view.

The second worst is the ones who request a seat at the back and then moan at everyone who is at the back standing up.

I have a new favorite fishy post, from Robocod, just when you start to detect the odd sign of grounded reality..
Long Suffering Imp

Wooh for me!! ;D

I think you miss the point though, Mr Suffering Imp, as your forum and newfound fans have been awfully unpopular on the League 2 and Conference forums. Some of your newcomers last season were infesting the post-match Lincoln away threads asking/demanding/begging for acknowledgment of their HUGE following. As one rival said at the time, what do you all want, medals? You are PLAGUED by newbies, all finding this football watching lark such a novelty, whereas to most fans and clubs it's the norm.

The odd thing is I was posting on the old forum back in around 2000 and have probably made more posts on the Lincoln forums than 80% of the Vital lot. But as some Lincolnites keep telling me, Vitals is idiotic and insular and not at all representative of Lincoln City BC

Quoted from Grantham_Mariner

So, Lincoln fans think they have the better team and will win, some Grimsby fans think Lincoln have the better team and will win. On paper considering what the have paid in fees and wages they should have the better team. The bookmakers think Lincoln are the favorites to win.

But how will they feel if Grimsby win on Saturday? Devastated will be an understatement !

#UTFM

Looking good so far...............

I often find myself through work in various properties throughout Lincoln, and there are parts of both Towns that reflect each other. Lincoln isn't a boom town, growing slightly maybe with investment in new campuses but it has the same crappy areas and same crappy people in those areas like Town. Like the type of Lincoln morons who attacked old Town fans trying to get to their cars at the park near the roundabout. Yet they are on here blubbering about not being family friendly, when Lincoln isn't even OAP friendly.

Scunthorpe went through a purple patch but as the novelty wore off so their new fans found other things to do, the same will go for Lincoln, that's if we are lead to believe they are becoming a golden metropolis like they claim.

When Grimsby was a boom Town we played in the top flight, over to you gimps, (drops mic).

Wonder how they're going to celebrate their victory and the promotion they just bagged ;D

Waiting for the avalanche of smug Imps fans on here rubbing our noses in it after their emphatic victory.......

Oh! Wait a minute.

Quoted from ginnywings

Waiting for the avalanche of smug Imps fans on here rubbing our noses in it after their emphatic victory.......

Oh! Wait a minute.

Seemingly all the Gimps on Vital are now commenting in their match thread with stuff like "Told you we weren't going to win 4-0!!!...told you not to get over confident!" ::)

According to them on there forum they are still in Transition 😂 I don’t see how to be honestly

excrement fans,sang for 10 mins and that was it til the goal

Quoted from OllieGTFC

According to them on there forum they are still in Transition 😂 I don’t see how to be honestly

Is that some sort of techno club? With all that 'big club, little club, cardboard Imp' dance move.

You won't get any of the Lincoln fans on here until after they have gone home for some 'family time'.

To be fair, i think any right minded Imps like Helgy will admit we were better and should have won. I'd be over the moon with a point if we had done that at Sincil Bank. Remember fatty Rhead doing the same thing to us at their place for a very dodgy penalty. Akinde has done it countless times, twice in one game against us when we played Barnet a couple of seasons ago.

That Hull ref was desperate for an excuse to give them something and they got it out of nothingWe will get stronger as the season progresses I have no doubt .

Here's some of my favourites from the pre-game thread on us and other comments on our players and general chances this season:

"That article on the Grimsby OS only hints at the strength of Lincoln's squad, and probably deliberately so. The gulf in class man-for-man between the two squads is monumental - place them side-by-side and see for yourself. If the game were to be played on paper..." ScotImp

"Bit like their midfield general Mr Welsh is meant to stop us tomorrow, hasn't had much success so far has he?" DavidImp

"Serious Achilles rupture two years ago, was released in May after an indifferent season.
Exactly the sort of error I would expect an inexperienced manager like Jolley to make." On signing Wes Thomas, ScotImp again.

"In midfield, Welsh is completely finished, a terrible signing. At nearly 35, younger, faster midfielders will run rings round him, even if he can stay fit. " ScotImp on Welsh.

