BLUNDELL PARK – GRIMSBY TOWN

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First County Visit:Monday 28th December 1998
Competition:Nationwide Football League – Division 1 – (Tier 2)
Result:Grimsby Town 1 – 0 Stockport County
Attendance:8,058
Away Trip:92
Away Day:397
County Line-up1 Carlo Nash; 2 Sean Connelly; 3 Tony Dinning (12 Kevin Cooper); 4 Paul Hughes; 5 Mike Flynn; 6 Martin McIntosh; 7 Rob Matthews (13 Aaron Wilbraham); 8 Derek McInnes; 9 Stephen Grant; 10 Ian Moore; 11 Colin Woodthorpe; (Sub not used: 14 Jim Gannon)
Manager:Gary Megson
County Visits:11

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Reflections on Blundell Park to be published in due course

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Blundell Park from the air – hemmed in by rows of terraces, with the sea behind the Main Stand

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The Main Stand at Blundell Park – the smallest on the ground, but a truly venerable edifice, parts of which date back to 1901.

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The Findus Stand, (since renamed), was built in 1982, and the naming paid tribute to one of the major local employers who paid nearly half of the £425k cost.

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The Pontoon Stand – certainly bedecked in the Mariners colours, but to me akin to a chess board

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On the right of this photo the Osmond Stand. On every one of my 11 visits it provided my vantage point.

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VISITS

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DayDateCompetitionTier / RoundOpponentsResFACrowdAway Day
Mon28/12/98Nationwide Football League – Division 1Tier 2Grimsby TownL018,058397
Sat07/08/99Nationwide Football League – Division 1Tier 2Grimsby TownW105,528407
Sat11/12/99FA CupRound 3Grimsby TownL233,400417
Tues26/12/00
(Highlights)
Nationwide Football League – Division 1Tier 2Grimsby TownD116,654436
Tues26/02/02
(Highlights)
Nationwide Football League – Division 1Tier 2Grimsby TownL136,836461
Sat15/11/03Nationwide Football League – Division 2Tier 3Grimsby TownD114,014496
Fri02/09/05Coca-Cola Football League – League 2Tier 4Grimsby TownW315,381534
Sat23/09/06
(Highlights)
Coca-Cola Football League – League 2Tier 4Grimsby TownW104,708559
Sat15/09/07Coca-Cola Football League – League 2Tier 4Grimsby TownD113,726583
Tues29/11/11
(Highlights)
Blue Square Bet PremierTier 5Grimsby TownL072,254690
Tues14/08/12Blue Square Bet PremierTier 5Grimsby TownW213,670703

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ON MY JOURNEY WITH COUNTY AROUND 180 GROUNDS

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Previously – STADIUM OF LIGHT Next stop – SELHURST PARK

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