City Status

I read that 8 towns have become cities as part of the platinum jubilee. How would that work for football clubs like ours named Town? Grimsby City sounds a bit wrong somehow. Grimsby FC, just drop the Town?

City status would not mean the club has to change its name.

Swansea Town changed to Swansea City all those years ago.

Grimsby City looks and feels all wrong though doesn't it?!

I don't think we are in any danger of becoming a city just yet

They've made Wrexham a city!

FC City of Grimsby

Remove the flag off the badge and replace it with a crown saying 2022.

Quoted from lew chaterleys lover

Swansea Town changed to Swansea City all those years ago.

Grimsby City looks and feels all wrong though doesn't it?!

Stoke City we’re just Stoke Football Club until 1925 when Stoke-on-Trent was made a city.

The defunct Chester City only added the City suffix in 1983. The phoenix club formed in 2010 reverted to the old suffix-less Chester FC.

Today’s announcement gives MK Dons the perfect opportunity to use the city status to rename the club MK City FC and drop the Dons suffix. It would be good PR.

Quoted from Southwark Mariner

They've made Wrexham a city!

There are 1 token Scottish, Welsh & Northern Irish town being made a city. Wrexham being the token new Welsh city.

Grimsby Pelham

Brechin's football club in Scotland are called Brechin City, even though Brechin isn't officially a City!

Quoted from Les Brechin

Brechin's football club in Scotland are called Brechin City, even though Brechin isn't officially a City!

Elgin too (I learnt this on pointless, so if it's wrong I'll see you in court, Osman)

Notts County play in Nottingham and Nottingham Forest play in Nottinghamshire

Quoted from ncfc_chalky

Notts County play in Nottingham and Nottingham Forest play in Nottinghamshire

So Nottingham Forest don’t play in Nottingham?

Quoted from Poojah

So Nottingham Forest don’t play in Nottingham?

No they play in Nottinghamshire,they are situated in the Borough of Rushcliffe,the river Trent is the Nottingham(shire) border

Quoted from ncfc_chalky

No they play in Nottinghamshire,they are situated in the Borough of Rushcliffe,the river Trent is the Nottingham(shire) border

Fascinating. So technically Nottingham is a one club city then?

Quoted from Poojah

Fascinating. So technically Nottingham is a one club city then?

Yes. The City Ground & Trent Bridge cricket ground are both in the town of West Bridgford. Nottingham doesn't extend south of the River Trent.

So yes, Nottingham is a one club city. You'd expect a city as big and vibrant as Nottingham to have a decent club and not the shitty one they are lumbered with.

Quoted from GollyGTFC

Yes. The City Ground & Trent Bridge cricket ground are both in the town of West Bridgford. Nottingham doesn't extend south of the River Trent.

So yes, Nottingham is a one club city. You'd expect a city as big and vibrant as Nottingham to have a decent club and not the shitty one they are lumbered with.

Thanks for that, although I don’t actually care to be honest. I was just trying to help Chalky burn through his 10 post a day limit by asking him a series of mundane questions, but now Rob’s gone and ruined it by doubling it.

Quoted from Poojah

Thanks for that, although I don’t actually care to be honest. I was just trying to help Chalky burn through his 10 post a day limit by asking him a series of mundane questions, but now Rob’s gone and ruined it by doubling it.

I sussed that out when you tried to get me into a conversation about Nottingham but not until after I had initially replied to you,very good though 👍😎

Quoted from Son of Cod

Wait so Nottingham isn't in Nottinghamshire?







































































Quick lads, we can get him to waste his 10 posts on Nottinghamshire chat today...

I think they are bidding for combined authority status - with Derby and Derbyshire. The problem will be that Nottingham is a "communist" state (according to Boris)

So it is Notts Forest after all.

Quoted from ncfc_chalky

I sussed that out when you tried to get me into a conversation about Nottingham but not until after I had initially replied to you,very good though 👍😎

What’s the weather like in Nottingham today?

We were the first "Town" in the football league, so probably the first "Town" in the world, that shouldn't ever be changed. Lincoln were the first "City" - Manchester City and Birmingham and Stoke weren't called "City" in 1892. So Lincs had the first Town v City derby.

And did you know that Grimsby Town play in Cleethorpes..........

And of course Stockport County play in Stockportshire.

Quoted from RonMariner

And did you know that Grimsby Town play in Cleethorpes..........

And Cleethorpes Town play in Grimsby!

Quoted from ncfc_chalky

Notts County play in Nottingham and Nottingham Forest play in Nottinghamshire

So really, it should be Nottingham county then

Is their ground located in a forest then?

Bolton play miles from Bolton

Quoted from toontown

I don't think we are in any danger of becoming a city just yet

Exactly, when did being a city get you 3 points 🤣🤣

Who'd want to change their name to something that rhymes with "sh1tty" anyway!

Quoted from RonMariner

Is their ground located in a forest then?

Probably from when they used to play their first games at the Forest Recreational Ground back in the day,the area is still known as that and hold the Goose Fair there every year

I know it's changed now but  this question about us being the only team that plays every game away is rubbish as Nottm Forest don't play in Nottingham!  

The correct term is 'Great Grimsby'. Who needs city status?

We were also one of the first towns to be granted a royal charter.

My feelings towards the royal family are somewhat apathetic, but the designation of Doncaster as a city nudges me gently towards the republican door.
She can't have been can she??

Quoted from toontown

I don't think we are in any danger of becoming a city just yet

We've been Sin city for a while

Quoted from AdamHaddock

Bolton play miles from Bolton

As do Portsmouth… they play miles from Bolton too!

Whilst we are on the subject of cities, could someone please explain how Hull City get their name?
The city is Kingston Upon Hull, Hull being the river upon which Kingston sits.
I've often wondered why the football team is so called.

