Woking have appointed former Coventry City and Sheffield United midfielder Michael Doyle as their new manager.

The 42-year-old was previously assistant head coach at Notts County and Forest Green Rovers.

And he has left a job with Portsmouth's academy to replace Darrell Sarll, who was sacked on 13 November.

"We had the option to be safe or to be bold, and we took the decision to be bold with this appointment," said chief executive John Katz.

"Michael is a young, ambitious, and dynamic manager, and our decision to be bold represents what this club needs to regain - ambition and dynamism.

"We believe in his track record of success in the Football League, how he wants his Woking team to play, and his plan to move the club forward."

Dublin-born Doyle made 866 senior appearances during his playing career, which also included spells at Celtic and Notts County.

He spent a season on loan at Leeds United in 2009-10 and helped them win promotion from League One.

Doyle has agreed a contract to the end of the 2024-25 season and interim boss Ian Dyer will remain at Woking as his number two, along with goalkeeping coach Marlon Beresford.

Woking are 17th in National League following Saturday's 2-1 victory at Dorking Wanderers, a game Doyle watched from the stands.

"It was an important result first and foremost after the loss in midweek. There's plenty to build on now going into next week and through the remainder of the season," said Doyle.

"Woking is a great club with a rich history. I'm looking forward to working with Ian, the backroom staff, players and the people behind the scenes."

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2 points for correct result
4 points for correct score
2 points for each correct scorer
Correct joker doubles your score   (correct score on a joker would give you 8 points)
Wrong joker result gives you minus 2
Correct Random Badger gives you 2 points

The random badger is used for any random prediction used once in each matchday sequence. For instance, a scorer at a particular match, the number of red cards in the matches or yellow cards or own goals or owt you want really within reason, I do need to be able to check whether it's correct or not. Please don't put stuff like....."Commentator says...."  
The joker   is played for one match in each sequence and if correct you get double points. So if you've predicted 1-0 and it finishes 2-0, you get 4 pts, but if you've predicted 2-0, that's 8 pts. But if you get it wrong, it's minus 2.
Jokers and badgers are optional. You don't have to play one if you don't want.

The prize for winning the league is one rep point.

Cup games: In the event of a draw, it's half the points if you've predicted a draw when it gets to 90 mins and the full points if it's still a draw after extra time. Half the points will be awarded for correctly predicting the winner of the match if it goes to penalties. Similarly with the badger, if your random prediction is affected by this, it'll be half the points.

Random score generator: I will be using the random score generator again for those who miss predicting, so we shouldn't get some people too far behind that after missing a couple of weeks they lose all interest, because I know it's not easy getting on here every week.
To be fair to everybody, this is going to be like, say if three people in one week miss their predictions, the first one in the table will be given all 0-0, the second one down the line will get 1-0 and the third will get 0-1 and so on, like if there's four missing the 4th will get 1-1, then 5th 2-1, 6th 1-2. and if there are so many missing, might as well pack in.
And if you miss two weeks on the trot, I'll stop until you come back on again. Not doing it for half a season like I did t'other year.  

End of season Play Offs: The one who finishes top of the league will still be champion, but after the season finishes there will be Play Offs between the top 4, with 1st v 4th and 2nd v 3rd. This will take in stuff like the EFL Play Offs, FA Cup Final, final day of Prima Donna League, European Finals etc. It will be one matchday for the semis and one for the Final. It will be the individual scores for each matchday against the allotted opponent, with some kind of tie breaker for a drawn match.

The prize for winning will be enormous. Another rep point.

