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Diary - Thursday 10 April 2008

10 April 2008

Is it just me, or is all this shenanigans at Birmingham actually dead exciting?

Welcome to Thursday's Diary, readers. As Town's floundering first team looks set for an anticlimactic lower mid-table finish to rival last season's anticlimactic lower mid-table finish, the reserves have given them a timely lesson in playing like you give a stuff. Contrary to widespread expectations - OK, my expectations - Stuart Watkiss's side ran out 3-2 winners away to league leaders Sheffield Wednesday last night, coming back from a two-goal deficit at half time to end a run of three straight defeats. Straight Peter Bore made it 2-1 with a header and rookie midfielder Drew Rhoades blasted an equaliser from 30 yards, reports the club's superb new official website, before Andy Taylor put away a last-minute penalty following a foul on Nathan Jarman as he was "reproducing a Cruyff like moment", presumably meaning that the former Barnsley youngster wrong-footed his marker by shaping to cross and then dragging the ball back between his own legs and turning through 180 degrees before chain-smoking 40 cigarettes.

Before your regular Diary calls it a week and hands the reins to Guest Diary for tomorrow's juicy round-up of GTFC gossip, there's just time for an email from David Elsey. David points out, a propos of yesterday's Diary, that "Kev, Dave and Andy weren't the only local Moores, as Roy is their father and Norman his brother." Thank you, sir. I would ask where Dallas fits in to all of this, but someone would only mention Garrison Southworth turning out to be the long-lost brother of Miss Ellie.