They have sold out the initial ticket allocation

What did we give them?

They'll sell the whole end out absolutely no problems.

Quoted from Hagrid

What did we give them?

Around 1900??

Should be a cracking atmosphere! We have not had enough of these Yorkshire home fixtures over the last ten years.

Even though your Bradfords, Barnsleys etc are not real rivals there always seemed to be something in the games to get the crowd going. For example smashing Barnsely 6-1 in 2004 with Handyside in defence for them and Rankin with his celebration in front of the Barnsley fans despite being on loan from them  ;D .

Quoted from Stadium

Around 1900??

Oh, we just gave them the whole lot from the start? Makes sense if so.

Quoted from OllieGTFC

They have sold out the initial ticket allocation

never in doubt IMO.

carnage awaits.

Really looking forward to this one. I haven’t been to Blundell Park since we equalised from the pen spot just over 10 years ago.

Is there scope for more tickets if home fans can be relocated, or is it just not possible?

Think that's your lot matey.
Should be a good game tho 8)

Quoted from IlkleyMariner

Think that's your lot matey.
Should be a good game tho 8)

We can't have given them the full allocation as earlier today their Twiiter said that they are expecting a 2nd allocation to arrive tomorrow

It’s been some years since we’ve done it, but I think it’d be worth getting those temporary seats in the corner again for the Bradford and Scunny games. Leave them there all season; if we do well we can fill them ourselves for other games. Who knows.

Quoted from Heisenberg

It’s been some years since we’ve done it, but I think it’d be worth getting those temporary seats in the corner again for the Bradford and Scunny games. Leave them there all season; if we do well we can fill them ourselves for other games. Who knows.

It's all down to cost though isn't it.. If they hold 500 and say we fill them on an average of £15 per seat twice in the next year (£7,500) but it costs more than that to 'rent' them then there is no point

Quoted from lukeo

It's all down to cost though isn't it.. If they hold 500 and say we fill them on an average of £15 per seat twice in the next year (£7,500) but it costs more than that to 'rent' them then there is no point

Just get Tom Shutes to BUY them, if, of course, he’s actually got any money......

I was at Valley Parade in the late seventies/early eighties when Town won something like 3-1.

I think bricks were being thrown into the Town end from behind the stand.

I was lucky to get away with my life that day after being chased to the car by Bradford fans, I was a good runner in those days   :)

Quoted from Les Brechin

We can't have given them the full allocation as earlier today their Twiiter said that they are expecting a 2nd allocation to arrive tomorrow

No idea what allocation they were given.
Would have thought they would have no problem at all selling the full 1900.

Quoted from promotion plaice

I was at Valley Parade in the late seventies/early eighties when Town won something like 3-1.

I think bricks were being thrown into the Town end from behind the stand.

I was lucky to get away with my life that day after being chased to the car by Bradford fans, I was a good runner in those days   :)

Must have been late 70s. We were two divisions above them in the early 80s, by the mid 80s they got to the second division, year we went down or the season before.

We didn't offer Lincoln any extra tickets for all the thousands of fans that supported them when Graham Taylor was manager, but were then kidnapped for 40 years...I can't see why we would offer Bradford any more. Scunthorpe won't fill the away end unless they are in the top three...

Quoted from promotion plaice

I was at Valley Parade in the late seventies/early eighties when Town won something like 3-1.

I think bricks were being thrown into the Town end from behind the stand.

I was lucky to get away with my life that day after being chased to the car by Bradford fans, I was a good runner in those days   :)

Must have been late 70s. We were two divisions above them in the early 80s, by the mid 80s they got to the second division, year we went down or the season before.

We didn't offer Lincoln any extra tickets for all the thousands of fans that supported them when Graham Taylor was manager, but were then kidnapped for 40 years...I can't see why we would offer Bradford any more. Scunthorpe won't fill the away end unless they are in the top three...

