Not a lot but 4k towards a striker

Quoted from 75

Spoken to my mate today, a top lad, BlundellUK who has been a Town fan forever and a day like me. We agreed we would put a few quid in as JF obviously has done, out pockets are nowhere near as deep as the majority shareholder but we want to do what we can to get us back into the football league as we are sick to death of this. I'll put my small amount of money where my fat mouth is.

We will put £4000 between us towards a striker that can strike. Anyone that wants to help out, let's get us out of this league and do it together............

UTM.

Quoted from moosey_club

Sunstroke??

For your 4k do you want a say in who it is?
What if you dont like who they buy..or he doesnt score? Will you want your money back?

JF has already stated the money is there for a striker...and other players as well so why do you feel it is upto you, us, the fans to have a further whipround?

By all means put money into the club if you want to but i dont think it would be possible to say...heres 4 k but you must spend it towards a striker.

Quoted from sutton mariner

£10 from me

Quoted from grimsby pete

I will chip in with another tenner,

How do I send it ?

Quoted from 75

Course, I've e-mailed John, had to miss a bit out for what I imagine are legal reasons:

Hi John, hope you are well.

If you'll see my post on the fishy, It's true. Not a huge amount but it's the best we can manage between us. Appreciate you have whacked so much money in. I would love to sign Omar Bogle, admiditely I haven't scouted him, you no doubt have done but me and my mate will put 4k in, not a lot I know but to us, it is. I want us back in the league, as you do and I'm prepered to put my small amount of money where my mouth is!!

We are Town, thank you for you support and your money. *number emailed to John* if you need confirmation. My 2k, no worries! let's get us in the league eh mate?!
Jason

Quoted from moosey_club

So you are being specific thats its actually to be used for Bogle? A player that we have no idea if he actually wants to come here and a player that you and probably nobody else frequenting this board or B.P has actually seen play a football match?
Whip rounds/supporter action generally work when its a player we know, have seen the value of and more importantly want, ie with Joe Waters, Ivano.

Donating significant individual amounts of money to the club is honorable but in this manner seems a little misguided. Why not just buy 4K of advertising space for the season and slap your fish round details on it or have an executive box? 4k will still go to the club budget which achieves the same thing.

Quoted from moosey_club

So you are being specific thats its actually to be used for Bogle? A player that we have no idea if he actually wants to come here and a player that you and probably nobody else frequenting this board or B.P has actually seen play a football match?
Whip rounds/supporter action generally work when its a player we know, have seen the value of and more importantly want, ie with Joe Waters, Ivano.

Donating significant individual amounts of money to the club is honorable but in this manner seems a little misguided. Why not just buy 4K of advertising space for the season and slap your fish round details on it or have an executive box? 4k will still go to the club budget which achieves the same thing.

Quoted from promotion plaice

your in for a tenner then

Quoted from moosey_club

  i am a lifelong supporter, the club is deeply entwined in my heart and soul but......i am not the chairman, i am not on the board, i am not responsible for the budget setting or expenditure of the club and have zero influence on how the club is run or how much money we really have to spend. Therefore beyond my merchandise purchases, ticket purchases and matchday expenses the club gets nowt else.

Quoted from 75

No, but I'd like a striker that has a proven strike rate, we've seen more than enough that haven't and dont. My business is a one man band, I see no reason to advertise at GTFC as my small business is in the midlands. I'm really not looking for an argument, or a pat on the head. I just want to do what I can. Let's all pull together, and get us back into the football league.

Quoted from moosey_club

No argument B.P, your choice, just seems strange to offer a fighting fund to the club when J.F was only quoted this week as saying money isnt an issue.  

Quoted from moosey_club

No argument B.P, your choice, just seems strange to offer a fighting fund to the club when J.F was only quoted this week as saying money isnt an issue.  

Quoted from moosey_club

No argument B.P, your choice, just seems strange to offer a fighting fund to the club when J.F was only quoted this week as saying money isnt an issue.  

Quoted from moosey_club

No argument B.P, your choice, just seems strange to offer a fighting fund to the club when J.F was only quoted this week as saying money isnt an issue.  

Quoted from moosey_club

No argument B.P, your choice, just seems strange to offer a fighting fund to the club when J.F was only quoted this week as saying money isnt an issue.  

