Grimsby Borough: A History
The club was established on 21 July 2003 by a group meeting at the Lord Tennyson pub in Louth and joined the Lincolnshire League for the start of the 2003–04 season. They finished second in their first season, earning promotion to the Premier Division of the Central Midlands League. Although they finished second in the division in 2004–05, the club were unable to take promotion as their ground did not meet the required standard. In 2006–07 they finished runners-up again, and were able to take promotion to the Supreme Division, having agreed to groundshare at Brigg Town. Despite only finishing twelfth in 2007–08, Borough were invited to join Division One of the Northern Counties East League. They also won the Lincolnshire Junior Cup, beating Skegness Town on penalties after a 3–3 draw. On Wednesday 11 July 2012 the first ever Grimsby derby was played between Borough and their professional cross town neighbours, when Grimsby Town travelled to the Bradley FDC for a pre-season friendly and were victorious by a nine-goal margin after winning 12-3.
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Directions To The Ground
The Bradley Football Development Centre Bradley Road, Grimsby, DN37 0AG. Tel: 07890 318054 General Ground Directions: Head East along the M180/A180. Exit at the Great Coates Interchange. Travel back over motorway to first Roundabout. Take first exit and follow for two miles to Trawl Pub Roundabout. Take second exit, follow for two miles to Bradley Roundabout. Take second exit on to Bradley Road. The ground is approximately 500 yards on the left. Public Transport: Station: Grimsby Town 2¾m. Stagecoach Lincolnshire buses 3/13/14/Humber Flyer 1 from Grimsby (Bus Station) to Grimsby (Laceby Road at Bradley Road); ten times per hour, takes 20 mins. Then up Bradley Road and entrance to ground is on left (½m).
Last Time We Met Saturday 28th August 2015 Hull United AFC 7-0 Grimsby Borough Agnew, 2, 17 (PEN), 29, 58 McNamara, 55 Hall, 88 Start, 90
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A Quick Word Hopefully we’re playing on Tuesday, as we travel to Grimsby in what’d be only our second game of the year. We only had one in January, and thankfully we won it. I know there’s a lot of negativity around the club at the minute, the loss of our home ground, the deducted points from earlier in the season. It can’t be helped sometimes when the club has a lapse, things come at us thick and fast, but it’s how we react to them that makes the difference. We as the fans need to be behind the lads, and I know we can. I’ve been to a few away games now and plenty of us make the trip wherever it may be. We have a fantastic support base and I hope to see it continue. Anyway back to the business end, the on the pitch matters. We’re doing well in the league but we definitely can be fighting for the top two places at the end of the season. Hemsworth and Mansfield offer two very sturdy opponents but I’m sure Curtis, Ash and the lads can get us to where we want to be. It feels like an eternity since we last played a game. And as bad as it sounds I’ve always preferred going to away games. Sitting in the stands with everyone and having a laugh, it makes the club feel more like a community, and that’s exactly what we are. We are United, in name and in nature, so let’s get behind the lads next week and hope we can come home with a very valuable three points. See you all there! United, United We Stand. Aaron Irwin Programme Editor
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Our Squad Name PLD GLS Phil Dobson 23 0 Charlie Holden 2 0 Lee Winter 0 0 Jamie Taylor 12 0 Jack Walters 25 3 Shane Hill 2 0 Harry Fox 4 1 Matt Plummer 23 1 Eddie Atkinson 7 0 James Piercy 18 1 Marcus Hall 4 2 Paul Foot 0 0 James Hall 1 0 Jordan Harrison 8 4 Jamie Richardson 19 6 Matty Start 11 4 Louis Nagi 12 1 Nicky McNamara 23 6 Martin Foster 25 2 Josh Tennent 11 7 Brett Agnew 23 25 Lewis Poucher 1 0 Gary Bradshaw 2 1
‘Respect Everybody, Fear Nobody’
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