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Diary - Monday 13 October 2008

13 October 2008

Nathan Jarman is Cod Almighty's choice of man of the match from the weekend. Phil Barnes, Ryan Bennett and James Hunt all staked a claim. But it's Straight Peter Bore who's grabbed all the attention after being handed the umpteenth clean slate of his short career by Mike Newell - and seizing the chance with both hands by making sure Nick Hegarty's 41st-second shot crossed the line to give Grimsby Town an early lead in their 1-1 draw against Wycombe Wanderers on Saturday. In the final year of his contract it remains to be seen whether Town's enigmatic winger/forward can belatedly get his head down and command a place in the side after failing to display the attitude to impress either Lord Alan Buckley or Colin Walker, his temporary manager during his recent loan at York. But SPB's star turn on Saturday should come as no surprise at all. With Mike Newell's arrival as manager last week having made a tremendous impression on Town supporters, the stage was set for one of his players to seize the moment. And after a spectacular two-goal debut in 2006 and a marvellous hat-trick on his recall to the side a few months later, it seemed strangely inevitably that the first goal of the Mariners' new era should be scored by the member of the squad who is most assertive about the sort of entrance he prefers.