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Post by Barmy on Aug 5, 2016 11:28:37 GMT
The Fishy has a thread about the fact that there is a poll on the GTFC site asking if fans would like to do their own version of the Icelandic Clap/chant/thing. Now although the answers are negative the reasons given for saying no are pathetic. Does nobody know about the history of the Town? It doesn't matter that its not original or it will look stupid with 10 kids in the Pontoon doing it, or that we have our own chants.
ITS BECAUSE ITS ICELANDIC you thick cunts. They were in large part responsible for the death of the fishing industry that was the lifeblood of the town, they rammed our trawlers, they tried and often did cut the trawl warps. Every night it seemed throughout the seventies you saw on the news pictures of Grimsby trawlermen being dragged in front of some Icelandic court, their catch confiscated, their gear confiscated, their boat impounded.
We're called the Mariners FFS
Oh and shame on the club for even suggesting it. I remember the gunboats even if they don't
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Post by believeincod on Aug 5, 2016 12:20:03 GMT
Let's face it, if points were awarded for gaffes we'd be promotion candidates. "Nous" is sadly not a word that springs to mind with the upper echelons (well, John Fenty) of Town.
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Post by ginnywings on Aug 5, 2016 21:43:46 GMT
Being from a family of fishermen and someone whose Dad and several family members/mates were involved in the cod wars, the suggestion of adopting their song was not lost on me. The people at the club are laughably out of touch on so many issues.
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Post by diehardmariner on Aug 8, 2016 12:04:50 GMT
This summer I make it about 7 huge PR gaffes, good work Town. Good work!
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Post by Barmy on Aug 8, 2016 13:11:19 GMT
Trying to remember them as there have been so many.
Mighty Mariner quits Tampon at the Gate Ticket Tout sponsor SLO day at the office I love muslims director B Teams or not B Teams
I'm sure there have been more.
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Post by kingstonmariner on Aug 8, 2016 13:19:13 GMT
The only place I expect to come across 'nous' in GTFC communications is as a misspelling of 'knows'.
I kind of see what Ginny and Barmy are saying (my family on both sides was steeped in fishing for generations) and I remember the nightly updates on TV and in the GET. But I don't take as much offence at the thought it's Icelandic. In fact I don't see it as particularly Icelandic - I thought it came from that TV programme so presumably it's no more Icelandic than it is Grimbarian, or Danish or any other 'Viking' place. They did do it very well in the Euros and it fitted them down to a T in terms of their fight against the odds.
Re: the Cod Wars, I don't hold it against the Icelanders. They were looking after their own interests as well as they could and were able to leverage the NATO base angle. As with the Common Fisheries Policy, the UK fishing industry was just sacrificed to a wider national (or US?) interest.
I just don't think we should do it because every other fucker is doing it. We've got FISH and everyone knows how it goes. It's simple and effective if not overused. And it IS ours alone.
(PS was I imagining things or did I hear the Morecambe fans chant 'Shrimps' at one point? In a very shrimpish way.)
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Post by ginnywings on Aug 8, 2016 20:49:07 GMT
Whether it offended or not, it was still an ill thought out suggestion from the brains trust at BP.
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Post by diehardmariner on Aug 9, 2016 10:25:57 GMT
Trying to remember them as there have been so many. Mighty Mariner quits Tampon at the Gate Ticket Tout sponsor SLO day at the office I love muslims director B Teams or not B Teams I'm sure there have been more. Buy your season ticket.....expect we haven't got them yet because we've used the same crappy printers for god knows how many years and they keep fucking the order up, but we've not changed supplier yet. Renew your season ticket and get the usual junk vouchers in your pack.....but you won't. Amond leaves - Fenty can't resist slagging him off. Just thank him for his efforts and wish him the best, or say nothing. No-one wants to hear you speak or your thoughts on anything.
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Post by Barmy on Aug 9, 2016 11:12:53 GMT
On the subject of poor season ticket suppliers. I went into the ticket office on Saturday morning about 11:15 to pick up my ST and ran straight into Wikkers who was waving his ST at me and ranting, quite rightly, that his book was missing the first two tickets and started at No. 3. To be fair I think the ticket office sorted it out. It was a good job he checked it though.
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Post by kingstonmariner on Aug 9, 2016 22:05:08 GMT
Trying to remember them as there have been so many. Mighty Mariner quits Tampon at the Gate Ticket Tout sponsor SLO day at the office I love muslims director B Teams or not B Teams I'm sure there have been more. Buy your season ticket.....expect we haven't got them yet because we've used the same crappy printers for god knows how many years and they keep fucking the order up, but we've not changed supplier yet. Renew your season ticket and get the usual junk vouchers in your pack.....but you won't. Amond leaves - Fenty can't resist slagging him off. Just thank him for his efforts and wish him the best, or say nothing. No-one wants to hear you speak or your thoughts on anything. Can't remember that. Bit of a theme developing there. Andy Carr is in good company then.
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Post by diehardmariner on Aug 10, 2016 10:52:12 GMT
It was in his interview at the weekend, I think the words 'poppycock' came out of his mouth when asked about Amond and his reasons for leaving.
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Post by diehardmariner on Aug 10, 2016 10:54:36 GMT
On the subject of poor season ticket suppliers. I went into the ticket office on Saturday morning about 11:15 to pick up my ST and ran straight into Wikkers who was waving his ST at me and ranting, quite rightly, that his book was missing the first two tickets and started at No. 3. To be fair I think the ticket office sorted it out. It was a good job he checked it though. Can't imagine many people would check their book to make sure all the tickets are there, definitely a good job he did it. No doubt the girls in the office sorted it out straight away, I always find them and their approach excellent to be honest.
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Post by thatcuntswin on Aug 10, 2016 12:11:50 GMT
It was in his interview at the weekend, I think the words 'poppycock' came out of his mouth when asked about Amond and his reasons for leaving. Fenty clearly doubted Amond's version of events (which I would believe over that of the club any day) but stopped short of calling it fucking bollocks and substituted that oft used down the fish dock term 'poppycock'
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Post by diehardmariner on Aug 10, 2016 15:43:49 GMT
Y'know what though, I couldn't care less about Amond anymore.
I'll always be delighted for the shit load of goals he scored and for the role he played in our promotion, I enjoyed watching him beyond belief at times last season. There was a period, around Christmas and just after where he was unplayable, not just his goals but his movement, everything.
But we all move on. He's gone, be it for more money or his girlfriend has discovered she can get cheap flights to Teeside Airport from Dublin or he just fancied a change, it doesn't matter he's gone. Fenty shouldn't have said anything, just let it be. Won't be the first time a player has left a club after a falling out of some sorts, won't be the last. In fact I would prefer it if Fenty just didn't say anything full stop. Every time he opens his mouth I cringe.
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Post by ginnywings on Aug 15, 2016 7:09:06 GMT
Nobody fancy being Mighty Mariner for the day? A snip at £300.
Perhaps they ought to sell PR slots.
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