Cod Almighty | Postbag

Strange journey - the inhuman postbag

28 October 2008

Yet more of your reflections and pitches follow – the postbag really is back, so if you have something to say about the Fentydome, our league position, our lack of goals, here's a place to say it. Go on – you don't want to see a grown man beg...

Site editors wanted – must be lazy and stupid...

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from Elle Brunton

Letters Ed responds: Cod Almighty's Pete Green emailed back: "Hello Elle. Thanks for getting in touch. We're particularly interested to learn that 'Managing a [NBWALWPRAOSPTOTO] site is not a particularly difficult task'. All of us here at Cod Almighty are pretty stupid and lazy, so this makes your offer a very tempting one. As you will no doubt be aware, though, on account of your having contacted us via Cod Almighty, we are already managing a website. We will therefore be reluctantly decli

Don't give George Kerr all the credit

The Diary wrote that: "Ace GTFC historian Rob Briggs is enlisted to confirm a second unhappy fact: that a failure to take three points from this weekend's visit to Exeter would mean Town equal the club's longest ever winless run in the league, established in 1981-82 when George Kerr's side went 18 games in the second division without claiming two points."

This having now washed up on the coast of Normandie, I note with some disappointment that you attribute the entire 18-league-matches-without-a-win to the greatest manager ever to grace the Blundell Park dugout!  George was responsible for only the first nine of those (after getting us off to a cracking start with three wins out of three in the League Group Cup, followed by three wins and a draw in the first four league games).   You'll remember that Dave Booth was responsible for the next nine.

Those nine games without a win under George included draws against Chelsea (away), Newcastle, Blackburn and Derby (away).  I reckon we'd take a draw at those clubs these days!

He was sacked after a 2-1 home defeat to Orient four days after the Mariners beat Millwall 6-1 away in the FA Cup!

George Kerr, for President, King, Pope, anything, everything!

from Kirky

Letters Ed responds: Are the last two words the answer to the question "What does George Kerr like to drink?"

Black and white and red all over

Not sure if it helps of anything, regarding red trim on kits and stuff, but this useful site shows Town's historical kits and red first appeared in 1906, even before the black and white stripes. http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Grimsby_Town/Grimsby_Town.htm

from Steve McKatt

Letters Ed responds: Thanks Steve - it certainly does.

Stale and dull

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from Mirsad Hasic

Letters Ed responds: Oh Mirsad, we thought you loved us for our fresh and interesting ideas, but calling us a blog makes us feel you say that to all the sites. We could have had something so beautiful, but it's over, gone... [sob]

In search of solidity

In your search for a nickname for Mike Newell, I can offer the following piece of information on which to construct a name perhaps. Joiners (those princes of construction) will confirm that a 'Newell Post' is that part of a staircase consisting of a timber post which connects the balustrade (handrail and bit underneath) to the rest of the staircase. Something rock solid on which the entire piece of construction safely depends. There, I knew my ONC in Building from Grimsby College of Further Education would come in useful one day.

from David Elvidge

Letters Ed responds: I must admit I rushed out the last postbag to make sure we were first off the mark with "Newell post"...

Has anyone seen Steve Plowes?

Hello there,

Adrian Royles here former pupil at K.E.S. in Lytham where Steve taught us over 30 years ago. Fellow classmates were Andy Goodier, Alan Davies, Michael Harrison & Ged Quinn. The aforementioned still knock about together.

Alan's 50th 'Do' is in Preston on 15/11/08. It would make the night if Steve could be there to see us again. Hopefully there will be more there than at the 'Steeleye Span' concert at Blackpool FC in 1970 something!!

Can Steve get in touch with CA please, so they can put me in touch with him.

Best wishes

from Adrian Royles

Letters Ed responds: Is anyone in touch with the long lost editor of Sing When We're Fishing? We'd all love to hear from him - not just Adrian and his other former pupils.

The Martian Mariners get in touch

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Separated at birth

Your guest diarist has a birthday today. So do I. It is my birthday today. Today. Maybe we are twins seperated at birth? I often think that I have a twin because I sometimes get a weird feeling like I have some twin brother and he is being hurt or injured. Just like Martin Butler's back feels like whilst on the M180. Does the guest diarist get feelings like that or am I just weird?

I am at work today and for my birthday I am going to be cheering for the Mighty Newell babes at D&R tomorrow. Look out for me on the match highlights on Wednesday. I'll be the fat one in black and white shouting 'come on Town'.

Roger and out (last time I said that it happened, maybe I should start saying 'Newey and out'...? Just a thought)

from Lloyd Griffith

Letters Ed responds: "Separated at birth" feels like the punchline to a harsh quip - something like "Mikael Antoine Curier and ball control are like twins - but they were separated at birth". Can anyone provide some alternative words, in time for the next bizarre trip through the minds of the Mariners (not to mention a few optimistic webmasters)?