Quoted from Limerick Mariner

Must have been late 70s. We were two divisions above them in the early 80s, by the mid 80s they got to the second division, year we went down or the season before.

We didn't offer Lincoln any extra tickets for all the thousands of fans that supported them when Graham Taylor was manager, but were then kidnapped for 40 years...I can't see why we would offer Bradford any more. Scunthorpe won't fill the away end unless they are in the top three...

Come on, Scunny will sell out the away end, let’s not be daft.

Quoted from Heisenberg

Come on, Scunny will sell out the away end, let’s not be daft.

They have brought 1,900 (or a few hundred more before all seater) on 4 occasions in 50 years - twice in the FA Cup and twice when in a promotion position in the league. Certainly no reason to rent an extra 500 seats for them.

Quoted from moosey_club

never in doubt IMO.

carnage awaits.

You reckon?

Didn't we buy those temporary green seats quite a few years back with the intention to rent them out when not in use at BP?

Don't think i've seen them temp seats since the early 00s...are they even still an option?

Big screen scoreboard is in that corner now isn't it.

Quoted from Malta_Mariner_90

Should be a cracking atmosphere! We have not had enough of these Yorkshire home fixtures over the last ten years.

Even though your Bradfords, Barnsleys etc are not real rivals there always seemed to be something in the games to get the crowd going. For example smashing Barnsely 6-1 in 2004 with Handyside in defence for them and Rankin with his celebration in front of the Barnsley fans despite being on loan from them  ;D .

I was there for that game v Barnsley but never realised that Handyside was playing for them  :)

Handyside was like Pearson for me, slow from being young, with pace, both could’ve played consistently at championship level

Quoted from lee65

Handyside was like Pearson for me, slow from being young, with pace, both could’ve played consistently at championship level

Handyside did play consistently at Championship level. Between 92 and 04 he played three seasons in what would now be League One - one each for us, Stoke and Barnsley - the rest of his games were second tier.

I think it’s more a question of whether he could have played top flight - liked a pint and a smoke did he not?

I’d put Tony Gallimore in a similar bracket - highly talented player whose career would probably have been brighter had he led a slightly more ‘professional’ lifestyle.

What you’d give for players of that quality now though...

Quoted from lee65

I was there for that game v Barnsley but never realised that Handyside was playing for them  :)

I remember he also got a bit of abuse from a few Town fans as well, a small minority always seem to give ex-Town players a bit of abuse whenever they come back, not sure if this was just banter or not in this case.

Anyone remember if there was anything acrimonious about his departure?

Quoted from lee65

I was there for that game v Barnsley but never realised that Handyside was playing for them  :)

These were the teams that day. Not in postional order.

Grimsby
4-4-2

    Nick Daws
    Isaiah Rankin
    Lee Thorpe
    Darren Barnard
    Craig Armstrong
    Tony Crane
    Simon Ford
    Andrew Pettinger
    Phil Jevons
    Stacy Coldicott
    Stuart Campbell

    Subs
        Greg Young
        David Soames
        Wes Parker
        Des Hamilton
        Darren Mansaram

Barnsley
4-4-2

    Mark Stallard
    Marlon Beresford
    Antony Kay
    Craig Ireland
    Kevin Betsy
    Peter Handyside
    Daniel Nardiello
    Arron Davies
    Craig Rocastle
    Garry Monk
    Neil Austin

    Subs
        Alex Neil
        Michael Boulding
        Danny Alcock
        Griff Jones
        Robbie Williams

Quoted from Les Brechin

    Subs
        Alex Neil
       Michael Boulding
        Danny Alcock
        Griff Jones
        Robbie Williams

Of course the return of Boulding as well, there was definite abuse given to him thats for sure!  

Quoted from Les Brechin

    Subs
        Greg Young
        David Soames
        Wes Parker
        Des Hamilton
        Darren Mansaram
  

Sometimes, when things aren't going well, you turn to your bench for inspiration - someone who can change the game, provide a spark of quality...

Thankfully, on this occasion, our first team did its job.