"One defender came from dire Chesterfield (Alex Whitmore), and appears to have been signed because Jolley knew him as a teenager at the Burnley Academy. The other one (Harry Davis) has been playing in the Scottish Championship, which is National League standard at best." ScotImp on half our defence who played today. Whitmore is such a dire defender that he had your £4K a week striker in his pocket until he moved over to Collins.

"Most of Slade's squad had to go because they were dreadful, but the seven replacements so far look no better. Different name, more of the same. " ScotImp once more.

"Prediction: Bottom four. There should be enough poor sides for Grimsby to survive." ScotImp's infamous pre-season review.

In fact I'd just like to point out what a bias, pompous, arrogant and completely misinformed helmet he is ;D. Near enough everything he spouted as though it were fact was proven wrong today against a team that has a "monumental" difference in class supposedly. Well if that's true Scotty boy then your managers are nowhere near as good as you all claim given the money they've spent and the time they've had in charge (lff3) because we should have won today and most of your sensible fans know it.

Quoted from mariner91

Here's some of my favourites from the pre-game thread on us and other comments on our players and general chances this season:

"That article on the Grimsby OS only hints at the strength of Lincoln's squad, and probably deliberately so. The gulf in class man-for-man between the two squads is monumental - place them side-by-side and see for yourself. If the game were to be played on paper..." ScotImp

"Bit like their midfield general Mr Welsh is meant to stop us tomorrow, hasn't had much success so far has he?" DavidImp

"Serious Achilles rupture two years ago, was released in May after an indifferent season.
Exactly the sort of error I would expect an inexperienced manager like Jolley to make." On signing Wes Thomas, ScotImp again.

"In midfield, Welsh is completely finished, a terrible signing. At nearly 35, younger, faster midfielders will run rings round him, even if he can stay fit. " ScotImp on Welsh.

"One defender came from dire Chesterfield (Alex Whitmore), and appears to have been signed because Jolley knew him as a teenager at the Burnley Academy. The other one (Harry Davis) has been playing in the Scottish Championship, which is National League standard at best." ScotImp on half our defence who played today.

"Most of Slade's squad had to go because they were dreadful, but the seven replacements so far look no better. Different name, more of the same. " ScotImp once more.

"Prediction: Bottom four. There should be enough poor sides for Grimsby to survive." ScotImp's infamous pre-season review.

In fact I'd just like to point out what a bias, pompous, arrogant and completely misinformed helmet he is ;D. Near enough everything he spouted as though it were fact was proven wrong today against a team that has a "monumental" difference in class supposedly. Well if that's true Scotty boy then your managers are nowhere near as good as you all claim given the money they've spent and the time they've had in charge (lff3) because we should have won today and most of your sensible fans know it.

I'm just honoured he's so obsessed with our little club. Other than Akinde, I didn't have a clue who Lincoln had signed and to be quite honest, really couldn't give a excrement so why is he so obsessed with us?

ScotImp is a complete tool, taking advantage of his environment ie a bunch of clueless, embittered Lincoln fans who view his anorak-like stat collecting and match previews in awe. He's just too bitter and full of spite to actually give an unbiased and reasoned match preview/review if it involves Town. He'd be torn to shreds for his bile on any other forum, Luton Outlaws aside :D

Quoted from ginnywings

To be fair, i think any right minded Imps like Helgy will admit we were better and should have won. I'd be over the moon with a point if we had done that at Sincil Bank. Remember fatty Rhead doing the same thing to us at their place for a very dodgy penalty. Akinde has done it countless times, twice in one game against us when we played Barnet a couple of seasons ago.

Get out of jail ,daylight robbery ,any of those i really don't like all the pre match predictions of hammerings and said that derby games can really even things out i was wrong on that.

We didn't turn up at all ,formation was wrong and were extremly lucky several times in the 2nd half if it had been a boxing match the ref would have stopped it.

Fair do's Helgy, good luck for the rest of the season, except the return of course. I still think you'll be at least a play off side, but you weren't at the races today. I also think we are not half as bad as some were saying and it's early days in our re-build after Slade destroyed us.

