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Diary - Friday 24 September 2004

24 September 2004

Unspecial Guest Diary filling in today: Special Guest Diary wanted a break, Guest Diary is still under the duress of employment, while the Diary is spending his day off establishing which financial institution he will stash a minor fortune with.

I disappear off to the pub for a day to mull over and wash away one of life's sudden and unexpected disappointments, and return to the din of the office striplights expecting all manner of uplifting Town news. Sadly, the only 'news' is there's only a surprising report on the BBC Humber site - surprising in that it is actually reasonably topical - with John Fenty responding to allegations that the Mariners are facing a large tax bill, by stating what Mariners fans have known for the past four years: the club has financial difficulties. Cheeringly though he reassures Mariners everywhere there's nothing to worry about. A misread of the official site had today's diary writer thinking Johnny F had responded to all this malarkey in suitably admirable fashion: "Chairman moves quickly to scotch." I suppose he lavished the board room's drinks cabinet himself, so we won't check if he paid his tab or not. Might have helped in the first place if I'd read the word 'rumours' that was tagged onto the end of that sentence though.

With the sum of half a million nicker allegedly being written on the bottom line of the Inland Revenue bill, Cod Almighty says: That's nothing - you should see how much we owe the milkman. Matters haven't gone as far as GTFC asking fans to bring packed lunches to matches so the club can save on catering costs, so it can't be bad.

It all pales when compared to news in the real world.