But you can probably understand why we got relegated at the end of the season. If it weren't for Jevons, we'd have been relegated sooner than in the last moments of the last game of the season.

Great info everyone, thank you  :)

Did Handyside leave when he couldn't get back in the team after injury because we were paying that chinese bloke a fortune

Quoted from Madeleymariner

Did Handyside leave when he couldn't get back in the team after injury because we were paying that chinese bloke a fortune

Think off field antics didnt help his cause with whoever was at the top at the time.  

Seem to recall an abandoned GTI at Hewitts Circus one evening being attributed to him  in the day.

When he was a bit younger and out with a lengthy injury, I remember him staggering around outside of JDs at about 10pm one night, absolutely battered. Probably not the best way to recover from an injury...

You are correct in saying he got injured so we got  a Chinese international player Zhang to replace him. We were reportedly paying him thirteen grand a week.
When he was fit again he couldn't get back so he signed for Barnsley.
Then Zhangs loan period expired and he went back to China so we were left with a shortage of centre halves.
Lenny Lawrence was the manager at the time I believe, with Huxford as chairman.

Quoted from Les Brechin

These were the teams that day. Not in postional order.

Grimsby
4-4-2

    Nick Daws
    Isaiah Rankin
    Lee Thorpe
    Darren Barnard
    Craig Armstrong
    Tony Crane
    Simon Ford
    Andrew Pettinger
    Phil Jevons
    Stacy Coldicott
    Stuart Campbell

    Subs
        Greg Young
        David Soames
        Wes Parker
        Des Hamilton
        Darren Mansaram

Barnsley
4-4-2

    Mark Stallard
    Marlon Beresford
    Antony Kay
    Craig Ireland
    Kevin Betsy
    Peter Handyside
    Daniel Nardiello
    Arron Davies
    Craig Rocastle
    Garry Monk
    Neil Austin

    Subs
        Alex Neil
        Michael Boulding
        Danny Alcock
        Griff Jones
        Robbie Williams

I didn't know Griff rhys Jones and Robbie Williams played football😉

Quoted from Maringer

When he was a bit younger and out with a lengthy injury, I remember him staggering around outside of JDs at about 10pm one night, absolutely battered. Probably not the best way to recover from an injury...

I must've had the same injury a few times

5 foot 2
Eyes are blue
Tony crane is after youuu
Etc

Quoted from mimma

You are correct in saying he got injured so we got  a Chinese international player Zhang to replace him. We were reportedly paying him thirteen grand a week.
When he was fit again he couldn't get back so he signed for Barnsley.
Then Zhangs loan period expired and he went back to China so we were left with a shortage of centre halves.
Lenny Lawrence was the manager at the time I believe, with Huxford as chairman.

He went to Stoke from us didn't he? Then Barnsley.

I can vivdly remember one Wednesday evening when we were playing pool at The Old Clee Club. Handyside, Tony Gallimore and Tommy Widdrington were in there!

It was a rather entertaining evening.

Quoted from Les Brechin

These were the teams that day. Not in postional order.

Grimsby
4-4-2

    Nick Daws
    Isaiah Rankin
    Lee Thorpe
    Darren Barnard
    Craig Armstrong
    Tony Crane
    Simon Ford
    Andrew Pettinger
    Phil Jevons
    Stacy Coldicott
    Stuart Campbell

    Subs
        Greg Young
        David Soames
        Wes Parker
        Des Hamilton
        Darren Mansaram

What a game and what you can achieve when you run at defenders in the box.
Rankin Thorpe and Jevons ran them ragged.

