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Diary - Tuesday 7 January 2003

7 January 2003

"It could be anything between two and six weeks," says Paul Groves, and he's not talking about Town's next clean sheet. No - it's the time Georges Santos will be out of action with the hamstring injury he picked up last Saturday. So he might be back in two weeks' time. But he might not. Nobody knows yet. Just like nobody knew yesterday. But the Grimsby Scarygraph is still headlining the story in which this news appears SANTOS IS OUT FOR SIX WEEKS. Bit misleading, no?

But the Diary empathises with its professional counterparts at Riby Square, because today appears entirely bereft of news concerning Grimsby Town Football Club. Rather than have to conjure stories from thin air, though, our amateur status allows us to switch allegiance for the day and bring you all the latest from AFC Wimbledon, the new club set up last summer by fans outraged at Wimbledon FC's impending move to Milton Keynes. Quite timely, as well, with Town visiting Charles Koppel's Franchise Football Club this Saturday. We might do this all week if it stays quiet in north-east Lincs.

So...manager Terry Eames has added Ray Merry, Neil Robson and Robbie Burns to the squad to face Barkingside in the third round of the London Senior Cup tomorrow night. The trio did not figure in the 2-2 Combined Counties League draw with Southall last Saturday, but with key league games approaching Eames will rotate the squad as the second-placed Dons attempt to eat into AFC Wallingford's eight-point lead at the top of the table.

Dons fans are invited to attend an open meeting at Kingsmeadow before the home game with Godalming & Guildford on 18 January. The gathering will begin at 12 noon in the back bar (doors open 11:30), and club directors will be present to answer questions from supporters about the club and its future.