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Diary - Wednesday 2 April 2008

2 April 2008

Hi guys! Durham Diary here, bringing you a dose of thoroughly unseasonal cheer. Chins up everyone! Town are in a lesser state of poverty than they were before the weekend, and despite being totally outplayed we still come away from the game feeling hard done by. It's the Grimsby mantra: if you can't win at least make sure you've got something to complain about!

The players are back in training today, wounds well and truly licked. With any luck they'll be absolutely bursting to win these last few games, and I'm certain Mr Buckley won't let anyone feel sorry for themselves. Presumably not training, however, will be those travelling to North Ferriby for a reserve fixture against Hull tonight. Former Hull stalwart Justin Whittle is included in a squad which also contains Messrs Toner, Bennett and Bore who can all expect to feature in the first team's end-of-season run-in. Nathan Jarman will hope to push his case, having scored twice against Sheffield United reserves on Monday. Jarman was born in Scunthorpe, and will be playing for Grimsby against Hull. Probably not worthy of mention, but that's the way the world goes round.

The SNOS and Grimsby Telepath are both reporting that a match has been arranged between the Wembley teams of 1998 and 2008. Already confirmed for the match are Tony Gallimore, Dave Smith and Lee Nogan, along with Wembley goalscorers Kevin Donovan, Wayne Burnett and Kingsley Black. The team will be led by his Holiness Saint John McDermott, and will play members of the current squad at Blundell Park on 28 April.

And there's not a great lot more to tell you really today. If you're going to Rochdale at the weekend I hope you have more luck than the one time I went when the match was abandoned at half time with the pitch hidden underneath about a foot of water. And look on the bright side: at least by not playing him at Wembley that wise old head Buckleys has delayed the imminent and unavoidable departure of Ryan Bennetts by keeping the television cameras off him! It's just a shame Phil Barneses didn't have a shocker, eh? Byee!