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mariner83
April 24, 2018, 9:23am

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[url=https://footballandmaterialculture.com/2018/04/23/not-fit-for-modern-day-football-or-a-magical-monument-for-119-years-of-footballing-history-blundell-park-grimsby/]https://footballandmaterialculture.com/2018/04/23/not-fit-for-modern-day-football-or-a-magical-monument-for-119-years-of-footballing-history-blundell-park-grimsby/[/url]
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April 24, 2018, 9:43am
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Great read and makes you proud of our history and stadium of 'character'..... I know we need a new stadium to progress but I will certainly be sad to leave Blundell Park!


"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old, Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn, At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, We WILL remember them"
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April 24, 2018, 9:54am
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Thanks for the link. This is a 'must read'
My first game at the park was in 1963 and i thought there was nothing I wouldn't know about BP but there was.
I watched from Barratts stand which i swear i remember swaying in high wind. Got a new wooden rattle the day we played at home to bradford park avenue, 1-0 up at half time i wrote all the players names on it in biro. Lost 5-1 in the end and threw the rattle away on the way home.
Soooo many other memories, the cup win against everton- mike brollie's night, the exeter promotion game, the 4-0 win over sheff utd(drinkell hat trick) in front of over 20000. Blimey, what it is to be a football supporter eh?
The ground is completely part n parcel of those memories so i found this link fascinating for that reason so give urself a few minutes and read it.
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April 24, 2018, 10:02am

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Good read, thanks for posting.
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April 24, 2018, 10:03am

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Very interesting read and well written thanks for putting it up 83.


                             Over 36 years living in Suffolk but always a mariner.
                             68 Years following the Town

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                               First game   April 1955
                               
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April 24, 2018, 10:08am
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Really enjoyed that, if it ever and I’m sure it won’t in my lifetime, I’d miss our ground very much as I’m sure we’ll end up with a soulless concrete stadium.
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April 24, 2018, 10:16am

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Blundell Park should be left intact and preserved as a museum after it is no longer needed. Assuming none of the town's other teams want it.

I know it's probably not economic but it would be a sad day for it to be bulldozed and replaced by a few houses.


'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.  
~ Alfred Lord Tennyson
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April 24, 2018, 10:26am
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Great article, thank you for posting

I love the mention of the slope near the goals  
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April 24, 2018, 10:31am

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" we get a look inside the manager’s office. It looks as though somebody has just cleared it – and, in fact, it is only a few weeks since Michael Jolly took over as manager at the club. Apparently he has spent all time on the training ground until now."

That speaks volumes about how he's turned the team around.


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That's wonderful
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