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Diary - Monday 29 June 2009

29 June 2009

From time to time the Diary struggles to find enough news to fill this space every day. Mostly I get by with a little help from my friendly readers, who keep me posted with a nice, steady supply of emails, providing just enough reading matter to fill in on those days when the Grimsby Telegraph has to fill its "FORMER Grimsby Town [playing position] [player name] has joined [new club] after his release from [old club] earlier this month" template. Even when there's a relative avalanche of Mariners-related news, there is never really any pressing need to use the rolling clockwatch style of update adopted by the Yorkshire Evening Post to relay matters related to Leeds United, prefixing every item with the date and time, precise to the very minute. The Diary has been watching this page closely for any developments in the proposed transfer of Peter Sweeney to GTFC, which will be rivalling Ronaldo-to-Real in the long-drawn-out-saga stakes any moment now, but all I have learned recently about the seventh biggest club in Yorkshire is that their game against Huddersfield next February has been brought forward by two and a half hours and Accrington Stanley are interested in one of their goalkeepers. The latter item is stamped Thursday 25 June, 9:03am. You'll never forget where you were when you heard that Sky Saxon was dead and Accrington said they'd like to sign Alan Martin.

Nevertheless, your regular Diary is glad to be back, even if there's only one other thing to tell you about today, and it's an email saying I might as well have stayed away another week. "Well done with last week's Diary," writes Lee Bradley. "Sometimes the absence of mister regular Diary is quite noticeable but last week was like a fresh cool breeze in hot stuffy weather. Great reading every day from all involved. Cheers." Thanks, Lee. You cheeky sod!