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Diary - Wednesday 17 May 2006

17 May 2006

Well, now. That was fun, wasn't it?

Town are likely to appeal against the late, late red card shown to Gary Jones in last night's little frolic against gentle, fair-minded Lincoln City. The totemic forward was dismissed for an alleged elbow on Imps defender Gareth McAuley, and with 0.00349 seconds of injury time remaining for the visitors to claw back their two-goal aggregate deficit, only a fool would believe there was intent. "We're going to look very closely at the best way of appealing against it," Mr Russell Slade has told the club's official website. The Diary suggests a campaign of mass civil disobedience, possibly involving the Lump lying down in the road in front of Brian Barwick's car.

Jones, of course, will be as gutted as any supporter should the card be upheld and the ensuing suspension rule him out of Town's trip to the Millennium Stadium. In the circumstances, then, is it not a little insensitive for the OS to be displaying this?

So what's it gonna cost? Tickets for the second division play-off final between Leeds and Watford are reported to begin at an eye-watering 32 English pounds, and the Diary waits keenly for news from BP on the extent to which Town fans will be bled dry in 11 days' time. Keep your fingers crossed that you'll have enough change for a pint of Brains SA.