It's all getting a bit 'heavy' on here at the moment, so I thought I'd lighten the load somewhat.

Which player lite up your afternoon when he played for the Town?

Super Clive in recent years, both Harry Wainman and Charlie Wright back in the days, along with Diddy Dave Boylen of course.

super clive and the lump!

Futcher (Senior) was just such a ridiculously classy defender that I'll always appreciate having seen him play. No pace and getting on a bit when he played for us but still made opposition strikers look foolish with his reading of the game.

Mendonca.

Joe Waters. Best.Captain. Ever.

Paul Wilkinson before.
Alan Connell most recent.
Being pushed by Liam Hearn this season.

OH SO MANY...................

SUPER CLIVE
BIG KEITH
FUTCH
GALLI
LEVER
JIM DOBBIN (IF ONLY FOR THAT GOAL AT NEWCASTLE)
CHIMA OKORIE (FOR A GREAT NIGHT OUT AT TRANMERE)
MACCA (HOW HE NEVER GOT AN OBE/MBE I WILL NEVER KNOW)

Pete Bore

Shaun Cunnington was my first grimsby hero

ivano bennetti

bobby cummings

Lump and Macca for me and Whittle

By long term positions in the team -

John McDermott - defender.

Tony Ford - midfield/winger.

Harry Wainman - goalie.

Kevin Drinkell - striker.

John McDermott if only one allowed !

I always liked Gary Childs when I was growing up!!! Not sure why lol

Trevor Whymark

John Cockerill, Shaun Cunnington, Paul Groves and Ivano whilst it lasted. Watching Andy Todd was fantastic whilst he was here as well.

Reddy, Gary Jones, and Justin Whittle

England's Number 1

Nigel Batch

I loved a Tony Rees back heel as much as the next man (probably more) but he was just shaded by Cunnington and Cockerill.

Oster

Super Clive for me, probably followed by groves.

Tony Rees deserves a mention, for the Tony Rees flick alone...

Quoted from codcheeky

bobby cummings

Any one of George Kerr's team...apart from Bob Mitchell ;)

Batch Waters Cumming Drinkell Futch and the last real hero for me probably Pouton.I have to say Liam Hearn might change things though?

1st place: Bobby Cumming (obviously...)
The rest:
Super Clive
Kevin Donovan
Jack Lester
John Oster
Paul Futcher
Gary Birtles
Gordon Hobson
Paul Groves
John Cockerill
Shaun Cunnington
Dave Beasant
Martin Pringle
Andy Todd
Ivano Bonetti

Very honourable mentions:
Lump
Sarge

Sure there are oodles I've missed

When you look at some of the classy players we bought who were coming to the end of their careers and see what we got out of Fucther, Birtles, Whymark and Chirs Nicholl it was mind boggling. For my mind though it's a no brainer....Bobby Cumming.

Alan Pouton. Always got the crowd going. Was just class.

Ivano Bonetti always stands above everyone else for me.

Everyone else being:
John Oster
Paul Groves
Gary Childs
Neil Woods
Wayne Burnett
Richard Smith
Livvo (hated then loved, post Sunderland at home - the making of him as a Mariner)
Jim Dobbin
Super Clive
Michael Reddy
Mark Lever
Martin Pringle
Marcel Cas (sort of)
Danny Coyne
Alan Pouton
Jack Lester

Lee nogan without a shadow of a doubt.

Connell

Mendonca

Quoted from FishOutOfWater

Any one of George Kerr's team...apart from Bob Mitchell ;)

Poor Bobby Mitchell - the latter day boo boy who was then replaced by Phil Bonnyman who the fans loved equally little.  Bobby looked pale against an all action hero like Joe Waters (my childhood hero) but I often wonder about the fact that George played him week in week out.  Joe was captain and must have felt Bobby was the right foil for him.  We loved to moan at him though!!

Bobby Cummings or Joe Waters.

Abdul.

Jevons for that goal that made the scousers cry
Wayne Burnett for that wembley winner
Wilkinson for that goal that made the scousers cry
Jo waters
Bobby Cummings
Matt tees
Stuart brace
Paul groves
Paul futcher
I could go on,so many great players so many great times

kevin donovan. for one season.

Matt Tees always looked like he needed a good meal but could really head a ball and ride tackles on those spindly legs.

Paul Futcher Class

Clive Mendonca

Gary Jones great touch for such a big bloke.

Pretty much every player that played under Alan Buckleys first reign, Gilbert, Childs, Mendonca, Knight, Rees, Cockerill, Cunnington, Woods, Handyside, Lever etc etc even Tommy Watson, it really was a genuine privelage to watch them week in, week out. But Paul Futcher was always my most loved player, he was absolutely outstanding, just gutted I missed his only goal in that Lincolnshire senior cup match.

