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Diary - Wednesday 30 July 2003

30 July 2003

Tag! Hello! Miles stepping back into the ring again for today's diary. Right, rather than try to draw out this lame wrestling metaphor any further, I'll get on with the news.

The Mariners' unbeaten streak - by which I mean they haven't lost a game yet, not that they're all running around in the nuddy, being chased by blokes with big sticks who haven't caught up with them yet - continued yesterday with a 2-1 victory over Halifax. Town's players finding the back of the onion bag were Darren 'Flash' Mansaram (ooh, perhaps there has been some streaking) and young iddy biddy Giovanni Carchedi, bless his little cotton socks. Incidentally, bookie's favourite Mat Hare earns his pedantry badge by spotting something on the official site's run down of this match. The match, bizarrely, was played over three 30-minute periods. "How then", asks Mat, "did Carchedi manage to score in the second half?". Answers, please, in the corner of a circular postcard.

Personally I find all this winning a little strange and disturbing, you know. Still, despite my unsettled feelings, Town will be trying to stretch this run of form further tonight when they take on the might of Barton Town. Jason Crowe - fresh from impressing in his debut in the above-mentioned match - looks certain to take part, says the BBC Humber site; Macca might play for 45 minutes; but nobody knows whether the two new Italian players will participate. Kick off is an early one, being at 6.30, so any youngsters Grovesie tries out can be tucked up in bed by nine. Today's Sun, by the way (hee hee - that's two days in a row that rag gets a mention. How naughty) reckons that Jason 'No, Not Russell' Crowe is wanted by Swindon. Let's hope the feeling's not mutual, eh

Steve Chettle's back. No, not the sort of injury information we got used to last season, but instead news that the lumbarjack is currently on trial with Burton Albion. Albion, of course, are managed by Nigel Clough, meaning that should Chett's trail be successful, he will have been managed by Cloughs senior and junior during his career. That has to be unique, doesn't it? If you know differently, email the Diary and put us straight.

Back to the will he/won't he subject of Clyde Wijnhard now, and a report if not quite from the horse's mouth, then at least from the stablehand's. A work colleague of mine attends a gym in Oldham, and who should be there last night but Mr Widgy himself. Clyde, it is recounted, was pounding away on the running machine and talking on his mobile at the same time. Now this conversation might have revealed which of the Park clubs - both of whom are claiming that they're engaged to him - the striker is thinking of playing for next season. Unfortunately, it was unclear to my mate who CW was talking to, and what about. So this is kind of useless tittle-tattle, isn't it. Still, it passed a minute or so of your working day, and that has to be a good thing.

Well, hope you enjoyed Wednesday. Tune in again tomorrow for somebody else. It won't be me, that's for sure, as I won't be near a PC all day. Bye!