In the fishing garrison shafted by Brexit, things can only get batter.
At its peak, when it was the world's largest port for seafood, if you had lined up every trawler aft-to-bow, the fleet would have stretched miles out to sea. Today there are barely 20 trawlers left in Grimsby's docks, and a trail of decline spreading from the harbour is evident in the frightening number of empty retail units in the town centre.
It has been left to the Mariners at Blundell Park to lift spirits over the last 12 months – first by regaining Football League status and then by embarking on their best FA Cup run in 84 years.
