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Diary - Wednesday 25 July 2007
25 July 2007
The Diary hasn't bothered attending friendlies since the summer of 2003, when I got all excited about Laurens ten Heuvel's awesome contribution as Town beat Boston and became convinced that a immediate return to the second flight was in prospect after seeing Jason Crowe inspire a tremendous win over Middlesbrough. Having just watched the Mariners World camcorder highlights from Town's latest pre-season defeat, at home last night against King$ton Communication$ FC, all I can tell you, really, is that the only goal of the game came from an early corner which the Buckley backline forgot to mark up against. Despatches from those who attended suggest another semi-decent performance, though, and this time against mostly decent opposition, with Ryan Bennett and Danny Boshell earning the admiration and respect of the gathered throng but with serious questions continuing to be raised over Jamie Clarke's ability to operate as a right-back. In summary, then: sign some players, Alan. Oh, you are doing. Good-o.
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So to your emails, which maketh the Diary's inbox runneth over. Ben Gresswell has been moved to observe upon the picture of Paul Wilkinson currently adorning the front page of this website by way of linkage to the latest in our greatest goals series. And what does he have to say about it? "That picture of Paul Wilkinson looks like a young Kevin Webster, as seen here (right) with the lovely Sally." Good spot, Ben. While we're on the subject, I always thought Nicky Law was a dead ringer for Fred Elliot.
Phil Watson says: "Describing Macca as Town's 'former record-breaking right-back' suggest that his record is a thing of the past, whereas in fact it is likely to stand for many years if not indefinitely. You meant to call the great one Town's record-breaking former right-back, I'm sure. And don't bother voting in the opinion poll to find Town's greatest ever player: voting closed a long time ago and it turns out it was a member of the Blue Peter production team all the time. So now you know." Mat Hare is another who has emailed on the poll: "I want to vote for my favourite Mariner of all time but according to the Tellywag: 'All fans have to do is text their choice from the 10 players listed above, along with their name and postcode, to 65100.' But I don't know where any of the players live so I can't vote. Oh well." Honestly, some people are so pedantic!
And last up today it's Steven 'I Had a Great Time on The Beach in Slovakia' Young. "Just wondered if anyone else noticed Town's mention on the Guardian website yesterday," he writes. Not yet we hadn't. What's the story? "Apparently Town are the team with the worst away record in the history of the Football League. Only Notts County have more defeats than us overall. With records like that I can't believe the first game of the season isn't going to be televised!" Warms your heart, doesn't it? See you tomorrow, losers!