Gone for a Burton

Back in May the football league season finished.

Unfortunately, for us in Grimsby that was also our last football league game for a while. As one would expect with relegation confirmed following a three nil loss at the Pirelli Stadium it got a bit tasty - nothing too serious, bit of argy bargy with the Old Bill and a few advertising hoardings rearranged.

The local media here in Grimsby, as normal, over reacted and we were shown on Sky Sports News for a bit on the Saturday evening...and nothing.

Until a couple of weeks ago when Staffordshire Police decided it was time to pop up North an invite a few people to court. Nothing wrong with that as a few people "have done the crime so should do the time" but alas the punishments have been a bit heavy handed. This link shows the reaction to one fans particular ban.

We here at 19sixtysix do not condone violence and want football grounds to be safe environments, however, we do not want to see the authorities adopting anti terrorism laws or handing out ridiculous punishments.

Since when has been a football fan been a crime?

Hello

1966 was a great year for English football.

If you believe Nike and Manchester United fans it was great because Eric Cantona was born, here at 19sixtysix though we prefer to remember the year for England winning the Jules Rimet trophy. Other notable births that year were Tony Adams, Adam Sandler, and, David Cameron. Maybe it wasn't such a great year for England then.

We've taken our name from that great year, but it also represents the best hole at a golf club and the best round of golf anyone at 19sixtysix has ever had (exceptional round plus dodgy handicap). One of the lads also likes the numbers from some of his favourite footballers, 19 being that of former Grimsby forward and current Chester FC assistant manager, and, 6 for the late, great Bobby Moore. I'm sure between us we could find plenty more loose connections and we're sure you sat reading this can as well. One goofball mentioned some Norman invasion but he'd had one Timmy Taylor too many so we'll ignore that.

We're planning on bringing you a collection of articles generally focusing on football, golf, beer, and, a great chunk about what we've been wearing to do all three. We'll throw in the occasional review and hopefully manage some interviews with people that we'd like to talk to, although we suspect it'll be easier to get hold of the guys over at CasualCo than Diego Maradona or Frankie Boyle.

We haven't really thought about how often we'll update this but it'll be weekly at least so come back soon.

Cheers,

19sixtysix