Day 34

Young loan signing Robert Taylor's appearance off the bench yesterday marked him the youngest player ever to appear in a Blue Square Bet Premier match, apparently. Good for him. Hopefully it'll be the first of many performances for the lad.

Unfortunately we weren't able to get Koroma to re-join on trial before the Reserves played their friendly match today. They won comfortably anyway, with Russell, Pacquette, Rodney, and Beardsley standing out. Trialist David Fernández, who was the real purpose of this friendly, had a quiet game, which leaves me no less uncertain than before as to whether to offer him a contract.

I thought I could take another look when the Reserves season starts, then I discovered that our Reserve team isn't registered for any competitions. Oh dear, how did that happen? I certainly didn't refuse any invitations. And the Under 18s are registered in the English Under 18s Group 3.

This is not going to help me keep the fringe players sharp. I'll have to schedule lots of friendlies to try to make up for it. I arranged the next one for Wednesday against Hednesford Town—I need to get these boys match fit, and to check out Fernández some more.

I got confirmation that Lincoln sold 1000 season tickets for this season. Pretty poor when you consider our stadium is ten times that in maximum capacity. I doubt we'll have any sell-outs.