Wigs at Woking

Granted the Conference was a horrendous time in the club's history, but i used to love some of the themed away days. Who remembers Wigs at Woking? What were the others? [tweet]1102900846491299840[/tweet]

Barnet away was one of the great memories as well. Incredible day.

There was Be excrement At Braintree, Crap at Chasetown...

It's a shame that the real togetherness we had around that time was thrown away so quickly and easily.  I'm hopeful that Jolley can bring about more pride in the team and that connection will be re-established but it was something special in the Conference, probably because it was just so natural and whilst they weren't, the likes of Pearson and Disley felt like 'our own'. Even players we've since forgotten about like Jon-Paul Pittman just got it, they got what it meant to the fans and they loved being part of it.

The away day at Kidderminster was a great day out too.

Quoted from GrimRob

Barnet away was one of the great memories as well. Incredible day.

The first one for me was right up there with my fav ever Town away days! The inflatables was just fantastic and hilarious and brought all the fans together as one - such a great day and a great win as well

The second one was again all about the fans and well still sounds weird and mental but we took a Mariachi Band with us!!! This time the footy was a bit well pants but it was a day to celebrate as fans and enjoy being Grimsby Town fans and celebrate that - just brilliant , the highlight for me was when the band appeared in the stand with us and that first little blast of the instrument got us all up onto our feet and singing and smiling

We shoud make Notts away a party day - come on Town fans lets do what we do best

UTM

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We shoud make Notts away a party day - come on Town fans lets do what we do best

UTM

Could be Notts' last ever home game as a football league club!

That Barnet game, Wembley apart, was the best day out of our time down in that hellhole and the way we won the game was just the icing on the cake.

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Granted the Conference was a horrendous time in the club's history, but i used to love some of the themed away days. Who remembers Wigs at Woking? What were the others? [tweet]1102900846491299840[/tweet]

That was a great run of away followings from the Barnet match - Woking, Chester, Welling, Alfreton all well over 1000 town, Alfreton obviously pushing 2500 wasn’t it?

The “themes” seemed a bit forced at the time and ran out of steam after the Parslow incident, but it was a great few months and that ran through to the playoffs and the start of the following season at Kiddy and I think we had about 800 at Altrincham on the following Tuesday night.  

Re Notts County. If they are still down at the bottom come last game of the season how about Grim Reaper fancy dress?r

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There was Be excrement At Braintree, Crap at Chasetown...

Chasetown is often mentioned as a Town non-league disaster but it was one of the first games we’d played in the FA Trophy. If we’d have known at the time how intrusive it would come to be I think a lot of Town fans would have been happy to lose early on!

jesters at chester wasn't it

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Could be Notts' last ever home game as a football league club!

could be quite an occasion especially if they are needing a win to stay in the football league!!

As we are cheering and celebrating our league 2 status , , ,I would like to say our Play Off place but think we can forget that after Sat

Personally I think going to Notts County and having a party to celebrate their demise is a bit disrespectful. I would be quite sad to lose Notts County because they have a lot of history and are relatively local. This season they only brought 400 fans but an on form Notts County would sell out the Osmond.  With Lincoln and Mansfield likely to be leaving the division at the other end this season, we are likely to lose a significant amount in gate receipts when you consider who will be joining the division next season.

If Bradford come down, that will probably be our biggest attendance next season; assuming Scunthorpe don't collapse over last 10 games.

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Personally I think going to Notts County and having a party to celebrate their demise is a bit disrespectful. I would be quite sad to lose Notts County because they have a lot of history and are relatively local. This season they only brought 400 fans but an on form Notts County would sell out the Osmond.  With Lincoln and Mansfield likely to be leaving the division at the other end this season, we are likely to lose a significant amount in gate receipts when you consider who will be joining the division next season.

If Bradford come down, that will probably be our biggest attendance next season; assuming Scunthorpe don't collapse over last 10 games.

If Carlsberg did end of season run ins.

