Jolley interview

Quoted from forza ivano

completely agree - would hate to see Ryan Bennett, Omar or Podge back here  

No not even those 3

Quoted from davmariner

I still haven’t recovered from the ghost of Martin Butler.

I still haven't recovered from Marley's ghost.

Quoted from promotion plaice

All this backwater thing and jokes about Grimsby  (not aimed at you ginny)

I can think of many places worse to live in than in the same conurbation as the fantastic Cleethorpes beach area.

How many players from away stay here..... newfootballer for one  

Alan Buckley
George Higgins
Matt Tees
Don Donovan
Gary Croft
Ron Cockerill
George McClean
Johnny Scott
To name a few I am sure there are many more,

Yes parts of Grimsby are rubbish but there are nice area's  as well,

Quoted from forza ivano

Not only have you made one of the stupidest posts I've seen in a long time Kris, but you don't appear to know that our manager's name is J O L L E Y

I can’t believe people are feeding the Troll.  I fell for it at first. But it’s quite a boring routine now.  Swin is far better at this sort of thing.  

Quoted from grimsby pete

Alan Buckley
George Higgins
Matt Tees
Don Donovan
Gary Croft
Ron Cockerill
George McClean
Johnny Scott
To name a few I am sure there are many more,

Yes parts of Grimsby are rubbish but there are nice area's  as well,

And the nice areas are full of old people waiting for death. There is absolutely nothing in Grimsby or Cleethorpes for a young 20 something. Most people who move to the area as part of GTFC don't live in Grimsby or Cleethorpes if they stay long term, they'll move to some of the outer villages so they don't have to deal with the dross.

As a young '20 or something', I'd have to agree. I havent lived in Grimsby since I left for uni nearly 6 years ago and i couldn't imagine living there permanently again, sadly.

I’ll chip in here. I left the area 15 years ago and have lived in Leeds for the last 10 or so. Leeds is a great city, with lots of amenities and a nice balance between earning potential and cost of living.

All that said, the longer I’ve been away the more I’ve come to appreciate what Grimsby / Cleethorpes has going for it and the more I miss home in truth.

I was back for armed forces day last year and Cleethorpes was absolutely glorious - totally buzzing. I grew up with the seafront on my doorstep and never fully appreciated it, but it’s a part of the world that’s so much nicer than it gets credit for.

It’s easy to lament the lack of investment from big, international companies but the lack of a Frankie & Bennies or TGI Fridays is a big positive for me - it’s great to come back and take the family out to independent restaurants with top food and reasonable prices.

In terms of property, I wince when I compare house prices in West Yorkshire with the likes of Humberston and New Waltham.

Yes, there are problem areas (like every town in the country) and it’s geographically inconvenient in terms of proximity to other cities of note (I’m not counting Hull, as that really is a sh*thole), but it’s by no means the worst place in the world to live.

Far from it.

Quoted from Mariner93er

As a young '20 or something', I'd have to agree. I havent lived in Grimsby since I left for uni nearly 6 years ago and i couldn't imagine living there permanently again, sadly.

Awww. Poor you. If you have a spare half a million knocking about why don't you go and live somewhere more to your taste? Sevenoaks or somewhere in Berkshire perhaps?

Every single town in the UK has good and bad areas, and there is absolutely nothing wrong in a working class town like Grimsby. Most of Grimsby is attractive compared to many similar sized towns throughout the UK. Could be a whole lot better with good investment, but that applies to most towns as well.

Always stay proud of where you came from people, it's your heritage and history.
My wife and I left Grimsby for work reasons 35 years ago but I love going back and never miss an opportunity to sell the area to anyone who wants to listen.
I can think of loads of reasons why a footballer should move to Grimsby and stay for ever. If anyone asks me where I'm from the answer is always Grimsby, never Bucks or anywhere else we've lived.
Great countryside, great seaside, low cost housing, great eating out. And the Tetley's in the Notts is to die for!

As a 20 something myself recently moved away from Grimsby to Scotland and could never see myself moving back.

Cleethorpes is pretty nice and seems to be getting some decent investment with bars opening and chains like Taco Bell moving in but town's dying.

There's literally no job opportunities for graduates unless you want to work in retail or factory work.

Not much night-life. No music scene, only ever get tribute bands or forgotten one-hit wonders. Strange as back in the day I hear The Winter Gardens always had big acts playing. In Glasgow you get all the big bands and there's tons of venues.

If you want to visit a shopping centre that isn't just full of pound shops you have to travel afar, and Grimsby's in the middle of nowhere. Lincoln's closest but the trains are a rip, are old and take ages.

Only good thing is the fish and chips but I can get fish and chips up here that rival the best in GY/Cleethorpes.

The only friends I know staying in Grimsby had babies and are working in fish factories or skipped University and are now still at home living with their parents working on minimum wage in Tesco.