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Diary - Monday 9 May 2011

9 May 2011

Mardy Diary writes: And so the dry summer months begin already. There is no great news in the world of GTFC, although to tell the truth there rarely is much news. This fact isn't usually a barrier to the Grimsby Telegraph though, with their endless stream of interviews with players, managers, chairmen, ex-players, ex-managers, coaches etc. etc. But alas, not today. Not even a "we know we've been a bit rubbish lately, but we'll get better next season". I suppose there's not enough players around to say that at the moment, though. Give it a few months.

We won't hear of new signings for a while yet of course, although if rumours are to be believed then one or two could be making their way over from Boston soon given the result yesterday. A real pity that as I fancied Boston to come up and it would have been good to play them next season. And not just because they'll bring a few fans and create a bit of atmosphere and help finance our failing club, but just because it's nice to have a few local games a season. And we've got some good recent history with Boston.

One local derby will take place next season though now that Lincoln have done the decent thing and got themselves relegated to keep us company. Once they saw that we weren't going to make the play-offs they brought to a halt their upsurge in form and focussed on picking up as few points as possible until the end of the season. They just wanted to ensure that we weren't left alone down here in this Football League hinterland. Bless them for that. That's what a local team will do for you, you see? Wonderful commitment to the county.

I am pleased Lincoln were relegated. Not in a tedious "ha - team from down the road, we really hate you even though you're essentially the same as us, and therefore we're acting out a sort of weird self-loathing in public" kind of way. No, I'm pleased in the way I would have been pleased if Boston had been promoted. I'm not buying this "well they came on our messageboards when we were relegated blah blah" rubbish. Well, if you didn't enjoy it when they did it, why are you so keen on stooping to that level now? Besides, one bored 15-year-old with multiple messageboard pseudonyms does not constitute an entire fan base.

That said, I will enjoy it if we give them a pasting next season.