Bradford will not be appealing against the red card handed out to loan defender Andrew Davies at the weekend. The Stoke man will now miss three matches including their trip to Edgar Street on Saturday. Plymouth are down to just 17 players after Blackburn striker Tom Hitchcock's loan spell expired. The youngster failed to score in two months and ten games with the club.
Dagenham striker Sam Williams will have surgery on a knee injury and is expected to miss at least two months. The former Bulls trialist damaged the knee in their match with Crewe last weekend. Northampton say they have received an undisclosed sum and had their legal costs paid over Giles Coke's transfer to Motherwell in 2009. The midfielder left on a cross border free transfer, but the Cobblers maintained that he had accepted a new deal.
Ex-Bull Jimmy Quinn had to name himself on the bench, at the age of 51, with his Nantwich Town side down to just 12 fit outfield players this weekend. The war of words between Port Vale and Mark Sims seems unlikely to stop anytime soon. Club CEO Perry Deakin told the press he thought Sims was looking for reasons not to join the board, while Sims has called Deakin's statements 'outright lies'.
Swindon manager Paolo Di Canio ran the entire Swindon half marathon yesterday after he 'got lost' on the two mile route that he was supposed to be doing after starting the race. Accrington have secured a £28,000 sponsorship deal with the local council that will see the club provide activities and support for the local community.
No Bulls in the Team of the Week. Ex-Bull Lionel Ainsworth is one of two Shrewsbury players nominated along with two from Oxford. Bradford's JPT match with Sheffield United has been selected for live Sky coverage. It is the third match this season Sky will show featuring the Bantams, having already shown games against Leeds and Sheff Weds.