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Diary - Tuesday 8 May 2012

8 May 2012

Want to know the answers Shorty and Shouty have given to supporters in GTFC's latest 'Question Time' exercise? Got the the time and the inclination to listen to a half-hour audio file of Shorty and Shouty talking, while cross-referencing their answers to a web page on the SNOS to find out what they're on about? Go right ahead. If you're anything like your original/regular Diary, you'll start listening with the best of intentions, only for your mind to start wandering within four minutes or so into a chain of free association linking Kingsley Black, the catering at Vale Park, indiepop bands who played Hull Adelphi in the early 1990s, and the logistical challenges of sex in the back of a Fiat 500. Never mind - we already know they're going to try playing 4-3-3 again next season, and we already know it won't work.

Town have announced a friendly against King$ton Communication$ FC on Friday 20 July. All money raised will go to the Parent Partnership Action Group (I think that was its name), which supports the work of GTFC's youth system, who develop very good players so that King$ton Communication$ FC can nick them. More friendlies will be announced tomorrow, says the club. Some fans, however, are struggling to rouse any interest in this summer's set of pre-season kickabouts, arguing that the players themselves could barely be arsed to play in a supposedly competitive context for the final dozen or so games of the 2011-12 campaign. These people will be hunted down and shot this afternoon by Rob Scott.

I'd like to thank Larne Mariner and Chris Beeley for two excellent emails recently. Sadly they're a bit too long for the Diary so I'll send them on to the Postbag editor. Electricity's Miles Moss, meanwhile, has been in touch to offer "105 Town programmes free to a good home. They weigh about 11 kilos in all, so if someone wants them for the price of postage they can have 'em (I've found £15, but if someone can find cheaper, even better). There are a smattering of games home and away from 1992 to 2006. They must be of use to someone. I'm putting them on Preloved too, in case any lunatic programme collectors are out there." Let the Diary know if you want to relieve Miles of his burden and we'll put you in touch.

Lastly today, then, Phil Watson asks: "Any idea why Miller's contract expires in April 2013? Surely that is before the end of next season? If we're in a tight promotion race next Easter, is it really going to help if a key player is in contract negotiations while we're playing those games, especially given the club's 'taking my bat home' approach to Coulson." No idea, Phil, sorry. All I can remember is that the CA team (well, me) thought it a little odd when Miller arrived on a 16-month contract. Answers on a postcard then, before the Tories sell the Post Office to their mates in high finance and the price of a stamp goes up to £14.90.