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Diary - Saturday 25 January 2003

25 January 2003

Town lose 2-1 at home to a rubbish Bradford team, thanks entirely to three match officials who are to football what woodworm are to wood. Michael Boulding puts the Mariners ahead after 15 minutes or so from a wonderfully angled first-time ball by Terry Cooke, but then concede twice after Steve Livingstone is sent off just before half time because of Robert Molenaar diving like a twat. Chris Bolder makes his first start for GTFC but it is Paul Groves, alongside him in midfield, who steals the show with a towering I've-still-got-it-in-me performance. The Diary will leave Mr Tony Butcher to number the referee's infinite flaws; suffice it for the moment to point out that he is the same useless article who failed even to book Dave Challinor for breaking Martin Pringle's leg last season, and he was even worse today.

The second-choice "mystery loan target" Groves was chasing this week after his fruitless pursuit of convicted burglar Curtis Woodhouse turns out to be Junior Lewis, whose spectacular failure at Leicester has resulted in an equally spectacular career nosedive for the man who signed him, Peter Taylor. The Foxes couldn't wait to get rid of the player, but he has turned down the move in favour of continuing to sit on his arse in the midlands for £15,000 a week. Sod you, then, Lewis. You're crap anyway.