Notts County have confirmed interest in former Coventry striker Michael Mifsud, but have cooled proceedings after holding talks with the Malta international. Darlington have ended the loan spell of Middlesboro winger Nathan Porritt after a series of disappointing displays. A consortium hoping to buy Salisbury say the taxman is the biggest hurdle to them completing a deal.
Northampton have signed goalkeeper Simon Brown on contract until January. The 32 year old was with Brentford last season. Cobblers caretaker boss Ian Sampson, who has ex-Sunderland boss Malcolm Crosby in to help him, blamed ex-Bull Dean Beckwith and fellow defender Chris McCready, who was sent off, for their heavy loss to Notts County at the weekend: "It was one of the poorest displays I've seen from a centre-back partnership for some time."
The Conference are on the verge of agreeing a new TV deal that will see 25 matches a season broadcast on a channel, believed to be ESPN. Bournemouth chairman Eddie Mitchell has stated that the club would have broken even financially in August if it wasn't for their historical debts.