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Diary - Saturday 15 February 2003

15 February 2003

Let's play a game! The Diary didn't see this afternoon's 3-0 defeat at Gillingham, but is going to guess that Town started quite brightly but gave up all hope after the Gills' early first goal, which we guess resulted from a dodgy free kick; that after the second, Town had two shots on goal, both of which flew some distance over the bar; that ultimately we were indebted to some fine keeping from Danny Coyne for keeping the score down; and that Chris Thompson had a very quiet game, and Simon Ford had one of those off days again. So let's wait for Tony's match report tomorrow and see if we were right. Well, Town have just confirmed themselves as the biggest away-from-home pushovers in the world and handed the initiative back to Stoke; we have to amuse ourselves somehow.

Around the grounds now, and Chris Bolder's brother Adam does his bit for the family cause by scoring both goals against Sheffield Wednesday in 10-man Derby's 2-2 draw. Bradford, meanwhile, finally edge ahead of Wednesday in the closely-fought race to become Town fans' most despised opponents by letting Brighton beat them 1-0 on their own patch. Down in the third division former Town striker Jamie Forrester finds the net for Hull, but east Yorkshire's sleeping giants go down 3-1 to north Lincolnshire's catatonic dwarves Scunthorpe.

For the second time this week, the Diary turns to its births, marriages and shackings-up-with page - this time to congratulate Cod Almighty's founder Si and his missus Sonya on their new signing, Emily Wilson, born into this crazy old world at half past one this morning. Here's wishing you all the love, kids. And if little Em has a lifetime of supporting Town to look forward to, God help her.