Ideas for how Grimsby Town can improve further.

Loyalty points being used for away games and priority ticket games

New Sound system is a massive must

Quoted from Withnail

Hmmm. I wonder if the council would be more accomodating if it was a one off event, organised by the club, as opposed to a private function, which  they may fear would set a precedent? I genuinely don't know if this would be the case though.

But I'd be very surprised and disappointed if NELC wouldn't agree to a licence until say 9pm, or even 10pm on a Saturday, if it was a fundraiser for GTFC, with a percentage of the profits also going to a chosen charity...

Yeah possibly, not sure about our council being accommodating though.

Quoted from gytone

Yeah possibly, not sure about our council being accommodating though.

If you mug a few grannies and offer some magic beans to Councillor Jackson, I’m sure you will find him very accommodating.

I just posted this on another thread but it’s probably more suited to this one …

I think they should do advance sales for all games throughout the season , for example if you was an exile and knew you was home for certain games and dates you could buy you tickets in august for a game that’s played in April .

I know people don’t always know the schedules that far in advance but it might help a few of those that do .
Also it would bring revenue in advance for the club and help out fans that can only get home for a few games a season

I would love a banging sound system at BP with some choice tunes to razz up the crowd before the game.

I don't mean music for us to run out to, or to drown out the crowd, but more uplifting songs to get the crowd jumping beforehand.

Summat like,

Gonna Fly Now (Rocky theme tune) by Bill Conti (I'm sure I've heard this played at BP before a game, back in the 90s). https://youtu.be/ioE_O7Lm0I4

Or, and this is a bit left field, but rather than the obvious (insert track from ACDC/Led Zep/White Stripes/Foos/Jay Z/Kendrick/Neil Diamond etc...how about The William Tell overture Final, https://youtu.be/j3T8-aeOrbg

I recently read about a former DJ who used to have a bit of fun with his choice of tracks before and after Cardiff City's home games. Apparently he played The Addams Family theme tune as Swansea ran out on to the pitch at Cardiff in the South Wales derby.

He's also accredited with Ajax's long standing affiliation with Bob Marley's Three Little Birds, which he played in a bid to calm Ajax fans after they were kept in Ninian Park after the final whistle by the police following a friendly at Cardiff.

Think this would be a good one following a McAtee inspired victory at BP. https://youtu.be/T38v3-SSGcM

I also like the idea of The Smith's Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now, following a home defeat, which another poster recalled hearing some years ago, at a northwest club, possibly Stockport?

Didn’t the club spend a considerable amount of time and effort looking for a new sound system but they were either not suitable or outrageously overpriced?

I suspect some work needs to be done regarding the ticketing situation, particularly away game given we’ll have more STH than we’re likely to get tickets. That said, aside from possibly 5 games, I still don’t see a massive issue with that. I guess the work needs to be done around games that aren’t all ticket, pay on the gate away days makes it harder to track sales etc.

I’ve often wondered if the now proven successful fanzone could be extended? Have one in the opposite corner perhaps, between pontoon and main stand?

I still believe the online ticketing system needs looking at. I was fortunate to get a ticket for the last three games but the way you have to add tickets singularly means it slows everything down and I suspect that’s how some missed out…

Songs to play at 2.40pm :
Up the mariners
Pump it up
Free from desire

Then 2-3mins before kick off, give a rallying call to get behind the boys and switch a song on for a few seconds to get the crowd singing along then turn it off for the fans to continue by themselves

Quoted from lukeo

Songs to play at 2.40pm :
Up the mariners
Pump it up
Free from desire

Then 2-3mins before kick off, give a rallying call to get behind the boys and switch a song on for a few seconds to get the crowd singing along then turn it off for the fans to continue by themselves

Personally love black and white for you over freed from desire

Don’t know how many times it actually needs to be mentioned but the sides of the pontoon need to be sorted to stop the ‘noise’ escaping.

Quoted from HoratiusEberlin

Several-tiered Docks Beers corner bar with views of the pitch and an event space on top.
For example.

The bizarre alcohol licence prevents people to drink whilst in view of the pitch. It's not the grass they worry about it's a minor who might see somebody drinking from across the pitch.
The bizarre bit is that the minor could have been sitting with mum/dad scoffing F&C whilst adults all around are drinking, all perfectly legit.
So the bar with a pitch view is out.
But a great idea.

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

Personally love black and white for you over freed from desire

Don’t know how many times it actually needs to be mentioned but the sides of the pontoon need to be sorted to stop the ‘noise’ escaping.

As we start
3 Dog Night----White & Black

If we lose
Regina Spektor --Black & White