Thorpe had as much goal threat as McKeown, but we really missed him when he left. Jevons hit a poor spell without his presence (finished the season  with 1 goal in 12 or 13 and that was a pen)

Quoted from Abdul19

Thorpe had as much goal threat as McKeown, but we really missed him when he left. Jevons hit a poor spell without his presence (finished the season  with 1 goal in 12 or 13 and that was a pen)

Macca nearly scored against derby first year we came back from abyss 🙂

Quoted from Abdul19

Thorpe had as much goal threat as McKeown, but we really missed him when he left. Jevons hit a poor spell without his presence (finished the season  with 1 goal in 12 or 13 and that was a pen)

Yeah, our record with Thorpe in the side was pretty good. As soon as he left, Jevons stopped scoring and we slipped into the bottom four at exactly the wrong time.

Jevons was in the wilderness before he came back into the fold that season. I remember him crediting Graham Rodger a lot and it's no coincidence that his best form was when Rodger was caretaker manager.

I know he didn't make a good fist of it as manager a few years later but things might have been different had he been made Groves' successor instead of that abomination Nicky Law (who, funnily enough, now heads youth recruitment at Burnley).

Quoted from Abdul19

Thorpe had as much goal threat as McKeown, but we really missed him when he left. Jevons hit a poor spell without his presence (finished the season  with 1 goal in 12 or 13 and that was a pen)

Jevons' downturn in form also came exactly when Nicky Law took over...

Odd that.

Quoted from diehardmariner

Jevons' downturn in form also came exactly when Nicky Law took over...

Odd that.

All I remember about Nicky Law is walking down the tunnel as soon as the referee blew his whistle at the end of that fateful game at Tranmere with no acknowledgment to the fans.

The twit.

Back to the Bradford game.

Last night it was posted on their forum that they had sold 1400 and had around 400 tickets left.

Quoted from arryarryarry

All I remember about Nicky Law is walking down the tunnel as soon as the referee blew his whistle at the end of that fateful game at Tranmere with no acknowledgment to the fans.

The twit.

Wasn't there a TV clip of him on his texting on his phone from the touchline during the game?  I remember hearing talk of agents in the dressing room at half-time too.

It's a toss up between that side under Law (once he'd brought all his mercenary mates in to supplement the existing egos in the dressing room) and the side that Mike Newell left us with for the biggest shower of shite I've ever seen in a Town shirt.

Worse than Mike Lyons that's saying something.

Don't know if it's my memory going but didn't Lyons play himself up front at times, probably when we had to chase goals.

Yes

Quoted from diehardmariner

Wasn't there a TV clip of him on his texting on his phone from the touchline during the game?  I remember hearing talk of agents in the dressing room at half-time too.

It's a toss up between that side under Law (once he'd brought all his mercenary mates in to supplement the existing egos in the dressing room) and the side that Mike Newell left us with for the biggest shower of shite I've ever seen in a Town shirt.

I could be wrong but wasn't Nicky Law's brief to keep us up and then he would be made permanent manager?

Seeing as though we had a good chance of avoiding the drop at Tranmere having taken the lead, it would be a bit strange for him to have been looking for something else before he knew he'd been sacked when we were actually relegated, right at the death

Quoted from queenybantam07

Really looking forward to this one. I haven’t been to Blundell Park since we equalised from the pen spot just over 10 years ago.

Is there scope for more tickets if home fans can be relocated, or is it just not possible?

I remember this one Queeny

We had our keeper sent off in the 90th minute for handling the ball outside the area... I was in line with the penalty area ( in our mainstand ) and thought it was more than harsh as it looked as if he was on the line.  Where was VAR then eh? ;)

To add insult to injury the ref then gave you the penalty so deep in to stoppage time that it felt like we'd lost

Plenty of your fans came on the pitch to celebrate the point... I might be wrong but weren't you bottom at the time and that was the first point you'd had in a while?

Hopefully things will go our way this season but whatever it will be good to have a bit of banter with you bantams   ;)

Quoted from Meza

Worse than Mike Lyons that's saying something.

Lyons was just before my time so impossible to include.

Quoted from FishOutOfWater

I could be wrong but wasn't Nicky Law's brief to keep us up and then he would be made permanent manager?

