22A Posted January 26, 2022 Report Share Posted January 26, 2022 Five clubs in Lincolnshire; four have dropped out of the League and Scunny look set to be next. It just seems odd that all of one county's clubs should fail over the years. in 1912 Gainsborough Trinity were voted out after finishing last, their place being taken by their local rivals, Lincoln City. Lincoln City were the first team to be relegated automatically from the League in 1987. They bounced straight back, but were relegated again in 2011, won promotion again in 2017 and are still with us. Boston got into the League, but only survived five seasons; anyone on here go when City played them in the JPT? Grimsby relegated, promoted back up and relegated again. Scunthorpe; currently 23rd in League 2 and six points from safety, so will presumably be gone at the end of the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy62 Posted January 26, 2022 Report Share Posted January 26, 2022 If you think It’s hard to attract players to Bristol… Lincolnshire is a whole different kettle of fish. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted January 26, 2022 Report Share Posted January 26, 2022 ive got more than a feeling scunny will go the way of boston.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamalagerdrinker Posted January 26, 2022 Report Share Posted January 26, 2022 Live very local to Scunthorpe and all their fans I speak to don’t think they will come back up when they go down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse With No Name Posted January 26, 2022 Report Share Posted January 26, 2022 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Fordy62 said: If you think It’s hard to attract players to Bristol… Lincolnshire is a whole different kettle of fish. Any pun intended ? Edited January 26, 2022 by The Horse With No Name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted January 26, 2022 Report Share Posted January 26, 2022 It’s very flat In Lincolnshire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted January 26, 2022 Report Share Posted January 26, 2022 Look at a place the size of Bristol.... Half the professional teams in that area have been non league in recent times..! 1 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfc01 Posted January 26, 2022 Report Share Posted January 26, 2022 7 minutes ago, pongo88 said: It’s very flat In Lincolnshire In every sense of the word. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted January 26, 2022 Report Share Posted January 26, 2022 My g’father took me to Sincil Bank to watch Lincoln City play Bradford PA in the late 60’s around the same time that I first started going to AG. As a family we spent loads of time up there visiting my fathers dad. The Imps won the game 3-2 with two penalties. I loved it and have had a soft spot for Lincoln City ever since. I always look out for their results. Lincoln itself is a wonderful City and if I ever left the West Country that’s where I’d go to. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeRed Posted January 26, 2022 Report Share Posted January 26, 2022 3 minutes ago, Robbored said: Lincoln itself is a wonderful City and if I ever left the West Country that’s where I’d go to. Go on, why not give it a go before it's too late. Our loss would be the Lincoln City Forum's gain !! 2 1 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoystonFoote'snephew Posted January 26, 2022 Report Share Posted January 26, 2022 1 hour ago, pongo88 said: It’s very flat In Lincolnshire Except when you try to walk up Steep Hill to Lincoln Cathedral. It ain't called Steep Hill for no reason. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoystonFoote'snephew Posted January 26, 2022 Report Share Posted January 26, 2022 1 hour ago, 22A said: Five clubs in Lincolnshire; four have dropped out of the League and Scunny look set to be next. It just seems odd that all of one county's clubs should fail over the years. in 1912 Gainsborough Trinity were voted out after finishing last, their place being taken by their local rivals, Lincoln City. Lincoln City were the first team to be relegated automatically from the League in 1987. They bounced straight back, but were relegated again in 2011, won promotion again in 2017 and are still with us. Boston got into the League, but only survived five seasons; anyone on here go when City played them in the JPT? Grimsby relegated, promoted back up and relegated again. Scunthorpe; currently 23rd in League 2 and six points from safety, so will presumably be gone at the end of the season. I went to the Boston game. They were placed in the Southern Section (despite Lincoln City being in the Northern Section) due to the split of including sides from the Conference who were allowed in back then. It wasn't a bad trip. We did well in a Bateman's pub over the road from the ground as due to a local Pool match being cancelled we got free sandwiches which would have spoiled otherwise. Of course we won the game with a Golden Goal from Danny Coles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porto Red Posted January 26, 2022 Report Share Posted January 26, 2022 1 hour ago, The Horse With No Name said: Any pun intended ? I once submitted 10 fish and bread puns to an OTIB competition (for such things are unanimously popular on here, as we all know), hoping that one of them would win... ... but no pun in 10 did. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mendip City Posted January 26, 2022 Report Share Posted January 26, 2022 8 minutes ago, Porto Red said: I once submitted 10 fish and bread puns to an OTIB competition (for such things are unanimously popular on here, as we all know), hoping that one of them would win... ... but no pun in 10 did. Unanimously popular? You’re talking pollocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porto Red Posted January 26, 2022 Report Share Posted January 26, 2022 1 minute ago, Mendip City said: Unanimously popular? You’re talking pollocks. I don't know what you bass that on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted January 26, 2022 Report Share Posted January 26, 2022 28 minutes ago, Porto Red said: I once submitted 10 fish and bread puns to an OTIB competition (for such things are unanimously popular on here, as we all know), hoping that one of them would win... ... but no pun in 10 did. If it was a