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An ancient Mariner reaches back
28 February 2023
Our own ancient Mariner, Neville Butt, has a wander down memory lane to find the connections between the Mariners and the Saints
Ron Rafferty: more valuable than all the Sputniks in Russia
16 February 2021
Ron Rafferty was the lynchpin of Grimsby's talented squad of the last 1950s and early 1960s. Neville Butt remembers his great career
Erratic, tetchy but somehow enjoyable: a first away game
27 April 2020
Leeds was the home of John Charles, the gentle giant. But there was nothing gentle about the game Neville Butt saw there in 1951
Reckless abandon
14 April 2020
Farce or frustration are inevitable when a game has to be stopped. But Neville Butt's memories suggest it often rebounds to Town's advantage
GTFC hair or not XIs
13 April 2020
Lockdown time and you've got to think outside the box to keep your mind active. Dave Wherry has done just that and sent us some squad lists
Town take on the Old Invincibles
29 October 2019
Town's second home game after World War Two was a top-flight clash with Preston North End. It was Neville Butt's first match and it set a pattern that would last a lifetime
No advantage: the English FA and the Berkessy affair
20 August 2019
In the 1950s, English football was in decline. But as Neville Butt recalls, still the FA believed they had nothing to learn from other countries
Teachers and policemen
9 April 2019
Not all ex-players run a pub or open a sports shop. Neville Butt remembers some who swapped boots for mortarboard or truncheon
Bolton Wanderers well met
2 November 2016
Bolton Wanderers v Grimsby Town sounds like a fixture steeped in history. Neville Butt, a Town fan since the 1940s, picks out some highlights
One-hit wonders: the prequel
18 February 2016
Playing for Town once and once only is nothing new. Neville Butt takes the story back in time.
Neville Butt's Great Grimsby XI
10 March 2015
Time is running out to vote in the GreatGYXI poll, so let a man who has been watching Town since 1948 mark your card
I'm just wild about Clarrie: Grimsby keepers 1951-57
31 August 2014
Tom Daley's debut in a Lincolnshire derby described in Neville Butt's colourful article on Town keepers of the 1950s
In the shadow of Tweedy: Grimsby keepers 1947-51
24 July 2013
Town's England no.1 George Tweedy proved a tough act to follow. Neville Butt remembers his hapless successors
It all begins here
9 August 2012
A look back at opening-day encounters down the years and what they can tell us about the season ahead
Fifty years on
7 November 2009
Neville Butt remembers the last time Town took on Bath City