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Diary - Thursday 6 January 2005

6 January 2005

Though still smarting from the humiliation of seeing his team's star player inspire a 3-0 win over Cambridge on Monday, Mr Russell Slade has finally poked his head above the parapet to express his hope that Ashley Sestanovich and Michael Reddy will recover from the flu in time to give him the option of dropping Thomas Pinault again for next Tuesday's visit of Northampton. Sort It's brief interview in today's Grimsby Telegraph also reveals that Andy Parkinson's appearance against the Us was made in spite of the fact that he, too, was affected by the virus - and it is surely to the player's credit that none of the four thousand spectators at the game would have guessed from his performance that Parkinson was any less than usually healthy.

A joint statement has been issued by GTFC and Grimsby Town Supporters Trust regarding the club's 700 grand tax debt, in which Mariners chairman Five Star Fenty confirms that there is no imminent danger of the bailiffs squabbling over Town's best crockery but announces the establishment of a 'fighting fund' which "will raise money through donations, promotions and events". No target figure is given for this fundraising exercise, to which fans may contribute, as we discovered yesterday, via the GTST website.

And that is just about that for today, guys and gals, so I'm going to listen to the Annie Proulx interview on the radio. T'ra.