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Diary - Friday 29 November 2002

29 November 2002

Terrifying continental Georges Santos will sign a new six-month deal with the Mariners in the next day or two, but lacks sufficient fitness to contend for a role in tomorrow's clash with Leicester. The cataclysmic midfielder is quoted by BBC Humber Sport: "We've both agreed on the terms, so that's good news and I'm very happy to come back to Grimsby."

The BBC Humber Sport website joins the Grimsby Telegraph in trailing the imminent return of Michael Boulding. The supersonic forward returned to Aston Villa yesterday after Sheffield United decided not to extend his loan, and Town boss Paul Groves is now widely reckoned to be hot on his heels with an offer to come back to Blundell Park, where he made his name by scoring lots of goals at the end of last season. But heed ye the words of Blades manager Neil Warnock, whose avowed sole purpose in life is to piss me off. "He's a United fan and has lots of ability," smirks the evil get, "and it's possible he may come back at some stage."

Anyway, team news for tomorrow. Town are at home to Leicester, as you probably know, and the only change to the line-up from last weekend's XI will be the return of former Foxes midfielder Paul Groves, who will probably draft himself into the Town defence in place of the suspended Simon Ford. For the latest updates from the visitors' dressing room, you will have to look elsewhere, as the Diary has just got back from the pub and doesn't really feel up to it, and is a bit scared anyway, because Leicester are really good. Sorry.

Tickets for GTFC's first ever Fans' Day should be on sale at tomorrow's game - from the club shop or various vendors strategically positioned around the ground. If you want to buy one - or, as the Diary would urge, more than one - then click here; if you want to know more about Fans' Day then click here.

And finally...Town's official site has mischievously instigated a debate on whether the club kit should revert to its original chocolate and blue quarters, as it was in the days when GTFC used to play home games on the Ploggers, or whatever it was. The Diary thinks diehard black and whites can still sleep soundly in their beds, but would like to take this opportunity to call for the reintroduction to the kit of red stockings, as they used to be called when we first went to Blundell Park.