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Diary - Saturday 10 January 2004

10 January 2004

A week after being roundly thrashed by the second division's bottom side, Town end the seven-match winning run of free-scoring league leaders Plymouth with a surprising goalless draw at Blundell Park. Player-boss Paul Groves attempts to lead by example in a surprise return to the first team - surpassing Keith Jobling's total of 450 to become second only to John McDermott in terms of league appearances for GTFC - while Iain Anderson and Darren Mansaram also make the starting line-up as beneficiaries of the post-Wycombe fall-out, and Simon Ford and Darren Barnard complete the book of changes. The Mariners have the best of the chances, with Groves and Michael Boulding threatening the Argyle goal and Aidan Davison unemployed for most of the day. The point gained keeps Town in 17th place.

And big thanks are due to Cod Almighty's team of substitute diarists for filling in this week. I particularly enjoyed the Alan Latchley stuff, and during the last few days could have done with reading the book that taught the great man everything he knew: How To Manage. "It wasn't about football - it was about life!"