Cod Almighty | Postbag

In the bleak midsummer

10 June 2012

What do football websites do between May and August? They keep on keeping on. Thanks to Jan and Mark for helping us to help (???) you.

If you can keep us in copy until a ball is kicked in anger, write to postbag@codalmighty.com.

Public enemy No 1

Dear Postbag,

Further to "Mr. Flasher", this link actually gives a good brief on Steve Evans's "career criminal" up to Aug 2010. Oh, and we are mentioned.

What odds he'll be the GTFC manager?

Regards

from Jan Przeniczny (GrimPol)

Letters Ed responds: Grimsby 'til I die (but ready to boycott matches should an unknown cartel change our colours to mauve and put Evans in charge of the side)

Public enemy No 2

We have now entered close season, a time of year when madness is spouted on message boards by people who claim to have 'inside knowledge' of the club and its dealings, whilst others stalk petrol stations waiting for a view of some non league journeyman, before rushing off to tell the Telegraph about Towns ace new signing and how he will ensure that we get promoted this year.

At this time of year I'd like to turn people away from thoughts of mid table BSBP drudgery and instead talk about ... OPOSSUMS. These furry little North American marsupials are nowhere near extinct and are in fact a bloody pest. According to National Geographic "They are attracted to carrion and can often be spotted near roadkill. Opossums also eat grass, nuts, and fruit. They will hunt mice, birds, insects, worms, snakes, and even chickens" Please do not donate £2 a month to adopt one of these vermin as it will be completely wasted. Spend it instead on adopting OCELOTS or other furry cat type creatures that don't seem to be able to survive on their own. I mean what the fuck would Darwin say.

So in conclusion Up the Mariners and Down with Opossums.

Yours insanely

from Mark Dillerstone

Letters Ed responds: Grimsby 'til I die (but ready to spend my Saturdays knitting wombats should the same cartel change our nickname to the Opossums)

Public benefactor

Bank Holidays can be really boring but just occasionally they give you time for some things you'd never normally have time for. I found this on youtube on just such a Bank Holiday. Its 45 minutes long but basically its just photos of Grimsby and Cleethorpes.

Whilst looking at it I was reminded that although the twin towns have never really amounted to much they are my towns. The way they were shaped me and moulded me, nearly as much as my parents did, and it moulded and shaped them, as they are both Grimbarians. To an outsider this is just a boring video full of photos of some crumbling shitty northern town. To me it's history, its my past, its part of me.

Grimsby Town Football Club should be the sporting representation of this. Thats why I support them. It doesn't really matter that the football is mostly crap or even that the chairman is John Fenty. This is why I support Grimsby Town, this. I'm filling up now. You can take the man out of Grimsby etc.

You don't have to sit and watch all 45 minutes you can just flick through bits, but hopefully after you've watched it you'll understand. Or maybe I'm just a stupid old wanker and should support Man. Utd like every fucker else.

Nostalgia eh? you've gotta love it.

from Mark Dillerstone

Letters Ed responds: Grimsby 'til I die (curse it)