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02/03: Preview: Grimsby Town
Census
The results of a survey of 23 Mariners fans

Predictions

Where will you finish?
Straight up: 1
Playoffs: 0
Top half: 3
Middle: 1
Bottom half: 12
Going dahn: 6

Mean prediction:
18th (Least Confident Supporters)
(Last Season's Mean Prediction : 15th)

What would the perfect Division One table look like?
(Last Season's Position in Brackets)


			UP	DOWN	SCORE
1  (-)	Grimsby		-	-	-
2  (-)	Ipswich		5	0	5
   (-)	Leicester	5	0	5
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4  (-)	Derby		4	0	4
   (7)	Norwich		4	0	4
   (20)	Walsall		4	0	4
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7  (11)	Wolves		4	1	3
8  (16)	Gillingham	3	0	3
   (5)	Preston		3	0	3
10 (2)	Nottm Forest	3	1	2
11 (-)	Brighton	2	0	2
12 (8)	Burnley		2	1	1
13 (5)	Watford		1	0	1
14 (3)	Coventry	0	0	0
15 (12)	Portsmouth	1	2	-1
16 (23)	Crystal Palace	0	1	-1
   (-)	Reading		0	1	-1
18 (-)	Wimblestein	1	3	-2
19 (21)	Millwall	1	4	-3
20 (-)	Stoke City	1	5	-4
21 (10)	Rotherham	1	7	-6
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22 (19)	Sheffield Utd	0	9	-9
23 (16)	Bradford City	1	14	-13
24 (24)	Sheffield Weds	0	20	-20

Players

Which Division One player would you most like to sign?
Bobby Zamora (26% votes)
(Last Season: Luke Cornwall)

Who is the club's weakest link?
The Chairman (16% votes)
(Last Season: Tony Gallimore & Mike Jeffery)

What is the club's all-time worst eleven?
1 - Rhys WILMOT (Capt)
2 - Alan NIELSON
3 - Knut Anders FOSTERVOLD
4 - Menno WILLEMS
5 - Paul RAVEN
6 - Marlon BROOMES
7 - Scott McGARVEY
8 - Jimmy GILLIGAN
9 - Murray JONES
10- Phil BONNYMAN
11- Adam BUCKLEY

Nominated Hornets: Jimmy Gilligan (3 votes), Lee Nogan (3 votes), Willie Falconer (2 votes), Ron Wigg (1 vote)

The World Cup

Mean World Cup Games Watched:
32.5 (13th highest number of early mornings)

World Cup Final Channel:
BBC 21
ITV 1
Other 0
Didn't Watch 0

Worst ITV Pundit (except Gazza):
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (36% of those who expressed a preference)

The Grimsbyest World Cup Star :
Rio Ferdinand (3 votes)

Other suggestions: David Trezeguet, Juninho, Ferdinand Coly, "Any that accepts low pay", Tsuneyasu Miyamoto - "love the mask thing !"

Other stuff

The Watford Adjective :
Poor (2 votes).

Other suggestions: Hospitable, Grey, Lucky, Unlucky, Superfluous, Moosey

How Do you take your Tea:

Milk no Sugar 6
Milk, too much sugar 5
Milk, one Sugar 3
Black 3
Coffee 2
None 2
As it comes 0
Some Undrinkable Fruit Tea 0

You have a bullet and a gun; who do you kill :
The Chairmen of Carlton & Granada (4 votes).

Other suggestions: Tony Blair, Gabriel Batistuta, Ian Wright, Rivaldo, Peter Furneaux (shareholder)

Can your club help Ramon Vega ?
68% say NO (17th most prudent supporters)

Have you been to the Isle of Wight ?
27% worldly-wise (4th least widely travelled)

Should Cake be sold in Football Grounds ?
59% say YES to cake (3rd most in favour)

Custard. Good or Bad ?
68% approve of Custard (13th highest rating).