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Welwynmariner
July 9, 2019, 3:32pm

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Quoted from perthgeoff
Regarding red socks. I attended the Mariners first home game after the war. An  evening match versus Wolves,result 0-0.  I remember that the players wore red socks,so there is some form of tradition. Keep the red socks I say,


Town's traditional away colour was red, but Wolves have regularly played in old gold and black so there may have been a colour clash and so Town may have switched to their change socks.

I remember watching Town v Wolves when Steve Bull and Mark Lever were playing and we wore white shorts to avoid a colour clash.
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I believe that we were the first club to wear coloured shorts and socks in the early 60's. Until then they were either black or white.

I seem to remember that big  Lawrie Mac. changed them back to red socks with the white sleeves when he took over because they were easy to pick out when players had the ball so making it quicker to pass the ball to a Town player..

Whilst on the subject of unusual strips, does anyone remember the thin candy stripes in the sixties? I always thought that they looked smart and made us stand out from any other club that played in stripes.
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I liked the white shirt with the black vee neck and the red shorts but I can't recall what colour the socks were that season, A promotion year I think!


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I liked the white shirt with the black vee neck and the red shorts but I can't recall what colour the socks were that season, A promotion year I think!


try this

http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Grimsby_Town/Grimsby_Town.htm
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July 9, 2019, 7:35pm
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Quoted from perthgeoff
Thanks Hisen, no offence taken. I first started supporting the Mariners in 1941 as a 14 year old lad living in Scunthorpe where they played their `home matches`because of  WW2.and have never lost my passion for the club. Now living in OZ, I make sure on my many visits to the UK that I manage to watch at least one match at Blundell Park. Sadly,due to aging problems,that has now come to an end but I still check The Fishy at least once a day without fail.The club comes into a lot of criticism, some of it rightly so but there are good points.Once I reached the age of 85 I became an `Ancient Mariner`,which entitled me to free entry to any or all home matches,to any part of the ground. I am not aware of any other club that offers this,but I could be wrong.
Anyway. the best of luck to my club and all it`s supporters in the future. Rest assured, I will be watching from afar with much interest.                                


Someone like yourself should be given free access to iFollow so you can watch the games live from Oz.
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July 9, 2019, 10:43pm
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Quoted from mimma
I believe that we were the first club to wear coloured shorts and socks in the early 60's. Until then they were either black or white.

I seem to remember that big  Lawrie Mac. changed them back to red socks with the white sleeves when he took over because they were easy to pick out when players had the ball so making it quicker to pass the ball to a Town player..

Whilst on the subject of unusual strips, does anyone remember the thin candy stripes in the sixties? I always thought that they looked smart and made us stand out from any other club that played in stripes.


I believe you are correct about the first club to wear shorts other than black navy or white. I also remember watching town in their new red shorts and was so impressed that I told my mum I wanted some. Now those were the days when you couldn't get replica strips , indeed they were unheard of, but a couple of weeks later I got some, where the hell she got them from I dont know, anyway,  i wore them for football at school a couple of days later and was met with catcalls and whistles and comments like "what are you wearing your granny's bloomers for" my face was as red as the shorts. By the end of the season most of me mates were wearing them.












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July 9, 2019, 10:50pm
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Someone like yourself should be given free access to iFollow so you can watch the games live from Oz.


We could sort that out as a group?
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