Grimsby

, is often disparaged by football fans nationwide through the well known phrase "You wouldn't want to go to Grimsby on a wet Tuesday night," implying that the team and by extension the town itself is a particularly uninspiring place to travel to for the purposes of playing or watching a match. The town is often used as a comparison against other towns and football clubs in the media with the phrase "...the likes of Grimsby".

Grimsby is also infamous for being abundant with teenage pregnancies, in terms of population to births ratio, statistically Grimsby has one of the highest rates in the country.

Twin cities

Grimsby's twin cities include:{| valign="top" |
* - Tromsø (Norway), since 1961
* - Bremerhaven (Germany), since February 1963