Bishops Stortford are to appeal to the FA following the Conference's decision to move them to Conf North in the wake of Rushden's demise. The Blues, who are managed by former England and Spurs keeper Ian Walker, were moved due to them being the further north of the Conf South sides and now face substantially increased travel costs.
Newport have signed released Bradford midfielder Tommy Docherty. Docherty, 32, was one of Bradford's highest earners last season. The Welsh FA have handed control of matters of discipline over the six Welsh sides in the English league system to the English FA. A FAW representative will sit on the disciplinary panel when a Welsh club is involved.
Supporters Direct chief executive Dave Boyle has resigned from his post with immediate effect over the Twitter messages that saw the FSIF cut their funding. His replacement, Brentford fans director Brian Burgess, will seek urgent talks with the FSIF and the Premier League in a bid to reverse their decision. Ex-Bull Nicky Law was named Conf North Manager of the Year at last night's Conference awards dinner.
Morecambe have announced they will not have to pay a transfer fee over their signing of Andy Fleming from Wrexham last summer. Wrexham took the matter to a tribunal, but it found in the Shrimps' favour that the terms offered to the 23 year old by the Conference side were less favourable than his previous deal.