Seeing as though we had a good chance of avoiding the drop at Tranmere having taken the lead, it would be a bit strange for him to have been looking for something else before he knew he'd been sacked when we were actually relegated, right at the death

That does ring a bell.  I remember his interview when appointed and he basically alluded to a remit of keeping us up and then pushing for the play-offs the next year...

Agent wise, dunno if it was his agent or those of the players.  Whatever happened, it didn't do his career any favours because he never managed in the league again, despite a far from shabby record previously.

Quoted from Gaffer58

Don't know if it's my memory going but didn't Lyons play himself up front at times, probably when we had to chase goals.

Lyons would have played himself in positions 1-11 if he could.

Lyons was bloody awful, destroyed the best GTFC side in recent memory and yet he doesn’t even come close to Newell or Law in regard of being the worst manager we’ve had. Even Slade is worse than Lyons was. Only just though.

Quoted from Gaffer58

Don't know if it's my memory going but didn't Lyons play himself up front at times, probably when we had to chase goals.

Just before I went to watch town so not sure on that gaffer. I know he often picked himself as player manager.    Maybe those that witnessed his tenure can elaborate why he isn't highly thought off.

Imp coroner has already elaborated lol.

Quoted from FishOutOfWater

I remember this one Queeny

We had our keeper sent off in the 90th minute for handling the ball outside the area... I was in line with the penalty area ( in our mainstand ) and thought it was more than harsh as it looked as if he was on the line.  Where was VAR then eh? ;)

To add insult to injury the ref then gave you the penalty so deep in to stoppage time that it felt like we'd lost

Plenty of your fans came on the pitch to celebrate the point... I might be wrong but weren't you bottom at the time and that was the first point you'd had in a while?

Hopefully things will go our way this season but whatever it will be good to have a bit of banter with you bantams   ;)

I remember it, Phil Barnes got sent off for hand ball outside area and Gary Montgomery came on, was it Justin Whittle who gave away the penalty? Fair few Bradford fans ran on pitch and Stuart McCall had to usher them off

I remember the 1-1 draw in 89/90 I think Woods scored amazing atmosphere.  

Quoted from FishOutOfWater

I remember this one Queeny

We had our keeper sent off in the 90th minute for handling the ball outside the area... I was in line with the penalty area ( in our mainstand ) and thought it was more than harsh as it looked as if he was on the line.  Where was VAR then eh? ;)

To add insult to injury the ref then gave you the penalty so deep in to stoppage time that it felt like we'd lost

Plenty of your fans came on the pitch to celebrate the point... I might be wrong but weren't you bottom at the time and that was the first point you'd had in a while?

Hopefully things will go our way this season but whatever it will be good to have a bit of banter with you bantams   ;)

Bradford also had an outfield player in goal for the best part of an hour!

Quoted from Gaffer58

Don't know if it's my memory going but didn't Lyons play himself up front at times, probably when we had to chase goals.

Lyons was a wannabe-Akinde-pen up front as I recall - hang around in the box and throw myself to the floor
when it comes near me.

Unfortunately Lyons was too thick to ensure there were opponents at least in touching distance of him before
he got down and dirty with BP. All his appeals were laughed off (in those days) iirc.

Wasn't it Lyons who described Gary Lund as "too intelligent" to be a good footballer?

FFS

Quoted from Abdul19

Bradford also had an outfield player in goal for the best part of an hour!

Don't remember that part Abdul but looks like you're not wrong   (clap2)

https://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=1148&teamTabs=results

Quoted from 137

Lyons was a wannabe-Akinde-pen up front as I recall - hang around in the box and throw myself to the floor
when it comes near me.

Unfortunately Lyons was too thick to ensure there were opponents at least in touching distance of him before
he got down and dirty with BP. All his appeals were laughed off (in those days) iirc.

Wasn't it Lyons who described Gary Lund as "too intelligent" to be a good footballer?

FFS

Made his pile in Estate Agency in Nottingham - Royston and Lund, spends most of his time on the golf course now.