Quoted from Helgy

Get out of jail ,daylight robbery ,any of those i really don't like all the pre match predictions of hammerings and said that derby games can really even things out i was wrong on that.

We didn't turn up at all ,formation was wrong and were extremly lucky several times in the 2nd half if it had been a boxing match the ref would have stopped it.

Fair play once again Helgy!

My take on your side on the basis of today is that you look like a side in transition from a more direct approach to playing the ball a bit more. I think today MJ arguably out thought Cowley as your flanks never got going. I know Bostwick from his time at Stevenage and I can see what your manager is trying to do with him at the back but your mid field did look like it’s missing an enforcer.

When you started to do well in non league/cup run and came up you had a real spine and spirit which often meant you won games in injury time and it seemed your players where “in this together” though it’s a snapshot I felt that was missing a bit today though you did deal well with our 2nd half onslaught before the penalty.

All that said league 2 is unpredictable but once again competitive and I expect you guys to be right up there in an automatic spot come May.

Quoted from mariner91

Here's some of my favourites from the pre-game thread on us and other comments on our players and general chances this season:

"That article on the Grimsby OS only hints at the strength of Lincoln's squad, and probably deliberately so. The gulf in class man-for-man between the two squads is monumental - place them side-by-side and see for yourself. If the game were to be played on paper..." ScotImp

"Bit like their midfield general Mr Welsh is meant to stop us tomorrow, hasn't had much success so far has he?" DavidImp

"Serious Achilles rupture two years ago, was released in May after an indifferent season.
Exactly the sort of error I would expect an inexperienced manager like Jolley to make." On signing Wes Thomas, ScotImp again.

"In midfield, Welsh is completely finished, a terrible signing. At nearly 35, younger, faster midfielders will run rings round him, even if he can stay fit. " ScotImp on Welsh.

"One defender came from dire Chesterfield (Alex Whitmore), and appears to have been signed because Jolley knew him as a teenager at the Burnley Academy. The other one (Harry Davis) has been playing in the Scottish Championship, which is National League standard at best." ScotImp on half our defence who played today. Whitmore is such a dire defender that he had your £4K a week striker in his pocket until he moved over to Collins.

"Most of Slade's squad had to go because they were dreadful, but the seven replacements so far look no better. Different name, more of the same. " ScotImp once more.

"Prediction: Bottom four. There should be enough poor sides for Grimsby to survive." ScotImp's infamous pre-season review.

In fact I'd just like to point out what a bias, pompous, arrogant and completely misinformed helmet he is ;D. Near enough everything he spouted as though it were fact was proven wrong today against a team that has a "monumental" difference in class supposedly. Well if that's true Scotty boy then your managers are nowhere near as good as you all claim given the money they've spent and the time they've had in charge (lff3) because we should have won today and most of your sensible fans know it.

Allegedly from some of the gimps, that scotimp eats the yellow blocks in the urinals because he thinks they are free cakes.

Just found this gold:

"I fully expect Danny Cowley’s Lincoln City to overcome Michael Jolley’s Grimsby Town and have a good headline ready to use in the match report should that come about. Our defence seems to improve with each game and our firepower has, I believe, yet more to come. I therefore confidently predict the Imps to come away with another three points in a 0-3 victory, but do not be surprised if it turns out to be an even bigger margin." Source: https://lincoln.vitalfootball.co.uk/cowleys-imps-to-reel-in-the-jolley-cods-on-saturday/

What a bunch of twits ;D

Bit disappointed our old friend Mr O'Dare Towncrier hasn't been pontificating on
how magnificent the Gimps 1 - 1 thrashing of us was.... perhaps he didn't come and witness
the mauling of GTFC by his superior 6 fingered numpties.... too scared.... or maybe he was
on civic duties welcoming more yorkies to Skeggy who had comef't day and stopped fert'week... 😉
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I don't post much anymore but nice to see Helgy on here, been a while since I've seen a post from you. People like yourself are always welcome in here to chat football and it's good to see you have a level head. I felt town where the better side yesterday but I do feel you can see a lot of class in that Lincoln team if they turn up and set up to their abilities.

