All Town Aren't We

A film close to my heart, about a northern town with a football club that means so much to the Town. Grimsby Towns amazing supporters who turn up week in week out to watch our amazing football team. It's a heart warming story about about GTFC "come back" - it cannot fail to hook you into the GTFC story. You don't have to be a football fan to appreciate the importance of this season to Grimsby Town. The big screen truly captured the events - I even clapped when we scored and I knew the ending!

We don't have a lot in Grimsby but we are going places and the people in Grimsby are some of the best you will meet.

Thank you to everyone who put this superb film together, for capturing, the fabulous efforts of our team, our super supporters , the Town and Club that we are immensely proud of.

"All Town Aren't We" is a film about Grimsby Town FC's dramatic 21/22 season in the National League - England's fifth division of professional football. Directed by Jack Spring this compelling documentary captures the highs and lows of the season, the essence of the football club and its passionate fans, blending dramatic pitchside camera work with interviews and official in game footage. It is an engaging and emotional journey for both football enthusiasts and those new to the sport.

But ultimately this film is more than a sports documentary; it's a celebration of resilience, community, and the enduring love affair between a town and its football club. "All Town Aren't We" stands as a testament to the profound impact football can have on a community.

A proper Northern football club. A rundown Town and mismanaged for 20 years. Once so close to the heavy heights of reaching the Premiership and now harbouring between the lower end of the league and closer to the non league scene yet again.

This doc shows exactly what a football club means to it's supporters. The same as all other lower league clubs. It's not just 1 it's all of us! Weather you're Rochdale, Bristol Rovers or Macclesfield. We've ALL been there and every real football fan that travels home and away to what some may call a waste of time, we cant help it. It's part of our lives. It defines our whole week and from ' never going again', you always come back a few days later because it's in your DNA.

You often hear supporters og higher league clubs moaning because theyre only 8th in the Championship. Well count your lucky stars because in the blink of an eye youre looking back thinking ' God i wish we were still in that position'!

Youve gotta experience the lows to appreciate the highs and this movie will make even the hardened top flight fan realise that.

The first viewing brought tears to my eyes, the 2nd did as well. This incredibly well put together documentary really showcases every emotion in life.

A stand out performance by Dan Maasdam and Ryan Reynolds, a partnership I for one hope to see more of in the coming years of Hollywood.

This isn't a film just for Grimsby Town fans. Nor fans of Football nor sports. But for fans of Cinema and the arts.

I was walking down Grimsby Road when a little man with a magic lamp came out of Fuller Street and asked me to rub his lamp which granted me 3 wishes. My First wish (which came before world peace and the end of poverty by the way) was to reset my life back to January the 4th so I have the chance to experience this masterpiece for the first time all over again.

10/10.

Brilliant from start to finish. The energy thrums throughout the production. It dances along your nerves, the footage unfolding like the best of games, graceful passing, hard tackling, thunderbolt shooting, thrilling and frustrating as Town's surreal, undulating, rollercoasting season unfolds. As the film builds those undulations become a heart monitor strapped to a raver, every new sequence, every new comment another spike across the scene and a fresh jolt to the audience meanibg we are never allowed to settle. At times it's as if someone off screen shouts "Clear!" and we're pumped with a defibrillator, Spring's hands gripping the paddles and laughing manically in our faces as he builds the tension through the football and the interviews, interchangeable faces and action, words and deeds, stirring music. The unique nature of the play-off journey, three opponents, three away games, three sets of extra time, had already provided all the ingredients of a thrilling script. It's every sports movie you've ever loved wrapped neatly into one crazy season to present a real-life Hollywood tale of triumph over adversity.

And Hollywood it certainly is as that adversity was provided by the Hollywood A Lister Ryan Reynolds along with Rob McElhenney. IN the film, they both provid beautifully charming opponents, think Grimsby's Rocky versus Wrexham's Apollo Creed. Both are just as beautiful and ultimately charmingly magnanimous in their cameos. Look out for McElhenney's perfect summation of what it feels like to lose out in a closely fought game.

The talking heads were excellent throughout, introducing the town and the Town, compliments only, of course, but nevertheless honest and sincere. Their passion, for the club and for the 21/22 season shines from their faces, filling the cinema with an almost childlike joy - these guys are just as much in awe of that season as we are. Dave Moore, the club's physio, was a particular standout, his Grimsby roots give him the air of a father figure, a benevolent observer, mentor and carer, his lines delivered rationally, soberly, not quite detached and not quite sardonic, just an honest man who tells it like he saw it. Poster boy, John McAtee, is proud, "a lad" as described by CEO Debbie Cook, and perhaps a little naive as he describes his mid-season red card, but his honesty, his innocent joy at his involvement allows us all this brief moment to believe in that romantic ideal we all hope is true but rarely dare to speak out loud: the players do it because they love it and they know, they understand, unthinkingly, unquestionably understand, that every one of us would love to experience those moments of joy, to make that tackle, that pass, that save, to score that goal, to turn to those adoring thousands and raise our arms in the air...

This is a film that makes us believe.