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As some of you will know from my nagging on FB and from the local GY Telegraph, I'm Treking up Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa in 3 weeks time.
On my 7 day trek, I am intending to wear my Grimsby Town shirt on summit day and i'm hoping to stick a GTFC mini kit on the wooden plinth at the top of the mountain. (I will get photo proof) ;)

So is there any unusual places that you have worn your Mariners shirt with pride?

Also if you do care to sponsor me on my trek, all monies raised is for Marie Curie Cancer Care which i'm now only about £600 from reaching my target. I know some of you have already!
Please read more via my link............ http://www.justgiving.com/SimonStephenson-MountKiliTrek
Many Thanks

I wear my Town shirt all over S E Asia where I work. Loads of people know about Town in places like Singapore and Burma now.
I have to buy a new shirt as I have given mine to my Radio Op. He publishes a football paper in Rangoon and he’s going to publish a story about the history of Town next month in his paper.
UTM

Good luck mate :)
Will also be wearing my town top in Tanzania in July!

The only other strange place I've worn it was on the gondolas in Venice the day after we got to the Jpt final.

I regularly wear mine down by the Brayford to wind up our Gimpy cousins.

watch out for a town top at WRESTLEMANIA on april 1st from miami!

Had a picture of me in a town shirt published in SWWF some years ago: inside the Artic Circle in Alaska, just by the sign on the way to 'Deadhorse' that said 'Top of the world' had my scarf with me too!

Son and me outside Barcelona ground by gate number one both in Town shirts.

I think I wore mine while climbing Rangitoto (which I accept is slightly smaller than Kilomanjaro). Can't check as I don't really take snaps when on holiday (or at any other time to be honest).

Wore mine all over Florida when I was there about 9 years ago

Cairo , Istanbul , Tel Aviv, Montego Bay, Famagusta , Helsinki, Stockholm, Berlin ,
Amsterdam, Baku , oh... and all round Aldershot and Farnborough just lately.... ;)

Went to Florida last year and whilst wearing my shirt in Universal studios I heard a cry of 'Mariners!!' Was a couple from Waltham. ha

Wore mine alot in New York, best one was probably photo i've got in front of statue of liberty

Wore mine on a Buddist temple tour of Bangkok. Got pictures of me next to several Buddas wearing the blue away top from 2 seasons ago.

Woolworths, Airdrie High street. Trust me, the Nazis were not as Nazi as that bunch of middle aged female (ish) harridens when they twigged our "filthy English girl private" accents. ??)

I let the fittest barmaid in our hotel in Bahrain wear mine when there in 2002. A 1998 Dixon shirt! Man it smelled good when I got it back....

Got thrown out of the birth place of our lord Jesus Christ in Bethlehem 20 years ago for wearing my Town shirt

But isn't Jesus a Town fan.......he wouldn't be pleased with that!!

I had a trip round Eastern / Central Europe and always looked to see if there was a game on in any city we visited, I was travelling with a Gimp mate and we each wore our teams shirts to: Sparta Prague's Toyata Arena, Slavia Prague's National Stadium, Dubrovnik (playing a champ league qualifier vs Man U in the Ferenk Puskas Stadium - we went in the Dubrovnik end!!), some Croatian Div 2 team whom I forget the name and Hertha Berlins Olympic Stadium.

We had great photos of the both of us in each stadium, had ideas of telling the clubs before the next game we were due to play, would surely have got in the programme for that. We changed the cameras memory card in the last week of the holiday and that was the last we ever saw of those photo's..................There'll be some confused Slovakian that has them somewhere?

I currently live in Thailand, have a season ticket with a team called Thai Port (yep, they have a boat on the badge and are located in the port, just like Town). I often wear my shirt to games. I'll post a great wears wally style spot the town shirt picture I have of a game when home from work.

My various Town shirts went everywhere with me whilst I was in the RAF, Bahrain where I bumped into another town fan, Sao Paolo in Brazil, Montevideo in Uruguay, Port Stanley in the Falklands, Kuwait, Sydney, San Fransisco, Washinton DC, Tampa, Belize, Kenya, Oman, Saudi Arabia and left an old mid 90's Ciba sponsored shirt in a brit bar called Sherlock Holmes in the West Edmonton Mall in Canada where they had all manner of football shirts on the walls, don't know if it's still there.

