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Diary - Friday 11 October 2002

11 October 2002

Town add to their proud list of managerial scalps as Ipswich dispense with the services of George Burley. Ooh, George, how dare you lose to Grimsby! Never one to miss out on the fun, Town's official site invites fans to predict the team's next victim. "Who will be the next boss to fall on his sword once the Mighty Mariners have ridden into town and galloped off with all the spoils?" it chuckles.

The latest Town rookie to benefit from the club being shafted by Carlton and Granada is Wes Parker, who has been registered with a first-team squad number ahead of tomorrow's visit to Watford. Reserve team coach Paul Wilkinson declares: "He is able to play in a number of positions, but at this moment in time he is playing right-back or centre-half in the reserves and impressing the staff with good, solid displays." If Parker makes the first-team squad he will follow in the recent footsteps of youth team colleagues Darren Mansaram, Iain Ward and Chris Bolder.

Another youth player, meanwhile, has been kicked out of the club. The contract of 17-year-old winger Freddy Cass has ended up in the shredder "for persistent infringement of club rules and regulations," Paul Wilkinson tells the Grimmo Telegraph, tapping his nose with his index finger.

The word from Cleethorpe Road Casualty is that Steve Kabba and Stacy Coldicott should be fit for tomorrow, while doubts linger over Paul Groves, John McDermott and Alan Pouton. Steve Chettle is still out. Watford are missing Heidar Helguson, Anthony McNamee, Paul Robinson, Micah Hyde and Marcus Gayle.