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Diary - Friday 27 August 2010
27 August 2010
The weekend beckons again, folks, and those basking in the lovely warm feeling of a second away win in midweek will have to face up to another afternoon of tension and fear as Town travel to face the mighty Diamonds. Speaking of which, your Guest Diarist's soul would remain restless if I neglected to mention that the frankly horrible one-hit wonder 'Pass the Dutchie' was a mangled version of the Mighty Diamonds' righteous roots song 'Pass the Koutchie'. Whatever we call it, there is little doubt that strong 'erb will be needed to calm the soul at some point in the match tomorrow. Because Town might be winning their share and have only lost once in four but they don't feel very dependable yet do they? And we have new injuries and illnesses, of which more later.
The Irthlingborough lot, augmented by a few interlopers from Rushden, beat our friends the Wombles at home on Tuesday with a young team whose average age was 22. I know this fact because one of the few benefits that the superb new official Town website seems to neglect to shout in our faces triumphantly is that if you pay to subscribe to Mariners Player you can watch (or, in the case of R&D, just listen to) other clubs' players and managers ramble on about their problems. Despite most of their strikers being injured they still have that Rene Howe on loan from Peterborough, and he scored a similar goal to beat Wimbledon to the one Town fans had to take on the chin against Hayes & Yeading. Which is called in the trade a wonder strike, I believe. A once-in-a-season job, so let's be glad he's got it out of the way before playing us. Rushden full-back Corcoran did his hamstring in the last minute as well, so he will be absent tomorrow too.
But on Monday they have the big one - the derby against Kettering - so this interview was filled with blather about not looking beyond Saturday, however important stuffing the local rivals might be on bank holiday Monday. The Rushden site also invites away fans to stuff their faces with steak pie and chilli before the game and it is very noticeable that the club doesn't mention a dress code. If rice scares you, gentle reader, then fear not - potatoes are always available. As they are if you hold a wake at McMenemy's. It wouldn't be right to see a dead Town fan off without a few taties on the table, but chips, apparently are deemed unseemly at such an occasion so please don't embarrass yourself and others by requesting them.
As for our injuries, well, Woodses has told Mariners Player that Michael Leary is too poorly to travel, and that Colgan won't be going either due to a badly bruised ego and a severe case of stubborn streak. Coulson's injury looks like a case of a fortnight rather than a month but he won't figure here, and Atkinson is still out of the reckoning. Peter Bore is by no means certain about his ability to play due to a funny feeling 'down there' (but remains steadfast in his adherence to Leviticus 18:22 of course) but Lee Ridley, whose groin became tight on him unexpectedly on Tuesday, seems to have sought some relief somehow and stands a chance of playing. Unless you read the Telewag, in which case he is already ruled out. Which is all good news for Bradley Wood(s) eh? Charles (he likes to be called Charles, you know) Ademeno is raring to go as usual - I think he turned out for R&D briefly at one point. And Lewis Gobern, who had to be carried on to the bus on Tuesday night and slept all the way home because the little soldier had worn himself out, has jogged off his stiffness and should improve for the outing.
We've had a couple of interesting letters - one of which points us to some very old pathé news footage of Blundell Park which shows perhaps the worst ever professional playing surface. But having tickled your fancy I'll leave them to next week on a day when we have nowt else to talk about. Have a great weekend, and let's hope this opposition are good enough to let them beat us. See yer.