Nothing spectacular but i can remember in Magaluf playing footy with some other English residents of the complex and a Coventry fan would'nt stop going on about my town shirt. He could not believe our new kit maker was nike! Ha ha i told him it's cos' we were going places and had a millionaire chairman and we would be in the premiership in the next 5 years and just cos' of the Nike thing he was convinced!

I'm highly stylish so I've only ever worn a Town shirt as a child and when I've actually been playing football. Oh and when I got married obviously.

Standing on the edge of the Grand Canyon some years ago ready to jump when someone phoned me and said that JF had taken charge of the club and we were heading for the Premier League, my fault I never asked which Premier league.

I played darts last night for GTFC ** in my Grimsby Town 2006 play-off final tee shirt !

** Grantham Town FC

Had a photo published in Town's matchday programme in the late 1980's of me with a Town pennant in Leningrad.

Quoted from Simariner

Went to Florida last year and whilst wearing my shirt in Universal studios I heard a cry of 'Mariners!!' Was a couple from Waltham. ha

Same happened to me coming home in Duty Free at Sharm el Sheik Airport ;)

North Lindsey College in Scunny

Had mine on all over europe and the states when serving in the forces in the late 80s and early 90s, Also worn mine in one of the most remotest places on the british isles - Knoydart peninsula. :)

Wore mine in Florida in 2002, ran into another town fans also wearing one, was hiding behind a sales counter singing Mariners, and this chap was looking all round to see where it was coming from. Also got some strange looks in 2008 sat in Manchester airport waiting to go to Florida again, the day of the paint pot trophy.Wherever i go abroad i always take a Town shirt and always run into someone from home.

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Had mine on all over europe and the states when serving in the forces in the late 80s and early 90s, Also worn mine in one of the most remotest places on the british isles - Knoydart peninsula. :)

My wife raves about the pub there, Chris. Will eventually get there myself, did you rate it like everyone else does, ie superb?

Wore mine in Grimsby once. Felt really exotic cos of all the Liverpool, ManU, etc shirts.

I've got a picture of me wearing the last nike one in some dirty desert temple while on a quad biking
day trip in sharm el sheik a few years ago. Got on of them black and white tea towels round my face/head
as well that they give to everyone. I do look a bit "dodgy"!

Actually wouldn't mind using it as an avatar but haven't worked out how to do it yet, anyone? (in simple talk please)

Other places - new york, on top of what was then the twin towers, barbados, cancun - where some idiot
asked if it was a newcastle shirt, numpty. spain, tenerife - where i watched whits split als lip and last week
in lanzarote where i asked why a lad from donny supported man u and had a soft spot for barnsley?!

was in Tunisia when we beat Fulham to stay up......kept popping to same shop and had 2 or 3 england tops on during week and everytime i was in there the owner was offering me the equivalent of about 5 pound for which ever England top i had on......on the sunday of the fulham match popped in to shop with Town top on (not frst time i wore it all week just first time in shop in it ) the owner offered my about 15 quid for it he was so keen....anyway later that day after i found out we had stayed up took an england top down there and got about a fiver of him for it ...he was smiling loads .....then just took off town top off and gave it to him.......he was going mad.....we was leaving on the wednesday ......went down for breakfast on the wed's and he was there waiting ......200 fags and bottle of local vodka wouldnt take a penny ........bloke behind reception who spoke better english said he was absolutley over moon with town top ........and had been up hotel twice to find out when we was going so he could catch us

about 10 years ago me and the family where sat in a bar in Ibiza in the middle of the day and someone walked in with a Town top on. We all gave a chorus of "marinerssss" he looked shocked to say the least :)

In the London Marathon, London Triathlon and London to Paris bike ride (and of course my proudest moment Bike 2 The Bank)

I was in Kenya when a local shouted "good team, good shirt, we trade" to me. I asked him what team it was and unsurprisingly he didn't know. Did not get the "genuine fine quality ebony" elephants from him!

