2100

Only 2100 left for Sunday. Best get mine 1st thing tomorrow. Seems like en masse Mariners. Don't think we'll sell out, but surely if we get close we need to push Gimps into the corner and have some of the Osmond too. 4 sides of the ground Town is always special.

So around 7,500 roughly so far, nice.

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THERE are still around 2100 tickets remaining for the New Year's Day Blue Square Bet Premier League clash with Lincoln City (3pm).

Availability:

Main Stand: 1099
Pontoon Stand: 609
Upper Findus: 397

The ticket office will be open on New Year's Eve between 9am and 12 noon and from 10am on New Year's Day.

Tickets will be available online at Early Bird prices until 11am on New Year's Eve.

[url=http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10417~2561596,00.html]Source[/url]

Don't think this includes the 1500 that Gimps won't sell....

Come on Town fans , keep this up , invite as many peole as you can and lets try and make this a sell out , UTM !

With Lincoln having sold about 600 or something like that then it'll be something around 6000-6500 at the moment. Hopefully we can get that up to around 7.

Can see half of the remainder of the tickets going to be honest. A few people I know who are going are yet to get tickets. 6000ish attendance. Hope the players can match the support again!

Loads of people decide to get their tickets on the day so we should be looking at a big crowd, bigger than I expected to be honest. It's amazing how many people come out of the woodwork for big games.

Quite a few i know need to get there tickets, heres hoping to a sell out in the home ends and then get the osmand open, shove them in the corner ! create a nice friendly atmosphere !

UTM

Never thought wed get near 7k looks possible now

I'm getting 4 in the morning.

I know we might not get promoted, and I know we have financial probs too boot, but how nice is it when most people have the rose tinted specs on for once!!  Reminds me why I fell in love with footy and GTFC.  Kick on the Town.

this is a big help financially and how many does the main stand hold?

If we can get more than 7000 it would be fantastic , keep on inviteing as many people as you can , UTM !

£30000 odd up on a normal matchday, poss more if I could be arsed to do the sums properly. Need a few more days like this though before we are back financially.

This attendance will cause a few eyes to pop out when people read the match reports

Just a shame the Gimps aren't turning up. Where are you all, I'm coming up from Sleaford, I'll pick up a couple of them up if they need a lift.  

I think if your stupid if you miss this one purely for the fact that the atmosphere will be amazing and the place will be rocking , COME ON TOWN !

I'm going with my Dad (Gillingham fan) and little bro (latched himself on to a prem team since I moved away and stopped taking him to see Town regularly; hopefully Sunday might help shake it out of him!). Haven't been to a game since York away. Looking forward to it.

Bloody hell !! best get up early then and be there for 9 so thats another 13 tickets sold  

If we do sell out the home end, which looks possible, we must surely push the gimps into one half of the Osmond and give the rest to Town? We need to make the most out of this big gate and get as many people as possible into the ground.

Quoted from mariner91

If we do sell out the home end, which looks possible, we must surely push the gimps into one half of the Osmond and give the rest to Town? We need to make the most out of this big gate and get as many people as possible into the ground.

Depends if the police will allow it.

Come on Town Fans , i know i have said this about 10 times but LETS PACK THE PARK , if i was you get your tickets in the morning as there will be Long ques on sunday and there is less chance of you getting the seat you would like . Also just a reminder that the ticket office shuts at 12 . COME ON TOWN FANS LETS GET BP ROCKING , UTM !

Quoted from big_mozzer

Depends if the police will allow it.

This is true but if Town put enough stewards in there then surely they would?

Hessen cloth seems to be the most deterrent to stop crowd trouble.

Lincoln seem pretty impressed with our support on their forum. By my calculations we've now nearly sold 5000 tickets for Sunday?

Quoted from mariner91

Lincoln seem pretty impressed with our support on their forum. By my calculations we've now nearly sold 5000 tickets for Sunday?

4609 home fans so far ( i think ), if we can get that over 5000 by tomorrow that will be exellent .

Quoted from 1739

4609 home fans so far ( i think ), if we can get that over 5000 by tomorrow that will be exellent .

Lets work it out:

9051 - 1904 (Osmond) = 7147 capacity of home end.

7147 - 2100 = 5047 tickets sold so far.

There are approximately 7000 home seats. That means that the current amount of sold tickets for both home and away supporters just about equals the Boxing Day crowd, and that's with 1000 less away fans and a day of sales to go.

It's gonna be somewhere close to 6500 I'd have thought. I'm sure it'd have been a sell out if we were in the play off positions.

Very important to put on a decent display in this match! There's a good chance of luring some of the 'stayaways' back to BP for future matches!

Quoted from big_mozzer

Depends if the police will allow it.

That will be the same police force that said no pubs early kick off in Lincoln but
a 3 pm kick off at Grimsby with pubs open all day after new years eve will it ???  

Quoted from davmariner

Very important to put on a decent display in this match! There's a good chance of luring some of the 'stayaways' back to BP for future matches!

