Thumbs up (for) the Mariners!

YES!
Officers at North East Lincolnshire Council have recommended approval be granted for Grimsby Town's new stadium at Great Coates.
You'll know how much I want this, we now know the MPs want this, business wants it.... and the council appears to as well.
Now it is up to the elected members to make the decision.
With the club languishing in the worst position I can recall in 18 years of actually supporting them, it is desperately needed. Any good news could be a shot in the arm to survive the biggest threat - not stadium objectors - a drop into the non-league abyss.
You only have to look at Cambridge and York to see no return ticket is guaranteed.
I've been accused of being too close to the club before, but I think pillars in the community need to stand together to support it. I see the Telegraph, the council and the football club as such pillars.
Yes we have to provide effective opposition in times when there isn't really one for the local authority, but we also need to stand united as one true voice for the good of Grimsby, Cleethorpes, Immingham and all that we call home.
If those within do not champion the community, exactly who will?