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Diary - Thursday 25 November 2010

25 November 2010

Five days since a game, five days 'til a game. You find your Part-Time Diary in a vacuous abyss of Mariner-related news. I'm going to be honest with you from the start: I've got nothing for you. Nada, zilch, zero. No proper news today. Sorry.

Got some non-news though. Cancellation is the order of the day. Garry Birtles has cancelled a signing session for his new book next month due to unforeseen circumstances. This could potentially scupper some Christmas gift ideas, but fear not: he will be back in the new year, hopefully. I of course offer my deepest sympathies if you are one of those affected by an unsigned Birtles biography this year. Keep the faith.

York have also pulled out of our game on Saturday due to unforeseen circumstances. They have to play Darlington instead due to both teams exceeding the Conference fixture computer's expectations by making the second round proper, and consequently ruining a perfectly good Saturday in York. The game has now been rearranged for Tuesday 11 January. Provided, of course, that York don't cause further inconvenience by getting entangled in some other replay/cup debacle and we end up shifting to another anonymous Tuesday sometime in 2011. The scamps.

Imagine if we had the temerity to reach the second round proper too, with all them big old League clubs. Then we'd have something to talk about, something to do at the weekend, some way of compensating for missing the closest, most picturesque and most exciting away day of this season's foray into non-League football. However, the one positive (which is actually a negative) is that we look increasingly likely to be playing them next year, with both clubs bobbing about mid-table, but your Part-Time Diary is still of the belief that a few good consecutive results and a few things going our way and... well, you know the rest; you've thought it yourself.

Woodses is preparing to throw caution to the sea gale on Tuesday against Kettering by playing an attacking trio of Coulson, Connell and Ademeno. Ademeno and Coulson need games but are well on the way to match fitness, says Woodses, adding that we can compete physically, even though our players are small, because they are strong and some are even six feet or taller. At our time of need Neil also asks us, the fans, for help: "I understand what people are saying, but if anyone can show me a six-foot-three mobile striker that scores goals and also holds the ball up, then do, because I'll go and get him." So send as many photos of Andy Carroll as you like to Mr Woods and, you heard him, he will go and get him.

Having written this diary with no news available, it has now been reported that Lewis Gobern has broken his nose in a training ground 'bust-up', believed to be with a team-mate, but that is all the Tellywag is reporting today. So, we could speculate, but we may accumulate to the wrong total, so we will have to leave that story for tomorrow. And there we have it, the end of your non-news diary. Adios.