The next open session is Mon 22nd July, 10am to 2pm at BP
Your chance to pop down with any items you’d like scanned + entered on the website
Can’t make the open sessions? Let us know + we’ll try to accommodate in any way we can
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#1391
@Gav_Holohan34
made his debut for
#GTFC
against Solihull Moors in March 2022.
A 🚀 against Chesterfield, late goal against Notts County, penalties against Southampton - there will be few positive memories Gav won't have been involved in since he joined.
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player
#1170
is
@shaunpearson5
A top man that has made nearly 300 appearances across two spells and no end of mazy runs and step overs!
He's now part of the first team coaching staff at the Club
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We were delighted to catch up with ex player Max Wright to hand over his heritage certificate and pin badge.
Max is player
#1304
to have represented
#GTFC
having come up through the youth ranks
Best of luck tomorrow!
#1330
@AnthonyGlennon1
made his first
#GTFC
debut away to Leyton Orient before returning to the Club for a second spell last season
Glenno has been part of some great memories for Town fans
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Next ex
#GTFC
player to receive their heritage certificate and pin badge is a player that made more than 300 appearances for the Club.
Player
#819
is Dean Crombie - he made his debut against York City in August 1978
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Player number
#1160
to represent
#GTFC
is
@charlie_ianson
.
He made his goal scoring debut against Mansfield Town in April 2011.
Charlie now plays for Torremolinos, who were recently crowned league champions. Congratulations 👏🏻👏🏻
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Thanks to the hard work of
@MarinerMen
and
@MarinersArchive
each and every player that’s made a professional appearance for
#GTFC
has an attributed heritage number.
Each player (or surviving family member) will receive a badge and letter confirming their number and stats.
#1413
@AboEisaa7
made his debut for
#GTFC
in this seasons opening game against AFC Wimbledon
Only scores 🚀, never tap-ins! Almost had a goal of the season competition all to himself.
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#1402
@Aaronbraithwa10
made his
#GTFC
debut as a substitute in our Papa John's Trophy game away to Derby County, after coming through the youth system at the Club
Best of luck for the future Aaron
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Another visitor to the memories group today was player
#692
Brian Hill
He made his
#GTFC
debut in 1961, managing to bag himself a goal too. He later played for Boston United at the same time as regular group member Owen Simpson
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Former
#GTFC
player Jack Lewis is number
#760
to have represented the Club.
His son is pictured with his certificate before it’s handed over to the man himself
Out of season Jack worked as a bingo caller in Cleethorpes!
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John Wright, grandson of
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player
#506
Jimmy Wright visited to collect his certificate
Jimmy made his debut back in 1932
John kindly shared some photos with us. Jimmy is 3rd left on the back row. All items will be uploaded onto
#RememberWhenGTFC
A busy collaborative session with the memories group today!
#771
#GTFC
player Owen Simpson is a regular at the group. He was a member of the 71-72 promotion season
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#1394
@JamieBramwell3
made his
#GTFC
first team debut on the last league game of the promotion season away at Eastleigh in that end to end 4-4 game!
All the best for the future Jamie
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4th May 1999 - Steve Croudson makes his senior debut as tenth placed Grimsby draw 0-0 with Wolves at Blundell Park in Division One in their final home game of the season
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Croudson, Butterfield, Gallimore, Handyside, Burnett, Coldicott, Donovan, Black, Clare, Lester, Groves
Player
#320
to represent the Club is Frank Martin, who made more than 200 appearances for
#GTFC
Pictured is his granddaughter Margaret and the photo she has of him.
During WW1 Frank received a shot to the face but managed to return, get fit and play again!
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Great to catch up player
#1094
Sam Hird at BP today. He was here as part of his role at the
@PFA
Sam appeared 18 times for us during the 2007-08 season, on loan from Doncaster Rovers
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Paddy McLaughlin is player
#1202
to have represented the Mariners.
Signing in 2013, he went on to make more than 60 appearances over two seasons with
#GTFC
Thanks to
@YorkCityFC
for the help - see you on the 20th of July!
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This time of year is always a difficult and memory provoking one.
We were privileged enough to have been able to present heritage certificates to those in training last week
Some we'll see next season, some we won't - all are part of
#GTFC
's heritage
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#GTFC
player
#1421
is Cameron Gardner
Cam made his first start for the Club in the final game of the 23-24 season against Crawley Town.
One to watch out for!
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Player
#714
to have represented
#GTFC
is Billy Howells.
Billy played 6 times for the Club between 1959 and 1965.
Pictured is Billy in his playing days and with his certificate
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We’ve announced our latest debut so who is
#1
?
That’ll be Dick Chapman who played in the Clubs first competitive game. An FA Cup tie against Phoenix Bessemer - a team who were based in Rotherham.
Sadly searches have so far produced no living relatives.
