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Diary - Saturday 21 December 2002

21 December 2002

A crowd of 8,224 at Blundell Park sees second-half goals from Darren Mansaram and towering inferno Georges Santos give Town an absolutely crucial first league win against Sheffield Wednesday since 1983. For about the 1250th successive week, the Mariners remain in 21st place, but given recent circumstances most fans will be quite happy to see us still there in May.

New EU rulings look set to devastate what little remains of Grimsby's fishing industry. Skippers will be allowed to fish for only 15 days per month and cod quotas are to be slashed by 45 per cent. Fisheries minister and Scunny MP Elliot Morley sheepishly promises some form of compensation, but it looks bleak for Grimmo.