Best time to be a Mariner since when?

Quoted from Spurn boy

Agree about the 80’s and playing with 2 wingers Ford and Cummings was a great time on an awful Blundell Park pitch.

It's Cumming ffs  

But yeah I agree.

Ever for me. My first game was 96/97 but somehow my Dad deemed me 'too young' for Wembley in 98.

2016 was brilliant, the relief was something else but unfortunately for me, my life was absolutely in tatters, mainly self inflicted. So the memory of that day is great but vague at best.

Sharing last Sunday with my 2 kids and getting them their first season ticket as a proud Dad, and a guy even worthy of being called 'Dad', really is the best time I've had in my town endeavours, and life as a whole.

Late 90's was a great time. The 98 year a pinnacle. The early 1980's was also very interesting, if a little non politically correct nowadays.....The Time of Towns quite notorious " Firm ". They very rarely get mentioned now but not only were they notorious across the country, they also had the best name going amongst all the football firms at the time. The " Cleethorpes Beach Patrol ". Whatever became of them?. I remember that they were quite a serious player in 1980's football terrace agro. Not many wanted to mess with them back in the day.

Quoted from Shipwrecked In Gainsborough

Late 90's was a great time. The 98 year a pinnacle. The early 1980's was also very interesting, if a little non politically correct nowadays.....The Time of Towns quite notorious " Firm ". They very rarely get mentioned now but not only were they notorious across the country, they also had the best name going amongst all the football firms at the time. The " Cleethorpes Beach Patrol ". Whatever became of them?. I remember that they were quite a serious player in 1980's football terrace agro. Not many wanted to mess with them back in the day.

Most of the cbp are dead due to drugs.

I was only 7 in 1998 so dont have that much memory of it really, since then I dont think there has been a time that comes close, as 2016 was brought down to earth so quickly as I remember being frustrated at the time that season tickets took so long to go on sale, wasnt much PR from the club and good players were getting let go. I was still positive overall but didnt have the feeling that the club would really kick on the way I do now. So for me this is the best time, as I think theres so much to look forward to

Quoted from Les Brechin

My Mum was born in 1930 and she said on the day she was born her Dad was at Hillsborough watching Town in The First Division.

This post reminds me of when my oldest son was born in BMH Dhekelia in Cyprus,  I couldn't attend the Birth as I was playing for the Battalion football team up in Happy Valley, Episkopi.

Quoted from 123614

This post reminds me of when my oldest son was born in BMH Dhekelia in Cyprus,  I couldn't attend the Birth as I was playing for the Battalion football team up in Happy Valley, Episkopi.

My sister was based at Episokpi / Paramali for about 10 years (her kids born in Akrotiri). Beautiful part of the world; I remember going to an armed forces even in Happy Valley a few years ago and it was about the hottest I’ve been in my life. Absolutely baking.

Anyway, carry on.

Definitely 1998 , the two Wembley appearances had the whole town buzzing.

Under Buckley, we played some of the best football I've ever seen anywhere. Football is such a simple and beautiful game when all the team are working as one and the passing and movement becomes almost like choreography.

We utterly bamboozled teams at times and you could see them going to pieces before your eyes as the ball was passed around through them.

Seen some great teams in my time going back to 1972, but purely for achievement and what it means in terms re-establishing us as a league side at the first time of asking by the new owners, this season is right up there with the best.

The speed with which they have turned round the entire club is astonishing, so it's the best time to be a Mariner since a certain non chairman took the reins. It had been dire for almost 20 seasons, with the club never rising above mid table league 2 in all that time. What a waste of potential, which is now about to be realised.

Quoted from ginnywings

Under Buckley, we played some of the best football I've ever seen anywhere. Football is such a simple and beautiful game when all the team are working as one and the passing and movement becomes almost like choreography.

We utterly bamboozled teams at times and you could see them going to pieces before your eyes as the ball was passed around through them.

Seen some great teams in my time going back to 1972, but purely for achievement and what it means in terms re-establishing us as a league side at the first time of asking by the new owners, this season is right up there with the best.

The speed with which they have turned round the entire club is astonishing, so it's the best time to be a Mariner since a certain non chairman took the reins. It had been dire for almost 20 seasons, with the club never rising above mid table league 2 in all that time. What a waste of potential, which is now about to be realised.

We need to be careful not to get carried away. I think we’re all grateful that the owners are realistic yet inspirational and leading us in a transition to sustainability.
For me, watching Buckley ball was amazing, teams of much higher standing were ritually taken apart by fast moving football and we climbed way above our expectations. What’s happened since has dumbed those expectations down beyond belief but what we mustn’t do is to expect too much too soon.

Given the first week of ST sales, I’m looking forward to seeing who we do retain and sign, it’s great but the Buckley era still gets it for me.