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Player
#497
Max Holmes
Made his goalscoring debut in 1932 and part of the 1933-34 Division Two title winning side
His certificate has arrived with family
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We met with family of player
#683
John Pearce.
John passed away in 2022 - the family are incredibly proud of his achievements with
#GTFC
.
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A phenomenal amount of work by
@MarinerMen
+
@MarinersArchive
has gone into getting this part of the project to this point
Dave Worthington is player
#734
to have represented
#GTFC
, appearing between 1966 and 1973
Another certificate on its way
This time the family of player
#542
Harold Chadwick will receive his certificate and badge
Harold played for
#GTFC
whilst serving in the RAF during WW2
Big thanks to
@GTFCHeritage
and
@MarinerMen
for this. Very proud to have played for my home town club
@officialgtfc
Seems not that long ago scoring in front of the Pontoon & being with an unbelievable group of lads for the promotions. Will be back down the prom very soon
#gtfc
🐟
Our researchers continue to work hard behind the scenes.
Thanks to their hard work, we believe we may have found living relatives from one of the original 12 players from the Brigg game in 1878. He was also involved in the formation of the Club!
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You’ll see us tweeting about certificates going out to ex players + families
We’re keen to connect with as many on our heritage list as possible
So, if
✅ you’re an ex player
✅ in contact with an ex player
✅ family of an ex player no longer with us
Please get in touch
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Player
#495
to have represented
#GTFC
(and England) during the Clubs heydays of the 1930’s is local lad Harry Betmead.
The strong and tough tackling centre half made more than 300 appearances for the Club
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Player
#624
for
#GTFC
is Wally Lord
His certificate and badge now safely with his family
2nd pic is the newspaper report on his debut game and goal
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A recognisable face to many that supported
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in the 1950’s - Clarrie (Clarry) Williams is player
#625
to have represented the Club. Doing so more than 200 times
His wife and family were delighted to receive his certificate and pin badge
@chopsy22
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Player
#3
Rev John Flowers certificate and badge are winging their way to his great grandson in Canada!
He was captain of the side from 1881 to 1883
Heritage numbers are given for appearances in competitive games
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Reg Scotson and Billy Cairns take a stroll around Blundell Park in July 1953
Not sure todays players would appreciate that training wear 😅
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Billy Wardle is player
#548
to have represented
#GTFC
- his certificate and badge are now with family members
Not a bad way to make your debut! Sadly they season was expunged as war broke out but Billy made more than 100 appearances in total
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There’s a team of 6 genealogy volunteers working on tracing ex
#GTFC
players families
Stories uncovered will be shared on the website and here too
Some connections have already been made, with the earliest relative located for a player making their debut for the Club in 1883!
Thanks to
@GTFCHeritage
&
@MarinerMen
for sending this. Memorable & proud 4 years
@officialgtfc
including 2 finals at Wembley & Millennium. Shared a pitch with some talented players & great staff behind the scenes
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Everyone at Grimsby Town Football Club is sad to learn of the passing of former Mariner Jeff Whitefoot.
Jeff played for Town between 1957 and 1958. Our thoughts and condolences go to his family and friends.
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JC (Jim) Coates has
#GP4
Playing in the first ever game for Grimsby Pelham. He was elected as vice-captain and tasked with ordering uniforms
He never made a competitive appearance but should be rightly recognised
His great granddaughter was delighted to hear his story
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We’ve had some questions on how quickly we’ve reached heritage number milestones
The website will be updated as we hand out certificates:
Below is
#GTFC
debuts on 100 marks, along with a rough guide to the number of years it took.
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The heritage project has a number of volunteers covering
- Ancestry
- Topic specific research
- Player history
- Scanning content for the website
We’ll visit the
@FootballMuseum
soon to get some ideas on displays ahead of the final exhibition in 2025
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Grimsby Pelham’s first game was against Brigg Britannia, in Brigg, on 08/11/1878
Brigg won 2-0
Both teams had 12 players, as was common before rules were codified.
Pelham turned up with 11 so, 54 year old lawyer George Haddelsey made up the numbers!
@larkholmelad
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We’ve been working away in the background over the last few months to bring together
#GTFC
related items and memories
This is thanks to
@HeritageFundUK
funding.
We’ll be posting snippets of things, and wanting your help to identify what comes into us
A busy, busy drop in session today!
Thanks to all that dropped in, especially to those that were patient while we had a queue!
Couple of teasers 👇🏻
All items (with credit to owners) will be uploaded to
#GTFC
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The oldest document ‘in hand’ that will be scanned and loaded onto the website is the Club’s balance sheet from 1889
The oldest piece of memorabilia that we’re aware of is dated 1887
It’s imperative that we log items before they are lost forever
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Milestone reached - The Wigan Athletic Heritage Project have now digitised in full every competitive home match day programme from Springfield Park in the 1978-99 Football League era.
