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Diary - Saturday 29 October 2005

29 October 2005

Ciaran Toner and Martin Gritton replace Gary Jones and Michael Reddy in the Mariners' starting line-up at Northampton, where a creditable goalless draw keeps GTFC third in the league table behind Wycombe and Leyton Orient, who extend their lead at the top by beating Oxford. The result extends Town's remarkable unbeaten away run to 8,114 matches or something, but Russell Slade's side have now failed to score in five of their last seven games and won only one of them, if I've counted it up right. I guess that includes games against Newcastle and some of the best teams in the fourth division, but if this promotion thing is going to be taken seriously then that winning habit is gonna have to be rediscovered pretty sharpish.

I'm not going to run the Whittle v Shearer emails after all, because it all seems so long ago and insignificant now. There was one from a Newcastle fan saying exactly what every other Newcastle fan has been saying on the messageboards for three days - but warmly complimenting us on the Mariners' performance and promotion chances, which was nice. Then there was one from a Liverpool fan saying exactly what every other non-Newcastle fan has been saying on the messageboards for three days - that Shearer is a twat. Finally, there was one from a Town fan about Sol Campbell's would-have-been-winning goal in the '98 World Cup being disallowed because of Shearer fouling the Argentine goalkeeper. Seems a pretty fair reflection of national opinion, really. Now the Geordies can try and win something and we can support our team without queueing up behind people who like Friday night matches and don't know what the stands are called - so all let's get on with our lives. Enjoy the rest of your weekend, whoever you are.