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Diary - Saturday 18 October 2003

18 October 2003

Town prove that it's not the winning that counts after dropping from 16th to 17th place in Division Two despite a reasonably comfortable 2-0 victory over Colchester at Blundell Park. An Iffy Onuora header on 41 minutes from a cross by Darren Barnard puts the Mariners ahead before Michael Boulding asserts his unquestionable and eternal superiority over Phil Jevons by making the game safe seven minutes from time, drilling home right-footed from 20 yards. But draws for the two sides immediately above Town - Rushden and Wrexham - keep them ahead on goal difference; while Blackpool, who started the day level on points with GTFC but with a marginally worse goal difference, leapfrog the black and whites with a tremendous 4-0 win over Hartlepool. And at 5:20pm the Diary is surely the first news source anywhere in the universe to have pointed this out.

On which note of smug self-congratulation - hey, it's not often I get the chance - the Diary bids you farewell for a week while I go and earn some quiddies to get me into Oakwell next Saturday. In my absence, as alluded to yesterday, this class will be taken by a procession of supply diarists. Please be gentle with them. Look after yourselves, and each other.