Thats the only worry I have. Town in the last few years (play off season apart) have been dogshite in front of a big crowd. Lets buck this trend on Sunday and carry on the good feeling around the club.

Quoted from mariner91

Thats the only worry I have. Town in the last few years (play off season apart) have been dogshite in front of a big crowd. Lets buck this trend on Sunday and carry on the good feeling around the club.

I dont think that's entirely true, Barnet for example

we played very well second half last week at SW, with a huge following, thats just to name two

Quoted from I believe in Cod

I dont think that's entirely true, Barnet for example

we played very well second half last week at SW, with a huge following, thats just to name two

I meant at home, when the big crowd would usually have a fair few floating fans. And I would say the Barnet game was under exceptional circumstances.

Still to decide where to sit, going first thing in the morning, decisions decisions

I will be there at 9am got my 33rd friend to come plus there 11 to go in the morning if i was you without a ticket get there ASAP tomorrow (today) !!

UTM

God, if we can beat the Gimps Sunday anything is possible!  There will be a huge following at Alfreton the following week and then Bath, games we should win with the right attitude and then we are on the verge of the play offs - as a Mariners fan  of 4 decades i know what is possible at GTFC when the  imagination of the Grimsby  public is attracted.  PLEASE DO THE BUSINESS on  SUNDAY PLAYERS!

Quoted from gary_elton

That will be the same police force that said no pubs early kick off in Lincoln but
a 3 pm kick off at Grimsby with pubs open all day after new years eve will it ???  

Yeah I thought this too. Very strange decision.

didnt the club have a bit of a barney with the police about changing kick of times a while back? got overvruled when the council took the clubs side?

Hope the players don't get frightened and dissapoint us as is the norm.
A semi rocking blunder park is a sight to be hold, pity about no standing.

32 hours and counting.....cannot wait its gonna b rocking at bp its gonna b better than xmas day and new years eve put together.

All this is more remarkable given we are 13th in the table, 13th!!! We are all a bit puddled I think. UTM!

Just booked my 3 tickets in The Upper Findus over the phone for - my Son, my Dad & myself.

Coyt!

Quoted from gary_elton

That will be the same police force that said no pubs early kick off in Lincoln but
a 3 pm kick off at Grimsby with pubs open all day after new years eve will it ???  

No its a different Police Force, Lincolnshire for Lincoln, Humberside for Grimsby.

Quoted from petethemariner

God, if we can beat the Gimps Sunday anything is possible!  There will be a huge following at Alfreton the following week and then Bath, games we should win with the right attitude and then we are on the verge of the play offs - as a Mariners fan  of 4 decades i know what is possible at GTFC when the  imagination of the Grimsby  public is attracted.  PLEASE DO THE BUSINESS on  SUNDAY PLAYERS!

Good post.

A good performance and result on Sunday should get a few more back on a more regular basis. Get the ball rolling and end up with good following home to Bath and Telford in Jan.

We ned more fans to offset some of the financial losses and we need more in attendance to boost the players. A win/win

C'mon you MIGHTY Mariners

Right, just got mine, but forgot to ask how many were left, anyone got an update?

Somebody posted earlier this week that the difference between Grimsby and Lincoln fans is passion.  Very true.  Not just the difference in the number of away fans - it is also about the atmosphere we created at City.

They laughingly said that we have no football tradition either.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  Are they ignorant of our top flight football in the past?

Town are building momentum.  The fans are getting excited, the players are responding.  Performances are improving.  We have a good unbeaten run(over 90 mins). We need to crack on with a proper unbeaten run against good sides.

With the signing of Ian Miller and Connor Townsend for the rest of the season, we can have a good, settled defence.  The midfield is gradually improving.  Coulson seems to have shaken off his ankle injury and is back to near his best form.  Up front we have a very good partnership that will produce more goals.  We are top scorers at home.  Need more goals and points away. Good start at Lincoln.

Really looking forward to the game and atmosphere tomorrow. Hope there is enough food, beverages and programmes for the very large crowd.  We need the cash.

I don't think Coulson has shaken off his injuries. There's more to come from
Him IMO.

If any attendance is above 5000 in this really expensive pub league you have to be pleased, even more so when the huge majority are home fans. Take away our uppity on boxing day and Lincoln would have been down to their average gate do the last 2 seasons. Take away lincolns average at best support for tomorrow and we've still almost doubled ours...

I expect that we will probably have a higher gate than nearly all league 2 games and some league 1.

Quoted from TownSNAFU5

Somebody posted earlier this week that the difference between Grimsby and Lincoln fans is passion.  Very true.  Not just the difference in the number of away fans - it is also about the atmosphere we created at City.

They laughingly said that we have no football tradition either.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  Are they ignorant of our top flight football in the past?

Town are building momentum.  The fans are getting excited, the players are responding.  Performances are improving.  We have a good unbeaten run(over 90 mins). We need to crack on with a proper unbeaten run against good sides.

