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Diary - Friday 6 October 2006

6 October 2006

Hi guys! Dreadfully drunk Durham Diary dancing your way this morning with a splitting headache and a worryingly high level of alcohol still lingering in my blood. Since all my troubles are self-inflicted I shall neither press the subject nor seek your sympathy. Why is this computer monitor moving before my eyes?

What do you do when you have only two centre-backs with first team experience in your whole squad? Easy! Phone the nearest club and ask to borrow one of theirs. You don't have to be posh to loan a player. Or if you're really posh have your Butler do it. Which is a particularly long-winded way of telling you Grimsby have signed Andy Butler on a one-month loan from Scunny. I must admit I've always thought he looked a reasonably useful player, but no doubt he'll go back in 11 days because he's homesick and doesn't like the drive to Cleethorpes. Which is understandable.

Tuesday 16 May 2006. The last time a Grimsby side under Russell Slade bothered turning up for a match, the last time I went to the Walkabout in Durham during daylight hours, and the last time I watched the Mariners live on telly. And so on Sunday I'll find a nice comfy chair in a pub of my choosing and hope that it's the first time a Grimsby side under Graham Rodger turn up for a first half, the first time I ever watch Grimsby beat Hereford, and the first time all my lectures on Monday are cancelled so I can sleep all day. England on Saturday and Grimsby on Sunday, and all without having to catch a train. This could just be the perfect weekend. And if saying that isn't enough to guarantee that neither team wins, I don't know what is.

Sachets of sugar, Charlene Tilton, this Diary. Short but sweet. Have a nice weekend, guys.