Wore my top in Jamie Carraghers' bar in Liverpool. Got some funny looks!

Quoted from jock dock tower

My wife raves about the pub there, Chris. Will eventually get there myself, did you rate it like everyone else does, ie superb?

The Old Forge it is called John - In the summer months i believe you can get there by boat from Mallaig, I went from Kinloch Hourn to Inverie on foot, Camped at Barrisdale then onto Inverie for a well earned few pints and a comfy bed for the night. :) I was in the bar with my Town top on, The Old Forge is the most remotest pub in the british isles i believe, It is well worth a trip, The food and ale are very nice. ;)

Ok, I've looked everywhere but can I find a way to upload a photo with this message? Can I buggery!!

How's it done?

Quoted from Shilts

Ok, I've looked everywhere but can I find a way to upload a photo with this message? Can I buggery!!

How's it done?

You need to upload the photo to an image hosting site like Photobucket. (Free to join) When uploaded you copy the text that has "[img]""[/img]" around it and paste it into a reply box here.

Thanks for the reply and info. I thought I may be a simple attachment, but uploading sounds like more hassle than I'm willing to go to.

Ah well.

Quoted from Theimperialcoroner

I regularly wear mine down by the Brayford to wind up our Gimpy cousins.

Wear my town coat walking along there everyday :)

Quoted from Shilts

Thanks for the reply and info. I thought I may be a simple attachment, but uploading sounds like more hassle than I'm willing to go to.

Ah well.

Idle get.... ;)
It's really not that hard or time consuming, and once your Photobucket (or whoever you choose) account is open, that won't need to be done again.... Go on, you know you wanna.

How do you set a picture as an avatar biccys?

Quoted from Simariner

As some of you will know from my nagging on FB and from the local GY Telegraph, I'm Treking up Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa in 3 weeks time.
On my 7 day trek, I am intending to wear my Grimsby Town shirt on summit day and i'm hoping to stick a GTFC mini kit on the wooden plinth at the top of the mountain. (I will get photo proof) ;)

So is there any unusual places that you have worn your Mariners shirt with pride?

Also if you do care to sponsor me on my trek, all monies raised is for Marie Curie Cancer Care which i'm now only about £600 from reaching my target. I know some of you have already!
Please read more via my link............ http://www.justgiving.com/SimonStephenson-MountKiliTrek
Many Thanks

Pompeii is a personal favourite. I always wear it in Saint-Etienne. My best occasion was at one of the Disney parks in Orlando and I was walking up these steps when this small kid comes running up beside me panting and shouts "are yous Dunfermline fans as well?!" and I just looked at him laughing and went "no, Grimsby mate".

i gave one of my old town tops to a mud hut dweller on the mauritania / senagal border a few year ago, also taught him some anti yorkshire chants. ive got a pic somewhere, will see if i can find it.

found it

also a bit closer to home, at v festival last year i was camped next to a gaggle of yorkies who had a massive flagpole with the yorkie rose on it...... had to be done :-)

Quoted from kevikov

How do you set a picture as an avatar biccys?

Click your own username and add it in the same way as explained before.

Menorca on our holiday resort and a Town fan was there. We showed all the cockneys and Yorkies what a great club was , UTM !

This is at Robin Hood's Bay after we got relegated. The ww2 mine says it all...

Quoted from Brazilnut

was in Tunisia when we beat Fulham to stay up......kept popping to same shop and had 2 or 3 england tops on during week and everytime i was in there the owner was offering me the equivalent of about 5 pound for which ever England top i had on......on the sunday of the fulham match popped in to shop with Town top on (not frst time i wore it all week just first time in shop in it ) the owner offered my about 15 quid for it he was so keen....anyway later that day after i found out we had stayed up took an england top down there and got about a fiver of him for it ...he was smiling loads .....then just took off town top off and gave it to him.......he was going mad.....we was leaving on the wednesday ......went down for breakfast on the wed's and he was there waiting ......200 fags and bottle of local vodka wouldnt take a penny ........bloke behind reception who spoke better english said he was absolutley over moon with town top ........and had been up hotel twice to find out when we was going so he could catch us

That is such a heart-warming story. Reminds me of the Parable of the Sower (or whatever it's called).

