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Diary - Wednesday 21 April 2004

21 April 2004

I'm still feeling it a bit, so this won't be much.

Looking ahead to this weekend's crunch decisive six-pointer showdown humdinger clash with Stockport, Town's official site has been "speaking exclusively" to Stuart Campbell - not realising, presumably, that he gave another interview in yesterday's Telegraph - in which the Town captain helpfully observes that "We must get a result - at least a draw, but preferably a win." Rather more enlighteningly, Cambo McCambish reveals that he was "disappointed to be dropped" - confirming the belief of fans that, contrary to the official line that the player's recent month-long absence from the team was due to injury, Nicky Law had in fact deemed him to be no bloody good. Whoops.

Staying with the Stockport game, three fringe players are afflicted with slight injuries in the run-up to it: John Thorrington, Mickael Antoine-Curier and David Soames. Graham Hockless, as more of a mullet player these days, remains match fit. Town's official website reports that the trio are currently hampered by hamstrings and ankles and things but will probably all be fit for Saturday's trip to Cheshire. Which is nice. The French Chap, peculiarly, is named in the starting line-up for this afternoon's reserve game at Scunthorpe, with the OS, as confused as the Diary, speculating that "this could be a trial to see how the problem would stand up to match action." Somebody, somewhere, must know what they're doing.

But it isn't BBC Humber, whose sports index today trails a report with the headline Laws praises vital victory, a graphic of the GTFC club badge, and the teaser line "All the team news ahead of Tuesday's Division Three fixture". Read that last sentence again, and if you can work out how they managed that then you're a better man or woman than the Diary. In fact, you really ought to enter the Diary's grand birthday space filler tickets competition, which began yesterday. And if you haven't answered yesterday's question (see below, doofus) then it's not too late: you can wait until the final day tomorrow and send your answers all at once, or one at a time, it's all the same to me, I can take you any time pal. Today's question reads thusly:

Which former GTFC star was bought for £10,000 after a supporters' whip-round raised the fee?

• Joe Waters
• Marc North
• Ivano Bonetti

Answers to diary@codalmighty.com please, and remember: this competition is not open to members of the Cod Almighty editorial board, their friends and families, and Michael Howard.