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supertown
April 18, 2018, 10:08pm
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Fantastic year to be town fan .
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April 18, 2018, 10:14pm
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I was there 10 years old, I still think Wembley screwed up not keeping the twin towers.

Old Wembley it self was very run down but I was so previlged to go.

The players we had that day, Davison, Macca, Handyside, Lever, Gallimore, Donovan, Burnett, Groves and Black etc.
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April 18, 2018, 10:16pm
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Kingsley Black got the 1st goal.
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Sat and cried as they came out and it was the old (real) Wembley so a bit special


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I don't think Grimsby have had a free kick specialist since Kingsley Black and he left 17 years ago.
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April 18, 2018, 10:22pm
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Luckily at both , stayed at Wembley Hilton night before the first game and Covent Garden /Leicester square that night was like drinking in Cleethorpes. Ace times and over 50,000 fans to Wembley in less than a month shows what could be achieved.
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A truly fantastic experience. Extra special because it was at the old Wembley.

I feel we were really blessed to see a golden goal winner. Not many clubs have seen that happen at Wembley. Shame they got rid of them. It was an amazing way to win a game!
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I was there and cried along with a load of the imp old timers.just looking now at the picture of Wayne Burnett wheeling away.hangs in pride of place in my kitchen
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I remember the first game against Bournemouth in the AWS. I said it didn't matter being a tinpot competition (remember we were a Championship side the years prior to this and even competing in the thing was a slap in the face. Sounds familiar? Yes the FA Trophy 15 years later was viewed in much the same light) and was just going to enjoy the day. After 5 minutes I realised I was as desperate for Town to win as if it were the World Cup Final. It was a fairy-tale ending, but it probably cost us automatic promotion!

The second game was hell. We were coasting and missed a pen, but they fought back and threw everything at us. It was before the minutes of injury time was shown and I think the ref played 7 and they had a string of corners with the score 1-0. But of course, we spent the last 5 minutes screaming for the ref to blow! I was so emotionally drained at the end I didn't really celebrate that we had just been promoted. Everyone else was hugging one another and I felt spent. Celebrations naturally took place as the evening progressed mind.


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I remember the first game against Bournemouth in the AWS. I said it didn't matter being a tinpot competition (remember we were a Championship side the years prior to this and even competing in the thing was a slap in the face. Sounds familiar? Yes the FA Trophy 15 years later was viewed in much the same light) and was just going to enjoy the day. After 5 minutes I realised I was as desperate for Town to win as if it were the World Cup Final. It was a fairy-tale ending, but it probably cost us automatic promotion!

The second game was hell. We were coasting and missed a pen, but they fought back and threw everything at us. It was before the minutes of injury time was shown and I think the ref played 7 and they had a string of corners with the score 1-0. But of course, we spent the last 5 minutes screaming for the ref to blow! I was so emotionally drained at the end I didn't really celebrate that we had just been promoted. Everyone else was hugging one another and I felt spent. Celebrations naturally took place as the evening progressed mind.


It was 6, or at least that's what the board said. Felt like 60. But where the bloody hell they got 6 from is still a mystery.

Arriving late in the build up to the Bournemouth game as I came through the entrance to the seating area I saw the massed ranks of Mariners fans sweeping round the curve to my right. A sea of black and white. I was bloody choked I can tell you.

Happy Wayne Burnett Day.


Through the door there came familiar laughter,
I saw your face and heard you call my name.
Oh my friend we're older but no wiser,
For in our hearts the dreams are still the same.
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