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Diary - Monday 18 August 2003

18 August 2003

Paul Groves doesn't think Iain Anderson should have been sent off on Saturday! The winger being described by fans as the new Kevin Donovan was dismissed in first-half injury time as Town sought to build on a one-goal lead over Port Vale, match referee Mr P Prosser having deemed Anderson's clumsy aerial challenge on Michael Walsh worthy of an instant red card. But Town's player-manager has sprung to the defence of his summer signing from Preston, telling today's Grimsby Telegraph: "I believe it was a genuine challenge, a genuine challenge to win the ball. If you believe that is a sending off offence, or you believe he shot himself in the foot, then I'd have to disagree." In tomorrow's Diary: "I am a Catholic," admits Pope.

And that's about it today. England have just won the cricket; Mark Dillerstone says LTH's nickname should be Laurens Tin Helmet; and Marnix Kolder wants the Diary to acknowledge goals for former loan donkeys Alan Neilson for Luton and Jason Lee for Falkirk, though what he has against Lee Nogan I do not know. I'm going to leave you with a glorious Lawro moment from Saturday's Football Focus, which just brought it home to me how much I've missed the Premiership. Discussing the way Chelski are now spending money they do have, the BBC's former Liverpool defender and modern camp icon observed that "they've literally been showered with gold dust."