Quoted from thefish

As do Portsmouth… they play miles from Bolton too!

Portsmouth is the only English city not based in mainland England

Quoted from mimma

Whilst we are on the subject of cities, could someone please explain how Hull City get their name?
The city is Kingston Upon Hull, Hull being the river upon which Kingston sits.
I've often wondered why the football team is so called.

The locals can't even pronounce the four letter word ('ull), they'd struggle big time with Kingston (which I personally think sounds much nicer)

Quoted from pizzzza

The locals can't even pronounce the four letter word ('ull), they'd struggle big time with Kingston (which I personally think sounds much nicer)

Real funny place, Hull. You’ve got the bizarre and grating accent, obviously, but I found myself in the city centre on business not long before the pandemic.

I had an hour to kill before my train so nipped into the ‘spoons across the road, the Admiral of the Humber, for a swift pint. It was about half past two on a Tuesday afternoon and so I expected it to be dead; how wrong was I? It was absolutely mobbed; quite literally standing room only in this massive pub, fighting to get to the bar like a payday weekend Saturday night. I think the average number of teeth per person was about 5. Likewise the number of face tattoos.

Don’t get me wrong, NE Lincs is not without its problems, but Christ almighty, Hull has some serious socioeconomic issues.

Quoted from buckstown

My feelings towards the royal family are somewhat apathetic, but the designation of Doncaster as a city nudges me gently towards the republican door.
She can't have been can she??

It’s a great night out so maybe she’s done that!

Quoted from Poojah

Real funny place, Hull. You’ve got the bizarre and grating accent, obviously, but I found myself in the city centre on business not long before the pandemic.

I had an hour to kill before my train so nipped into the ‘spoons across the road, the Admiral of the Humber, for a swift pint. It was about half past two on a Tuesday afternoon and so I expected it to be dead; how wrong was I? It was absolutely mobbed; quite literally standing room only in this massive pub, fighting to get to the bar like a payday weekend Saturday night. I think the average number of teeth per person was about 5. Likewise the number of face tattoos.

Don’t get me wrong, NE Lincs is not without its problems, but Christ almighty, Hull has some serious socioeconomic issues.

I spent over 3 months in Hull Royal Infirmary, any longer I reckon I'd have been scarred for life (well I am really   )

It all started the first morning when the girl asked me if I wanted terrst with my breakfast!  

I come from Hull originally but give me Cleethorpes any day, we all laughed when Hull was awarded the "City Of Culture"

My father was  a massive Tigers fan, took me to Boothferry Park as a kid, Chilton, Simpkin, Waggy and all that, decent side but give me Waters, Cumming and Drinks any day.

My brother was in Castle Hill hospital. He complained that he couldn't understand half of the staff. I said are they foreign? He replied, "its not the foreigners, I can understand them, it's the locals I can't understand!"

Quoted from Poojah

Real funny place, Hull. You’ve got the bizarre and grating accent, obviously, but I found myself in the city centre on business not long before the pandemic.

I had an hour to kill before my train so nipped into the ‘spoons across the road, the Admiral of the Humber, for a swift pint. It was about half past two on a Tuesday afternoon and so I expected it to be dead; how wrong was I? It was absolutely mobbed; quite literally standing room only in this massive pub, fighting to get to the bar like a payday weekend Saturday night. I think the average number of teeth per person was about 5. Likewise the number of face tattoos.

Don’t get me wrong, NE Lincs is not without its problems, but Christ almighty, Hull has some serious socioeconomic issues.

There isn’t another place in the UK with such a misplaced high opinion of itself than Hull.

Bromley?  Or at least their fans.

Quoted from Limerick Mariner

We were the first "Town" in the football league, so probably the first "Town" in the world, that shouldn't ever be changed. Lincoln were the first "City" - Manchester City and Birmingham and Stoke weren't called "City" in 1892. So Lincs had the first Town v City derby.

This is a fantastic fact. Never knew that. ‘We are town.’

Quoted from LH

There isn’t another place in the UK with such a misplaced high opinion of itself than Hull.

Oh, I don't know. It would be going some to beat Newcastle or Liverpool in those stakes.

Great celebrations in Sunderlandshire tonight.

Quoted from RonMariner

Great celebrations in Sunderlandshire tonight.

They’ll be a few bottles of blue drink drunk tonight.

Quoted from Poojah

Real funny place, Hull. You’ve got the bizarre and grating accent, obviously, but I found myself in the city centre on business not long before the pandemic.

I had an hour to kill before my train so nipped into the ‘spoons across the road, the Admiral of the Humber, for a swift pint. It was about half past two on a Tuesday afternoon and so I expected it to be dead; how wrong was I? It was absolutely mobbed; quite literally standing room only in this massive pub, fighting to get to the bar like a payday weekend Saturday night. I think the average number of teeth per person was about 5. Likewise the number of face tattoos.

Don’t get me wrong, NE Lincs is not without its problems, but Christ almighty, Hull has some serious socioeconomic issues.

I found myself in the same pub on the evening before doing the walk to BP with Jase. Just popped in for a pint and a pasta and in the 45 mins there 2 fights broke out, one on the table next to mine.
I also noticed the dental abberation you mention and I found myself wondering if it would be a good place to be a dentist. On one hand plenty of opportunities but not sure there would be a great demand for the service.
On balance I suspect that tattooist is probably the more secure profession and almost certainly held in higher regard.

Quoted from Maringer

Oh, I don't know. It would be going some to beat Newcastle or Liverpool in those stakes.

At least Liverpool has two succesful football clubs (albeit one which could be described as historically successful) and can fall back on The Beatles for cultural impact. What’s Hull got? Newcastle I’ll give you.