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Diary - Thursday 5 February 2004

5 February 2004

Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 15:49:46 -0500 (EST)
From: "secretelizabeth2003"
To: diary@codalmighty.com
Subject: Fw:look,my beautiful girl friend

And that's it. No "beautiful girl friend"; no saucy link; not even any body text at all, in fact. Honestly - there's just no quality control on spam these days, is there.

As you've probably gathered by now, news concerning Grimsby Town Mariners Soccer Society is a bit thin on the ground again, today's lead story being that the ticket office has managed to give away all 1,500 free tickets for Sunday's visit to Oldham, who are letting everyone in gratis just to celebrate being alive, and I think there's a message there for all of us. The Telegraph hasn't updated its sports headlines yet, the sun has gone back in, and I need to finish the lyrics for a new song before tonight's gig.

With the club's official website revealing only the bare fact of Groves' dismissal, it falls to the Telegraph to announce Graham Rodger's appointment as caretaker manager until a 'permanent' replacement can be found. One name bound to be in the frame is Alan "Shake hands with that Grimsby lot? You must be joking!" Buckley, widely held to be the most successful manager in GTFC history, but not universally admired by fans, probably because most of them are secretly happiest when Town are doing badly, so they can have a bloody good moan. Although Al is out of a job after leaving/being sacked by Rochdale in December (delete according to who you believe), the irascible midlander is thought to have burned his bridges with the Mariners when his Lincoln side visited BP in an ill-humoured 2001 League Cup tie. Speaking of the Imps, Big Keef has just returned to health and work after the life-threatening aneurysm he suffered last year, and a switch up the A46 for him would put a smile as wide as the Humber estuary on the Diary's pretty little face, but it is a moot point whether Alexander's frail constitution could withstand the strain of managing Grimsby.

And Macca would just be like Groves again, wouldn't he? Readers, it is vital at this time of upheaval and tumult that we remain close and able to offer mutual support. Email diary@codalmighty.com with your thoughts on Groves' departure and his potential replacement, and in particular, be sure to keep your eyes peeled for the most stupidly over-ambitious irony-free messageboard suggestion you can find: Peter Reid, Glenn Hoddle, that sort of thing. Today's Diary was brought to you by Belle and Sebastian, Interpol, Galaxie 500, The Radio Dept, Jeffrey Lewis and We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It. Queueing up your whole mp3 collection in Winamp and putting it on random play is bloody great. I'm off out for a walk. Keep watching the skies.