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Diary - Thursday 15 September 2011

15 September 2011

It's slow news Thursday as your Guest Diarist belatedly scribbles a few diary lines in lieu of that part-timer who's either working or holidaying or festivaling or summat. Our fault, not his I'm sure.

The big news is this: if you put 'superb new official site' in to that Google then the Grimsby Town official web site comes in fourth on the results. Proof indeed that what we at Cod Almighty have been saying for years about the SNOS is actually true. I am indebted to somebody on that Twitter for relaying that crucial information, but as Rod Stewart once wrote on some album liner notes about the mandolin player from Lindisfarne, his name escapes me. Sorry buddy, but thanks. Big thanks.

Ridley played the whole practice match the other day but whether his hamstring played up the day after the SNOS hasn't bothered to tell us. Quite why our managers played three trialists in that game (who remain unknown, to us anyway) when they can't even afford to pay minimum wage to young Conor Marshall is beyond me too.

Denby emailed in about funny, familiar, forgotten players saying: "I vaguely remember being excited at the signing of Neil Murray (one of Robin 'Lennie' Lawrence's many, many signings). Mainly because he seemed a bit foreign (signed from Germany, he was Scottish). He played twice then vanished like an old oak table." There's a joke involving the word distressed there somewhere, I'm sure but time is against me.

And Richard Lord got in touch too: "I was going to write you an email to say how much of a pointless signing Glen Downey was, but those who were present at Wrexham on new year's eve 2005 might argue the case. I remember there were suggestions that a special t-shirt be made to honour the moment.

While we're on the subject of pointlessness in general, why did the Mariners give three players a trial at Doncaster on Tuesday when we don't even have a penny to give to Conor Marshall? After the release of Tyrone Thompson it was made clear that there is no more money left to spend on the squad, so naturally we give trials to three players in the hope of, what? Telling them there's no chance of a deal? Very strange."

Great minds eh, Richard? Anyway I'll return tomorrow with all the, ermm, pre-match Stockport buzz. See yer.