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Diary - Tuesday 10 May 2011

10 May 2011

Idle Diary writes: While our beloved Mariners have slid down and off the Football League cliff and landed, like Wile E Coyote, in a cloud of smoke in the Conference, the Cod Almighty team have tried to report on the club's misfortunes (and the occasional bit of fortune) in our special little way. It's not to everyone's tastes, but to be honest we haven't really cared. We set this up to do things our way, not the way the Fishy's way, which is where most of us were being published, way back in 1999. We shoot from our hips and if you wanna come along for the ride, just grab your skateboard and hold on to our bumper. The fact that over the years we've been held in high esteem by our peers has given us immense pride, and then to be recognised by When Saturday Comes a few months back with a gold award was like, WOW!

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And you know what, it's the turn of the team at Radio Humberside to gain some similar recognition, and from an award that is sponsored by a proper massive capitalist machine! Last night the 95.9FM team were winners of a bronze award at the Sony radio awards for their coverage of GTFC's relegation coverage. Great work from Burns(y), JT, and the rest of the gang. Does that mean we can all have a massive collective piss-up now and share a trophy cabinet?

Anyway, less about US, US, US and more about the club, whose pre-season will be set and sorted before "we go on holiday" says Rob Scott, with a definitive air of forward planning to it. And just to add an edge to the usually meaningless exercise-boosting fixtures, Hull have already agreed to waive their fee so the match against the Tigers has effectively become a fundraiser for the Town's financially stricken youth team. Is that a "hooray!" for Hull or a thanks for their patronising gesture?

The fixtures for the full team's upcoming season will be announced on 1 July 2011, by the way. Note it down in your diaries!

And finally, to close things to an end, a quick note from Dr Phil Watson on Lincoln's relegation: "This was entirely predictable. I think the Lincoln team that played us in a pre-season friendly (Lincs Cup, 4-2 to Town) was the worst I've seen at BP in recent times - even including the ones in black and white stripes." Harsh, but fair? With the relegation to and from the Conference settled, a few eyes will be in the Conference North and South play-off finals to see a finalising of Town's opposition list for next season. If you're a reader who lives near any of these finalists, let us know about the mood round your part of the woods.