Anyone who went to Burton Albion will never forget that sick feeling of being officially relegated from the football league so no I definitely will not be celebrating their demise. Plus remember the ugly scenes at the end? I think the Notts fans will be just as ugly to be honest if they lose to us not a good idea to rub it in.

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Anyone who went to Burton Albion will never forget that sick feeling of being officially relegated from the football league so no I definitely will not be celebrating their demise. Plus remember the ugly scenes at the end? I think the Notts fans will be just as ugly to be honest if they lose to us not a good idea to rub it in.

Plenty of time for this game to be made a 5am kick off by Notts plod!  

That was a cracking few months, sparked off by Beachballgate at FGR. Up to and including the Play Off Final against the Gas, then continuing to roll through Operation Promotion, and into the next season. The way the squad had developed was obviously a major part, an underlying cause as it were, but as with many revolutions it was triggered off by a relatively minor incident.

There'd been good away days in the seasons leading up to it, but it all came to a head then. The atomosphere was improving thanks to an enthusastic bunch of young fans. Barnet away in 2014 was when I really first noticed it.

Other notable dates (southern bias here) I'd say were Dover away, when a coachload of very 'refreshed' Belgians turned up, and Eastleigh in the playoffs.

Quoted from KingstonMariner

That was a cracking few months, sparked off by Beachballgate at FGR. Up to and including the Play Off Final against the Gas, then continuing to roll through Operation Promotion, and into the next season. The way the squad had developed was obviously a major part, an underlying cause as it were, but as with many revolutions it was triggered off by a relatively minor incident.

There'd been good away days in the seasons leading up to it, but it all came to a head then. The atomosphere was improving thanks to an enthusastic bunch of young fans. Barnet away in 2014 was when I really first noticed it.

Other notable dates (southern bias here) I'd say were Dover away, when a coachload of very 'refreshed' Belgians turned up, and Eastleigh in the playoffs.

Lot more fun in the Conference wasn't it  

Quoted from Ipswin

Lot more fun in the Conference wasn't it  

If you ignore the quality on the pitch (and often of the pitch), then yeah.

Quoted from KingstonMariner

That was a cracking few months, sparked off by Beachballgate at FGR. Up to and including the Play Off Final against the Gas, then continuing to roll through Operation Promotion, and into the next season. The way the squad had developed was obviously a major part, an underlying cause as it were, but as with many revolutions it was triggered off by a relatively minor incident.

There'd been good away days in the seasons leading up to it, but it all came to a head then. The atomosphere was improving thanks to an enthusastic bunch of young fans. Barnet away in 2014 was when I really first noticed it.

Other notable dates (southern bias here) I'd say were Dover away, when a coachload of very 'refreshed' Belgians turned up, and Eastleigh in the playoffs.

I don't imagine this happened to many of us that day but the most memorable thing for me about the Dover match was me and a mate being bought a pint by a Dover fan called Nibs, who seemed a very nice bloke and had a not very convincing prosthetic nose. He was genuinely delighted to be hosting "such a big club". And I'd thought the excitement of the day had already peaked when we chanced upon John Fenty playing pool in a pub nearby. Those were the days. Never mind stuffing West Ham in the cup.

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I don't imagine this happened to many of us that day but the most memorable thing for me about the Dover match was me and a mate being bought a pint by a Dover fan called Nibs, who seemed a very nice bloke and had a not very convincing prosthetic nose. He was genuinely delighted to be hosting "such a big club". And I'd thought the excitement of the day had already peaked when we chanced upon John Fenty playing pool in a pub nearby. Those were the days. Never mind stuffing West Ham in the cup.

That's exactly the sort of thing I miss! Blokes with prosthetic noses  

You've just reminded me of a strange sight me and my son saw after that second game at Dover. We started to wend our way through the Kent countryside - hadn't gone far from the ground and we went past a nice little mill race in the pretty village of River on a sunny Spring early evening. And there standing on the corner of this picturesque village was what I could only describe as a hooker in full stereotpical soliciting gear. Seemed so out of place. And no, we didn't stop.