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Diary - Thursday 25 March 2010
25 March 2010
Armchair Diary writes: It's an early one from me this week as I'd like to get it out the way and get on with other things. No major horse racing events on today but I am pretty busy all the same, which is quite remarkable for someone not holding down a full-time job. Let's get down to business anyway.
What better place to start then where Middle-Aged Diary left off yesterday? Alright, not the URL ideas (although you may have noticed that our .com domain is still not working but our resident experts are on the case) which is how yesterday ended. I meant the reserves match that Forbes and Cowing-Hell were supposedly going to play a part in. They both played and Forbes even bagged the winner in a 2-1 win with Hegarty scoring Town's first and setting up the second. Unfortunately Paris Cowan-Hall's hamstring went at the start of the second half so I expect he'll be making another trip down to the south coast to be treated by his parent club. Talking of which (segue-tastic!) Olly Lancashire is back in town after Southampton have sorted his foot injury out so that ought to mean that he, Forbes and Hegarty are in contention for the weekend.
I've just had a look over the line-ups for that reserves match yesterday. Both the SNOS and Lincoln's site carry the same line-ups (which is surprising in itself) but what I hadn't realised is what weird spellings the kids are using these days. Drewe Rhodes? Drew, perhaps, but Drewe? What gets me most though is Cahrlie I'Anson. That's got to be a typo, surely. That has to be Charlie, no? I'Anson is a bit of a posh sounding surname for a local lad though so I wonder where he came from.
Not so much wondering where a reserve player came from but bringing you news of where one of them is going now. Coo, this segue lark really is easy isn't it? Matthew 'Big' Bird has joined Boston on a one-month loan deal. He had a trial at Manchester United a couple of years back and will now be playing for some non-League criminals, probably against a load of his former teammates as the Pilgrims play North Ferriby United this weekend. I'd make some comment about the mighty having fallen but was Bird ever that mighty? He's out of contract in the summer too so perhaps this weekend he can size up two potential employers at once.
I don't think things have got quite so desperate on the news front that I need to tell you how the various kiddy sides did against Darlington do I? If you care, have a look at the summary report in the Telewag. Oh, hang on, take a look at some of these ace names coming through: Oakley Luddington, Jack Fiddlin, De Gruchy (first name unknown), Harry Lightfoot, Emil Powles, Alfie Usher. It's like being back in the 1950s when footballers had proper names but with some posh and space-age names mixed in. I really hope they all make it as professionals at Blundell Park simply because so many of those names sound about as un-Grimsby as one can get.
Did you ever watch your music idols on television and think how cool it would be to hang out with them? Your luck could be in, if your idols happen to be whoever it is that is recording a charity song for England's world cup campaign next week. The SNOS is giving you your chance to appear in a music video for said song but neglects to mention who is actually recording it. It's being laid down at Abbey Road in That London though and as part of the video you get the chance to actually cross the tarmac, presumably without your mum or a lollipop lady checking for traffic coming in either direction first. Whoop-de-doo eh? You'll have to wear the club's home colours and get there early presumably as it's "first come first serve (sic)". And err, just remind me how many professional clubs there are in the English League structure again?