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Diary - Tuesday 10 October 2006

10 October 2006

Hello! Better Late Than Never Diary here with a better late than never diary. It's one of them days with very little in the way of major news around; this is probably a good thing, as it's late and I don't have much time to write about it anyway.

Top story on the official site today is headed "Jonesey Looking To Roll". Bit cruel - he's not that portly. It's one of those video interview thingies which there isn't time to watch right now, so I'll make it up instead. "It was great for the team to get a win under our belts", Joneseyses probably says, "and especially nice for me to bag a couple of goals. At the end of the day, Brian, with any luck, this win will be the spur for the team to string a few wins together, blah blah, etc etc." Actually, he might not have said the 'blah blah etc etc' bits. Or any of the rest of it, frankly. But if that is what he said, I'll drink to that, just as I did on Sunday, the sole viewer of the match in a Manchester pub, having asked specially for it to be put on. "A pint of bitter, please barman." "Anything else?" "Yeah - a bag of crisps and loads of strange looks, please."

They'll all be smirking on the other sides of their faces in six or seven years' time though, once Town's youth team have turned into world-beaters. The future's bright, the future's extraordinarily bleached blond, if the picture which accompanies this brief item is anything to go by. Said picture of albino is presumably of Nathan Emson, Steve Davis or Grant Normington (who sounds like he should be a school), the three scorers in the young 'uns 3-0 victory over Donny in the Youth Alliance Cup. Hurray!

Finally, the club have asked supporters to send your "burning questions" to John Fenty for the latest question time doodah. Me, I want to know what the consequences are of burning normal coal in a smokeless zone; I imagine Pozzy John will also be getting loads of queries regarding sun cream, toast, and urinary infections. Tra!