Ivano (majnu)

Quoted from Mighty_Mariner

I always liked Gary Childs when I was growing up!!! Not sure why lol

He's got a right massive phallus !

Tees
Cumming
Waters
Groves
McDermott

(All for different reasons relating to football, professional and their person qualities.

In order of appearance:

Stuart Brace

Matt Tees

Joe Waters

Kevin Moore

Kevin Drinkell

TREVOR WHYMARK





John McDermott

Paul Futcher

Gary Jones

Nothing in the past few years has come anywhere near for me!

Probably Danny Coyne. Apart from a shakey start he always gave his all every game and was exciting to watch. You could almost always expect a stunning save from him.

When i was younger i was a big Mendonca fan like most kids at that time he was just the man as far as town were concerned. So either one of those would be my pick.

John McDermott
Rob Jones
Michael Reddy
Phil Jevons

The one that scores the goal that gets us promoted out of this god forsaken league!

Seriously, the players listed above show that you can achieve immortality in the hearts of Town fans - what better incentive can you have as a player, but to be adored by your fans. Come on Liam, Coulo, Dizza, etc - seize the moment!!

Mendonca and Bonetti

Gary Birtles
Paul Futcher
Mike Brolly (because I got his autograph when i was 8)
Nigel Batch

super clive
alan pouton
cockers

Paul Groves, Lee Peacock, Alan Connell

:(

Ron Rafferty
Johnny Scott
Matt Tees
Dave Gilbert
Futch is God
Trevor Whymark
Charlie Wright

Ivano put Town on the map for a brief period, Whymark when I was younger..., just pure class.  In my earliest days of watching I was always impressed by John Stone, not spectacular but solid and hard as nails

Danny Coyne, Rob Jones, Justin Whittle, Gary Jones, Michael Reddy

Bob Cumming, Trevor Whymark, Clive Mendonca, Paul Groves, Gary Jones, Justin Whittle. Far too many to mention in all honesty.

For a couple of years Andy Tillson was the classiest market gardener ever to grace BP. aside from him, Dave Gilbert was and probably always will be my favourite Town player. Everything about him was just class.

Bobby C -'The Town player you loved the most'

Whymark -Best Footballer Ive ever seen in a Town shirt

Best GK-Batch
Best Def - Futcher
Best Mid- Walters
Best CF - Drinkell
Oh for the good old days  :o

Lumpaldinho.

Waters & Whymark with honourable mentions for Cumming, Boylen, Chatterley, Pouton, Rees, Futcher & Todd.

I loved Livvo and Pouton the most. Feel sorry for those who have supported the Club for the last 5 years and have to pick from them..

My list if all time fave Town players:

Paul Futcher
Clive Mendonca
Dave Gilbert
Danny Coyne
Mark Lever
Paul Groves
Ginger Power Steve Livingston
Kevin Donavon
Wayne Burnett

Now these guys were true GTFC legends

One non GTFC hero was Ian Rush

Quoted from gary_elton

Ron Rafferty
Johnny Scott
Matt Tees
Dave Gilbert
Futch is God
Trevor Whymark
Charlie Wright

I'd go with this list. We have had a few stars over the years eh

Bobby C, Futchenstein, Batchy and Super Clive - ah the good old days!

Michael Jefferey

Quoted from Mariner Marty

Michael Jefferey

Give it a punt to Bungle upfront
Walking in  a Bungle wonderland  ;D

Bungle for England!

Pouton, he had everything you want in a midfielder

Quoted from Mariner Marty

Bungle for England!

The Bungle thing came about from Rainbow, as Jeffery looked after and lived with the puppets....poor lad bet he thought we hated him  ;D

Quoted from supertown

Pouton, he had everything you want in a midfielder

And also step overs.

Some great players named on this thread, makes you want to weep when you think what we've had and what we've got now.

Let's hope this current squad can make us proud again, one or two mifgr even be named in a simular thread in 10 years time (Hearn already according to at least one poster already).

Seem to have got my paws stuck on the keyboard during my last post, sorry about that.

Quoted from gary_elton

Ron Rafferty
Johnny Scott
Matt Tees
Dave Gilbert
Futch is God
Trevor Whymark
Charlie Wright

oh yes i will go with that....chips scott...& charlie wright.....

Macca, Sir Clive, Oster, Pouton, Handyside, Richard Smith, Lester, Groves, Coyne, Burnett, Allen, Todd, Jevons, Kabba, Henderson, Whittle, Bolland, Pinault, Bennett, Devitt, Connell.

How did I forget Oster oh and Handyside....christ we had some great players in the past  :'(

My top three are,

Bobby Cumming  

Ron Rafferty

Matt Tees

Quoted from RoboCod

Joe Waters. Best.Captain. Ever.

