Cod Head's Gallery

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13 oct 2009: Dave Herriott		Dave first saw Town when they were in England's top division.
13 oct 2009: Terry Hall		Terry has been supporting the Mariners since the late 50s and runs the Supporters' Club coaches to away games..
21 sep 2009: Les Brechin		Les has been supporting the Mariners since the late 70s, has recently overcome a brain tumour.
04 jun 2009: Jon Lilley		Town won a trophy at Jon Lilley's first game in 1979. It's been downhill ever since.
10 nov 2008: Pete Turner		Pete has been supporting the Mariners since 1953.
19 feb 2008: Charlie Jilling		Charlie lists his favourite game as the 1-0 win over Spurs.
10 sep 2007: Jarrod Harvey		Jarrod works on an offshore platform in the North Sea.
10 sep 2007: Jarrod Harvey		Jarrod works on an offshore platform in the North Sea.
18 jun 2007: Craig Young		Craig's father used to play professional football.
12 mar 2007: Robbo		Robbo has been supporting Town for over 10 years.
07 jan 2007: Steve Plowes		Steve has been supporting Town for nearly 50 years.
02 oct 2006: Henry Barber		14-year-old Henry is a season ticket holder who lives near Louth.
04 sep 2006: Paul Sweeney		Paul is now a soccer coach in Australia..
21 aug 2006: Chris Copestake		13-year-old Chris is a relative newcomer to Blundell Park.
24 jul 2006: John Dimitrovich-White		John has been supporting Town nearly fourty years, mainly in exile.
27 mar 2006: Scott Charles		Scott has recently left Grimsby to move to Durham.
09 jan 2006: Philip Borum		Phil lives in Grimsby and works at Pywipe.
15 aug 2005: Richard Hubbert		Richard is a 19-year-old student at York University.
31 may 2005: Chris Borum		Chris is a 35-year-old policeman from Barnsley.
21 feb 2005: Andy Humberstone		Andy has been supporting Town since 1967!
17 jan 2005: Adam Swallow		Adam is a 22-year-old retail manager in Freshney Place, Grimsby.
15 nov 2004: Richard Lord		The Fishy's very own Richard Lord has now gone to univeristy, but hopes to be a professional sports journalist!!
11 oct 2004: Jonathan Wacey		Jonathan has been to over 300 games and 70 grounds, and is still only 23!
27 sep 2004: Steve Vigar		Steve is an exiled supporter from Norfolk who has followed Town for 24 years..
13 sep 2004: Andrew Doherty		Andrew is an exiled supporter from Basingstoke who has followed Town for 35+ years.
09 aug 2004: Shane Artingstall		Shane's a season ticket holder who lives in Norwich.
09 aug 2004: Paul Forrester		Paul lives in the USA but still follows the Mariners from afar.
26 jul 2004: Matty Kurzon		Matty has been watching Town since the age of about four..
19 jul 2004: Claire Carlile		Claire numbers amongst her interests Iron Maiden and Grimsby Town.
05 jul 2004: Bev Altoft		Bev, from Great Coates, has only recently seen the light and started watching Town.
31 may 2004: Brett Morris		Brett Morris still supports Town despite being a student in America.
17 may 2004: Jason Jackson		Jason works at Pleasure Island.
03 may 2004: Zola Budd		Zola has recently returned from exile in Plymouth to his beloved Grimsby.
19 apr 2004: John Lewis		John will shortly be joining the Army after being part of the B&W one!
29 mar 2004: Stu Cox		Stu is a season ticker holder who lives in Grimsby.
08 march 2004: Johny Pawson		Johny is already a veteran supporter at the age of 18!.
03 february 2004: Michael Yarborough		Michael lives in exile in Whitley Bay.
05 may 2003: Peter Salsbury		Peter has been supporting Grimsby Town since the 1950's!
14 april 2003: Phil Morgan		Phil wouldn't miss a Town game for a wedding or a birthday!
24 match 2003: Dave Pearce		Dave has been supporting the Mariners since 1947!
17 march 2003: Mark Worrall		Mark has been supporting the Mariners for almost twenty years.
10 march 2003: Tony Hamilton		Tony has been supporting the Mariners for over two decades.
03 march 2003: Kyle Young		Kyle has been supporting the Mariners since the age of six.
24 february 2003: Mike Gray		Mike lives 30 miles away from Blundell Park but still gets to 30 games a season.
17 february 2003: Kristine Fitzjohn		Kristine is 18 years old but has already supported Grimsby Town for over a decade.
10 february 2003: Scott Pannell		Scott, an archeology student, has been supporting Grimsby since he was eight years old.
03 february 2003: Ian Blakemore		Ian, from Lincoln Uninversity, has missed 2 games in 3 and a half years home and away.
27 january 2003: Nick Bagshaw		Nick now finds himself living the life of an Exile - in Ascot.
10 december 2001: Jack Kirwin		Jack is 16 years old and has supported Town for 5 years.
13 november 2001: Wayne Lofts		Wayne is 31 years old and has supported Town all his life..
29 october 2001: Melvin Clarke		Melvin is 36 years old and has lived in Grimsby all his life.
01 october 2001: Bob Graves		Bob Graves is on duty at every home game as a steward in the Osmond Stand.