#wafc
@WiganAthSC
@LaticsOfficial
This is what we’re looking for
Must not hold any value (sentimental or otherwise)
Can be any old random
#GTFC
away game
Get in touch if you can help 🖤🤍
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🚨 Wanted old away tickets 🚨
As part of a potential visual display for our exhibition in 2025 we're looking for old away tickets.
These must not be of any value and purely used for visual purposes.
We cannot return them
Drop a DM or email heritage
@gtfc
.co.uk
#GTFC
This fella has made his way into the heritage collection.
We believe he was one of 11 thrown into the crowd at half time of a game around Christmas time in the late 70’s or early 80’s at Blundell Park.
Anybody have any specific memories?
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The badges have arrived
Everybody working on the project has made great progress tracing
#GTFC
players from long ago. Some connections reach as far as Canada.
As we hand them out the website will be updated with numbers
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Before the weekends game against Forest Green Rovers - we were lucky enough to meet up with a relative of 33-34 title winning player Max Holmes
We handed over a copy of the book and in return have been loaned items to scan and present towards the end of the project
1/2
#GTFC
Your regular reminder to check out our website as it’s regularly updated with new pieces.
A new sub category are pictures from Abbey Park, kindly brought in by John Beardall to yesterdays drop in session
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Some debut stats
Only four players have scored a hat trick on their debut and none since 1893 🤯
Only three players have been captain AND scored in their debut. The first not coming until 2004!
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1889/90
#GTFC
balance sheet
Transcribed into excel by one of our volunteers.
This is one of the oldest pieces of memorabilia that will be added onto the project website
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in conjunction with
#GTFC
memories group are off on a day trip
On Wednesday 22nd May we’re visiting the
@FootballMuseum
to look at displays and get ideas for our exhibition in 2025
Local to the museum and fancy joining us? Drop us a message - places limited
One items includes one of his wartime diaries
A snipped it below
14/12/39 - Car service
15/12/39 - Bad weather
16/12/39 -
#GTFC
v Leeds with a 5-5 result, coming back from 1-5 down. Max scoring one, followed by some Xmas shopping.
Lovely stuff ⚽️
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Boxing matches at BP!
This original poster from the 1930’s still exists in the home of Dick Burke’s son, who popped into the Club to see if he could find out more.
One of many ‘non football’ events to take place at the stadium
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The next project open session is Monday 20th May
There is a change of venue from the Trust Bar (sale currently on) to the ProAmpac Lounge. There is a stair lift for those that would find stairs difficult
All future sessions 👇🏻
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#RememberWhenGTFC
In the last few weeks we’ve been working with
@JEPnews
to get a heritage certificate to Ray DeGruchy
It’s been lovely to hear some stories of his time with
#GTFC
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Delighted that we’ve agreed to two small collaborative exhibitions over the next few months.
These sorts of displays allow
#RememberWhenGTFC
to exhibit to audiences that otherwise may not engage in the history of
#GTFC
Details to follow when we can 🖤🤍
⚽️ New Items added ⚽️
Under director items and autographs we have some Arthur Drewry memorabilia kindly emailed in to us.
Have
#GTFC
items? You can mail the photos or drop into our open sessions where we’ll scan and pop straight on
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🚨 Wanted old away tickets 🚨
As part of a potential visual display for our exhibition in 2025 we're looking for old away tickets.
These must not be of any value and purely used for visual purposes.
We cannot return them
Drop a DM or email heritage
@gtfc
.co.uk
#GTFC
Great to visit the ‘Hometown Heroes’ exhibition at
@GrimsbyFishing
Thanks to
@mariner_mighty
for popping down - Mister Mayor was desperate for a pic!
The exhibition is FREE and will run for the next few months.
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As we hope to celebrate tonight 🏴
#RememberWhenGTFC
are delighted to team up with
@GrimsbyFishing
,
@NELCouncil
+ other partners to create a celebration of sport
Launching Saturday 20th - it’ll run until the end of the year + is FREE
@GT_Found
will be there with activities too
This
@HeritageFundUK
funded project are delighted to team up with
@alzheimerssoc
local team to offer free dementia friends training.
We can host one daytime, evening or weekend
DM or heritage
@gtfc
.co.uk to find out more
#GTFC
The next project open session is Monday 17th June - 10am to 2pm
Location within Blundell Park TBC
We’ll have the scanner set up ready to add items to the website
Also looking for fans interested in being involved in recording memories (either audio or front of camera)
#GTFC
Thank you for those that visited the session today
New players items relating to
#760
Jack Lewis +
#683
John Pearce are now on the website
Open sessions are monthly - during the season we’re happy to look at matchday mornings
#GTFC
#RememberWhenGTFC
@GtfcJacko
Alphabetical order by surname where more than one player makes their debut in the same game. First game, obviously they all do so Chapman is first of the 11
Thank you to those that popped into the session yesterday and offered to assist with further research.
These will be held once a month with further details available 👇🏻
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