With the signing of Ian Miller and Connor Townsend for the rest of the season, we can have a good, settled defence.  The midfield is gradually improving.  Coulson seems to have shaken off his ankle injury and is back to near his best form.  Up front we have a very good partnership that will produce more goals.  We are top scorers at home.  Need more goals and points away. Good start at Lincoln.

Really looking forward to the game and atmosphere tomorrow. Hope there is enough food, beverages and programmes for the very large crowd.  We need the cash.

Cracking post.The difference between Town and all the other teams in this League with the possible exception of Luton is the support is out there it`s just a case of the football team giving them what they want so they come back week in week out.The Club at long last seem to have arrested the decline and the last 3-4 weeks has been about the long climb back the bandwagon is here now CLIMB ABOARD THE MARINERS EXPRESS

Luton seem to be consistently above 4000. But havnt looked of late?

Hope there's a magnificent turn out, and sincerely hope that 100% of the fans keep behind the perimeter fence and don't "celebrate" on the pitch at any time. If even a third of the extra attendees come back for more on a regular basis following a good Town display the crowds will soon touch 4,000 plus. UTM!

Quoted from jock dock tower

Hope there's a magnificent turn out, and sincerely hope that 100% of the fans keep behind the perimeter fence and don't "celebrate" on the pitch at any time. If even a third of the extra attendees come back for more on a regular basis following a good Town display the crowds will soon touch 4,000 plus. UTM!

Should beat the last home game v The Imps which was 6300 ish and i think will be climbing above 7500.

Might just beat 6,300 but can't see 7.5k being there. The home areas hold 6.8k excluding all of the Osmond so 7.5k with 700 Imps fans would mean the home areas are sold out. 6k home fans would be a superb turnout for mid table BSP. Scunny's biggest gate of the season is 6050 with 2200 Blades fans in that crowd. I also think 700+ from Imps isn't too bad. York had 900 at Mansfield - further to go but they are in a play off place. Chesterfield were pleased with 1000 to Hudders which is a similar distance as Lincoln to GY. I don't think Lincoln's away support is bad - it's still 30% of their current home gates, it's just ours is exceptionally good for this level; we matched Notts County's support at Bramall Lane, they are hovering around play-offs in the League one v attractive opposition and have homes gates averaging 6 to 7k.

Might just beat 6,300 but can't see 7.5k being there. The home areas hold 6.8k excluding all of the Osmond so 7.5k with 700 Imps fans would mean the home areas are sold out. 6k home fans would be a superb turnout for mid table BSP. Scunny's biggest gate of the season is 6050 with 2200 Blades fans in that crowd. I also think 700+ from Imps isn't too bad. York had 900 at Mansfield - further to go but they are in a play off place. Chesterfield were pleased with 1000 to Hudders which is a similar distance as Lincoln to GY. I don't think Lincoln's away support is bad - it's still 30% of their current home gates, it's just ours is exceptionally good for this level; we matched Notts County's support at Bramall Lane, they are hovering around play-offs in the League one v attractive opposition and have homes gates averaging 6 to 7k.

Quoted from aaron rattray

this is a big help financially and how many does the main stand hold?

about 1300 i think

Quoted from immariner

There are approximately 7000 home seats. That means that the current amount of sold tickets for both home and away supporters just about equals the Boxing Day crowd, and that's with 1000 less away fans and a day of sales to go.

It's gonna be somewhere close to 6500 I'd have thought. I'm sure it'd have been a sell out if we were in the play off positions.

Are you going Im ?

Quoted from Theimperialcoroner

All this is more remarkable given we are 13th in the table, 13th!!! We are all a bit puddled I think. UTM!

Lol - The Power of the Mariners  

Does anybody know how many tickets are left in the Pontoon ? ( I have a season ticket but i just wanted to know ) .

Quoted from 1739

Does anybody know how many tickets are left in the Pontoon ? ( I have a season ticket but i just wanted to know ) .

Not sure mate but lots being sold today when I was in ticket office - my mate up for NY is very much looking forward to game tomorrow - but as an Arsenal fan he will be coming to see a traditional match at a traditional ground without a Prem rip off in sight !

Quoted from aaron rattray

this is a big help financially and how many does the main stand hold?

Pontoon Capacity 1807
Main Stand 2038 (+ 88 Disabled)
Findus Upper 2038
Findus Lower 826
Away 2200 (1900 with segregation)

Quoted from Tommy

Pontoon Capacity 1807
Main Stand 2038 (+ 88 Disabled)
Findus Upper 2038
Findus Lower 826
Away 2200 (1900 with segregation)

lower findus holds 826? more like 200?

If 7500 turned up that would be a sell out. The ground capacity is around that figure. Then up to 9 with extra seating.

Quoted from aaron rattray

lower findus holds 826? more like 200?

200? Are you serious? Each row has 150+...

Quoted from aaron rattray

lower findus holds 826? more like 200?

Silly boy!