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Diary - Wednesday 17 November 2004

17 November 2004

Jug-eared scamperer Andy Parkinson "limped out of training" yesterday, reports Town's official website, and is "a major doubt" for the weekend's spectacular footballing extravaganza against Kidderminster. Pigging heck! With Clint Marcelle released back into the wild, Michael Reddy banned following his stupid red card at Exeter last Saturday, Stockport loanee Jon Daly suspended and seemingly in limbo somewhere between Cleethorpes and Cheshire, Darren 'Darren' Mansaram suffering from back stuff, Michael Boulding having been sold to Barnsley and Matt Tees short of match practice, it looks like the Mariners' fantastic recent scoring record could come to an end against the Harriers. Mr Russell Slade is frantically scouring the land for more inadequate replacements as we type.

It's better news at the other end of the pitch, though, if only in the sense that Tony Crane wasn't as bad as Rob Jones. Tony who? The limited but big-hearted centre-half who missed most of last season through suspension and most of this through injury, that's who! Crane acquired some kind of horrible life-threatening niggle in Town's pre-season friendly against Scunthorpe in August, and was expected to miss at least six months of football if not the whole of the current campaign, but is "back on the road to recovery and hopefully ready to put his injury nightmare behind him". Can somebody with Mariners World watch the interview and find out a bit more for us please? Ta.

The GTFC official website's campaign of psychological warfare against the Diary continues. After barring me from McMenemy's on account of being just too damn hip and stylish, the OS is today trying to taunt me by promising tonight's visitors to the club's square and stuffy new restaurant three of the five things it knows I love best in the world. The doors to Town's eaterie are open for tonight's FA Youth Cup game against Bury, which the OS announces by gloating mercilessly at me: Fancy Some Great Football, Curry & A Pint?, as if the Diary will sell out and wear a suit without also being promised great pop music and... um... actually, the fifth thing is just too rude.

Rather than copy and paste today's story about Terrell Forbes' rape trial, which is now is in its third day, and pass it off as my own work, I will give you this link so that you can read it for yourself.

Ahahahand finally, Andy Holt has emailed in response to yesterday's Diary, to say: "You're taking us all to Steel's? Woohoo! Or was it artistic licence?" Well, are you free around my birthday, Andy? No, thought not.