Thinking back briefly; remember the Mariners offering 4 players contracts at the end of the season? Captain Craig Disley said yes immediately, before our valued custodian James McKeown committed himself here, rather than explore alleged Scottish and English league interest.
What of the other two offers? Alex Rodman of course ended up at Gateshead (6-1!) when his move to Edinburgh fell through. And now news emerges of Andi Thanoj's destination. Amid rumours of a return to mainland Europe, and following our bank holiday goal-fest...... plus a reminder that Paul Hurst said it was a 'dangerous game' to leave the Mariners without anything lined up;
http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/Grimsby-Town-s-Andi-Thanoj-playing-dangerous-game/story-21124884-detail/story.html
Andi Thanoj returns to the Conference. but to not to join a potential promotion rival, like Bristol Rovers, Wrexham, Kidderminster, Barnet. To join Bradley Wood at bottom-placed Alfreton. Oh.
http://www.alfretontownfc.com/news/thanoj-set-for-debut-against-braintree-town-2486.htm
Good luck to him - shame we are unlikely to see him at BP this season, given that we just played and demolished Nicky Law's side. Perhaps he can get a run of games and help Alfreton take some points of rivals of ours?
I won't bother with an Aldershot preview; plenty of them on the official site/Telegraph/usual sources. Instead I've done a silly little quiz for ya; http://www.sporcle.com/games/grimsbybear/gtfc-bank-holiday-goalscorers-14-15
And finally I'd like to direct you towards Cod Almighty's interesting Theme Team series. The next one up is Useless but Popular. http://codalmighty.com/site/ca.php?article=5004 A friend instantly suggested Murray Jones from the initial Buckley-era. Remember him? See if you can do any better?
UTM!