16 september 2001: Kerry William Purcell		Kerry William Purcell, a freelance writer living in Brighton, has supported Town for 23 years
03 september 2001: Bill Coxon		Bill Coxon has supported Town for 64 years and now lives in exile in Canada.
20 august 2001: Phil Ball		Phil is a freelance football journalist now residing in Spain and has supported Town for 34 years.
13 august 2001: Mark Standley		Mark now resides in South Africa and has supported Town for 35 years.
23 july 2001: John Paul Teanby		John Paul has been supporting Town since he was four years old.
11 july 2001: Gary Ladd		Gary Ladd's all-time hero is Trevor Whymark
27 june 2001: Simon Lloyd		Simon has supported Grimsby from early childhood despite growing up in Kent.
14 june 2001: Ryan Collins		Ryan goes to Matthew Humberstone school and has been supporting Town for 10 of his 14 years.
27 may 2001: Peter Forrester		The Fishy's Peter Forrester is a student at Clee Sixth Form and regularly attends games.
28 march 2001: John Pakey		John hails from a small village in North Essex and started supporting the Mariners through his Dad. John is now a student at Lincoln University.
06 february 2001: Ben Brooks		Ben's been a regular at Blundell Park since his dad first took him five years ago.
29 january 2001: Steff Keightley		Steff lives in Leicester now, and started supporting Town on his 5th birthday.
20 january 2001: Chiffy		Chiffy lives in Grimsby, and has not missed a Town home game since the very first one he went to 12 years ago.
02 january 2001: Calum Milne		Calum lives in Crawley, Sussex, but knows where he'd rather be on a Saturday afternoon!
21 november 2000: Kevin Laister		Kevin is a regular at Blundell Park and referees the Town youth fixtures.
18 october 2000: Emma Gillingham		Emma lives in London but still manages to go to nearly every game.
14 september 2000: Evo		Evo met his wife Karen Cam in the cells at Stoke police station following a Grimsby game. The pair now live with their children and dog Fat Lad in a house just behind the away end at BP.
03 september 2000: Sue Firth		Sue became a Town fan late in life through by accident rather by design, due to meeting her partner Tony Butcher, himself a Cod Head.
24 august 2000: Richard Dawson		Richard grew sick of life in California, he missed Grimsby so much that he recently moved back from the USA to return to his home town.
17 august 2000: Andy Lumbard		Andy lapsed as a Mariner for many years but his son's passion for football, and the birth of the Internet rekindled the flame that had always lingered in his heart.
06 august 2000: Stu Morton		Stu lives in Paris and has been supporting Town longer than he can remember.
17 june 2000: Dan Humphrey		Dan lives in Meryside but he used to be Livvo's neighbour.
17 june 2000: Fat Lad		My name is George, my mates call me Fat Lad. I am a British Bulldog. I like to eat drink and sleep, bit like the players really.
08 june 2000: Glenn Cowlam		Glenn lives in Leeds, and his childhood hero was Bobby Cumming.
02 june 2000: Brian Robinson		Brian lives in Nottingham and has been supporting the Mariners for over 20 years.
23 may 2000: Ivano Bonetti		Ivano lives in Scotland now, but reveals that he watches every game under the guise of the Mighty Mariner!
14 may 2000: Paul Ketchley		Paul's been a Town supporter for nigh-on 45 years.
7 may 2000: Nigel Fisher		Although Nigel lives in Malaysia he follows their matches on the net, and manages to watch a creditable 4 to 5 games a season.
29 april 2000: Jostein Jensen		Jostein is a Norwegian Grimsby Town fan who watches his beloved Mariners from a distance.
21 april 2000: Matt Westcott		Matt is a journalist from Darlington with some very amusing tales to tell of his experiences of being a Town fan.
12 april 2000: Nick Osborne		Nick has supported the mariners for many-a-year through thick and thin.
07 april 2000: John Sowerby		John lives in Germany and although he has never seen Town play, he follows their fortunes from a distance.
30 march 2000: Pete Conboy		Pete follows the fortunes of the Mariners from across the Irish sea.
25 march 2000: Mark Pulford		Mark reveals how he has a cat named after a Nottingham Forest player!
19 march 2000: Bar Larder		Bar loves the Mariners so much she even got married on the beach in Oz wearing a Town shirt.
09 march 2000: Paul Sleeth		Paul's in New Zealand right now taking part in an internet competition.
03 march 2000: Rick Sullivan		Rick's a rugby man, but he always looks first for Town's result.
24 february 2000: Ross Lumbard		Ross, son of Andrew, is by far the youngest Cod Head yet!
17 february 2000: Tom Bollan		Tom saw the light in the early Nineties and has never looked back.
11 february 2000: James Brown		James looks back (and forward) on his time spent watching Town.
03 february 2000: Jeremy Baily		Jeremy reveals a very eventful lifetime following the Mariners.
27 january 2000: Dave Larder		Dave lives in Oz but his heart lies at Blundell Park.
20 january 2000: Alan Nocker		Alan lives in Peru now but always keeps an eye out for the Mariners.
13 january 2000: John Firth		John's memories of the mariners stretch back over forty years.
06 january 2000: Tony Butcher		The Fishy's No. 1 match reporter reveals all!
30 december 1999: David Peasgood		Lived in Grimsby all his life and proud of it.

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