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Diary - Tuesday 4 November 2003

4 November 2003

Afternoon Diary readers, it's Miles here again. I've had to step in at short notice because your usual purveyor of Mariners news, wit, political debate and cookery tips is on a course. Something to do with Yogic flying or something. I think that's what he said. So I'll endeavour to provide you with string of sentences loosely based around the subject of Grimsby Town. Right, let's have a look at the Town news then. Hmmm. Eh-heh. Righty. I don't think the Diary is on a course at all, you know. I think the Diary just realised that the Diary had nothing to write about because the Diary realised nothing's going on, so the Diary pretended to be unavailable. Ooh, I came over all Paul Groves then.

Talking of whom: as his mind keeps replaying the chances which stubbornly refused to turn into goals against Rushden, Mr G the gaffer has been whipping his troops into a rabid frenzy, it says in that there Telegraph. He wants the squad to have a killer instinct, and the ability to bury teams. The training ground this week will see lots of extra shooting practice, and a visit by specialist consultant Mandy Jordache.

The main news seems to be about tickets for the Mariners' anticipated revenge 12-0 drubbing of Queens Park Rangers this coming Saturday. The ticket office sold a whopping 500 tickets yesterday, apparently. That doesn't sound like a huge amount to me, but perhaps I've just been spoilt by looking at big numbers as part of my job. Put in perspective, 500 is over 10 per cent of a normal gate these days, I suppose. The other ticket news is that there are no free Main Stand junior tickets for this FA Cup fixture, since the gate receipts are shared between the clubs. The natural conclusion to draw from that is that QPR are a bunch of money-grabbers, intent on emptying out half of the piggy banks in Grimsby. Or something.

And that, readers, is about it at the time of going to press. Well, at the time of going to press all the buttons on Cod Almighty which makes the Diary magically appear. Tony Adams may be the new manager of Wycombe tomorrow, and Notts County may cease to exist on 9 December, but these are merely stocking fillers, and I shall say no more about them. The Diary - the Diary - will be back tomorrow with more Mariners news and the lowdown on how to cross your legs and bounce across a room on your cheeks. Tra!