competition for strawberry puns you could have submitted them in a punnet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porto Red Posted January 26, 2022 Report Share Posted January 26, 2022 33 minutes ago, pongo88 said: If it was a competition for strawberry puns you could have submitted them in a punnet Now you've punnet! You pipped me to it Etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never to the dark side Posted January 27, 2022 Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 One good thing is they will all be able to listen/hear their radio football commentaries over the internet(FREE OF CHARGE) acrossd the U.K. Like clubs in the EFL are not allowed to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southside Posted January 27, 2022 Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 4 hours ago, Never to the dark side said: One good thing is they will all be able to listen/hear their radio football commentaries over the internet(FREE OF CHARGE) acrossd the U.K. Like clubs in the EFL are not allowed to do. Swings and roundabouts, and all that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sglosbcfc Posted January 27, 2022 Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 12 hours ago, iamalagerdrinker said: Live very local to Scunthorpe and all their fans I speak to don’t think they will come back up when they go down Fans always react OTT when their team are going through a tough spell (as regularly demonstrated on here!). Scunny have a decent support and ground, no reason why they can't bounce back in 2 or 3 seasons time. Although it won't be easy of course, just ask Luton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted January 27, 2022 Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 The south shore of the Humber Estuary has very little in common with the rest of Lincolnshire. Grimsby used to be a county borough, like Bristol was, and in '74 both it and Scunthorpe (and Hull) formed the now defunct county of Humberside. The Imps are having a mixed season this term, but came within a play-off goal of joining us in the Championship last year. So not all is bleak in Lincolnshire football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity1987 Posted January 27, 2022 Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 16 hours ago, 22A said: Five clubs in Lincolnshire; four have dropped out of the League and Scunny look set to be next. It just seems odd that all of one county's clubs should fail over the years. in 1912 Gainsborough Trinity were voted out after finishing last, their place being taken by their local rivals, Lincoln City. Lincoln City were the first team to be relegated automatically from the League in 1987. They bounced straight back, but were relegated again in 2011, won promotion again in 2017 and are still with us. Boston got into the League, but only survived five seasons; anyone on here go when City played them in the JPT? Grimsby relegated, promoted back up and relegated again. Scunthorpe; currently 23rd in League 2 and six points from safety, so will presumably be gone at the end of the season. Gainsborough population similar to Keynsham Lincoln population similar to Bath Boston population similar to Yate/Sodbury Grimsby population similar to Taunton Scunthorpe population similar to Weston Super Mare Maybe the questions is why have none of the above been league clubs? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Yorkshire CideRed Posted January 27, 2022 Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 Some interesting thoughts here. The amateur league I play in (which is a Yorkshire county league) also includes several North Lincolnshire teams from the likes of Grimsby, Scunthorpe and Lincoln. We’re now playing the likes of Louth and even as far south as Horncastle. The Northern clubs make sense, due to their proximity to Yorkshire, but the others are a right old trek. And don’t mention the county of “Humberside” round these parts. It’s even more despised than “Avon”! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamalagerdrinker Posted January 27, 2022 Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 5 hours ago, sglosbcfc said: Fans always react OTT when their team are going through a tough spell (as regularly demonstrated on here!). Scunny have a decent support and ground, no reason why they can't bounce back in 2 or 3 seasons time. Although it won't be easy of course, just ask Luton. They really don't have decent support these days they're lucky to get 4,000 a week. Very much a club in free fall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted January 27, 2022 Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 1 hour ago, East Yorkshire CideRed said: And don’t mention the county of “Humberside” round these parts. It’s even more despised than “Avon”! Not sure about that! When the new Avon sign went up outside Farrington Gurney, it took 24 hours before someone crossed out the Avon and painted in Somerset. The sign was ten resprayed by the council and altered by the public multiple times until someone used a JCB to knock it down. Our postman used to cross out Avon on letters he delivered and write-in SOMERSET. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sglosbcfc Posted January 27, 2022 Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 3 hours ago, iamalagerdrinker said: They really don't have decent support these days they're lucky to get 4,000 a week. Very much a club in free fall I'd consider 4000 when you are bottom of the entire league a decent turn out. If they were challenging at the top of the National League next season they'd average 5000, which would make them in the top 4 or 5 best supported teams at that level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunc Posted January 27, 2022 Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 My mum grew up in Boston and I had grandparents just down the road from the stadium. Different world is Boston. Makes East Anglia look like a roaring metropolis of modernity. With the lack of local action in general I could see why small towns like this managed to get into the league as probably had a good % of the town going, but nowadays with Sky etc. can also see why going to a cold windy shed in Boston on a Saturday afternoon doesn't pull in the punters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.