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Far from it.Just seems unlikely given Steph's preference for comfortable shoes.
But if anybody could, KAFV could.
My missus likes sensible shoes too but it didn’t stop us..... ....oh. Am I the last person in the country to know McGovern is you know? |
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My missus likes sensible shoes too but it didn’t stop us.....
....oh. Am I the last person in the country to know McGovern is you know?
All of us were midway through "you lucky bast*rd" before realising that she actually does like supportive footwear. If you've discovered from this thread that Steph McGovern resides on the island of Lesbos then you may not be the last but you're late to the party  |
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To echo what others have said what a relief that it never happened. Having a pre match pint in a Frankie and Benny's before watching football in a soulless stadium - no thanks. Despite spending a small fortune on the project JF was quoted sometime later as saying he used to have sleepless nights about how we would get people to Great Coates. That was probably the first time alarm bells started ringing for me.
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All of us were midway through "you lucky bast*rd" before realising that she actually does like supportive footwear. If you've discovered from this thread that Steph McGovern resides on the island of Lesbos then you may not be the last but you're late to the party
I'm so late to the party that I didn't know who she is. Had to google her and then realised who she was. She looks like a middleweight boxer, so no surprises on her choice of footwear. |
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All of us were midway through "you lucky bast*rd" before realising that she actually does like supportive footwear. If you've discovered from this thread that Steph McGovern resides on the island of Lesbos then you may not be the last but you're late to the party
It didn't stop someone locally fancying their chances with her A wet night in Grimsby takes on a new meaning https://forum.thefishy.co.uk/Blah.pl?m-1540664732/ |
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It didn't stop someone locally fancying their chances with her A wet night in Grimsby takes on a new meaning https://forum.thefishy.co.uk/Blah.pl?m-1540664732/
I had to read this twice because at first I thought you were telling me that someone had had a pop at KingstonMariner's wife and it had been the subject of a thread! |
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I had to read this twice because at first I thought you were telling me that someone had had a pop at KingstonMariner's wife and it had been the subject of a thread!
Yeah, me too! 😂 |
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Yeah, me too! 😂
I'm sure she is a lovely woman and nobody who knows her would be in the least surprised..... |
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For those that are too young to have been there, B&Q were going to be the anchor tenant, along with other businesses, which would go a long way to funding it. Th resident of Great Coates formed an action group to fight it. There is a ruling that if a councillor watch a football team, they were deemed to have a vested interest, and could not take part in the planning process. Over half the council were barred from taking part since they all supported Town, which left the football hating half of the council to decide on the plans. They turned down the planning application, not understanding the importance of a football club to its community. This led to an outcry of fans, including death threats, the council suddenly realised their mistake and backtracked. After more to-ing and fro-ing, and wasted times, planning permission was granted, but the residents cried foul, and appealed to the Secretary of State He called it in for a public enquirery. By the time this concluded that planning permission could be granted, I seem to remember it was ten years, the whole thing had collapsed. B&Q had rebuilt their store, where it is now.
I firmly believe that the original plans were viable, and, if the council had the vision to grant it, it would have been built. We were in the 2nd tier of the football league at the time, what is now the championship, so who knows what we could have become, if it wasn't for the ineptitude of our council and the delaying tactics of the residents.
I'm sorry, but I still struggle to understand this. How could the football-hating council members legitimately decide that Great Coates was the wrong place for a new stadium? If potential hooliganism was a consideration, then surely the outskirts of town is best? Wouldn't they have had to state an alternative preferred site in order to reject the plan? Did the club not appeal? Complaints from Great Coates residents about a bit of noise on matchdays should not have stopped the development. This article from 2003 suggests the council had no choice but to turn down the scheme: https://thefishy.co.uk/story.php?id=8303205'The Grimsby Telegraph reported today that landowners Sutton Settled Estates refused to sign an agreement safeguarding the environment, which is part of the 106 agreement. therefore planning permission cannot be recommended at Friday's planning committee meeting.' |
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I don’t know about anyone else but the resurfacing of this thread is making me want to do nothing more than slip on some Birkenstock’s, Chris Rea on mute and order in a Chicken Parmo for two.
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