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rob_cavallini@hotmail.com
April 4, 2025, 11:04am
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Hi All

I’m currently taking preorders for my new book - order now at http://www.dognduck.net for discount and to get your name in the book.

Pre-order now at http://www.dognduck.net

Volume one is the first real in-depth look at the history of Grimsby Town F.C. and sheds new light on the club's formation. It covers the period when Grimsby was one of the leading pioneers of professional football, not to mention insights into the life of Victorian professional footballers and the fan culture that developed in the early game.

The book unearths riots at Stoke where the team were lucky to survive with their lives, the Cropper incident, and a detailed look at the match-fixing scandal of 1903. This combined with commentary from contemporary newspapers, aims to bring the story to life and explain what occurred.

For the first time, full results/team details are available for all Town's early friendlies and county cup games, which allows for the first statistical details of the club's founding fathers to be published. The reserves are also covered in-depth with all matches included, and goal scorers are given for competitive matches. All statistics have been verified from earlier works and corrected where applicable.
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April 4, 2025, 11:17am
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Great stuff Rob!  Pre-ordered and pleased to see it's one of a series of 5!
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I have preordered but Reminiscenses of Grimsby Town Football Club 1879- 1912 first published in 1912 but reprinted and readily available might consider itself the first book covering this period.
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April 4, 2025, 1:15pm
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Don't worry, Rob has read Reminiscences. It's certainly the first book ever published about GTFC, but I think Bob Lincoln may be a bit of an unreliable narrator.
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rob_cavallini@hotmail.com
April 4, 2025, 1:19pm
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Thanks -Bob Lincoln is totally unreliable - all the pictures have wrong years for a start. Lots of new stuff and i was amazed how much I found.  I think people will be enlightened and a few things will need to be rewritten
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I've shared with the lads Rob. Hope you're well. Padge.
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rob_cavallini@hotmail.com
April 11, 2025, 9:31am
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Thank you for the orders - pre-orders still available at http://www.dognduck.net
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Don't worry Rob the stokies got there comeuppance years later courtesy of some garden shears and a broom handle down Daubney Street.  
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April 16, 2025, 7:14am
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I've shared with the lads Rob. Hope you're well. Padge.


Cheers Padge  - all good here
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Ooh, I will buy the book also, this will also make valuable reference/citation additions for the Grimsby Town Wikipedia main page. The next best thing to spend time on when not getting any sex.
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