Cod Almighty | Match Stats

Saturday 1 May 2021

Division 4

Grimsby Town 1 Green (31)

Port Vale 0

Attendance: 0 (0 away fans)

Let's throw a virtual arm around his shoulder, for the local lad was irrepressible and indefatigable. The others are standing on the shoulders of Little Harry Clifton.

Short and increasingly sweet, there's no need to tweet this simple statements of facts as our new Bank Holiday, Freedom From Fenty Day, approaches:

"Was it a game I really enjoyed? No. Have we played much better and lost or drawn? Absolutely. I think it looked probably what it is."

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After a post-match symposium of cultural critics and languid linguists it has been officially declared that the Valiants' Verlaine, the Baudelaire of Burslem, the poet of the Potteries is not getting carried away:

"I think people get carried away if I am honest. 'Carried away dot com'. My group is not getting carried away, I will certainly never get carried away."

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A bunch of odds and sods.

Deep within this stroll there were some nuggets of interest. Jackson suddenly became an effective thorn in their right side when cast to the wide left in a front three.

Err, that's probably it apart from no-one welched out when Port Vale got in their bully pit.

So there we are: motivation maintained, even if the league status isn't. At its core Hurst's built esprit de corp.

Mid-table. Very mid-table. Bog standard. What's the point in deconstructing something we won't see for many a year. They know what they are: mid-table.

Oh for the luxury of enervating mundanity.

Mr W Finnie

You can't push Willie around. Sensible: 8.327