Cod Almighty | Features
Knowing us, knowing Bill Meek
By Cod Almighty, 10 May 2022
Why are you going to read this article? Because it's Retro Diary, the very top of the barrel of diarists. Some things are a given, and we give you the musings of the elder Meek.
Non-League Ex-Mariner Watch
By James Howes, 3 May 2022
James Howes' football stats job takes him the length and breadth of Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire watching non-League football every week
Knowing us, knowing Andy Holt
By Andy Holt, 26 April 2022
He lives in a land down under but you can still hear Cod Almighty's original stat-man thunder against jogging Danny B
Knowing us, knowing Jase Ives
By Jase Ives, 12 April 2022
Take a peek through clean windows into the world of occasional thunderer and regular correspondent, Jase Ives, and you too can see what he can see.
Knowing us, knowing Alistair Wilkinson
By Alistair Wilkinson, 27 March 2022
Poems! Poems, laddie! It's time for Al, the Bard of Blundell Park, telling tales of drunkenness and the cruelty of being a Town fan.
Around the grounds: Boreham Wood
By Mark Hodson, 23 March 2022
For all the pop-up sprinklers and the posh sporty seats, two invading trees show we're only a few steps from park football. Mark Hodson on Boreham Wood
Knowing us, knowing Pat Bell
By Pat Bell, 22 March 2022
Current editor-in-chief Pat Bell is our very own history man. Now read his story about how a Welsh man is umbilically connected to Town; it's literally in his DNA.
Ivano: the man and the myth
By Dan Humphrey, 17 March 2022
This week Ivano Bonetti returns to Blundell Park. Dan Humphrey reflects on his meteoric Grimsby Town career
Knowing us, knowing Richard Dawson
By Richard Dawson, 15 March 2022
You've bought the t-shirts from Richard. Now take a trip into the head of the original Guest Diary, Town's very own Wavy Gravy
"A football invasion": Town fans in 1920s Nottingham
By Pat Bell, 13 March 2022
Nottingham was a popular away day for Grimsby supporters but even in the 1930s it did not always pass without trouble. Pat Bell looks back
Knowing us, knowing Mark Stilton
By Mark Stilton, 8 March 2022
Scourge of the ball boys and John Fenty: next up it's the one and only, truly original Mark Stilton
Knowing us, knowing Pete Green
By Pete Green, 1 March 2022
Come celebrate 20 years of Cod Almighty with a delve into Pete's mind
Knowing us, knowing who - aha!
By Tony Butcher, 26 February 2022
We've come a long, long way together, through the hard times and the good. Come celebrate 20 years of Cod Almighty with a delve into the mind of fellow Mariners.
Distorted: the Times's portrait of Town fans
By Barry Whittleton, 21 February 2022
The Times's coverage of fans at Notts County was alarmist. Baz Whittleton argues the board should have checked the facts before responding
Towards an inclusive experience for disabled Town fans
By Dan Humphrey, 17 February 2022
Grimsby's provision for disabled supporters has relied too much on volunteers. Dan Humphrey argues we need to bring our thinking up to date
Winning promotion: stick or twist?
By Richard Hallam, 3 February 2022
What mix of old hands and new talent brings success? Richard Hallam takes a look at the make-up of Town's promotion-winning teams
The badge: iconic but hardly untampered with
By Kieran Reader, 12 January 2022
Perhaps our badge should be sacrosanct, says Kieran Reader, but the many ways it has been reproduced mean that it is not
Rough guide to... Halifax Town
By Tony Butcher, 9 January 2022
Romarkable! Mr Tony Butcher isn't mesmerised by woolly thinking way out West in the land of the Shaymen
The badge
By Paul Thundercliffe, 9 January 2022
Why tamper with a stone-cold classic of a badge, asks Paul Thundercliffe
A rough guide to... Dagenham & Redbridge
By Richard Hallam, 3 December 2021
It looks like a clash between a highly resistable force and a very movable object. Richard fills you in on the land of the Fords
The curious case of Jamille Matt
By Ron Counte, 30 November 2021
His winning goal against Notts County was a rare highlight in Matt's Town career, but he has flourished since. Ron Counte wonders why
A rough guide to... Boreham Wood
By Tom Sargent, 25 November 2021
Boreham Wood, from the town of Borehamwood, home of a fancy pitch and the Elstree Studios. Tom Sargent offers our latest rough guide
A rough guide to... Solihull Moors
By Tom Sargent, 23 November 2021
All eyes may be on Jamey Osborne against the Moors, Tom Sargent warns us to look out for the striker who never misses
News (that never happened) November 2021
By Peter Anderson, 22 November 2021
Having impressed at GTFC, Stockwood and Pettit have landed the top Christmas job in the latest News (that never happened)
A rough guide to... Southend United
By Tom Sargent, 18 November 2021
Crazy chairmen, trains out at sea and journeymen footballers. Tom Sargent gives the lowdown on Southend
A rough guide to...Aldershot Town
By Tony Butcher, 11 November 2021
Aldershot, it's a helluva town in a helluva mess again. Mr Tony Butcher sighs at the signs of rot in the home of army dreamers
Rough guide to...Kidderminster
By Tony Butcher, 2 November 2021
Read this and win a bag of sausages! Tony Butcher peruses Kidderminster's latest tasting menu
If I were King of Blundell Park
By Alistair Wilkinson, 28 October 2021
Dreams of a perfect club, a perfect match, and a perfect Grimbarian day. Al Wilkinson imagines...
