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Diary - Monday 11 February 2008

11 February 2008

"Alan Buckley's Grimsby extended their unbeaten league run to nine games with a comfortable win," reported a crap tabloid yesterday on Town's victory over Chesterfield at the weekend. 'Comfortable' is not the first word, of course, that would come to the mind of anyone who actually watched the last half-hour of the game - but then this is not a match that has brought out the best in the press. The Derbyshire Times places the Spireites' fightback in an unexpected form of transport, and a Grimsby Telegraph writer has conveniently forgotten he supports Manchester United to opine that "In a week when the multi-million pound conglomerate that is the Premier League made noises about selling its soul and shipping top flight football abroad, Grimsby Town and Chesterfield showed what the game is really about." Still, at least crowd trouble at a game against Chesterfield hasn't inspired David's colleage Matt Westby to glorify hooliganism again this time, so it's not all bad.

Not that this lessens the inconvenience experienced by many fans after Saturday's final whistle, and John Ide has emailed the Diary to ask: "Has Honest (Con) John made a pact with Blunderside plod to disrupt Grimsby Road as much as possible after the match to help him in his quest for the Fentydome? I walk to the match and it didn't bother me too much, but Brereton Avenue was also gridlocked as people tried to avoid the main road." This time, though, the blame surely lies not with the club but with the dickheads looking for a fight? "Plus there was an announcement that tickets for the Morecambe game would be available after the match, but the plod in riot gear would not let anyone coming out of the Imperial Avenue gates to access the club shop. Planning or normal lack of communication?" Ah, OK - this time the blame lies with the club. As you were.