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Diary - Wednesday 15 June 2011

15 June 2011

Who says there's no news? We're black, we're white, we're... looking a bit like Darlington on a bad day. I've only bought two official replica shirts in about 30 years of supporting the Mariners - and one of those was the previous season's replica shirt at half price. So when someone says the new GTFC replica shirt - launched yesterday - is really good, and your original/regular Diary says: "Hmmm... really? Is it?", you can reply dismissively: "It's not for you."

It's a bit like when I point out that the Arctic Monkeys are just Oasis without the depth, nuance and emotional complexity. People reply dismissively: "They're not for you." And then I say, no, they're for people who vomit in city centre gutters at half past two in the morning. I wouldn't say that about the new GTFC shirt. It does seem essentially like a reversed-out version of that pinstripe Nisa number we had in 1993. But, again, there's only so far you can innovate before you end up with that salmon pink number we had in 1910.

Some news now for those who think it actually matters which players Shorty and Shouty sign before they get sacked this September. Town fans all over the internet are adamant that erstwhile Boston United captain Shaun Pearson will be a tremendous acquisition for the Mariners, despite none of us having come vaguely close to having seen even eight seconds of wobbly cameraphone footage on YouTube of the player in action. And far be it from the Diary to challenge this version of events: with a clutch of other clubs chasing his signature, and some kind of crazy-for-a-centre-half scoring record to his name (20 in 78 games or something), Pearson is clearly the main to lead GTFC's charge for promotion to the Championship next season.

So is he coming? Well, for one thing the mighty Lincolnshire Echo seems to think Pearson's much-discussed (in Lincolnshire anyway) move to Blundell Park is a done deal. For another, the player himself gave an interview to BBC Radio Humberside the other day which I could be arsed to listen to because I don't think it actually matters which players Shorty and Shouty sign before they get sacked this September.

Lastly today, speaking of Shorty and Shouty, one of them says England are rubbish. It's good stuff, actually, and we at Cod Almighty are starting to warm to Town's management duo today because we agree with every word. Especially "the ball is round for a reason". Let's hope we don't have too much cause to remind Shorty and Shouty of this when the Mariners' 2011-12 campaign is under way. Thanks for reading - see you next time.