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Diary - Friday 24 November 2006

24 November 2006

Hi guys. Durham Diary here, out of bed and fresh from my two morning lectures bringing you all the news you need to know but really don't want to this damp and dreary Friday afternoon. I also have two lectures from 4:15 to 6:15, don't you know. So stop picking on me as an easy target or I'll cry.

One of my more stereotypical student traits is that I do enjoy going out to get drunk with my friends. On such a night out many of the popular clubs operate a strict 'one in, one out' policy, at least until the short blonde with boobs over-spilling and skirt brushing the top of her thigh turns up. Another popular club operating a 'one in, one out' policy yesterday was Grimsby Town. Bouncer Buckley admitted Anthony Pulis and Martin Paterson from Stoke, as well as Peter Till from Birmingham, while youngsters Ben Higgins, Miles Chamberlain and Paul Ashton were shoved out of the fire escape and left to stagger drunkenly away. It would be far too easy to suggest that a Grimsby manager is yet again relying far too heavily on loan signings and not enough on the youth system. However Buckley arrived with the club 22nd and in desperate need of reinforcement before the transfer window re-opens in January, and he has already given youth its chance by starting both North and Hegarty in all of his matches so far. So let's call this a good bit of negotiation on loan deadline day, and hope for something a bit more permanent and sustainable in January.

Interestingly, the aforementioned Anthony Pulis has been playing at the aforementioned Stoke under the management of not-yet-mentioned father Tony Pulis. Rumours that Stoke are currently seeking special dispensation to sign Adam Buckley are, of course, completely made up by me.

Accrington Stanley visit tomorrow for the first time since the 1959/60 season, when the Mariners did the double over 'Accy', winning 4-0 at home and 4-2 away. Team news is fairly unsurprising: Reddy and Cohen are still out; Rankin is not yet fit enough to start but will be in the squad, as will the three musketeers on loan.

An interesting piece on the Telegraph website has a snippet from the Buckmeister with regard to Danny North, or more pertinently Gary Jones: "Some may say that when Isaiah is back then Northy may miss out but if he keeps playing like he is, then maybe he won't. It could be Gary Jones who makes way." Has Big Bad Buckley fallen out with last season's top goalscorer already, or is this just to keep the Lumpstertruck on his toes? Only time will tell...

On a topic not really related to anything a West-Bromwich supporting friend of mine claimed the other day that Buckley had never signed a black player. I am in no way suggesting that The AB is racist, and in truth find this statistic very difficult to believe. But the 'Proof and Reasoning' module I took in the first term of my fresher year taught me the way to disprove a theory was to provide a counter-example, which in this instance I cannot. So perhaps you could all put your brains together over the weekend and email me or your Regular Diary with any suggestions. Cheers!

And that was, in fact, all the news you needed but didn't really want today. I'm going home for a Pot Noodle with beans on toast before having a sleep, smoking lots of illegal substances, drinking a bottle of vodka and attending a demonstration against the Establishment. Or I might just go to those two lectures I told you about. Enjoy your weekend.