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Diary - Saturday 13 December 2003

13 December 2003

Jason Crowe becomes the fourth Town player this season to be sent off, immediately after Bournemouth's Brian Stock is also dismissed for a foul on Alan Pouton, all of which sound and fury signifies a nil-nil draw at Dean Court - the excellent result of a surprise GTFC line-up in which Alan Pouton figures for the first time in nine months and Paul Groves addresses the dilemma of whether to field Onuora or Phil Jevons alongside Michael Boulding by selecting both, at the expense of Iain Anderson, who drops to the bench. My goodness, that was a long sentence. Better make the next one shorter. The point gained keeps the Mariners in 15th place in Division Two, still just six points off the play-offs and seven above the drop zone.

As if driven to a frenzy of destruction by the bad vibes emanating from Dorset, former Town defenders (after a fashion) Georges Santos and Jason Gavin also pick up red cards in the course of their endeavours for Ipswich and Bradford respectively. Leicester's Danny Coyne samples some rare Premiership action courtesy of another marching order, this time for his elder and better Ian Walker, but quickly allows Birmingham to double their lead at the Bowl of Crisps. In the former Humberside derby Hull and Scunny draw one-all at Glanford Park, which isn't bad for either, while Lee Nogan hits the mark as York record the same scoreline at Torquay, and in the Conference Jake Sagare comes off the bench to record his first goal for Halifax in a 2-0 home win over Exeter.

Well, thanks to Richard for another excellent guest Diary yesterday - crowned by a quite super final paragraph, I feel - and to all of you again for reading and keeping the fishy faith. I'm going off now to make some tea and then drink lots and lots of Guinness. Until next week: t'ra!