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Diary - Monday 24 May 2004

24 May 2004

While all the best free players get snapped up by competitor clubs, Town continue to gaze idly at their shortlist for the manager's job, probably while chewing slices of hot buttered toast and ruffling the morning paper while sitting at their breakfast table in their dressing gown and in dire need of a shave and a shower. Bored of twiddling its electronic thumbs, the club's official website parodies some of the sillier recent Steve Cotterill/George Graham/Bill Clinton speculation with a humorous denial that sacked Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier is in the running to step in at Blundell Park. Their bonfire thus being pissed on, GTFC messageboard rumour-mongers suggest an imminent explosion in the price of top-storey flats off the back of Freemo in the belief that The Day After Tomorrow is a factual documentary film.

And when they're not looking for new managers, there's nothing the Mariners management enjoy more than trying to bring top continental sides to Cleethorpes for pre-season friendlies. Which is a good job considering CSKA Sofia have pulled out of their July tour to the UK, which was scheduled to feature gigs at Brixton Academy, Glasgow Barrowlands and Blundell Park. The club is "working hard behind the scenes" to book a high-profile European replacement, reports the official website. Brigg Town it is then.