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Diary - Friday 9 December 2005

9 December 2005

Hiya guys. Durham Diary here, back from the Cod Almighty wilderness for your personal reading pleasure. And we'll start today with number seventeen from the red hymn book, 'Reddy, Reddy, Reddy'.

Our dear old friend Lennie Lawrence makes his first return to Blundell Park tomorrow, if you exclude his appearance on Sky Sports as a pundit for the Tottenham game, which I will because I didn't watch the game on telly. It will be the third time Town have played Bristol Rovers (for whom Lawrence now fills the role of director of football) this season. The previous two matches both resulted in 2-1 wins for the away team, most recently in an FA Cup match last month more notable for some awful refereeing than any great football.

Junior Agogo, the man who scored both Rovers' goals in the aforementioned cup match, has today signed a new contract to keep him at the club until June 2008. The official Bristol Rovers website proclaims that the deal with their 10-goal-already-this-season frontman was financed by the Supporters Club Share Scheme. Which makes this observer think perhaps the Mariners' own scheme would be more successful if it received a similar amount of recognition and promotion from the club. By "the club" I mean Grimsby Town, not Bristol Rovers. But they can get involved if they like.

Talking of regular scorers this season, Rob Jones is a doubt for Grimsby, having pulled something in training. I'm all for team bonding, but this seems a bit excessive. Also doubtful is JP 'Is this the way to Amarillo?' Kalala-lala-la-la-la after getting one of those ankle hurty thingies in the Rochdale match. And of course Saint John McDermott's more serious ankle hurty thingy from the Rochdale match means he won't play either. Which probably means Gary Cohen will get to start in midfield, Croft at right back and Ramsden at centre-back. Unless Rob Jones keeps his kissing technique to himself long enough to play, in which case Croft and Ramsden have to eat kangaroo genitalia while trying to collect enough votes to stay at right back for another day. Or something.

If you're bothered, Rovers' Craig Hinton probably won't play either; he's contracted a very rare non-Rochdale-related ankle hurty which has prevented him training for the last few days. No, me neither.

Wycombe and Leyton Orient are both at home tomorrow, to the recently thrashed Rochdale and struggling Bury respectively, making three points tomorrow even more important to stay in the hunt. Hope you enjoy the game.