THE GINGERBREAD MEN

CALLUM BOYLE says Grantham Town are beginning to look a little bit tasty…

CALLUM BOYLE

IF YOU ask people what they know about the Lincolnshire town of Grantham, the fact Margaret Thatcher was born there is likely to get more mentions than the local football club.
Founded in 1874, Grantham Town have never seemed to ‘kick on’ in terms of their football. Nicknamed the Gingerbreads (it is said that gingerbread originated in Grantham in 1740), they have never managed to reach the dizzy heights of the Football League, spending most of their life languishing in the depths of ...

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