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Diary - Wednesday 22 October 2003
22 October 2003
Afternoon, it's Miles again. Welcome to what is essentially my diary hat trick. I guess that means I get to take the keyboard home with me or something. Anyway...
Seven points are all that separate the top seventeen teams in the second division league table after a night of results which saw Brighton and QPR lose, a stonking 6-3 victory for Bournemouth and most importantly another 2-0 win for the Mariners. Reports of the death of Michael Boulding's mojo seem to have been greatly exaggerated, the former Manchester Grammar School U-12s winger scoring both Town's goals last night. That's nine for the season so far - not bad for a Grimsby striker, eh. By the looks of the BBC site's live commentary, it seems the former Chorlton-cum-Hardy Primary School utility player was unlucky not to get a hat trick. The commentary also suggests a useful contribution by Onuora and Daws, who will today be scrutinising Paul Groves' chimney to see what colour smoke comes out of it.
Further contract talks may already have started,it seems, since according to the local rag, neither of the Mariners management team were available for comment. Instead, someone called "Graham Rodgers" took the interview. We're not sure who he is, but he's probably related to Peter Handysides. Or perhaps there are two Graham Rodgers now. Yeah, that'll be it. Anyway, these two blokes called Graham Rodger were both understandably dead pleased with the result, and the goals, one each for the Boulding twins. Oh, here we go - a quick search on google reveals that he's a hairdressing boss from Huddersfield.
If the recent six points have got you all fired up about Grimsby again, you don't have to wait until Saturday's trip to Barnsley to shout 'Come on Town!' in a Tourette's stylee, because the Mariners are playing again today. Well, the youth team and the reserves, anyway. Town's yoof are taking on Huddersfield's tots in the FA Youth Cup over there at the big, shiny, wonderful third division McAlpine stadium. Keeper Paul Fraser is unavailable with that nasty broken arm, and Liam Nimmo can't play because - would you believe it - he's too old. My god. The good news is that this gives the opportunity for wonderfully-named Under-16s Danny North and Danny Rock to join the squad. Kick off is at 7pm - and on a school night too. Mr L. 'not Nimoy, Nimmo' Nimmo won't be sat at home twiddling his playstation digits though, as he features in the reserve squad who travel up to Hartlepool today, along with young Pettinger, Ward, Soames, and not-quite-so-young Paul Groves.
I'll bring you the results of both matches tomorrow or rather I won't, as tomorrow you will be reading the words of Richard Dawson - or 'Richard Dawsons' as he might be known in the Telegraph. That's it from me then - until next time, boomshanka.