Grimsby's Rivals

I am a student at Loughborough University working in collaboration with the University of Massachusetts, to help research rivalries in the English Football League. The Know Rivalry project is seeking to learn more about the psychological, cultural and commercial effects of football rivalries in the UK.

The views of Mariners could be used to support the marketing and broadcasting of the club, especially in the build-up to games against rivals. At the moment we're focusing on who you view as your rivals in League 2 and above, so Scunthorpe couldn't be selected as a rival for example. However, your views on other EFL clubs would be recognised and provide data on what games Grimsby fans look forward to most.

As an AFC Wimbledon fan, I am pleased to have been given the task of collecting data on League 2 clubs this season and it would be greatly appreciated if you could share your views using the following link: [url]https://umassamherst.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3FdJ8eN2EgFCfCB?collID=10&grpID=1424[/url]

Feel free to ask any questions.
Thanks, Jude.

Quoted from JudeKinsella

At the moment we're focusing on who you view as your rivals in League 2 and above, so Scunthorpe couldn't be selected as a rival for example.

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Hull City for me due to the old fishing rivalries although that being said I’ve always got on well with people from Hull in comparison to those who aren’t able to qualify to be in this survey 😂

I think age is a big factor in local rivalries. Some of us longer in the tooth will see Hull City as our main and most important rivals. Those born in the last 30 odd years will never have seen us play Hull in a competitive game though as when we were playing in the Championship and they were down and out in tier 4 but the roles have been reversed (even more pronounced) in the last 20 odd years.

Age is definitely a factor here. As someone in their 30’s I grew up considering Barnsley and Sheffield Weds as our rivals in the late 90’s/ early 00’s due to our battles to stay in the second tier, but never fiercely. To be honest, I was never particularly bothered about Hull, Scunny, Lincoln etc.

Older fans would probably go with Hull for the fishing days, and younger fans may well choose Lincoln due to the many games between the clubs over the last 10-12 years (until recently).

Quoted from blundellpork

Age is definitely a factor here. As someone in their 30’s I grew up considering Barnsley and Sheffield Weds as our rivals in the late 90’s/ early 00’s due to our battles to stay in the second tier, but never fiercely. To be honest, I was never particularly bothered about Hull, Scunny, Lincoln etc.

Older fans would probably go with Hull for the fishing days, and younger fans may well choose Lincoln due to the many games between the clubs over the last 10-12 years (until recently).

I'm 32 for another 6 weeks and I've never seen us play Hull so I find it tough to consider that a rivalry. Growing up the game that excited me the most was Sheffield Wednesday but I find any team from Yorkshire has a bit more spice to it than Lincoln. Obviously Scunny is always interesting but I don't feel that way towards Lincoln.

Never seen Lincoln or Scunthorpe or Hull as our rivals, but the Yorksire clubs, the likes of Sheff Wed & Utd, Barnsley, Leeds, probably to do with I grew up the eighties and we played them more than the local teams mentioned.

Trouble is if we can’t count Scunny 😂😂😂 then we can’t count Ull. (Which always has been top of my list). So in this league it’s
Donny
Bradford
Mansfield.

In that order.

West Brom were a serious rival for a few seasons

I would say the Tahgers but the fact is it's years since we played them and having worked with a few Tahgers fans over the years the feelings of rivalry have never really been reciprocated. The Yorkshire clubs were just that, clubs from Yorkshire who didn't really care about us either. Lincoln were always a bit like the little kid down the street, a pain in the bottom but ultimately just Lincoln. Our main rivals as far as I'm concerned are the team that can't be included in this survey, and it's not even close.