Crawley's trip to Crystal Palace is the latest Carling Cup match to be cancelled over the London riots, while Swindon's trip to face Bristol City has also been postponed after Bristol was also affected by disorder. No Bulls in the Team of the Week. Southend's Sean Clohessy is named in the XI, with Torquay the only side to get two players mentioned. Mathieu Manset was named in the Championship side for his cameo appearance for Reading.
There was limited press coverage of this weekend's game as the FL's data partner, Football DataCo, has failed to reach agreement with the majority of the press over licencing of match action photos and data. The press are claiming DataCo's terms are restrictive, but talks are ongoing. Crewe have rejected trialist defender Jordan Rose for a second time after inviting him back to the club. Dario Gradi says he will look to get a Premier League or Championship player in on loan.
A decision on Wrexham's future has been delayed as the Conference want clarification on some of the information submitted to them. The club say they are confident they will start the season, while Cambridge confirmed yesterday morning that they had not been paid a transfer fee that was due for striker Danny Wright. One of the terms laid down by the Conference was payment of football creditors. A club statement says that individual fans have 'loaned' £40,000 to the club so far to aid their fundraising.
Kettering chairman Imraan Ladak claims fans back the club's move to Nene Park, saying they have sold nearly twice the number of season tickets as last season. They are close to 1,000 holders, but make no mention of how many of the new applicants were previous Rushden fans taking up the offer of a free ticket. Former Bulls trainee Adam Worton has left Newtown for Airbus UK for an undisclosed fee. The 24 year old had played close to 150 games for Newtown and was being chased by several sides.
Oxford have signed striker Lewis Guy from MK Dons on a one month loan. The 25 year old scored twice in 34 League appearances for the franchise club last term. Northampton are to sign Peterboro defender Kelvin Langmead on a months loan. The 26 year old is reported to have rejected a move to Wycombe to rejoin former Posh boss Gary Johnson.