Tamworth have axed manager Mark Cooper and assistant Richard Dryden. The Conference club are nine points adrift of safety at the bottom of the league. Cambridge boss Jommy Quinn is also feeling the pressure after his side lost their sixth sucessive game to see them four points inside the drop zone.
Grimsby have completed the permanent signings of Stevenage striker Tony Thorpe and Carlisle defender Simon Grand after loan spells. Torquay's fansites are working overtime on some, often bizarre, rumours. Currently doing the rounds is an imminent takeover of the club by BBC reporter Garth Crooks and Premiership referee Uriah Rennie, while their current run of 19 games without a win is a club record and fans are quick to point out that the run started with chairman Chris Roberts' arrival. The Gulls have signed keeper Kevin Miller on loan from Southampton for a month.
Bristol Rovers will travel to Shrewsbury next Tuesday for their rearranged Johnstones Paint Trophy tie after the Football League sided with the Pirates. The FL had wanted the game played tonight, but the move was rejected by Rovers.
Ex-Bulls Tony James, Chukki Eribenne, Adam Stansfield, and Bertrand Cozic all featured as Exeter beat a patched-up Weymouth 4-0. Former Weymouth winger Lee Elam, who joined Exeter last week, scored a hat-trick.