Same for me Robo,my childhood hero was Joe Waters,Trevor Whymark comes a close 2nd.

all time favorite player for me is Kingsley Black, but also have soft spots for Galli, and Mendonca!

Martin Butler...

Quoted from big_mozzer

Martin Butler...

thanks for that... made me laff loudly almost spilt my tea...  ;D

Quoted from gary_elton

thanks for that... made me laff loudly almost spilt my tea...  ;D

Made me laugh so much I hurt my back !!

:-/

Paul Agnew.

Then more recently Danny Coyne and Phil Jevons

Quoted from LondonMariner43

Poor Bobby Mitchell - the latter day boo boy who was then replaced by Phil Bonnyman who the fans loved equally little.  Bobby looked pale against an all action hero like Joe Waters (my childhood hero) but I often wonder about the fact that George played him week in week out.  Joe was captain and must have felt Bobby was the right foil for him.  We loved to moan at him though!!

Hence the winky smiley thing mate ;)

I know at the time Bobby Mitchell was the one who brought on most of the moans and groans from the crowd but as you said he was part of a team that played some of the best stuff I've seen from a Town team so he can't have been all bad....

I'd like to think it was just that the rest of the lads around him were soooo good he looked average and in reality he was a pretty good foil for Joe W

One thing that sticks in my mind with him though was seeing Trevor Whymark bustle him out of the way when he was dithering in the penalty area and Trev duly stuck the ball home to give us a victory....against Notts County I think it was

Those were the days my friend..

It's obvious by a lot of the postings on this subject that many of the forum users never saw Bobby Cumming play. He was the hardest footballer I've ever seen, and am ever likely to see. It goes without saying that his legendary status at BP made him the hate figure for all the travelling Yorkie clubs when they came down en masse. Although he was hard as nails, he was skillful too, and equally at home at left back, where he probably invented the overlapping full back role, left of midfield - so often a problematic area, or up front where I think he was top scorer for us one season. There was nothing he couldn't do, and my fondest memory of him was going off injured in a League Cup tie and BP against Huddersfield with a gaping head wound and blood all over the place, then coming back on 5 minutes later only to score the winning goal with a diving header. Pure majesty.......
A measure of the man as well was that you never, ever, heard any Town fan have a bad word to say about him. Off the pitch he was as quiet and unassuming guy as you could ever hope to meet. Thanks for the memories Bobby. Pity the Clarke and Hunter incidents aren't on video for posterity's sake.

Quoted from jock dock tower

It's obvious by a lot of the postings on this subject that many of the forum users never saw Bobby Cumming play. He was the hardest footballer I've ever seen, and am ever likely to see. It goes without saying that his legendary status at BP made him the hate figure for all the travelling Yorkie clubs when they came down en masse. Although he was hard as nails, he was skillful too, and equally at home at left back, where he probably invented the overlapping full back role, left of midfield - so often a problematic area, or up front where I think he was top scorer for us one season. There was nothing he couldn't do, and my fondest memory of him was going off injured in a League Cup tie and BP against Huddersfield with a gaping head wound and blood all over the place, then coming back on 5 minutes later only to score the winning goal with a diving header. Pure majesty.......
A measure of the man as well was that you never, ever, heard any Town fan have a bad word to say about him. Off the pitch he was as quiet and unassuming guy as you could ever hope to meet. Thanks for the memories Bobby. Pity the Clarke and Hunter incidents aren't on video for posterity's sake.

Fully agree with all of that Jock.

Pouts... tripple step-overs, own goals from the half way line, overhead kick penalty area clearances, lunging high tackles (always designed to miss, but scare), big engine and bigger heart. We'd never have gone down to League 2 if we hadn't sold him. He clearly didn't want to leave, he even turned up and paid to watch several of our matches that season when Gillingham didn't have a game..  :o

Quoted from jock dock tower

It's obvious by a lot of the postings on this subject that many of the forum users never saw Bobby Cumming play. He was the hardest footballer I've ever seen, and am ever likely to see. It goes without saying that his legendary status at BP made him the hate figure for all the travelling Yorkie clubs when they came down en masse. Although he was hard as nails, he was skillful too, and equally at home at left back, where he probably invented the overlapping full back role, left of midfield - so often a problematic area, or up front where I think he was top scorer for us one season. There was nothing he couldn't do, and my fondest memory of him was going off injured in a League Cup tie and BP against Huddersfield with a gaping head wound and blood all over the place, then coming back on 5 minutes later only to score the winning goal with a diving header. Pure majesty.......
A measure of the man as well was that you never, ever, heard any Town fan have a bad word to say about him. Off the pitch he was as quiet and unassuming guy as you could ever hope to meet. Thanks for the memories Bobby. Pity the Clarke and Hunter incidents aren't on video for posterity's sake.

A true legend, and I would add Joe Waters to this very select list.