Youth cup run terminates at Crewe
By Mike Worden, 27 October 2021
There was no disgrace to Grimsby under-18s in getting knocked out of the FA Youth Cup by an impressive Alex reports Mike Worden
A rough guide to... Wealdstone
By Sue Firth, 24 October 2021
A trip down memory lane leads Sue Firth to Tesco as she finds Wealdstone living the high life in Ruislip
News (that never happened) October 2021
By Various, 21 October 2021
Blundell Park bursting at the seams makes GTFC fans a target for Lincoln in this month's News (that never happened)
A rough guide to... Woking
By Tony Butcher, 7 October 2021
Aliens have landed in a town called Malice. Tony Butcher breezes into Woking
A rough guide to... Altrincham
By Pat Bell, 4 October 2021
They have historic reasons to despise the Mariners, but after rising again through the non-League pyramid, Altrincham are looking forwards, not back
A rough guide to... Dover Athletic
By Rich Mills, 30 September 2021
All is not well at the far end of the Garden of England. Rich Mills uncovers the bones on our weekend opponents Dover
A rough guide to... Bromley
By Barry Whittleton, 27 September 2021
They've a thing about ravens, were early punk adopters and their football club is on the up. Baz Whittleton fills you in on Bromley
A rough guide to... Maidenhead United
By Tom Sargent, 21 September 2021
They may never have been among the greats of the sport, but Maidenhead United, formed in 1870, took part in the first FA Cup. Tom Sargent gives you the lowdown on the Magpies
A rough guide to... Eastleigh
By Tom Sargent, 15 September 2021
Stewart Donald pulled the plug on their finances, but the Spitfires show few signs of going down the drain. Tom Sargent brings you up to speed on Eastleigh
A rough guide to... Wrexham
By Tony Butcher, 10 September 2021
Still stranded in non-League despite the gift of Shaun Pearson (now reclaimed) Tony Butcher feels a little sorry for "Ryan Reynolds's Wrexham"
A rough guide to... Torquay United
By Rich Mills, 8 September 2021
Torquay United have had no time to feel sorry for themselves after missing out on promotion in the play-off final. Rich Mills reports
A rough guide to... Barnet
By Miles Moss, 2 September 2021
There's no place like home, but Edgware is nowhere like home to Bees fans. Miles Moss brings us up to date on Saturday's opponents Barnet
A rough guide to... Stockport County
By Sam Metcalf, 29 August 2021
Like Town, Stockport were in the second flight not so long ago, and now they've got a wealthy owner promising a return. Sam Metcalf sketches the Hatters
Money, money, money: how Fenty still suffocates the Mariners
By Tony Butcher, 27 August 2021
Jason Stockwood suggested this week that transfer fees will pay off John Fenty's loans. Tony Butcher brings us up to date on the club and Fenty's finances
A rough guide to... Weymouth
By Rich Mills, 24 August 2021
They've got the most middle-class nickname in football and they've also got Ahkeem Rose. Rich Mills introduces you to Weymouth
Could you write the Cod Almighty Diary?
By Cod Almighty, 19 August 2021
Hoping for a change from diaries that bang on about Bestall, Boylen and Buckley? Here's your chance to be a voice for younger Town fans
I like my football on a Saturday
By Richard Hallam, 21 July 2021
Richard Hallam rarely misses a Town game, home or away. Who better then to comment on the recent fixture changes.
The Fenty Years: Part Four
By Mark Stilton, 13 July 2021
In Town's first two years in the Conference, John Fenty got into rows with fellow director Mike Parker and Boston United. Mark Stilton sifts the evidence