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Diary - Monday 20 December 2010

20 December 2010

Mardy Diary writes: It's on these Monday mornings after a matchless weekend that I feel a little bit sorry for the Grimsby Telegraph. Just a little bit, mind. You see, usually on a Monday they'd have a match report, player interviews, manager interview, other little bits and bobs about the match. But today, it's clearly a big struggle to fill the space. So, we have a rather dry story about the Mansfield match being all-ticket, and a story where Lee Ridley tells us how hard it is to be a footballer because unlike other people they have to work on Bank Holidays and Boxing Day, BUT FAILS TO MENTION ABOUT ALL THE OTHER BLOODY DAYS THEY GET OFF DURING A NORMAL BLOODY WORKING WEEK. Sorry, I'm a bit tetchy about such things.

Here at Cod Almighty's exceptionally ivory towers, we have no such problems on slow news days - taking the opportunity to trot out the same old formulaic, un-funny, studenty, who-do-they-think-they-are, pompous, trite, self-important drivel that we always do. And you're lucky today, because I'm a master of the above. When I say 'master', I mean I actually got an MA in it from New Anglia Generic University Sponsored by Maltesers. I bought it on e-bay this weekend: I'm loving this free-market education shit already.

And so it is we come to the now regular 'root about in the mail box to find emails from readers so I don't have to write anything else' bit. Root, root. That's a mildly rude word in Australia that. If that's actually possible.

Mike Worden writes: "Further to the reference in [the] diary regarding famous people at Blundell Park, I can indeed confirm that Elton John has visited the ground. He walked past me at the back of the Main Stand in the mid 1970s when I was trying to sell 'Golden Goal' tickets. He didn't buy one miserable sod." Well, I'll take your word this time, but I want evidence in the future. What was the equivalent of a camera phone back then: a sketch pad attached to the leg of a pigeon or something? "That was the best job I ever had, selling Golden Goal tickets between 2-3, getting a few pence in commission and getting into any stand for any game for free. Top stuff. I sold a winner once and the guy came back to me the week later and gave me a tenner. Good times," says Mike, "Of course we used to frequently have famous people visiting Blundell Park. They were called footballers." If that wasn't so depressingly true, I might laugh Mike.

All-round GTST 'good egg' Emma Blackbourn has written in to berate a previous diarist (not mentioning any names) for being a bit of a lazy arse. "Yes GTST do still have the affiliate site with Buy.at - link is www.buy.at/gtst. There are also a couple of small hints on the website..." says Emma in the politest possible way. Seriously Emma, it's like playing with a team of Barry Conlons - I'm carrying these buggers. Seeya.