Grimsby Town FC: Blundell Park, Cleethorpes, Lincs, DN35 7PY Tel: (01472) 605 050 Official website History: Formed in 1878, turned professional in 1890 and founder members of League Division 2 in 1892. Record Attendance: 31,651 v Wolves FA Cup, 20 Feb 1937 Capacity: 9,106. Last season: 22nd Honours: Div 2 champions 1900/02, 1933/34; Div 3 champions 1979/80; Div3N champions 1925/26, 1955/56; Div 4 champions 1971/72; Auto Windscreens Trophy & Div 2 play-off, 1998 Record victory: 10-0 v Boston Town, FA Cup, 24 October 1891 Defeat: 1-9 v Arsenal, Div 1, 28 Jan 1931 Nickname: The Mariners. Colours: Black and white stripes. Manager: Mike Newell Chairman: John Fenty Players in: Nick Colgan (Sunderland), Barry Conlon (Bradford), Adrian Forbes (Millwall), Paul Linwood (Chester) Adam Proudlock (Darlington), Michael Leary (Barnet), Peter Sweeney (Leeds), Joe Widdowson (West Ham), Players out: Paul Bolland (Macclesfield), Tom Newey and Gary Montgomery (released) Famous fans/players/connections: Paul Futcher (player). There's a fantastic list of local celebs but none known to venture down to Blundell Park. Click for Streetmap of ground

A straightforward place to find, off the M180. Take the A4180 signs to Cleethorpes and the stadium is well sign-posted. Street parking is the only real option. AA Radiocars 01472 696969 Minicabs: 01472 360000 1st A&N Taxis 01472 600600 Fon-a-Car 01472 200300 Darlington FC Supporters Club Coach. 11am, cost £15. Contact: 01325 243911. See Darlington Supporters' Club for more details. Payment for each coach trip must be either paid for in full before travel, or a 50% non-refundable deposit paid in advance. Anyone wishing to travel on the coaches must join before the day of travel

Trains: A simple, 15 minute walk to Blundell Park. Left out of the station and along the seafront until you come to the ground! Darlington (TRAIN TIMES UPDATED, Aug 09). 09.31 (Doncaster, 10.28) 10.42-arr Cleethorpes 11.54. Rtn: 17.28 (Doncaster, 1840) 19.20 arr 20.12. Fares: Off peak return £49.60. Birmingham New Street 08.30 (Sheffield, 09.46) 10.11 arr 11.54. Rtn: 17.28 (Sheffield, 19.08) 19.23-arr 20.27. Fares: £44.30. Sheffield 10.11 arr 11.54. Rtn: 17.28-arr 19.08. Fares from £18.20 London Kings Cross: 08.30 (Doncaster, 10.11) 10.42 arr Cleethorpes 11.54. Rtn: 17.28 (Doncaster, 18.40) 18.52 arr 20.35. Fares from £73.70

Willy's Pub and Brewery, 17 High Cliff Road (A1098), Cleethorpes Real ale enthusiast's pub on the seafront main road (less than 10 minutes walk south from station), including their own ale - unsurprisingly called Willy's - brewed next door. They also have a good lunchtime menu. Click for streetmap DAFTS recommended.

The Leaking Boot, Grimsby Road, Cleethorpes Ugly-looking but an away-fan friendly pub a quarter of a mile from the ground, which also does good food as well as Vaux ales. DAFTS recommended Click for streetmap The Smugglers Inn, 12-14 High Cliff Road, Cleethorpes Another decent choice of ales on the seafront, almost next door to Willy's brew-pub. Banks and Smiles during our visit, Sky TV and hearty lunches. Quite a large cellar bar this, with various rooms. Open from 12 noon. At the ground at the visitors end is Scotties Bar, open from 1.30pm, includes TV and pies and peas.

No 1 Refreshment Room, 1 Station Approach, Cleethorpes. Excellent real ale pub at Cleethorpes station, with up to five ales on. There's also a children's room and pool table. Just off the end of the platforms at the station entrance a few yards away is the smaller "sister" pub, No 2 Refreshment Room, with a similar range of ales.DAFTS recommended. The Signal Box Inn, Pleasure Island station, Coast Light Railway, Cleethorpes If you've time and a magnifying glass, across town is another railway pub and one which claims to be the world's smallest inn. It's 8ft x 8ft and can serve four customers seated and two standing at once, although if the weather is fine there is a beer garden. It also serves five Hampshire real ales.

Do I really need to mention the fish and chips? Good choice on the seafront. There is also an excellent Indian restaurant (open lunchtimes) next to The Nottingham pub (corner of the seafront and Alexander Road). In the ground, there were good value pies at only £1.50 each and coffee in those plastic cups that burn your hands...

My experience of Cleethorpes - the butt of many a Les Dawson one-liner - is as an "OK" traditional seaside town, with the usual pub nightlife you might associate with such a place; decent fish and chips and in honour of the local industry. The Cleethorpes-ites have a strange habit of being in perpetual pub crawl, so don't seem to hang around at any bar much. There are quite a few pubs which are pretty poor and rough, but the ones we've listed are fine - among them are some good ale pubs. There are plenty of rides and amusements on the promenade, straight out of the railway station. Other attractions include the Cleethorpes Light Railway and in Grimsby, the Fishing Heritage Centre, Alexandra Dock, (next to Sainsbury). Tourist Information Centre, 42-43 Alexandra Road (01472) 3231111 or e-mail. The Tourism website frankly isn't very good, although there are telephone numbers for places to stay - no shortage this time of year, though not all open all year around. One that is open, on the front, and which we stayed at is Holmhirst Safari Hotel and Restaurant, 3 Alexandra Rd, Cleethorpes, 01472 692656. Rail timetables Virgin Trains GNER National Express Online map Hotels/B&Bs Grimsby Telegraph Cleethorpes Online NE Lincs Council Surfing there... Spoilt for choice for websites. There's the truly wonderful Cod Almighty webzine, worth a look at any time, not just around the match for something cheerfully different and well written. There is also the official site of course. Next away match: Dagenham (Sat 10th October) Anything worth adding? Please e-mail us any suggestions. Back to index page No responsibility is taken for accuracy, if in doubt check before travelling. © DAFTS 2009 If you'd like to be e-mailed a regular bulletin with the latest updates on this site - including details of DAFTS members known to be travelling then