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Diary - Monday 30 December 2002

30 December 2002

Various sources are reporting that John Oster has been recalled to the Sunderland squad by rubbish manager Howard Wilkinson. "We're recalling John before the last match of his loan spell and before an important match for Grimsby because I'm a git", we imagine Howard may have said to someone at the club. Not that we're sulking, of course.

In a heart-warming article in the Grimsby Teletubbygraph, David Soames reveals that playing for the Mariners is a dream come true. He's loving it - wonderful to see such genuine enthusiasm for the team. David, the Diary likes the cut of your jib.
Also in the article is a nugget of information regarding the rather strange nickname Dave seems to have been landed with. "The former Toll Bar School pupil has been known as Digger since the age of six months", the GT informs us, "when his uncle gave him the nickname because he never stopped digging with his hands." Well, there we go. An unusual moniker, but it could have been worse. He might have been David ‘Stop Ruining My Bastard Garden You Little Bugger' Soames.

In other news, Ben Chapman, the very mini-me of Alan Pouton, has been doing rather well for his new club Boston, it seems. And he's the captain too, as is Peter Handyside at Stoke, of course. There isn't really a point to this bit… the Diary is back at work, and consequently a bit bored. Tune in tomorrow, reader, for an in-depth discourse on the weather.