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Diary - Tuesday 18 October 2005

18 October 2005

Yay, I'm famous! The Mariners' official website has singled out Cod Almighty (three out of ten Town fans prefer us, but they're the three with the best record collections) as the world's leading purveyor of incorrect reports that Tom Newey will be suspended for tonight's visit of Morecambe in the Light Commercial Vehicles Trophy. The club's second-choice left-back will, it transpires, probably line up alongside several other fringe players believed by the Grimsby Telegraph to include Ciaran Toner and Simon Ramsden. What the OS fails to realise, unfortunately, is that the Diary was yesterday collaborating with Slade the Manager in a pre-match campaign of misinformation cunningly designed to lull Morecambe into a false sense of security. Or insecurity, depending on your point of view. How is Gary Croft's knee, exactly?

Now it's time for today's Seatwatch Update, and the latest news from Blundell Park regarding the club's application to the North East Lincolnshire Seat Authority to add some more bum space for next week's League Cup tie against... er... um... it's so long since anyone mentioned it that I've forgotten. Anyway - in yesterday's installing enthralment we learned that provisional approval has been granted for Town to stick an extra 228 seats in - which, at 15 quid a throw, comes out at £3,420, half of which must be given to hard-up Newcastle, leaving £1,710 for GTFC, which is hopefully a little bit more than it costs to put the seats in and go through the application process. Presumably the club is now awaiting confirmation of this provisional approval - and there are only eight days to receive it, buy the chairs, put them in and sell the tickets. Get your finger out, North East Lincolnshire Seat Authority!