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Diary - Tuesday 15 October 2002

15 October 2002

Tony Gallimore is named in the reserves squad for this afternoon's match at Scarborough. The rock 'n' roll left-back has missed the last three first-team games through suspension following his sending-off against Millwall last month. As exclusively predicted by Cod Almighty, there is no sign in the squad of erstwhile trialists Jake Sagare and Jason Dimozantos, who were scheduled to figure in the reserves' last outing a fortnight ago but missed out after the club failed to secure international clearance in time.

Undeterred, the second string come out 2-1 winners as Jonny Rowan stakes his claim for a first-team recall by bagging both goals.

Mariners chairman Peter Furneaux pours cold water on recent scaremongering about administrators being appointed. "Because of what we did in the summer, there is no danger of us going into administration," he tells the Grimsby Telegraph. "We've seen the way forward and have planned for the next 12 months." The aged Town supremo also scotches daft talk of manager Paul Groves' days being numbered: "He did a wonderful job for us last year and his job is not in danger."

The chairman takes part in a Radio Humberside phone-in tonight, starting at 7:05. The discussion will be accessible online through the club's official site and you can read our notes here.