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Diary - Sunday 20 February 2005

20 February 2005

Cod Almighty's Leeds office here for a quick Sunday update. The Diary is probably still in bed.

The continuation of the (baffling) reverse in Town's home and away form since the halfway point of the season continued yesterday as the Mariners won a deserved point at Swansea. With Town now being - game at Bristol Rovers aside - dead ace on the road and dead shit at home, this isn't going to help John Fenty's plea to swell the coffers from games at Blundell Park, is it?

Sir John of McDermott failed a fitness test meaning a further reshuffle of Russ's pack of Grimsby Town cards, setting them into onto the table - maybe a bit like the saucy Solitaire in Live And Let Die - in a 3-4-3 formation on the table. Stacy Coldicott, Justin Whittle and Jason Crowe returned to the team. Graham Hockless surprisingly retained his place, probably in place of the 'rested' Andy Parkinson or Thomas Pinault. The first half sounded quite end to end, but the second half? I must admit I wasn't getting far into the ironing listening to the match so turned the radio off and watched the excellent Election. Apparently the Lumbering Arse made a return to first team action as a sub in that half so maybe I spared myself. If you were there though, drop the Diary a line and tell him, and his readers, how it was. The result was, however, much like the vegetable spring rolls I found in the fridge last night: an unexpected pleasure.

Any other news? Only an email from Dave Otter of the supporters' trust. "Any chance of some publicity for An Evening with Frank Worthington at the Etherington Arms, Holton-le-Clay that we are putting on? It's on Thursday 28th April at 7.30pm. Tickets are £12 including buffet. Proceeds to the Keep The Mariners Afloat campaign." Consider it done, Dave. Do we get a discount if we come wearing a cowboy hat, the piece of clothing most loved by Frank?