Here's another offering from Chris and, just to keep things topical, it's a season spent under the shadow of relegation. Oh, where's Trevor Whymark when we need him?
This was a season that I really enjoyed although we struggled for most of it, keeping bottom place warm for just a few other teams. Hopes were high after finishing seventh in our first season back after two consecutive promotions. Or at least they were with me. What did become clear was that crowds had dipped a bit as some fans gauged that we had run out of momentum and they fell further as Town started to struggle really badly.
August 1968.A fine 3-0 win over Newport County and I was hooked. Little did I know at the time that after such a promising start, Town would end up applying for re-election. On the positive side it was character forming and prepared me for the next 40 years.
Happy New Year to everybody here at Blundell Park for today’s first game of 2010 game against Bury.
I’m sure most Town fans will, like me, be pleased to see the back of 2009, quite possibly one of the worst years in our proud club’s long history.So rather than look back at 2009, I thought it might be more appropriate to look forward to and make some predictions about what the first half of 2010 may have in store for GTFC.
Ok, so I lied when I said the 1980/81 article was the first of Chris Smith's season reviews. What can I say? We like to be unpredictable.
My first Grimsby game was at the start of the 1979/80 season when I went with a school friend, Don, at the ripe old age of 17. I had always had an interest in football and played it frequently in break times at school and afterwards down People’s Park on warm spring and summer evenings.
Grimsby Town Supporters' Trust welcomes the appointment of Neil Woods as Manager of Grimsby Town FC and we wish him every success in the role. His promotion to the position full time will, we hope, inspire the squad anew, bring to an end the underachievement on the field and ensure that GTFC is re-established as a competitive football team which can soon challenge for promotion.
Here's another offering from Chris and, just to keep things topical, it's a season spent under the shadow of relegation. Oh, where's Trevor Whymark when we need him?
Bury.
Ok, so I lied when I said the 1980/81 article was the first of Chris Smith's season reviews. What can I say? We like to be unpredictable.