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Diary - Friday 15 September 2006

15 September 2006

Hiya guys! Durham Diary here recovering gently from a truly enormous breakfast. Three chipolatas, three rashers of bacon, two rounds of toast, a full tin of beans and a pint of orange juice (with juicy bits). Which makes ten good items, and one missing from a nice round eleven. Step up Mr Barnes for a particularly cruel comparison to get today's opening paragraph sewn up.

One of the more solidly impressive Town players of late (one of the rounds of toast, if you will) has been Martin of McIntoshire. The OS reckons Tosh, as he's rather unfairly known, may not play for Town again since he's likely to be injured for the Chester game, the last to be played by Town before his initial one-month loan finishes. Interestingly, the OS claims Huddersfield might not want him to come on loan to us for another spell since they're "currently struggling with injuries and he may be needed to fill in". Yes, that's right: he's on loan with Town, but the club are very generously letting Huddersfield have their own player for a while to cover for injuries. Similarly the club will be performing a commendable community service for home games this season by allowing fans to remove the unpleasant weight of currency from their pockets before they spend a couple of hours watching largely disappointing football.

Which leads on nicely to this paragraph about admission fees for the next two home matches, namely those against Stockport and Hartlepool. And more precisely the fact that kids accompanied by a full-paying adult will be admitted for just one pound. So now I feel guilty for being so cynical, sour, and thoroughly negative in my previous two paragraphs today. Sorry guys. I've been in Grimsby too long. I'll be fine when I'm back at uni. As penance I'd like to put on record that I think this is a genuinely commendable move, and hope the club take more steps to encourage young (and usually highly vocal) supporters to attend matches throughout the season.

Town are away at Chester tomorrow. Beagrie is unlikely to play, while Bore and Toner might. Otherwise everyone's fit. Except for Reddy and Cohen obviously. And Ann Widdecombe; she's really not fit. But I wouldn't want to appear too chauvinistic, so we won't dwell. Ricky Ravenhill could be set to face the club he was with earlier this season; we'll just have to see. Everyone seems to be making positive noises around the club to the effect that things are slowly improving, but until we start winning lots of games in succession that's not a lot of use. Hope you all enjoy your weekend. Up the Mariners!