Cod Almighty | Diary
Diary - Wednesday 21 September 2005
21 September 2005
"Jimmy Greaves, Jurgen Klinsmann, Edgar Davids, Robbie King, Sol Campbell, Paul Gascoigne, Alan Sugar, Gary Lineker, Martin Jol... YOUR BOYS TOOK ONE HELL OF A BEATING! I'm glad the Spurs fans around me took it so well in the pub otherwise I wouldn't have made it back to type this email, excuse me now as I fall asleep on the floor of my flat in a drunken euphoria! Or however you spell it. COME ON TOWN!"
John Pakey, via email
"Didn't see it but yeah - shit! Heard bits on 5 Live. Said we deserved it"
Little Brother Premiership Diary, via text
"Oh my god :)"
Twin Sister Diary, via text
"we won thank goodness life is not logical. up the mariners"
Diary's mum, via text and several whiskies
"Up the fish people! Amazing"
Diary's Sheffield Wednesday-supporting mate Dave, via text
"what a beauty!!!"
Diary's non-aligned mate Chris, via text
"Just back in the Loughborough from the match, 'kin awesome. Never mind these Macca t-shirts being magical and lucky, they're 'kin awesome if that's what happens. Up the Mariners!! Just one caveat though, they're rubbish against Stockport and don't seem to work at all well against the Hatters, remember that for the away fixture folks! Having said that I did get stopped in the Main Stand at that game and was asked where I got the t-shirt from and so I pointed them to the address of your magnificent website... do I get some commission? A nice haddock and chips at Steel's perhaps with bread and butter and a nice pot of tea? Who do we fancy in the next round then? Just need to say it one more time, 'kin awesome!!"
Loughborough Mariner, via email
"And Wycombe got twatted as well! Let's all have a disco!"
Simon Wilson, via text
"the team as a whole should be blamed, but I Reid is a disgrace - £20,000 a week and a professional sportsman and to be that far overweight is unreal. That 40 yr old right back he was up agaisnt was in far better condition and outpaced Reid many times. What a total disgrace, it's like having a race with your dad and losing"
'kingdawson', Spurs fan, BBC 606 messageboard
"the club should do the honourable thing and offer supporters who made the journey to Cleethorpes a full refund"
White Hart News
"Spurs might feel lucky to have only lost by the single goal after Karl Ready (twice) and Any Parkinson had earlier come close"
White Hart News
"The tie was unfolding at a frantic pace and the packed house would argue against the recent notion that football has become boring"
match report, Spurs' official website, confusing "the Premiership" with "football"
"Warm Kit Kats are rubbish. You know when the chocolate is soft? It's just not right"
Simon Wilson
"Every time I hit a ball they go over the top but this time I hit the target and I am happy for that"
Jean-Paul Kamudimba Kalala
"This is the last thing we wanted to happen"
Ledley King
"I'm a bit angry"
Martin Jol
"I have never witnessed the fans in such vocal form since I have been here and I am sure that had a bearing on the game. We are crying out for that sort of support on a weekly basis and hopefully the fans have learnt their lesson in terms of getting behind the side"
Russell Slade
"Not good enough, Reddy"
bloke in Pontoon, seat C55 or thereabouts, after a knackered-looking Reddy failed to beat the entire Tottenham defence single-handedly after running around constantly for about 80 minutes
"At last Grimsby is on the map for something other than fish"
David Anderson, Daily Mirror
"Goodnight Tottenham - fish-and-chip suppers all round in Cleethorpes"
David McVay, The Times
"DIMBA 1 DIMBOS 0"
The Sun
"WHAT ABOUT THE ORANGE JUICE?"
John Fenty