New Stadium Rumour

Quoted from Mariner_09

Naming the gents in the Main Stand after him would seem fair.

He would insist on a mirror being installed.

Quoted from wuffing

The Bevan/Pontoon  Stand
The Thesiger/Garribaldi Main Stand
The Nelson/Tennyson Family Stand
The Albion away supporters Stand
McMenemies to be incorporated in the plans
The world famous Pea Bung Chippy serving home and away fans alike, situated under the Family Stand
In recogniotion of JF'S contribution: The John Fenty banqueting suite
And a busque outside the new ground to celebrate the man who gave us some of our finest and greatest moments in football. Alan Buckley.
Bob, can we fix it? Can we make Grimsby GREAT again?

Daydreaming for a moment or two (after all its all we have left) there could be the Lew Chatterley stand, the Ron Rafferty stand, the Pat Glover stand and the Dong stand.

Alan Buckley should indeed have a bust outside ala Brian Clough, the stadium should be shaped like a trawler, the dugouts like the bridge of a boat with the captain (manager) yelling full steam ahead.

There would be pictures of the Town greats on the outside of the stadium, fish and chips inside and outside the stadium and the backdrop of the dock tower would be lit up when we were playing. Above all we would hear what the stadium announcer was saying and we would have ball boys between the ages of 10 and 15 who knew what to do.

Sadly, after years of discussions these plans will be dropped in favour of the next best thing to to capture our heritage - a sardine can designed by a five year old with a photo of Fenty on the outside in his full John Shuttleworth gear.

So the Town Deal secures £30m of govt money on top of £35m from NELC to regenerate the area in line with the govt’s industrial strategy - which will be focusing heavily on the renewables industry, business & enterprise generation hubs and heritage projects. Makes you wonder...where does the stadium come into that? How much will the club be expected to contribute and how much control will we have in the design of it?

Interesting times ahead.

Fenty out.

Whether we like it or not...a contribution has been made. Now is not the time to be negative, we ALL need to be on board and piling into JF at this stage of the game may see him dig his heels in further. This is a great chance, a once in our lifetime chance. In a couple of years we could be swilling ale in the all-new Mariners Trust bar alongside you-know-who laughing and joking about what a numpty he's been, but he'd had his eyes opened by all of the positivism and surge of feeling of the regeneration and how all the town came together to make it happen.
If it dies, well then fair game.
Crosses for me, all those red crosses for me
Bye bye baby bye bye
Don't cry poster don't cry
Gonna walk out the door
If it reaches twenty four.....

He has definitely contributed.
Not in the way he will want to be remembered though.

Quoted from Mariner_09

Naming the gents in the Main Stand after him would seem fair.

Bit too much for me.

However, I suppose ‘The John Fenty’ cubicle would be acceptable.

It would be the one with no bog roll and a broken light bulb.  It wouldn’t flush properly so more often than not would be full of sh1t. 😉

Quoted from Cambs Mariner

He would insist on a mirror being installed.

Only in the ladies surely? We all know how they like to make themselves presentable in this day and age. Much like the lady officials who are the equals of male officials, we're a diverse business representing all facets of the community going forward.....

Have you put creases in my jeans again love? You know I don't like creases in my jeans when I wear my roll-neck sweater and sports jacket.

Quoted from lew chaterleys lover

Daydreaming for a moment or two (after all its all we have left) there could be the Lew Chatterley stand, the Ron Rafferty stand, the Pat Glover stand and the Dong stand.

Alan Buckley should indeed have a bust outside ala Brian Clough, the stadium should be shaped like a trawler, the dugouts like the bridge of a boat with the captain (manager) yelling full steam ahead.

There would be pictures of the Town greats on the outside of the stadium, fish and chips inside and outside the stadium and the backdrop of the dock tower would be lit up when we were playing. Above all we would hear what the stadium announcer was saying and we would have ball boys between the ages of 10 and 15 who knew what to do.

Sadly, after years of discussions these plans will be dropped in favour of the next best thing to to capture our heritage - a sardine can designed by a five year old with a photo of Fenty on the outside in his full John Shuttleworth gear.

How about "the loyal & long suffering supporters" stand?

On the other side we could have the Fenty stand but only for about half of the length of the pitch as we we'll always be sold short.

One end could be the "whit's end", that's over subscribed already as most of us are already there.

Finally the remaining stand could be named the Bell End ........in honour of the gang of four who currently preside over the current debacle.    

The bar could be named "over the bar" just like our shooting at the moment and the statue outside will of course be Sir Alan, not even our current regime could get that wrong, could they?        

Quoted from Civvy at last

Bit too much for me.

However, I suppose ‘The John Fenty’ cubicle would be acceptable.

It would be the one with no bog roll and a broken light bulb.  It wouldn’t flush properly so more often than not would be full of sh1t. 😉

Well done for 'flagging' that up!

Wonder if Mariners Trust will pay for a seat?

If Fenty is getting in the way ,, The council with all that money to spend could just buy him out and put an executive in charge of the club