Cod Almighty | Diary

Magnay's chalet in Calais

13 August 2014

Ey up, you young sweet things, it's your London Diary here supplying the words on this fine Wednesday in August. I could go into great depths about last night's game and how we didn't score again, but I won't. We also didn't concede too, but I won't mention that. I won't mention the players that were missing or playing two players out of position and I certainly won't be mentioning the LJL miss.

Your London Diary is in the Scottish capital at the moment so I didn't get to the game (and big thanks to Retro Diary for stepping in last week when I forgot what day it was), but as ever, our kid was there with the rest of the faithful. His post-match text was as straightforward as ever: "We drew. Not sexy, but then what is?" What a man, such a wordsmith. He did call me later and tell me that LJL missed a sitter that Aunty Ethel would have scored and she's had two hip operations. You get the picture.

"BUT HE SCORED 19 GOALZ IN PREESEASON. DROP HIM HURSTSS. FFS." Two games in? Go and have a walk along Shaggers Bank and calm down, pal.

At the opposite end of the scoring spectrum, this tally caught my eye last night. Brentford and Dagenham & Redbridge managed to hit the back of the net 12 times between them, or 18 if you include the penalties. Wayne Burnett's side included ex-Town player (of four games) Ashley Chambers. It got me thinking, what with all the managers that we've had over the years, how many players have Grimsby Town had on their books since Wayne Burnett left in 2002? Got a free afternoon on your hands? Send in the answer and I'll buy you fish and chips from an outlet of your choice.* A worrying thought, innit. As pointed out last night, a bit of stability would be a nice fuzzy feeling. UTM.

*Must be in Cleethorpes and under the value of £7. I also don't have the answer, so this is a competition based on trust and I will NEED to see your workings out.