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Diary - Tuesday 11 November 2003

11 November 2003

It will be foremost in the minds of Diary readers who recall Wednesday 3 September with particular lucidity that Grimsby Town Supporters Trust is sponsoring the Boxing Day match at home to Oldham and running a Fans' Day type thing a bit like the Cod Almighty one last season. The trust has now announced details of the raffle that will raise the cash: tickets are priced at a quid a go and prizes include executive seats, including a pre-match meal and a tour of the ground, a signed Georges Santos shirt, and seats in the press box with Radio Humberside and the Grimsby Telegraph, with the chance to write a match report to appear in the paper. More details - and the opportunity to purchase tickets online - can be had from the trust's website, and the CA team will doubtless join with the Diary in wishing GTST all the very best for the day - especially from a meteorological perspective.

"I refer the honourable gentleman to the answer I gave some moments ago!" That piece of nonsense has not been heard since the revision several years ago of the protocol for Prime Minister's Question Time in obscure legislative chamber the House of Commons, and it probably won't be heard in Grimsby Manager's Question Time either, principally because the exercise is conducted online, with fans emailing questions and Paul Groves replying on a web page. Further information - but not much of it - can be found on GTFC's official site.

And finally, the Diary was compensating for the absence of Mrs Diary on Sunday night with the presence of a bottle of Scotch, several cans of non-widget beer, a large vindaloo (with coriander naan) and the GTFC 1997-98 season highlights video when I noticed that the Town players were resplendent in red stockings on several occasions during that glorious year. With the obvious significance of this sartorial jamboree and the presumed posthumous endorsement of Bill Shankly, how long can the club continue to ignore fans' impassioned pleas for a return to scarlet legwear?