Quoted from Les Brechin

True, maybe we'd be better off raising money so that we can move the whole Town to somewhere between Birmingham and Manchester!  

Quoted from Les Brechin

True, maybe we'd be better off raising money so that we can move the whole Town to somewhere between Birmingham and Manchester!  

Quoted from acko338

The problem with Bogle is he doesn't want to move here!!

Hasn't it been said that geography of where we are stopped 2 deals from going ahead??

Quoted from acko338

The problem with Bogle is he doesn't want to move here!!

Hasn't it been said that geography of where we are stopped 2 deals from going ahead??

Quoted from 75

Spoken to my mate today, a top lad, BlundellUK who has been a Town fan forever and a day like me. We agreed we would put a few quid in as JF obviously has done, out pockets are nowhere near as deep as the majority shareholder but we want to do what we can to get us back into the football league as we are sick to death of this. I'll put my small amount of money where my fat mouth is.

We will put £4000 between us towards a striker that can strike. Anyone that wants to help out, let's get us out of this league and do it together............

UTM.

Quoted from acko338

The problem with Bogle is he doesn't want to move here!!

Hasn't it been said that geography of where we are stopped 2 deals from going ahead??

Quoted from craigy

Very nice gesture indeed. could do a running total of how much money we actually raise and set a goal to achieve maybe?

Quoted from Grimsby Telegraph | 24th July 2014

The search for a new striker continues, however, after moves for Omar Bogle and Connor Jennings failed to reap rewards.

Speaking yesterday, Fenty was quick to stress that money was not the stumbling block in either case – and he insists that Town's budget can withstand up to three more additions.

"I've been very happy with the additional players that we've brought in," he told the Telegraph.

"We're content with where we are – we've lost out on a couple of players for one reason or another, which has been disappointing, but that wasn't due to financial restraints.

"None of those were financial – it was more to do with location."

Quoted from Rodley Mariner

Solihull's a nice town.

Quoted from chaos33

Nice?

Quoted from Rodley Mariner

Yes. Affluent, attractive part of the country. Doesn't sound like it would be but it is.

Quoted from chaos33

Maybe I've spent too much time in truly beautiful parts of the country then. Mind you, I was in Malham, Hetton, Cracoe in the Yorkshire Dales today. I found Solihull to be unremarkable, and Grimsby, on the other hand,  is much 'nicer' than it is often declared.

Quoted from headingly_mariner

I think you should put it in as benign loans, just in case the club makes any money and you can get it back. In all seriousness it's a top gesture!

Quoted from chaos33

Maybe I've spent too much time in truly beautiful parts of the country then. Mind you, I was in Malham, Hetton, Cracoe in the Yorkshire Dales today. I found Solihull to be unremarkable, and Grimsby, on the other hand,  is much 'nicer' than it is often declared.

Quoted from Mariner21

You'd think being this far north and on a road to nowhere us fans actually have some money!!!

At the end of the day if a player doesn't want to come here then he's not a player for us!  Jf says money is not an issue.  Okay then John of course it's an issue ffs it it isn't why aren't we raiding Yorkshire clubs etc with money being the incentive??

Quoted from Meza

Thats a question for the players that dont want to uproot or travel surely.  There is only so much GTFC can do.

Quoted from 75

After receiving advice from a couple of people, I'll look to put the cash in as a loan or as shares.

Quoted from Marinerz93

Not more benign loans  , maybe buy the shares for yourself or donate them to the trust if that's allowed  

Quoted from RoboCod

This location thing that seems to have sprouted up is barmy. There's no end of nice places to live in this area, and as we spent so much of the last 30 odd years flying high in the higher divisions signing all manner of great players who moved to the area I can't see how this is now a problem, especially as the problem is blindingly obvious...we're in the shitty Conference.
I have no doubt, in my personal view, that we will need to stump up some considerable cash to get the goal scorer to win us those vital games we've constantly let slip in recent seasons. Have we got/did we have the cash to wrestle Bogle/Williamson away? Will the old 'GTFC made an offer that was considered derisory' story pop up, as it seems to almost annually in the GET in 6 months time? Are we considered such a big fish in a small pond that these smaller clubs just want to fleece us ?

I don't know, but I do know location would not/should not enter into it when we deal professionally with a player, offer a proper fee and show the location to them as we used to to such fantastic effect not so long ago.

