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Re: Grimsby
The clue is in the name although they have been working hard to exploit their heritage. Have had to go there to do some work a few times, best pub lunch is the Barge near the seafront which is about 10 minutes drive from the Ground.
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Re: Grimsby
It’s right up there with Luton in “grimmest walks to a stadium” (not including rubbish identikit grounds in commercial areas).
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There are some very good fish & chip shops in cleethorpes, though steer clear of cod. Apparently ordering cod in cleethorpes is like ordering a well done steak or asking Mick for an unedited copy of The Witches
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Re: Grimsby
Scunthorpe? Not been for years but I recall it being a rubbish identikit ground but in a barren deserted wasteland.Wally Banter wrote: ↑Wed Feb 22, 2023 9:06 am It’s right up there with Luton in “grimmest walks to a stadium” (not including rubbish identikit grounds in commercial areas).
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Why is it that so many seaside towns have names that sound so relentlessly depressing? Grimsby, Bognor…I can’t think of any others, to be fair.
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Re: Grimsby
My wife had a different upbringing from my rough as f*** one. Once, as we were on the way back from seeing friends, she saw a sign for Canvey Island and said “oooh that sounds nice, shall we go?”
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Re: Grimsby
Never bet on 0-0. You get the same odds for ‘No Goal scorer’ but will still win if there’s an own goal. Like our game at tranmere.
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Cleethorpes for fish and chips, boozers and crazy golf, then walk along the sea wall to the ground. Good little away supporters snug bar at the ground, were very welcoming last time I went, saw an Alabi wonder goal and had lumped on us at 9/4 to cover the day out.
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Southend is relentlessly depressing.
Even the football club is so desperate to get away, it's going bankrupt
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Re: Grimsby
My wife's godmother lived in Blundell Ave opposite the ground. There was at one time a pub there, enjoyed a nice pint or two of Old Peculiar there.
Also a McDonalds just up the road, my daughter liked their Happy Meal when she was young.
Blundell Ave leads up to a park if you want somewhere to eat your haddock and chips
Also a McDonalds just up the road, my daughter liked their Happy Meal when she was young.
Blundell Ave leads up to a park if you want somewhere to eat your haddock and chips
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Re: Grimsby
4 of us will be sampling what the “Jewel of Lincolnshire” can provide. As some of us have been to Scarborough we reckon we can handle it.
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This is the best advice so far. While I wouldn't want to live there, Cleethorpes is a perfectly serviceable day out by the sea. Grimsby itself is much less fun, but the ground is on the Cleethorpes side of the border, as is the station closest to it.CharlieO wrote: ↑Wed Feb 22, 2023 12:36 pm Cleethorpes for fish and chips, boozers and crazy golf, then walk along the sea wall to the ground. Good little away supporters snug bar at the ground, were very welcoming last time I went, saw an Alabi wonder goal and had lumped on us at 9/4 to cover the day out.
Awaydays by the sea are always a bit special, in my view - and Cleethorpes has more to commend it than many others (Bognor was particularly disappointing)
If Brexitty bleakness is your thing, then the train journey across North Lincolnshire will deliver in spades.
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We recently went to a museum in N Lincs, not the nicest area, but Barton Upon Humber was pleasant enough. We stayed in a place called Crowle, it was ok and no worse than many other places.OyinbO wrote: ↑Wed Feb 22, 2023 3:33 pmThis is the best advice so far. While I wouldn't want to live there, Cleethorpes is a perfectly serviceable day out by the sea. Grimsby itself is much less fun, but the ground is on the Cleethorpes side of the border, as is the station closest to it.CharlieO wrote: ↑Wed Feb 22, 2023 12:36 pm Cleethorpes for fish and chips, boozers and crazy golf, then walk along the sea wall to the ground. Good little away supporters snug bar at the ground, were very welcoming last time I went, saw an Alabi wonder goal and had lumped on us at 9/4 to cover the day out.
Awaydays by the sea are always a bit special, in my view - and Cleethorpes has more to commend it than many others (Bognor was particularly disappointing)
If Brexitty bleakness is your thing, then the train journey across North Lincolnshire while deliver in spades.