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Diary - Wednesday 22 October 2008

22 October 2008

On this date in 1646 in Grimsby a ducking stool was dismantled for repairs and it took 30 years to come back into service. Does anyone know if it's still there? If Andy Haines is still playing injury time, it may not be too late to give the hopeless bastard the sousing he deserves.

In the wake of last night's robbery at Blundell Park Mike Newell has said he knows which areas of his new team need to be strengthened - but adds a distinctly Buckleyesque dampener to the effect that the right players for the job might not be available right away. "I know that we need to strengthen if we want to take the club beyond where they are. We know we need to add here and there, but we will get there," said Newell after his side was held to a 2-2 draw by virtue of two Luton goals which would not have been scored had the chief adjudicating official discharged his duties with anything approaching a basic level of competence. "I would never be a manager who buys or gets people in on loan for the sake of it, to make the numbers up or to get bodies in. That's not how you improve the team," he added, frowning darkly towards the corner where Stuart Watkiss and Tomi Ameobi cowered quivering.

Things not so Grim for Luton. Hurrrrrr! Do you get it? Grim! Do you? Hurrrrrrr!

Oh, I've had enough for today. "Is Joe Mooney's dad my cousin Mike?" asks Rich Mills in an email to the Diary. "If so, please pass on my regards to him and Belinda. I really ought to try harder to stay in touch." That's your lot - if today's Diary goes on another minute, I'll be sure to concede some sort of last-gasp typo or somthing. By!