Quoted from Grimsby Telegraph | 9th May 2014

Grimsby Town looking at selling shares to boost club's transfer budget

GRIMSBY Town fans could be given the opportunity to boost the club's summer transfer coffers.

Selling shares to supporters is just one of the initiatives being discussed at boardroom level as the Mariners prepare for next season's assault on the Conference.

The club are exploring ways of bolstering next season's playing budget which, as reported, will be lower than that of this campaign.

The details of the initiative have not yet been finalised, but John Fenty told the Telegraph that it would give Town more clout when recruiting new players.

He explained: "There's been a suggestion from one of the board members that we might seek to sell shares in order to top up the playing budget.

"It is seen of a way of raising funds to add to what we do know will be a slightly reduced playing budget from last season.

"There's no doubt that in the last few seasons, the size of the playing budget has played a large part in determining which clubs have been promoted – you can argue it goes hand in glove."

Town are expected to release their retained list of players imminently, with attentions quickly turning to the hunt for new recruits.

And Fenty said the scheme could enable Hurst to be more expansive in that search.

He continued: "Often, if you ask a manager where he's expecting to finish a season, he'll say; 'show me the budget and I'll tell you where we'll finish'.

"I know it's not exactly like that and it's a lot more scientific, but that does often allow a manager to plan for the coming season.

"It's an initiative that has been suggested by one of the board members and one that we'll look to roll out in the near future.

"You hope that it would be very successful because it would enable us to strengthen the budget further, which I'm sure the manager would take great glee in.

"Let's hope the opportunity realises some success because there's no doubt that most clubs that have enjoyed success have enjoyed the bigger budgets."

Keep reading your Grimsby Telegraph for updates on the scheme as they are revealed.

Quoted from Maringer

Location isn't just about having somewhere nice to live, it's having things around to do.

Young footballers are invariably going to want to live in or near a major city for the nightlife and social opportunities that a relatively small, impoverished town just can't offer. It's no surprise that some of our players tend to keep themselves based in Sheffield/Notts/Hull(!) and then commute over here so I think our location does affect our 'pulling power' and is an important factor to consider.

Quoted from Maringer

Location isn't just about having somewhere nice to live, it's having things around to do.

Young footballers are invariably going to want to live in or near a major city for the nightlife and social opportunities that a relatively small, impoverished town just can't offer. It's no surprise that some of our players tend to keep themselves based in Sheffield/Notts/Hull(!) and then commute over here so I think our location does affect our 'pulling power' and is an important factor to consider.

Quoted from Maringer

I don't think it's nearly as good as it once was - just too many bars these days so everything is less 'concentrated' and the night tends to get spread out too much.

Nightlife was great in the 1990s and the earlier 2000s (friends from elsewhere agreed), but I think the change to late night opening pretty much everywhere has made things a bit worse. Or perhaps I'm just getting older and more miserable!

Quoted from Meza

I remember working in harlow Hertfordshire and when they asked where I was from they would say Grimsby been to Cleethorpes many times cracking night out.  I thought really. Lol

Quoted from Meza

Dapperz I think I installed some electrics when it reopened

Quoted from Badger57

We used to call it, "Pamperz" on account of it being mainly inhabited with, most probably, underage drinkers!  

Quoted from Badger57

We used to call it, "Pamperz" on account of it being mainly inhabited with, most probably, underage drinkers!  

Quoted from Maringer

Blastaways at JDs?

Quoted from Meza

Only found one good night club in Bishop Stortford and it was called H20 pretty good tbh.  But nothing beats Meggies.  

Pier39
Park Lane
JD's
The Dolphin
The Vic

Quoted from cmackenzie4

Brings back memories that list, had some cracking nights in the late 80s early 90s, Plymouth was a good night out but nothing beats the old meggies!

Quoted from Maringer

Location isn't just about having somewhere nice to live, it's having things around to do.

Young footballers are invariably going to want to live in or near a major city for the nightlife and social opportunities that a relatively small, impoverished town just can't offer. It's no surprise that some of our players tend to keep themselves based in Sheffield/Notts/Hull(!) and then commute over here so I think our location does affect our 'pulling power' and is an important factor to consider.

Quoted from Rodley Mariner

If Omar Bogle knew about the National Scooter Rally he'd be here in a flash  

Quoted from Rodley Mariner

If Omar Bogle knew about the National Scooter Rally he'd be here in a flash