Former Grimsby Town defender Paul Linwood has sensationally lifted the lid on the rampant drinking culture that plagued the Blundell Park squad during the relegation season of 2009/10.
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Wrestling Fan Hopes for Mariners’ May-Nia!
EAGLE-eyed wrestling fans were in for a surprise in the early hours of Monday morning as a flurry of Grimsby Town themed signs appeared during the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Fast Lane show in Memphis, TN.
Former Chelsea Stopper on Wimbledon, Liverpool, the FA Cup and the Mariners
FROM WIMBLEDON to Wembley to the World Cup, goalkeeper Dave Beasant will forever be remembered for being the first goalkeeper to save a penalty in an FA Cup Final, when he denied John Aldridge on the way to the Dons’ famous 1-0 victory in 1988.
What many football fans outside North East Lincolnshire will forget is that the stopper, affectionately referred to as ‘Lurch’, had to resurrect his career with Grimsby Town after being cast onto the scrap heap at Chelsea.
In 2006, I was fortunate enough to sit down with the former England international, who talked about everything from the ’88 Final to his spell in Cleethorpes to the fortunes of then-club Fulham. Continue reading