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Diary - Wednesday 2 May 2007

2 May 2007

The regret could be on both sides as GTFC have finally confirmed that permanently crocked forward Luton's Michael Reddy will leave the club when his contract expires this summer. Town officials will rue their optimism in turning down substantial bids for the player in January 2006 and preferring to keep him on board for last season's unsuccessful promotion challenge, while the player himself could well be wishing he had accepted what Alan Buckley calls "a really good offer" earlier this season to extend his term at Blundell Park. Following another operation on Reddy's dodgy parts, explains the manager, "he will be on crutches for six weeks and then will have to start rehabilitation all over again. It means he could be out until Christmas. We could wait and see what happens but then we are without him for half a season again." All of which sounds sensible enough to the Diary; it's just all terribly sad, though, isn't it? Unless you're Luton, obviously, in which case you've been spared blowing a quarter of a million quid on a player, had he been born a racehorse, would be looking towards a bright future in the glue industry - but being Luton is surely quite enough of a cause for regret in itself.

Fancy paying ten quid for the match programme at Shrewsbury this Saturday? Me neither, so let's take a look at the Diary's inbox, whence an email from John Ide has come to rest. "I know of a ground that could help Louth United," he writes, in response to an item in yesterday's Diary, "about 16 miles up the A16 and very close to the Humber. It could also improve their home gate enormously." Interesting idea, John. Can you remember the identity of the last club to receive an offer from the Mariners to share Blundell Park when they were in danger of losing their ground? If Louth say no, they'll end up suddenly discovering 20,000 new 'fans' when they get a swish new ground built for them by the council, their chairman will go on Radio Humberside to make fun of Town's financial problems when Alan Buckley enquires about loaning one of their players, and they'll just fluke staying up in the second division because Leeds have an even worse season than them.

Meanwhile, Durham Diary has emailed me a picture of John Oster behind Michael Owen and Dan Humphrey is trying to get me involved in some kind of row between GTFC, Radio Humberside and another Town website. I don't really understand any of it and it's time for a chip butty, so that's yer lot for today. T'ra!