Hoops, Hooper and silly transfer fees

Southampton look to have finally been told to pack up, go home and stop pestering Gary Hooper after the sought after striker himself quashed speculation linking him with a projected move all the way to the south coast of England from Celtic.

Jewell survives again to make bids for Swindon duo

Slowly attracting the name of “the cat” in football managerial circles, not because he’s quick and agile (far from it in fact), but because Ipswich manager Paul Jewell is seemingly the man of many lives as he survives in the hot-seat at Portman Road.