"Some fell on rocky ground (ManU supporting scum) and was losteth for none shall grow on this waste of space. Some fell on fallow ground (whatever that may be-eth) and groweth not for it was as infertile even as a biddy that was 91 (Liverpool). Some did grow a bit but still dieth for it had not the depth-eth to support a strong harvest (Spurs).

But from some groweth an mighty black n white barmy Ay-rab. And so pleasdeth was he that he did smite the Hullite. And verily the Ford did looketh upon His works and it was good. Eth."

loads of tops in loads of countries. fave ones:

all the boys wearing them for nights out in magaluf

wearing a town shirt in the camelk bar in sharm el sheikh and getting free beer for the rest of our stay there (though we were all inclusive at a hotel up the road)

wearing mine at the nou camp and everyone asking if it was a juventus top. until a brummie turned round and said it was a notts county top! tw at

fave has to be, watching town v ipswich in marmaris. me and an ipswich fan at same hotel went down to a pub on the seafront. pub was heaving as it was arsenal v man ure (i could be wrong) in the charity shield. at full time, the place deserted leaving just me and said ipswich fan. didnt have to pay for a drink and we got steaming on yeni raki!!!! good times!

Quoted from Biccys

Click your own username and add it in the same way as explained before.

I thank you. (still not sure how till i build up the bother to try but thank you all the same ;D)

Magic Kingdom Orlando Florida 2002 also ran into another Town fan wearing his shirt that day.

Matty at Disneyland Paris July 2011.

Just spotted my brother (wearing his GTFC shirt) and son at the Sri Lanka v India ODI @ Hobart earlier today!

Quoted from BIGChris

Just spotted my brother (wearing his GTFC shirt) and son at the Sri Lanka v India ODI @ Hobart earlier today!

Should have a sticky thread for fans wearing Town tops in different/unusual places.

was wearing mine the week before i left gloucester, and a bloke and his parents (from gy) got talking to me

am always proud to wear it. no matter where i am .

and used to wear my "grimsby is not in yorkshire" codalmighty tshirt every time i went home from uni on the train

But doesnt it p1ss you off when wearing it around a holiday resort you always get some idiot going.....newcastle mate?.....or which team it that then?.......
some so called fans no nothing about football

I havent worn my town top too many intreresting places, but did take Harry the Haddock round the world, taking pictures with him at loads of places including the Taj Mahal, Pyramids, the Masai Mara, Angkor Wat, and with Harold Bishop from Neighbours- only to lose him at Macclesfield away in our near promotion season!!! Merchandise with these pics on are still available on the trust website :)

I wore mine in Afghanistan when i was there year and half ago... infront of the tornado jet :)

I wear mine in Suffolk. :)

Taken in Universal Studios in 2008, both of us where gutted as we missed the paint pot trophy at Wembley.

Wear mine every Tuesday night here in santander, I play five a side or 'futbol sala' at the gym with a bunch of spaniards... It's fair to say its about right that they're all in barça and real tops just strolling the ball past me in my stripes! Haha.

Utm.

Quoted from RAF_Mariner

I wore mine in Afghanistan when i was there year and half ago... infront of the tornado jet :)

your not the one that was on soccer am?

I've worn mine in a police cell in Hammersmith (lcop)

Quoted from GrimRob

I've worn mine in a police cell in Hammersmith (lcop)

Where's your pic, with your numbers on?(lcop)

i'll proudly wear mine when i move to Manchester in September

A couple here from my trek up Mount Kilimanjaro a few days ago!!

Good effort Si, I've worn my Town top in Canada, Turkey, Afghan, Iraq, Italy, Oman, Cyprus, Falklands and it's surprising how many people come and chat to you. Also you get to flower up our proud history and the big names we have had at our club and the teams that we have beaten along the way.

Great effort Si, take the lad out of Grimsby but can't take the Grimsby out the lad...trackie bottoms halfway up a mountain, lol...only kidding.

