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Diary - Wednesday 29 September 2010

29 September 2010

Hindsight is a wonderful thing, of course, but foresight would be even better. Hello readers - it's your regular/original Diary today, cheered up and chilled out by Town's return to the top ten of the league last night. There was, of course, an assured home win against a Wrexham side that was only flattered by the 2-1 scoreline, and there was an impressive debut from Andrew Wright in central midfield. There was another goal for Alan Connell, who's been quicker out of the blocks and up the goalscoring charts this term than any GTFC forward in living memory (if you know of any who topped Connell's eight in his first 12 games, let us know, and do this week's quiz while you're at it). And there was, characteristically, a horrible, panicky conclusion to Town's performance which almost threw away two points for the second time in four days. But let's not dwell on that, because we could end up believing the Mariners will finish 17th this season, and there's absolutely no way on Earth that's going to happen, is there?

He cost Rangers a king's ransom when they signed him in 1988, but when Kevin Drinkell moved from Grimsby Town to Norwich City three years earlier a Football League tribunal set his transfer fee at 46 pence and a jar of mustard. All these years later the player's biography Drinks All Round is to be published, and its launch takes place at GTFC's function suite thing McMenemy's on Friday 5 November. Promising "a night of memories and chat", the event will feature Drinkell, some of his old teammates, and a three-course meal. Despite having worshipped the ground Drinkell walked on when he played for Town, the Diary won't be going, because it costs more than I can currently justify spending on something like this. But you might fancy it if you've got 35 quid to spare. Call 01472 608007 if you'd like to know more.

Lastly today, Jon James has emailed to draw our attention to a small irregularity on this page yesterday. The flamboyant Idle Diary quoted a Telewag headline 'One win could ignite season' says Mariners' boss Neil Woods and stated that "Nowhere in the following collection of quotes does Woods actually say that". The article did, however, quote the manager as saying: "We just need that one win now to kick-start everything," as Jon points out. "Ignite... kick-start... means the same thing, so he does say it," he writes. Thanks, Jon, and OK, yes, you've got a point. Just don't play with matches around mopeds.