IT'S A GRIM BUS RIDE HOME TO CLEETHORPES

The joy of living in the Pennines is having the broad choice of many matches on a Saturday afternoon to visit. I could have gone to Huddersfield for a 1-0 win, or  Oakwell to witness 4 goals for the home side, the local Hepworth United reserves were a mile away, but I went to Penistone Church for their Northern Counties East league game against Grimsby Borough, a long way for the opposition to come for a 9-5 beating! But at least they can reminisce on the way home about being part of some historic aggregate score and analyse why they got hammered. Four penalties shared between the teams helped the total number of goals rise but it was a fascinating match and well worth the £3 concessions' entry.

Grimsby Borough FC, the Wildernesse Boys, was founded in 2003, from the local Lord Tennyson pub gathering in Louth and shares the brand new council run Bradley Football Development Centre with Cleethorpes Town FC, a very impressive set up.

You really need a map of the local area to get a feel for what's where, but it is near Grimsby Town FC who of course, as a League club, were renowned for not playing in a place named Grimsby, but are located in Cleethorpes, but you knew that.

After spending a season in the Lincolnshire League which they won, they then took the Central Midlands League by storm. But ground conditions prevented their promotion initially until they ground shared with Brigg Town. In July 2012, having moved to the BFDC, a local derby with Grimsby Town took place and the "professionals" won 12-3.

By the way Borough's first game at the BFDC was against Scarborough Athletic in a NECLeague Cup tie, which Borough lost 3-4 having been 3-0 up. So the club is use to playing around with a large numbers of goals, particularly giving them away.