I don't wear my shirt all that often if i'm honest, when i'm holiday i always pack a couple but very rarely wear one unless its matchday and still thats few and far between this season...

Quoted from aldi_01

Great effort Si, take the lad out of Grimsby but can't take the Grimsby out the lad...trackie bottoms halfway up a mountain, lol...only kidding.

I don't wear my shirt all that often if i'm honest, when i'm holiday i always pack a couple but very rarely wear one unless its matchday and still thats few and far between this season...

Trackie bottoms? They are addidas base layer tights lol
As was bloody freezing lol

Wore mine sat in a hotel club bar in Feurteventura in 2005 watching the Town v Spurs Carling cup match on the big screen, only me and about a hundred Tottenham fans who were all taking the p*ss. That was of course until Kalala let fly and scored. Only me and the barman (an Arsenal fan) shot up, fists in the air. Two minutes later only me and him were in the bar. Wore the shirt for the rest of the week around the hotel just to annoy.

Quoted from Perkins

Wore mine sat in a hotel club bar in Feurteventura in 2005 watching the Town v Spurs Carling cup match on the big screen, only me and about a hundred Tottenham fans who were all taking the p*ss. That was of course until Kalala let fly and scored. Only me and the barman (an Arsenal fan) shot up, fists in the air. Two minutes later only me and him were in the bar. Wore the shirt for the rest of the week around the hotel just to annoy.

I hope you remembered to strut as you made your way round the resort ;D

The night of the play off final against Northampton I stayed with friends in Fulham and enjoyed wearing mine around their delightful pubs!

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

loads of tops in loads of countries. fave ones:

all the boys wearing them for nights out in magaluf

wearing a town shirt in the camelk bar in sharm el sheikh and getting free beer for the rest of our stay there (though we were all inclusive at a hotel up the road)

wearing mine at the nou camp and everyone asking if it was a juventus top. until a brummie turned round and said it was a notts county top! tw at

fave has to be, watching town v ipswich in marmaris. me and an ipswich fan at same hotel went down to a pub on the seafront. pub was heaving as it was arsenal v man ure (i could be wrong) in the charity shield. at full time, the place deserted leaving just me and said ipswich fan. didnt have to pay for a drink and we got steaming on yeni raki!!!! good times!

No you're right. Remember that day as a bunch of us ended up in the Grog Shop at Shepherds Bush and bumped into a group of genuine Mancunian Unarted fans. Yes real Man U fans from Manchester!

Wore mine (that horrible itchy AWS Final shirt) on a run round Helsinki in 80 degrees heat (yes it does get hot every Summer for about a week) . Sweated buckets. The things you do to impress women.

I was just walking through Beverley Town centre with my girls on Saturday, and this strange bloke stopped me and asked if he could have his photo taken with me in my 'Badge of Honour' T-shirt:

Whats better than picture?........................................A Video!!!

Spot the town shirt on 2.25

Quoted from Shilts

Whats better than picture?........................................A Video!!!

Spot the town shirt on 2.25

I missed the psychic telegraph so any chance of a link ;)

Dam it!! Forgot the link!!

Here it is (2.25):

http://thaiportfc.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/youtube-highlights-steven-robb.html

Quoted from Shilts

Dam it!! Forgot the link!!

Here it is (2.25):

http://thaiportfc.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/youtube-highlights-steven-robb.html

What a great spot. Who is this? Love the celobrations lol

wore mine in norway on top of a waterfall in flam

I had mine on when I was on holiday in Ireland last year I went in a pizza shop and the Irish-Italian man who owned it said that I was very brave to wear it! People always talk to you (or laugh at you) when wearing a GTFC top!

off on holiday in July and will be taking it with me (Y)

Quoted from Simariner

What a great spot. Who is this? Love the celobrations lol

The only reason I knew of it to be fair is because it is actually me!

I've been living in Bangkok and this is my Thai team, Thai Port FC - It was a game against our fierce rivals and we'd just got a goal back from being 3-0 down................hence the angry man celebration!!