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Diary - Thursday 5 July 2007

5 July 2007

Ey up. Headingley Diary logging on for a quick skimp through the world of Town before scuttling off to play footie.

Town fans will have to wait a while longer for their own hero, with the news that Martin Paterson finally joined Scunthorpe yesterday. A statement from Stoke on the Scunny OS explains: "He explained to us he wants to play first-team football now... We believe Martin should have stayed, continued his development as a player and become a success at Stoke. As part of this, we would have continued to loan him out to get first-team football. We didn't think this was the right time for Martin to make this move, either for himself or for the club, and we hoped he would decide to stay with us after all." Whatever your thoughts on the lad's rejection of the Mariners (enough to have him branded a judas in some quarters despite his goal spurt last season), Town fans will be divided to see if he can prove himself in the second division - playing for those over-achieving local rivals.

From over-achievers to under-achievers, with the local rag's late news that Juninho could form a Little and Large frontline with Dean Windass at Ull. Just try to imagine it, dear reader. A big fat beast and a short, slight slip of a man. The likeable Brazilian was impressed during a visit last weekend: "Hull is a nice place now." Carl Mimms somewhat disagrees.

And not a right lot else. One of the oodles of ex-Town players which fills column inches during the summer has become captain at his current club. And the be-in-the-team-photo auction ends this lunchtime. Is the condition of the item in question - 'used' - a reference to the winner of the auction or the players participating? I leave you to decide...