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Grim74
August 8, 2016, 8:58am
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Sounds to me the club are happy to get rid of him to save a few quid...

http://m.grimsbytelegraph.co.u.....91-detail/story.html


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Quoted from Grim74
Sounds to me the club are happy to get rid of him to save a few quid...

http://m.grimsbytelegraph.co.u.....91-detail/story.html


He has quit....if it was a paid role and the club can now find a free volunteer to fill it then why shouldnt they? Its a business. It is not as though the club have sacked him just to save money is it?

Its a shame its all being done in the open, if he wanted to quit then just quit, why quit..publicise it and then say you dont want to comment on it ?



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August 8, 2016, 9:34am

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He left, notified people on his own Facebook profile (you know, friends and family), some shitehouse at the telegraph has then trawled through this and published his comments. He's hardly stood outside BP wearing an a-board then refused to talk about it.
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Grimsby Town said in a statement: "It has come to the club's attention that popular mascot Andy Carr, who plays Mighty Mariner, has quit through social media.

"This has since been confirmed. The club would like to place on record its thanks to Andy for his years of service.

"Andy's sad departure will potentially provide an opportunity to reduce cost, as this was a paid role, and the club will now consider marketing Mighty Mariner as part of the match day experience, just as it does for junior mascots.

"The club has many unpaid roles where people already give their time freely, just as is the case within the Mariners Trust.

"It is hoped to continue to build this type of resource to help build on the match day experience and control costs."

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Embarrassing, the guy was probably getting paid next to nothing for doing it and the fans loved him, sure theres other way's of saving a few quid than trying to knock down the mascot.
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We don't seem to have ball boys anymore either considering how long it took to get hold of the ball for throw ins and corners on saturday and I don't really remember seeing any seems the club is scraping savings where they can lol.

Honestly this club is run by millionaires what was he charging 20k per game? I'm sure they can afford £10 and a sandwich or whatever it was.
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August 8, 2016, 9:54am
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We don't seem to have ball boys anymore either considering how long it took to get hold of the ball for throw ins and corners on saturday and I don't really remember seeing any seems the club is scraping savings where they can lol.

Honestly this club is run by millionaires what was he charging 20k per game? I'm sure they can afford £10 and a sandwich or whatever it was.


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It's really poor taste for the club to mention " an opportunity to reduce costs" and a "marketing opportunity". Whatever happened, couldn't they have just said thanks to Andy and left it at that? I really despair at some of the comments that come out of the club.

They'll make a few quid a game, charging people to wear the costume for a day. Great!
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August 8, 2016, 10:22am
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I bet It'll have been an argument about intercourse all and pride will have dictated the outcome. A real shame, MIghty Mariner was one of the few positive PR tools we had. He was only being written about in the Observer a week or so back.

As others said, never failed to make me smile during the bleakest period of being a Town fan.
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The turnstile operators are mainly stewards now, this of course means they are already on the pay roll and no need to employ turnstile operators and pay them
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