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Diary - Friday 23 June 2006

23 June 2006

There are two kinds of people in this world, Graham Poll: those with loaded guns and those who dig. Here's the spade.

This is Lastminutedotcomdiary, dredging up your daily dose of Grimsby-infused football triviata in these dark days of departing first teamers. Frustrated by the refusal of Russell Slade to select "the Frenchman", Jean-Paul Kamudimba Kalalanolonga no longer plays for Town. He's signed for an empathetic manager who understands his unique talents and will play him more often. He's a Glover lover now. Footballers' logic eh?

Graham Rodger didn't get the Town job in 2004 because he didn't have contacts. Two years on, he's "sorted it". He knows where to meet like-minded people: speed dating evenings, possibly in deepest Derbyshire. Tall man with wild staring eyes, and a strong urge to fly up the league, WLTM tough tackling midfielder with GSOH. Grez/Rodge/Grodger/Rodgerses has met an unnamed midfielder and an evening of chicken chaat is set for the weekend. Let's hope that difficult second date goes well.

The OS is dripping teasers of signings to come, though they always seem to be just around the next corner. There's plenty of time before the season starts, no need to panic just yet. Next Wednesday would be a good day to start panicking.

It isn't all doom and gloom, for turning to our financial pages we see that the Football League have won that court case. You know, the one where the solicitors to the Football League were being sued for being rubbish over ITV Digital. Orange Juice John was, you may further recall, successful in ensuring that Town would get their appropriate cut of the £150m winnings. The court ruled that the solicitors were negligent on both counts and awarded damages. Of £4. After deducting legal fees that amounts to a cheque for 0.032p flying towards Town some time in July. So that's good news: we can afford to keep Glen Downey for another few days. Incidentally, where is Glen Downey?

Never mind judges being soft on paediatricians, pedagogues and pedestals: this is the Knut Anders Fostervold of the law.

Last week the Diary challenged you, the reader, to list the World Cup players who'd played against Town. This weekend's homework is the flip side of Dominic Cork: which of the ITV/BBC World Cup pundits have played against Town? Email diary@codalmighty.com with your answers.

And finally, the skateboarding duck: Lee Nogan is the new manager of Whitby Town.