Cod Almighty | Diary

We're all up for a laugh

18 June 2014

Happy Wednesday you Grimsby growlers, it's your fun-loving London Diary here, writing this entry direct from a chain of coffee shops in the heart of the capital where I've just paid £2.90 for a flat white. Ouch.

Now, I've seen some peculiar behaviour over the last few months and it needs to be addressed. You should all know by now, but Grimsby didn't make it into the Football League. Usually this would elicit some annual downward spiral in behaviour, language and morale from Town fans.

But this year something else is happening. We're not as grumpy as we usually are. Even Cod Almighty's own official tagline, "Independent, non-commercial and fed up since 2002", is in danger, as recently there have been positive, I repeat, positive articles published. I tried to think of a time when CA mooted hushed words of optimism and I think we're going back to the Hegativity days. What days they were.

Why then? Why all this optimism? I guess a number of things.

We've kept some brilliant players who probably deserve to playing in a league above us. We've signed some equally brilliant players who also could have chosen elsewhere. There is a good 'vibe' coming from the dressing room, a vibe I don't recall detecting since March 1998, when players used to live in Grimsby. We've got a new kit that is black and white complete with red socks. We have a board who are letting the manager build a team. Lastly, we have a club that has finally reached the times. A social club that interacts with the fans with interesting content. I got ridiculously excited during the launch of the new kit. "It's black and white, what else matters?" Brilliant.

I too, for the first time since 2000, am purchasing a season ticket, as I want to be a part of that club. Why? Because it's a club that I love.

I'll moan next week, but for now, up the bloody Mariners!