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promotion plaice
January 8, 2022, 11:32pm

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So are we having the flag or not, I'm lost with it all?


When Leeds trainer Les Cocker was once told Norman Hunter had broken a leg, he asked: “Whose is it?”
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January 8, 2022, 11:36pm

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So are we having the flag or not, I'm lost with it all?


We're having a referendum.
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January 8, 2022, 11:38pm

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Personally, I’d be very proud if something I spent a significant amount of personal time on, and was able to do in the first place as a result of years of hard work, education and commercial experience, became the club I love’s most prominent insignia. I can’t speak for Rich, but I would imagine that played a part in his original decision to take this project on of his own accord.

Where we’re at now, it seems, is that there’s a good chance we end up reverting to a ‘digitised’ version of the old badge, whatever that means. I just think that would be a shame.

My career has since moved in a different direction, but I spent my early professional years as a designer, albeit not to anywhere Rich’s level. I do know though that sometimes you produce something which you’re really proud of, and think is absolutely perfect.

I also know how galling it is when then client disagrees, and wants to make changes. Sometimes, you might feel, unjustifiably. It hurts to take to editing something that you already passionately believe is perfect, and have to make it less so in your opinion.

But there’s an element of “the customer’s always right”, and sometimes you have to swallow your pride.

If I were in his position, having spent no doubt countless hours already, I’d want to bite my tongue, find a compromise that appealed to the majority and ensure that my work sat loud and proud on the chests of our players for the next couple of decades or so.

But that’s just me.


One big lesson in being a successful designer is to not be precious over of your work. It will and should be changed if key stake holders have thoughts and feelings as to how the design takes shape, this is something you learn very early only as a designer as you will encounter this.
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January 9, 2022, 12:32am

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I can't wait till we start playing footy again. Roll on Tuesday.
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January 9, 2022, 1:49am
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Quoted from Plankton


We're having a referendum.


I vote to leave




























it as it is.
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January 9, 2022, 10:23am
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Read Bob Lincoln’s book last night the first history of the club published in 1912..The clue is in the title
Grimsby Town Football Club 1879 - 1912
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January 9, 2022, 10:45am

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Quoted from Plankton


We're having a referendum.



Where will that be placed on the badge?


The Future is Black & White.
"The commonest thing on this planet is not water , as some people believe, but stupidity ". Frank Zappa
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January 9, 2022, 10:47am
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Read Bob Lincoln’s book last night the first history of the club published in 1912..The clue is in the title
Grimsby Town Football Club 1879 - 1912


He got the title wrong then.


And when you fall back into the mud it hurts a lot.
No! None of it was true, none of those things we thought we could see existed at all.
All that was really there was still more misery

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January 9, 2022, 10:53am

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Quoted from MarinerDevil
It's probably best to draw a line under this once the vote has concluded, even if that means keeping the flag (that would mean a majority have voted for it, after all).  Hopefully this one gets chalked up to a hard lesson in how to communicate effectively with supporters.

While some people have probably got over-emotional about this and left Rich feeling a bit unappreciated, our badge and colours form part of our intrinsic identity as GTFC supporters and we've a right to feel protective about them.  

It's our 150th anniversary in 2028 and it would be nice to design a new badge - with fans consulted, of course   - for that occasion.  That would also mean that whichever badge gets chosen in the vote will only have to last 6 years anyway.


Bit in bold........ if we go drawing lines under it that will start another debate won't it?



"Crombie you would have got to that if you weren't such a fat ba%$@rd" - George Kerr, inspiration from the dug out 70s style  
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January 9, 2022, 11:03am
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He got the title wrong then.



The author played for both Grimsby Pelham in 1878 and Grimsby Town in 1879 and he doesn’t regard one as a continuation of the other.
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