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Diary - Wednesday 18 January 2006

18 January 2006

BBC Look North weatherman Paul Hudson still wears eye-wateringly bad suit jackets. The Diary still can't go into a pub that sells Ruddles on draught without launching into a binge-drink of Liberal Democrat proportions. And Town are still placed second in the fourth division after their game in hand at Darlington last night ended without troubling the scorers. Mr Russell Slade, perhaps inevitably, feels that if either team deserved three points, it was his - and maybe he has a point given Rob Jones' late header against the bar - but the match represented pretty poor entertainment, even if the Mariners have moved to within one point of Wycombe at the top of the league. Brazilian easy listening maestro Junior Mendes came on as a second-half sub for Gary Cohen; Jones has done summat to his ankle and may be doubtful for Saturday's 20-hour flight to Torquay; Steve Mildenhall has done summat to his back but should be OK. And Town's official website seemingly needs to point out that Paul Bolland and Ben Futcher won't be suspended. Which is nice.

Grimsby Town's reserve team suffers its next defeat this afternoon at the hands of King$ton Communication$ FC's seconds, and by way of preparation the club's official website shows itself to be every bit as keen as Mr Slade to bring us up to date on the fitness of Tommy Taylor and Jermaine Palmer. The match will be played at North Ferriby United's ground, probably because Town refused the Tigers' demands for a hefty fee to compensate foot damage to the delicately manicured grass at the KC.

"After seeing the picture of that banner in Tuesday's Diary," writes Mat Hare in a quick missive, "I felt moved enough to jot you a quick missive. Having looked into this a bit more I found the sums involved are truly staggering. How can anyone in their right mind take so much money off football fans and give back so little? I mean, 99p for a little tub of ice cream with a couple of squashed Smarties in - that's a right rip-off!"