Cod Almighty | Postbag
Behind the scenes
17 February 2013
Have you ever wondered what goes on in that glowing, beckoning edifice, Cod Almighty Towers? Thought not. Read on and you might find out anyway. Write to Cod Almighty at postbag@codalmighty.com.
Hello! Is there anybody there?
Just been reading your latest postbag and thought I should write. I have a vision of your postbag team sat waiting for an incoming missive, their sub editor glaring at them and banging a thesaurus on the table
Hard to know which loan players stand out, especially now in the days of short term contracts and more loanees than contracted players. I honestly don't know who's ours and who's borrowed. Devitt and Marshall this year have been outstanding and Hannah was great on loan too. And Pond too – is he/was he on loan? Obviously Todd was a great player for us waaaay back when. Steve Kabba too and Dave Beasant was a fantastic goalie and I guess an inspiration to those playing around him.
I was out in Exeter on Saturday – gigging with my band The Humanitarians (single and album available now, usual places, blah blah) and had a natter with an Exeter City support friend of mine and found myself raving about our managers, referring to the youtube rant by Scott. I was a bit cynical when they first arrived, maybe because I didn't understand how the partnership would work – good cop, bad cop – or maybe just because of where they had come from, but now I reckon we're looking pretty good and they've got the team really playing for each other and they must know a thing or two about defence. She (Gail) said "a bit like Brian Clough and Peter "thingy" and you know what? I reckon she might be on to something. Hurst and Scott are the new Clough and Taylor! Let's hope they don't F**k off to Leeds or Forest
from Rich Mills
Letters Ed responds: Rich is spot on. The postbag team is a hungry one, falling on every bit of spam like so many highly erudite gannets. Actual, proper letters, from real people, are projected onto giant screens that our sub-editor, respondent-in-chief and apprentice HTML encoder may work on them simultaneously.
Whatever happened to the nesbits?
Afternoon,
Would be great if you could bring back the popular messageboard nesbit of the week feature. The explosion of football message boards means you may have a tough job calling the winner though.
from Letter author
Letters Ed responds: Charles suggested a candidate, but the link he provided no longer works.
The fate of the nesbit of the week adjudicator it is nowadays scarcely polite to mention in CA Towers; on a still day you can hear the screams, and the doctors say there is little hope. Suffice to say a quick whisper "How would you like to scan the messageboards today?" is all that is needed to ensure the Diary is filed to deadline.
Grimbarian slang
* I'm Grimbarian* I only discovered+ learnt that word +that fact this week via a quiz show.
Me whole life aware if born of* Great Grimsby *ya classed in the surrounding area +beyond as *COD HEADS*.
To me it was never a bad thing- being just 1 letter offa *GOD HEAD* + pronounced same.
I investigated online+ come across Your dictionary. -*COD HEADs* would have been me first word on dictionary list.
I next looked up:
* Marrer * (marrow) – which means mate.
*Now then Marrer *- means -* hello mate*
+shame I cant tweet it on or make me southern marrers more intune t'me northern voice-fairplay t'yer
Interesting idea-
from Dizzee Dawn Ducker
Letters Ed responds: The lexicographer-in-residence, toiling in a cobweb shrouded garret at CA Towers, has just had a breakdown.
You say potayto and I say potahto
Is Tony Butcher a Yorkie? Every fule no that its Spurn Head to Meggies, Grimbarians and Yellowbellies, and Spurn Point to Yorkies.
from Antony M Chapman
Letters Ed responds: Tony is ecumenical at heart, so long as you don't accuse him of liking rugby.
76,962
Some media show a certain coyness about that 1939 FA Cup semi-final between Wolves and Grimsby.
A pull-out for the 1996 European Championships gave the record attendances for all the stadia used in the tournament, except Old Trafford. United ticket agency's Manchester United Facts claims the record for a match with Blackburn, attended by a mere 76,098. Even where our place in their history is acknowledged, it is hedged with qualifications. Stadium Vibe waxes on plans to extend the ground before waning on the actual record attendance with an apologetic "However, this was before the ground was converted to an all-seater stadium," rather as though the 31,651 who crammed into Blundell Park were neglected in favour of the 8,000 odd we've been able to squeeze in since we removed the standing areas.
You might imagine that Manchester United have a grand enough history they need not be so defensive.
from Bill Partridge
Thanks Bill, and thanks to our other letter writers.
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