Togo midfielder Folly joins Daggers on month long loan
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League Two side Dagenham and Redbridge have completed the signing of Togolese midfielder Yoann Folly on a month long loan from Plymouth Argyle. The Paris born medio was not getting regular football at Home Park and has been sent out by Pilgrims boss Paul Marriner to get some playing time under his belt.
Folly started his career with St.Etienne and crossed the Channel in 2003 to join Southampton in 2003. He had loan spells at Nottingham Forest, Preston North End and Sheffield Wednesday before leaving St.Mary’s in 2006. Plymouth bought him two years ago for an estimated fee of £200,000.
Folly represented France at various youth levels but eventually opted to play for Togo at international level. His only international cap came in August 2008 against the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Folly could make his debut for Dag & Red this weekend against Grimsby Town.
Spireites complete loan signing of young Madine
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League Two side Chesterfield have completed the signing of young striker Gary Madine on a one month loan from Carlisle United. The 6’4’’ striker, once reportedly a target for the likes of Manchester United and Newcastle United, will be at Saltergate till March 13.
Madine had an unsuccessful trial with Middlesbrough as a teenager before joining Carlisle United. He made his first team debut for the club in March 2008 against Nottingham Forest.
In early 2009, Madine was sent out on loan to Rochdale. After a month with Dale, he returned to Brunton Park. In October last year, Coventry City signed him on a three month loan deal. The Sky Blues were keen to make him a permanent member of their squad but failed to reach an agreement with the Cumbrians.
Chesterfield are currently 6th in League Two and will face Bury at home this weekend.
Football League News- January 5 - 2010
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The lower league teams in England are buzzing after a string of upsets in the third round of the FA Cup. League One leaders Leeds United shocked rivals Manchester United at Old Trafford while Reading managed to hold Liverpool to a draw.
Jermaine Beckford, who scored Leeds’ goal at the “Theatre of Dreams” might not be at the club for long. Beckford is a long term target of Newcastle boss Chris Hughton and he admitted that the club are working very hard towards getting Beckford signed in the winter transfer window. Newcastle United have also been very quick to refute any rumours that Cameroon international Geremi might be be close to signing for Turkish club Ankaragucu. Derby County are hoping to entice James Vaughn to join them for a second loan spell. Vaughn has been in good form after returning to Everton and has scored in his last two games. Derby, though, might have to part ways with Rob Hulse and Kris Commons.
A host of lower league teams including Carlisle, Barnsley, Plymouth and Charlton are jostling for the signature of Chelsea’s young midfielder Tom Taiwo. The ball lies in the player’s court. Taiwo has
to decide if he wants to move away from the capital in favour of a lesser team. Roy Keane is very eager to get Tottenham’s Mexican star Giovani dos Santos on loan. Dos Santos scored four times in eight
games for Ipswich last season, and Keane is confident that he would be able to persuade the former Barcelona starlet for another spell in the Championship.
Bournemouth sign Stech on loan
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Bournemouth have signed keeper Marek Stech on an emergency loan from West Ham United. The Cherries took special permission from the League to make the deal outside the transfer window after regular keepers Shwan Jalal and Dan Thomas were both injured.
Czech Republic international Stech has moved to Dean Court for an initial period of seven days. The 19 year old made his debut for the Cherries in their League Two game on Saturday against Morecambe. The Shrimps put five past Stech with Stewart Drummond, Craig Stanley, Laurence Wilson, Phil Jevons (penalty) and Mark Duffy scoring for the home side in a 5-0 demolition. Marvin Bartley was also sent off for Bournemouth as Eddie Howe’s side had a day to forget in Lancashire.
Football League News - November 15
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Peterborough have confirmed the appointment of Mark Cooper as their new boss. Cooper joins the bottom placed team after having a successful stint with Kettering Town. He replaces Darren Ferguson, son of Sir Alex, who guided Posh to back to back promotions in the last two seasons. Peterborough find themselves four points from safety, with 16 games into season. In what could be a somewhat sensational coup, Newcastle United are pondering a move for free agent Sol Campbell. The 35-year old former England star expressed his desire to link up with Chris Hughton at Newcastle. Hughton has been seeking cover for the center back pairing of Coloccini and Taylor and having worked with Sol at Spurs, one can’t rule out this move. Hughton has also been linked with a move for PSG striker Fabrice Pancrate. Pancrate trained with Pompey in the pre-season and also had a trial stint with Sheffield United.
Watford youngster Lee Hodgson has signed a new three year contact that will keep him at the club till 2012. The 18-year old Northern Ireland U-21 international has made 12 appearances for Watford and came through the ranks at Vicarage Road. Another players who has extended his contract is Swansea captain Garry Monk. His new deal sees him stay at the Liberty Stadium till 2012. Charlton have snapped up Sheffield Wednesday striker Akpo Sodje on a loan deal, with a view to make the deal permanent.
In some other news, Lord Mawhinney has announced that he will step down as the chairman of the Football League on 15th March, after more than eight years in the job. Peter Whittingham, Grant Holt and Kasper Schemichel won Player of the League awards for October in the Championship, League One and League Two respectively.
Magpies keep on flying, A Man City youngster and John Still
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A month ago Newcastle were written off and were being endless compared to Leeds United. A relegation battle some said, League Two in a couple of season piped others; however it looks as if the joke is on them as the Toon Army maintain their 100% start to the season with a 1-0 win over, Leicester. A Danny Guthrie strike in the second half was enough to take Newcastle back to the top of the Championship table and gave betters a very reasonable price of 175/1 for the North-East club to go through this season unbeaten in the league.
In League One Manchester City defender Clayton McDonald has made the step down to join Walsall on a one month loan deal to get some playing time. At 6 foot 6 the giant defender is set to have a bright future with Mark Hughes’ side however much will be made of how he plays with Chris Hutchings’ Walsall team who will be aiming to stay in the division this season.
Finally the humorously named John Still has dismissed any notion that he will be joining Colchester as manager. In what is one of the most bizarre managerial changes of late Paul Lambert left Colchester to join Norwich. What was most strange about this was that Lamberts’ Colchester side had just beaten The Canaries 7-1 on the opening day of the season which led to Bryan Gunns sacking and days later the Scot left the Colchester Community Stadium for Norfolk. It looks, however, that
Dagenham and Redbridge fans can sleep easy as Still reiterated his commitment to the League Two side where he has been since 2004.
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