Bobby (break your legs) Cummings
Little Joe Waters.
Nigel ( i need a shave) Batch

Good to see the topic turning to those magical early eighties. Who went to the the Hull v Town game in 1980 at their place? Anyone remember Joe Waters decking one of their players after Bobby C was sent flying after a horrible challenge? I've never met anyone who went and can't believe it was just a dream.

Futcher - Legend.

More recent - Coyne

the best for me super clive mendonca  and the worst while were at it peter begrie utter male masturbator

Just remembered Doug Collins (how could I have forgotten him?): sold to Burnley but turned up at mid-week away games for years afterwards, a great player and a great bloke too.

We've had some true greats at GREAT GRIMSBY.

Quoted from mariner paul

the worst while were at it peter begrie utter male masturbator

Can we put that name into the swear filter please Biccys/Rob?

Alan Pouton
Danny Coyne
Phile Jevons
Livvo
Super Clive
John McDermott

Matt Tees Harry Wainman Doug Collins Dave Boylen

Mendonca
Bonetti
Pouton
Burnett
Lester
Coyne

Tony Ford
Joe Waters
Nigel Batch
Steve Livingstone
Macca

None cos i am a man and man love is wrong as far as i am concerned.

However i held Bobby C in great awe, aggression, determination, decent in the air and those cutting inside moments ending with a goal in the far top corner.

Glad he played before i fully appreciated the game and attending Blundell Park was an exciting event rather than a tiresome chore.

Would hate to realise he actually only did that every half dozen games or so and really was not all that i remember him as.

Quoted from acko338

By long term positions in the team -

John McDermott - defender.

Tony Ford - midfield/winger.

Harry Wainman - goalie.

Kevin Drinkell - striker.

John McDermott if only one allowed !

pretty much the same for me

terry barwick
jermaine palmer

James Lawson. On loan from Southend. Played part of a game and then admitted he was homesick !!

John Cockerill for me, every time I need a pick me up following Town I go back to my memory bank and recall a couple of Cockers magic moments.  The first is him hand delivering letters on a cold and wet night in winter trying to raise support for the club.  We had fallen to 4th Bottom of Div 4, first season under AB if I remember rightly.  The second is him going through that Exeter player to send us up from Div 3 to what is now the Championship and spend 6 seasons there.

A team of loves, not necessarily the best players

Sherwood - Croft, Futcher, Handyside, Macca - Bonetti, Cockerill, Dobbin, Ford - Mendonca, Livvo

Soooo many;

Cunnington, John Cockerill, Dave Gilbert, Gary Childs, Macca, P Futcher, K Donovan, Mendonca, Connell, Bonetti, Birtles...........

Justin Whittle

Bobby Cumming without a doubt
Still my hero !

Lee Peacock, this guy was so approachable.

Livo for me. Everything a player should be, apart from skillfull. If Livo and Woods had a love child then would have been a great player.

Quoted from VictorMeldrewsDad

Livo for me. Everything a player should be, apart from skillfull. If Livo and Woods had a love child then would have been a great player.

But a very, very slow one!

Quoted from RoboCod

Good to see the topic turning to those magical early eighties. Who went to the the Hull v Town game in 1980 at their place? Anyone remember Joe Waters decking one of their players after Bobby C was sent flying after a horrible challenge? I've never met anyone who went and can't believe it was just a dream.

I was there but can't remember that incident. I do remember getting clattered by a police horse before the game.

Most loved Town players in no order;

Clive Mendonca
Bobby Cumming
Joe Waters
Paul Futcher
Ivano Bonetti

Quoted from Marinerz93

John Cockerill for me, every time I need a pick me up following Town I go back to my memory bank and recall a couple of Cockers magic moments.  The first is him hand delivering letters on a cold and wet night in winter trying to raise support for the club.  We had fallen to 4th Bottom of Div 4, first season under AB if I remember rightly.  The second is him going through that Exeter player to send us up from Div 3 to what is now the Championship and spend 6 seasons there.

Cockers goin thru that Exeter player to score wudda bin dissallowed these days , and the least cockers wudda got wudda bin yellow... possibly red... times have changed in too many ways for us... boo hoo.... :'(

Has to be Bobby C for me

bit late for this but have been away... here's my best starting 11 since I've been watching Town:

Coyne
Macca
Futcher
Todd (If I can have a loanee)
Croft
Oster
Cunnington
Groves
Bonetti
Mendonca
Lester or Birtles

Also loved Beasant on loan, Cockers, Donovan, Pouton, Rees...

bobby cumming every day of the week.
others include,
joe waters, mike lester, tony ford, dave gilbert, cockerill and cunnington, dave boylen and wayne burnett for his wembley goal. i could go on,,,

Bobby Cummings. Brick walls used to shake at his name. A genuine and true legend to anyone who saw him play.