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Diary - Monday 24 May 2010
24 May 2010
Mardy Diary writes: Even the Grimsby Telegraph are struggling to come up with a tenuous Town related story today. No interviews with players saying how they've enjoyed it at the club and would like to stay? No ex-player saying things will get better? No potential signing alert based on evidence gleaned from a half mention in the Rochdale Examiner on-line? Nope. Nothing. Nada. Zilch.
And so it is in these times of news-drought that we turn to our readership to help us fill up a bit of space - gawd bless 'em. Our resident betting guru Mat Hare has found himself befuddled with the kids of today. "I'm not exactly in touch with the kids of today and all this social networking shite", he admits, "but as I understand it, one of the done things is to update one's status on a regular basis such that one's friends are kept up to date with one's life. Now, either Mr Mortlock is bucking that trend somewhat or there's something fishy going on as he claims to be 'trying to earn some money at the minute to go travelling'. He has a job at Grimsby Town Football Club so presumably he is now earning. Can we then expect him to be bugger off round the world soon? I assume his travelling didn't mean to places like Barrow and Tamworth." I expect he's only been given a contract til August. Mat continues: "Mind you, Ben 'Morty/Morters' Mortlock hasn't actually logged in to MySpace for three months so perhaps his ambitions have changed somewhat. Who knows? Who cares, really? But it fills in a bit of space in the Diary doesn't it?" Indeed it does Mat, indeed it does. And this sentence fills a little bit more. They all count.
We've had a bit of correspondance on scouts after a request for information by Armchair Diary last week. Christopher Beeley suggests the following may potentially be part of Town's scouting network: "Mr Magoo; Nigel Adkins; Landlord of the Rose & Crown, Swansea (see Chris Jones); John Fenty; Manager of Greggs, Leeds (see Peter Sweeney); Charlie Cairoli (see Tommy Forecast)." I couldn't possibly comment, but Ben Gresswell has clearly had the same thoughts as he claims "I have it on good authority that Stevie Wonder and David Blunkett have been scouting on behalf of the club for several seasons. I cannot confirm however that it was David's dog Sadie that sniffed out AK-AK." And not a single Baden-Powell reference - poor effort all round, I reckon.
We finish with an update from our resident Scottish, non-Grimsby supporting, Grimsby follower Kevin Graham who last graced these pages in January. Kevin writes: "You may remember I e-mailed you a few months back regarding my being doomed when I walked into a boozer, after watching Celtic struggle to beat some team with a quarter of our budget, and asked the trusty bar keep if he knew the Grimsby score." Indeed I do, Kevin. "Well, my interest has continued and wasn't a fad. So it was with a glee that I noticed Grimsby have a Scottish Tour at Stirling University, which so happens is only 3 miles from my house. I hope I catch them as having frequented the University bar on occasions I can't remember a Scottish Tour round the University being offered and if there is such a thing it will probably not last very long as it's not that big. Maybe they will visit the Wallace Monument which would add at least 30 minutes mainly due to the number of steps you need to climb to see a statue that looks nothing like Mel Gibson." If Newell and Conlon were still around, some may suggest that the tour of the bar may last the entire week. I'd never make such allegations, of course.
Until tomorrow then folks. Seeya.