If you take a look at the prediction thread most town fans thought we would get thrashed .... not me , i got it spot on

Quoted from fleabag1970

If you take a look at the prediction thread most town fans thought we would get thrashed .... not me , i got it spot on

Yeah, i found that quite astonishing myself. I could maybe understand people thinking we may not win the game, but the predictions of losing by three or four goals seemed a bit pessimistic to me. Jolley actually mentioned it in his post match interview, saying he had been shown what was being predicted. I imagine he shared it with the players.

Quoted from fleabag1970

If you take a look at the prediction thread most town fans thought we would get thrashed .... not me , i got it spot on

Well done!

Well done to the Lincoln fans for finally filling the away end.👏🏼 although there were empty seats visible throughout visible for some reason. But in all the years of going to BP I’ve never seen a full away end so quite. The osmond stand must be one of the best in the country when it comes to generating noise, you only need a dozen fans singing in there to sound loud and the only time I really heard anything was when and just after they scored.

Quoted from mariner91

Just found this gold:

"I fully expect Danny Cowley’s Lincoln City to overcome Michael Jolley’s Grimsby Town and have a good headline ready to use in the match report should that come about. Our defence seems to improve with each game and our firepower has, I believe, yet more to come. I therefore confidently predict the Imps to come away with another three points in a 0-3 victory, but do not be surprised if it turns out to be an even bigger margin." Source: https://lincoln.vitalfootball.co.uk/cowleys-imps-to-reel-in-the-jolley-cods-on-saturday/

What a bunch of twits ;D

Julian Burley is going to need a new headline then!

The hundred from Veggie Rovers seemed to make more noise. Mind you, they lived up to the hype, unlike Lincoln.

Quoted from lukeo

I don't post much anymore but nice to see Helgy on here, been a while since I've seen a post from you. People like yourself are always welcome in here to chat football and it's good to see you have a level head. I felt town where the better side yesterday but I do feel you can see a lot of class in that Lincoln team if they turn up and set up to their abilities.

Can't argue you weren't the better team, think there was far too much crap talked about it being a walk in the park.
You earn the result on the pitch people forget that.

Judging by my last walk into the High Street last week, half of Lincoln are on Zombie Spice. Maybe the same goes for their following; half on Spice the other half watching team tactics made by a scared Cowley = not much to sing about.

Quoted from mariner91

Just found this gold:

"I fully expect Danny Cowley’s Lincoln City to overcome Michael Jolley’s Grimsby Town and have a good headline ready to use in the match report should that come about. Our defence seems to improve with each game and our firepower has, I believe, yet more to come. I therefore confidently predict the Imps to come away with another three points in a 0-3 victory, but do not be surprised if it turns out to be an even bigger margin." Source: https://lincoln.vitalfootball.co.uk/cowleys-imps-to-reel-in-the-jolley-cods-on-saturday/

What a bunch of twits ;D

Well I for one will not be asking mr Julian (gob sh@te) Burley for his opinions any time from now on . What a wake up call they've just had if they learn from well done ,but I can see they're new found arrogance preventing that.

I think now the dust has settled I think there has been a little bit of respect earnt from both camps. To be fair to Lincoln most of them (morons aside*) have been honest in the comments in that they were lucky to come away with a point and for 70 minutes we were much the better team. Even Danny Cowley, who I dislike intentsly, was magnanimous in his assessment of the game.
I note also that a lot of fans are shouting down those going on about the current attendances and reminding them it wasn't always like that and not so long ago plus it may not be always like that in the future. In addition they also shout down the 'our place is better than yours' constant argument and respect what the decimation of the fishing industry has done to the Town.
I think Saturday have given them a massive wake up call so respect to them for that.
One or two if them have questioned whether we can play with that intensity every week which is a valid point and one that I made over the weekend. Hopefully we can.
Maybe a mutual respect has been delivered which will of course go out the window when we play them at there place but I doubt they will be giving it the Billy Big B@llox they did prior to this weekend.

*on both sides!