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Diary - Thursday 27 August 2009

27 August 2009

Emma Blackbourn is to replace Dave Otter as chair of Grimsby Town Supporters Trust. After seven years at the helm Mr Otter earlier this month announced his departure for personal reasons at the trust's AGM, where Ms Blackbourn was confirmed as his successor. I'm sure readers will join the Diary in saying thankyou to Dave for his work on our behalf over the years, and in wishing Emma (who, it has to be said, has excellent taste in music) all the best in taking over. The report on the AGM is worth a read for a fuller account of happenings at GTST - and for treasurer Rachel Branson's admirable restraint of her exasperation at the bizarre financial hoop-jumping that the trust is forced to undertake by the forces of the Man.

Today's turn at Tell The Telegraph We've Not Been The Best Lately But We'll Get Better Now, Honest - the exciting game that's now been played by members of the GTFC playing staff since early 2003 - falls to Peter Sweeney. "Hopefully now things will change and we can start getting a bit of luck" is the time-honoured gambit used in today's paper by the dynamic former Leeds midfielder, who returned to the starting line-up after being benched for the Great Crewe Disaster and then brought on early in the second half when the game was already way beyond reach. The moral of this story, sadly, seems to be that a less than fit Peter Sweeney with a bit of lard round the tum is still better than the alternatives. Shut Down The Town, that's what I say.

Matt Heywood was the source of Town's equaliser against third division Leeds as the reserves' 2009-10 season hummed languidly into life at Blundell Park last night. That Enoch Showumni who I think Mr Re-Newell signed for Luton half a lifetime ago put the self-styled 'London of the North' ahead in the first half, and while Brian Stein's lot, trialists and all, are alleged to have had the run of the game after the break, it took until injury time for the viciously treated former Brentford defender to make it one apiece from a Chris Jones free kick. Any Diary readers go? Anything to say about the trialists? Jot it down in an email and share it with all seven of us.

Right, I'm off. Guest Diary's in tomorrow so I'll see you in the Rutland Saturday. Well, some of you. Well, three. T'ra!