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Diary - Wednesday 13 February 2013

13 February 2013

Town's lead at the top of the Conference was cut down to... erm, nothing last night after Wrexham won 1-0 at Hereford. There were also wins for Forest Green and Newport, which might bother us, if you believe they continue to pose a threat to Town's promotion charge. And since we've previously made a pig's ear of a promotion charge in the not-too-distant past and only managed to finish one season higher than 11th position in any league since 1998, why wouldn't you?

Like the sickly colleague who works next to your West Yorkshire Diary in the office, the pitch at the Triton Showers Community Area in Nuneaton came down with a bout of the squelches yesterday and wasn't prepared to deal with anyone. It left us all wondering what to do last night, apart from checking the latest scores from those games that weren't taking place at Nuneaton or Gateshead. I ended up playing Football Manager and got annoyed that way instead.

It's difficult to know how to feel the morning after a game that was postponed. The fact that Wrexham have drawn level on points with us gives the perception that we've somehow lost, and yet the fact remains that we haven't lost a game since the defeat at Hyde almost three months ago. Even when we slipped down to third place last month, it was more down to the weather than any inabilities on the pitch (but successive home draws to Lincoln and Hereford probably didn't help).

Attention now turns to this weekend's FA Trophy semi-final first leg at home to Dartford, who beat Ambitious Luton last night. They don't seem to be doing a very good job of concentrating on the league, do they? We're all mindful that Dartford are one of only four teams to beat us in the league this season - at home, too. But with our incredible away record, which stands at two defeats in 32 games in all competitions spanning more than 15 months, all hope won't be lost if Saturday doesn't quite go to plan.

One man who's desperate for it to go to plan is red-hot striker Andy Cook, who may possibly have become the club's top scorer this season without anyone really noticing. He's the latest player to tell the Telegraph that everything is going well at the club and the players are buzzing. It makes a refreshing change from them saying they've not been the best lately but they'll get better soon, honest.

Finally today, the club has had enough of your whinging and just wants to know what bloody music you want to hear at Blundell Park. It's yet more evidence that the people in The Building are listening to the fans, but there are plenty of us who believe the act of playing music instantly kills any chances of building a pre-match atmosphere. Fans will always make their own noise if there isn't some being spoon-fed to them over a crackly public address system. Sadly there's no option for no music, in which case I say we all campaign for this.