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Diary - Thursday 17 October 2002

17 October 2002

Man of the moment Georges Santos is believed to be back in training after recovering from the strain he picked up in last Saturday's defeat at Watford. Santos turned in a commanding performance at Vicarage Road as a makeshift centre-half; and his return allays fears that evanescent left-back Tony Gallimore - just returning from a three-match suspension - would have to fill in as a central defender for this Saturday's clash with Rotherham. A variety of life-threatening injuries continues to afflict every other centre-back within a 30-mile radius of the Dock Tower.

BBC Humber says Town's reserve team coach Paul Wilkinson may be targeted by second division Barnsley as a replacement for manager Steve Parkin, who the Tykes sacked earlier this week (together with his assistant, former Mariners legend Tony Ford MBE). This doesn't quite tally with what the Beeb reported nationally on Ceefax last night: that Barnsley's administrators would keep caretaker boss Glyn Hodges in situ until they are able to sell the club or are forced to wind it up - which, incidentally, is exactly what BBC Humber seems to be doing to us. If I paid my TV licence fee, I'd be outraged.