Cod Almighty | Diary

You're only as old as the footballer you feel

24 June 2015

Good Wednesday all, and what a scorcher it is down south. Here's hoping it's a beaut wherever you are.

As your London Diary writes this, Twitter is constantly being refreshed, and bang, there it is; official news from the Telewag that we've signed a footballer. Welcome to Andy Monkhouse who arrives from Bristol Rovers, the very same team who beat us just over a month ago.

When I logged onto Twitter this morning to check the hashtag #gtfc, it seemed that momentarily the social networking site had been sponsored by TheFishy with various people slagging off the fact that we've signed a player that isn't 22 years old. 'Boo Hiss Hurstystsy, get more yung blud'.

When we signed Barry Conlon from Bradford, the striker was 31 (although he looked 54) and nobody seemed to care then (That came after we saw his performances - ed). Ol'Monky seems to be a decent player and B'Rovers fans seem to be miffed that he's gone, so let's just see what happens. With regards to his age, I always remember what my Uncle Terry famously used to say: "Age is but a number, your honour". Anyway, Monkhouse (who is a winger and banged in 10 last season) wanted a move closer to Leeds. So finally the geography of Grimsby finally helped us sign a player.

Speaking of geography and Grimsby I was speaking to a fellow Town fan in a pub the other night and we wondered where the most remote town fans live at the moment. I may even do a map and stick you all on it. This may have been done before, but if you're a town exile and support the Mighty Mighty Mariners in far away climbs, tweet us where you are and I'll get me globe and crayons. UTM!