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Diary - Tuesday 27 November 2007

27 November 2007

No sooner had Danny North taken off his headphones and left the recording studio after Saturday's successful sessions on a new charity Christmas re-release of 'Perfect Day' than the re-energised Town striker poured his heart out to the world's media in a staggering revelation of North: My Not Getting In The Team Hell type stuff. Have you seen his Mariners World interview? Have you read the bit in today's Telegraph? After slipping out of the first-team picture at Blundell Park just a month into the season, the player admits to having "let myself go a bit" and entered a "downward spiral". The hat sported by young Danny in the MW footage does, it is true, lend him the forlorn air of a drying-out rock star, but the Diary is sure it's just to fend off the withering post-haircut derision of Lord Alan Buckley. After so swiftly completing his return from the depths of despair, however, no-one should be surprised if North were to develop a sideline career offering counselling and rehabilitation to troubled colleagues such as Stan Collymore and Pete Doherty.

It's 15 quid to get in at Huddersfield on Saturday. That is, Huddersfield Town Football Club will require prospective spectators of this weekend's FA Challenge Cup tie with Grimsby Town Football Club to pay fifteen pounds sterling by way of admission, not sentries will be posted at the entrances to the town asking you to cough up before they'll let you go any further down the A629. Although you never know. Anyway, I just thought I'd mention it, because the Diary has just this season started to be dissuaded from going to certain away games because of the ridiculous cost of getting in (I'm looking at you Rotherham - 20 quid my arse), and 15 for a third division ground is slightly less ridiculous, isn't it?