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Diary - Wednesday 9 August 2006

9 August 2006

In what was possibly the worst Grimsby performance since the first hour against Boston last Saturday, the Mariners were tonked 3-0 by Wrexham last night. His team's crap defending has got Grahams Rodgerses losing his religion and suggesting that he will make some changes for the visit to Bristol Rovers this Saturday. Consider this the slip that brought him to his knees. Just when you thought you'd seen every possible misspelling of 'Grimsby', the Daily Post manages a new one, and Wrexham's local paper is so excited about the outcome at the Racecouse Ground that it reckons Town fielded a "near full-strength side missing only Gary Cohen", entirely forgetting to mention the four extra signings needed before the GTFC squad can be thought of as anything approaching full strength.

If last night's outcome has already got the messageboards calling for Rodgerses to be replaced by Alan Curbishley then here's a tale that might improve your mood. He may have a name like a porn star, but Ron Cox is a pensioner from Scunthorpe who blew up his house by mixing Cillit Bang with petrol. The resultant turbo-charged cleaning fluid was ignited by the boiler, and he has had to move out of his house while it is repaired. Interestingly, adds the Sun, 75-year-old Ron also "cheated death" in the Flixborough explosion of 1974; if he leads that much of a charmed life, surely Rodgerses should try and get him out of retirement to play left-back.

Today's Diary inbox contains just six words, but I will defy you to find a more pertinent half-dozen all season. "Where have the red socks gone!?!?" demands a flabbergasted John Pakey. Indeed - as the Diary remarked to Tony Butcher at Blundell Park last Saturday, Town will never win anything in that kit. Or will they? Email your thoughts about the socks and shirts to diary@codalmighty.com, readers. It's not like we've got any new players to talk about.