Loyal Grimsby Town fans cash in on free bus travel
GRIMSBY Town season ticket holders can travel to and from home games for free this season.
The Mariners have joined forces with Stagecoach to enable fans to arrive at Blundell Park free of charge on the bus.
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Stagecoach operations manager Ron Smith, left, is laying on free buses for season ticket holders much to the delight of Grimsby Town manager Neil Woods.
The offer applies only to season ticket holders, giving supporters an extra reason to join the 1,500 others who have signed up to the new season.
Simply show your season ticket on a Stagecoach bus to take advantage of this offer, starting with tomorrow nights first home game of the season against York City.
Dave Smith, commercial manager at Grimsby Town, is urging all season ticket holders to take advantage of the offer.
He said: "This is an extension of our partnership with Stagecoach and it is a great benefit for supporters to be able to get to games on the bus for free on a match day.
"This is the first time we have done this and hopefully it will prove beneficial to all supporters with season tickets."
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by warrior, Cleethorpes
Tuesday, August 17 2010, 12:33PM
“Pete,
It's the GT's web site. It's a mess and needs an URGENT OVERHAUL.
Everyday, I, or other reader's get posts removed,(zapped) duplicated, not printed at all, or the dreaded "An error has occured" THEN your post is shown 2/3 times.
I don't think your computer is ready for the "Steptoes" yard yet! I was going to say, "kn*****s yard, but It would probably get removed.”
by stuart, ulceby
Tuesday, August 17 2010, 11:50AM
“to Citizen 0, Ex GY
we do not need any one to feel sorry for us,but i do feel sorry for you,with you selfish ignorant opinions.
some people,old and young need a bus service,perhaps one day when you are old and cant get out of the house you will realise this.”
by Pete, Cleethorpes
Monday, August 16 2010, 5:06PM
“Telegraph pages are unresponsive at times sometimes when you post it gets stuck in between then when you load the same news page by clicking the link again (not by refreshing) it does not show your post, so having copied it as it happens so often you paste and re-send only to find a duplicate has been sent. does this happen to others or is my computer ready for the scrap heap, fast enough anywhere else on the net!”
by Pete, Cleethorpes
Monday, August 16 2010, 5:02PM
“Liza as somebody already pointed out, these buses are not going around football season ticket holders houses and picking them up, it just means they can jump on a bus already traveling that route for free on a match day!
Some people find fault with everything!
though I agree I'm not sure whether many fans will use this service but a good gesture none the less”
by Pete, Cleethorpes
Monday, August 16 2010, 5:01PM
“Liza as somebody already pointed out, these buses are not going around football season ticket holders houses and picking them up, it just means they can jump on a bus already traveling that route for free on a match day!
Some people find fault with everything!
though I agree I'm not sure whether many fans will use this service but a good gesture none the less”
by Citizen 0, Ex GY
Monday, August 16 2010, 4:59PM
“Even when its something for free people moan about it. Unbelievable!
Also how come everyone on here seems to have a 'disabled partner' or cares for a 'disabled person'. Do you want us to feel sorry for you or something?”
by RustySheriffsBadge, Rockridge
Monday, August 16 2010, 4:23PM
“The scruffy bloke on the right looks like a scruffy chav off one of the estates.”
by liza, grimsby
Monday, August 16 2010, 4:10PM
“come on stagecoach whe need all the bus we can get. It is hand whean you take theam offfor schools and for this it is a joke.”
by Al, Gy
Monday, August 16 2010, 3:25PM
“Fred- No your wrong thats definitely Harold Bishop from any angle you look at him.”
by Fred, Grimsby
Monday, August 16 2010, 2:48PM
“To Stuart of Ulceby
And your point is?
Buses are not extra buses they are the regular service buses that are running anyway.
And to Al of Grimsby
Harold Bishop, really.
From another angle you would think it's George Clooney.”