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There's no such thing as a free lunch, except that time I found a sandwich

23 August 2013

Mardy Diary writes: So the weekend is here and Town play the first of their shit-or-bust triple header. I may be paraphrasing GTFC accounts manager Steve Wraith there, but never mind. In a frightening spark of efficiency we've managed to continue our early season form of providing a handy match preview for you, and we're hoping to have a Hyde preview up over the weekend, so look out for that.

Some say this is just an early season blip for us, and by October despondency will have set in and we'll stop producing match previews, quizzes, postbags and the like. But not this year! No. We're going the distance. Well, 'til February at least.

In other exciting news, the Diary has signed a sponsorship deal with online money-grubbers CrapStuff. Among the bargains on offer are a Sony Trinitron 25" analogue TV priced at only £1,796, but available in handy 60-month instalments with a bargain APR of 420 per cent. Or an amazing Sega Megadrive home console game system, now only £2,346 with a generous APR of 2,750 per cent. And remember, any money made by the Diary from this deal is used directly to pay for hitmen to kill small children and animals.

Finally, long-time Diary contributor Sibbo has dropped us a line. He says: "Just a couple of points (used to be two for a win) from last week's Diary. Mike Phillips should be given a good old-fashioned round of applause by the fans on Saturday for his outstanding work at BP. The playing surface is a credit to him, and something the whole club can be proud of." A fair point – how many seasons have we been getting these awards now?

Sibbo adds: "I think also last week, Mardy Diary mentioned about the lack of 'St's in football, so does Sean St Ledger not count, or is he the only one? Last but not least, I need a new 'Grimsby is not in Yorkshire' T-shirt. Can I have one please?" Ah – good spot. I'm intrigued to know if there are any more 'saints' out there – so if anyone knows of any more, drop us a line.

As for T-shirts, well, let's just say that hopefully we may have something sorted on that front sometime during the season. God knows we need the money.

Have a good weekend, all, and if you're stuck for something to do for ten minutes, the SNOS has uploaded free highlights of the 2-1 promotion clincher against Exeter in 1991. Enjoy.