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Diary - Wednesday 2 October 2002

2 October 2002

The Grimsby Telegraph reveals that Town were in contention to bring Michael 'Rather Sprightly' Boulding back to the club on loan from Aston Villa before Sheffield United got their big hoof in the door. "I was in constant contact with one of the Villa people," says boss Paul Groves, who remains on the lookout for another striker. Sheffield United boss Neil Warnock tried to sign Boulding in the summer before the player joined Villa, and is now looking to add the pacy forward to his team of thugs on a permanent basis.

Groves adds that Steve Livingstone is still not in full training six weeks after he bust his head in a collision with Derby's Danny Higginbotham.

Town's bid to keep loan striker Steve Kabba for the rest of the season has been knocked back for the time being, with his club Crystal Palace unwilling to commit to a decision at this stage. Kabba's three-month loan is due to expire on 23 November.

Exotic foreign trialists Jake Sagare and Jason Dimozantos miss out on this afternoon's reserves match at York as the club has been unable to secure international clearance in time. The next reserve fixture isn't for two weeks, by which time they'll probably have got fed up with the cold and gone home.

Thus depleted, the reserves lose 7-0 following an injury to Shaun Allaway, coach Paul Wilkinson having neglected to name another keeper among his five substitutes. The report on the York site does not make pretty reading.

In other Grimsby-related news the town's MP Austin Mitchell has changed his name to Austin Haddock. No. Really.