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Diary - Wednesday 6 November 2002

6 November 2002

Lovable rogue Georges Santos is calming down in the south of France while his agent continues to talk terms with the Mariners, reveals today's Grim Telegraph. "I want to play for Grimsby and I want to play for Paul," says Santos. "I want to come back. I miss my England. I love my England." The cuddly midfield giant is still fuming at his sending-off against Rotherham last month, though, adding: "He punished me and not the other player. The referee said I punched him and I didn't. I pushed him, that's the difference. It's like with Patrick Vieira...". Calm blue ocean, Georges, calm blue ocean.

Youth coach Gary Childs is to visit the academy at Juventus in a bid to pick up a few ideas, reports the Grimsby Telegraph ("A Pizza The Action, By Juve!"). As part of a tour organised by the FA, Childs will spend five days in Turin learning that coaches in other countries don't always scream at kids to hoof the ball as far away and as quickly as possible.

After the agony last Saturday that was Mighty Mariner trying to lead the Pontoon in a rendition of that daft song we nicked from Sheffield United, Town's latest idea to 'improve' the match day atmosphere is to play a bit of music when we score, like they do at Watford and loads of other clubs who insult their fans by drowning out their goal celebrations with Top 40 hits from the 1990s. Cod Almighty urges all readers to protest in the strongest possible terms by emailing oldgit@gtfc.co.uk.

Following an 11am pitch inspection, today's scheduled reserve match with Darlington has been called off.