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Diary - Thursday 9 August 2012

9 August 2012

Miss Guest Diary writes: Today's musings are appearing early because I have to get on the road now for Town's first game of the season at Southport. No, I don't think it takes over two days to drive there. I'm doing that thing I have mentioned here previously, of using the trip as an excuse to take in a few other places I'd not normally be arsed to travel to. Firstly, it's the Miro exhibition at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park later today, then tomorrow a trip to see some Monets at Tate Liverpool, followed by a Saturday morning look at Antony Gormley's Another Place on Crosby beach.

If I had the energy, I could probably construct some metaphor for Town's forthcoming season out of a surrealist, an impressionist and a bunch of statues staring into the distance. But I haven't.

I've used up all my energy this week shouting at the TV during the Olympic track cycling. It went very well for the British team, except for poor Victoria Pendleton. Maybe she lost out because she was only "on fire" and not, as Hugh Porter claimed of the double gold medal winner Jason Kenny, "literally on fire". As least he refrained from repeating his assertion from the Beijing Olympics that "she bakes a mean Victoria sponge". She twice lost out on the chance of a gold medal through disqualification or, in cycling lingo, relegation. No need to reach for any complicated metaphor to link her fate with Town's.

In the absence of any Town news from the local media which isn't of the 'we're really gonna try our best to get promoted this season' variety, I'll direct you to a match preview on the Southport official site which also gives a nice little summary of our new signings.

I have an app on my phone for a local news site called The Lincolnite which is very useful for telling me about upcoming roadworks and keeping me abreast of the doings of local petty criminals. But recently they've had two stories about Lincoln City.

The first was a claim by the club that they have lost over £60,000 due to the cancellation of two pre-season friendlies, one against Leicester and the other against an unnamed "high-profile" club, due to security threats. They'd need a crowd of at least 3,000 per game to raise that sort of money while their average home gate for a competitive match last season was only 2,347. So who are they kidding? Oh yes, themselves.

The other story was about the renaming of their stadium as The 12th Imp. Although it sounds like a dodgy nightclub in the Lower High Street, it is in fact the name of a supporters' group. Does that mean if Town get a new stadium there might be a chance of it being named after a group of Town fans? Say the Cod Almighty Community Arena, or CACA for short. I leave you with that thought.