TWOCHOICEStom
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I was there too. Who was that player who scored and ran up to us shouting "going down!!" Keane??
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[Albion] Grimsby 2003 anyone recognise themselves
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Not Andy Naylor
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Yes, it was a beautiful day - probably historically so for Cleethorpes - spoiled by the results.
Raleigh Chopper
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I was there but not in that picture.
Shitty day out, I prefer to remember the Port Vale game, now that was a proper away day, especially in the pub near the ground.
I can't remember who the 'going down' player was but I don't think it was Jay Tabb.
Shitty day out, I prefer to remember the Port Vale game, now that was a proper away day, especially in the pub near the ground.
I can't remember who the 'going down' player was but I don't think it was Jay Tabb.
I was just to the left of that lot (I'm not in the picture). I recognise several. The left half of my face got badly sunburned that afternoon. One of my last 'flying squad' weekends till Liverpool last season.
Pinkie Brown
I'll look after the skirt
Several of us went up on the Friday and spent two nights in Skegness. Stayed at the grungiest dodgiest B & B ever. The owner had four generations of his dysfunctional family living there plus permanent residents down on their luck. The owner had kicked the wife of one resident out a couple of weeks before & she hadn't been seen since. The husband didn't seem concerned. Nobody asked why she was booted. Best we didn't know. It was depressing enough.
The place was a comedy farce - only it wasn't funny. Around 4am on the Sunday morning there was a huge commotion from somewhere else in the house. Another guest had come in pissed, crashed out and left a tap running which resulted in water gushing through the downstairs ceiling.
After escaping Skegness, we headed to Cleethorpes. A day that started with hope soon turned desperate. Once the news came through Stoke were winning, despondency set in. All in all a shit weekend.
It was the first time I'd been to Skegness & Grimsby. I intend it to be the last.
The place was a comedy farce - only it wasn't funny. Around 4am on the Sunday morning there was a huge commotion from somewhere else in the house. Another guest had come in pissed, crashed out and left a tap running which resulted in water gushing through the downstairs ceiling.
After escaping Skegness, we headed to Cleethorpes. A day that started with hope soon turned desperate. Once the news came through Stoke were winning, despondency set in. All in all a shit weekend.
It was the first time I'd been to Skegness & Grimsby. I intend it to be the last.
Thimble Keegan
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Great weekend away in Cleethorpes but a crap result
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I am extreme bottom left, obscured slightly by the corner-flag...My dad is to my left and my brother the next along in the England shirt.
We were relegated that day and Michael Keane gave it the "going down" gesture to us following a goal...If I remember he was on-loan from Preston and when then PNE manager, Craig Brown learned what Keane had done, he fined him.
Albion & England forever.
Thimble Keegan
Rustington BHA
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
We stayed in Louth which wasn't too bad. It wasn't good, but it wasn't too bad.
Kosh
'The' Yaztromo
I was there, but not a wizards hat nor rock God locks to be seen in that pic.
I was probably in the bar, in my Tales from Topographic Oceans t-shit, shagging all the fit women.
Or perhaps not.
I was probably in the bar, in my Tales from Topographic Oceans t-shit, shagging all the fit women.
Or perhaps not.
portlock seagull
Why? Why us?
- Jul 28, 2003
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It was bloody hot, had to tie scarf round head Rambo style to stop face burning!
portlock seagull
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- Jul 28, 2003
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Yep that was him, I quite happily could have ripped his throat out for doing that. Was right in front of me.
Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
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As did I!
Raphael Meade
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Great day out!!
Charlies Shinpad
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Yes we met the Pompey fans on the way back at a service station as well.
It looked like it might get messy but one of the lads I worked with was on their bus so it all calmed down luckily.
Cleethorpes was alright and I know a couple on here were involved in a street fight with Grimsby fans on the main road along the seafront on the Saturday afternoon.
It was like a scene out of a western !!
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Nobby
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Stood in the urinal next to a bloke dressed as a nun.
Took the wife and kids to the game ( they were not impressed), and we stopped off in Mablethorpe on the way back.
What a dreadful game and a crap fishy smelling place.
We were playing well, winning, thinking we were staying up, and then we found out Stoke had scored to send us down. Then Grimsby equalised I think
Took the wife and kids to the game ( they were not impressed), and we stopped off in Mablethorpe on the way back.
What a dreadful game and a crap fishy smelling place.
We were playing well, winning, thinking we were staying up, and then we found out Stoke had scored to send us down. Then Grimsby equalised I think
Ditto - the OB must've had a feeding frenzy on us!! Anyway, that was the only 3 points we got that weekend. Stayed at the Leaking Boot (I think it was called that) which served as the away fans base. Luckily I was shitfaced most of the time but one toilet shared by a dozen blokes...well, you can imagine the carnage.
It was the last game of the season, so no coming back after that!
I took my kids up for the weekend. Stayed in a caravan park on a Sun £9.95 deal and quite enjoyed it apart from the football. I remember a shirtless and glum looking Gary Hart appearing through the throng on the pitch after the game. I’ve no idea why I went on the pitch!
The weekend was finished off by me taking the kids to Paradise Park and making myself ill on one of the rides. The kids knew I wasn’t faking it when I bought some doughnuts and let them eat the lot.
I’ve had better end of season days!
Oh. I’m not in the photo.....
dejavuatbtn
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Some post match entertainment.
I’m a Grimsby fan and remember that weekend well. Michael Keane, on loan from Preston, was the muppet who taunted the Brighton fans with a ‘going down’ sign despite the fact we were already relegated ourselves.
A dark day for both clubs, but evidently our fortunes have differed somewhat since. Did anyone on here play in the fans game on the Saturday before the match? I may have done photos somewhere - I’ll try to dig them out.
A dark day for both clubs, but evidently our fortunes have differed somewhat since. Did anyone on here play in the fans game on the Saturday before the match? I may have done photos somewhere - I’ll try to dig them out.
I didn’t go to many away games, but I decided I had to go to this one, just in case we did manage to escape relegation. The week before, my wife told me that she had a friend’s party to go to on the same weekend of the game and that she needed the car (we only had one at the time). Therefore, I hired a car which I picked up from Luton airport, drove up to Grimsby, had fish and chips in Cleethorpes for lunch, went to the game, saw us get relegated and drove the car back to luton airport. Not my favourite ever match day experience!