Cod Almighty | Diary

Six teams battled - only Grimsby Town survived!

9 June 2022

Glass Overflowing Diary this week, and like all diarists this week, I can't stop thinking about last Sunday. Simply fantastic!

Currently social media is super-active with excited vocal Town fans, while we await a deluge of GTFC news to squeeze into a brief summer recess: retained list, new sponsor announcement, new signings, fixture list, pre-season friendlies, new kits. All the usual summer stuff, but after a later finish than usual and with the added buzz as a returning League club.

I went to the promotion parade culmination outside Grimsby Town Hall, but there's no report from me on that, the glorious pictures said it all.

For some further 2021-22 reflection, I direct you to the lovely CA fixtures/results page where you can view match stats and reports from 17 July 2021 to the play-off final. Excellent stuff for a little nostalgic reading.

What else is new? CA's very own Tony Butcher talking to a Stockport County webzine; well worth as read, as ever and I liked the renaming of the Spireites in particular. Do you share a worst moment of the season with TB? I was drenched at Alty, but didn't mind too much. Highly likely that we all share favourite 21-22 moments.

GTFC season ticket sales have been super-impressive; exceeding four figures in 24 hours is insane. Approaching 1,500 after 48 hours also impressive. It adds to that lovely, warm, smiley feeling: our club, run by fans, for fans, on the up.

Last week, we wrote that "We now have to overcome Solihull, from where our previous promotion hero Omar Bogle was signed, to make it 19 different sides defeated, and to reach the promised land of League football, er....well, to replace Scunthorpe United in the fourth division." This week it is mission accomplished.

UTM.