1. St Charles Owl = 404 pts
   
2. Baggiebob(BBB) = 389 pts
   
3. jjamez = 350 pts
   
4. theo_luddite = 331 pts
   
5. themaclad = 326 pts
   
6. neonfoxinthebox = 321 pts
   

Friday 22nd December:
Bristol City v Hull City
Swansea City v Preston North End

Saturday 23rd December:
Norwich v Town
Town scorers:
Norwich scorers:

Leeds United v Ipswich Town (12:30)
Blackburn Rovers v Watford
Leicester City v Rotherham United
Middlesbrough v West Bromwich Albion
Plymouth Argyle v Birmingham City
Queens Park Rangers v Southampton
Sheffield Wednesday v Cardiff City
Stoke City v Millwall
Sunderland v Coventry City

Tuesday 26th December:
Town v Blackburn
Town scorers:
Rovers scorers:

Preston North End v Leeds United (12:30)
Millwall v Queens Park Rangers (13:00)
Cardiff City v Plymouth Argyle
Coventry City v Sheffield Wednesday
Hull City v Sunderland
Rotherham United v Middlesbrough
Southampton v Swansea City
Watford v Bristol City
West Bromwich Albion v Norwich City
Birmingham City v Stoke City (17:15)
Ipswich Town v Leicester City (19:45)

Bonus matches (all Saturday):
Premier League:
Fulham v Burnley
Nottingham Forest v AFC Bournemouth
Liverpool v Arsenal (17:30)


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1. Lord Snooty = 359 pts
   
2. ritchiebaby = 329 pts
   
3. WakeyTerrier = 324 pts
   
4. Devongone = 319 pts
   
5. Amelia Chaffinch = 290 pts
   
6. SHEP_HTAFC = 282 pts
   

Friday 22nd December:
Bristol City v Hull City
Swansea City v Preston North End

Saturday 23rd December:
Norwich v Town
Town scorers:
Norwich scorers:

Leeds United v Ipswich Town (12:30)
Blackburn Rovers v Watford
Leicester City v Rotherham United
Middlesbrough v West Bromwich Albion
Plymouth Argyle v Birmingham City
Queens Park Rangers v Southampton
Sheffield Wednesday v Cardiff City
Stoke City v Millwall
Sunderland v Coventry City


Tuesday 26th December:
Town v Blackburn
Town scorers:
Rovers scorers:

Preston North End v Leeds United (12:30)
Millwall v Queens Park Rangers (13:00)
Cardiff City v Plymouth Argyle
Coventry City v Sheffield Wednesday
Hull City v Sunderland
Rotherham United v Middlesbrough
Southampton v Swansea City
Watford v Bristol City
West Bromwich Albion v Norwich City
Birmingham City v Stoke City (17:15)
Ipswich Town v Leicester City (19:45)


Bonus matches (all Saturday):
Premier League:
West Ham United v Manchester United (12:30)

Scottish Premiership:
Ross County v Hibernian

National League:
Chesterfield v Aldershot Town


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In the 3rd of 4 successive away games, Hibs travel to the Fair City on a decent run of 4 wins in 5 games. James Jeggo is due to replace suspended Joe Newell in the only enforced change, although Nick Montgomery is never shy to freshen up several positions in every game as he sees fit. It will probably be a tight low-scoring game, so Hibs new-found solidity will be vital in this one.

St Johnstone are not known for their goal-scoring exploits, but will prove to be a tough nut to crack, with an uplift in form with the appointment of Craig Levein as manager.

Gateshead 2-1 Halifax
Aldershot 2-1 Eastleigh
Altrincham 3-0 Fylde
Boreham Wood 0-1 Oxford City
Dag & Red 0-2 Wealdstone
Dorking 1-1 Woking
Ebbsfleet 2-1 Barnet
Hartlepool 1-3 Chesterfield
Maidenhead United 1-1 Kidderminster
Rochdale 0-1 York
Solihull Moors 2-0 Oldham
Southend 2-2 Bromley


League Table After Matchday 23

Spireitematt - 513
SaltergateBorn - 484
Amelia - 411
St Charles - 393
Dancing - 379
Lord Snoots - 368
Devon - 307

Swindon Town and chairman Clem Morfuni have been charged with breaching EFL rules over transferring shares.

The charges relate to a transfer of a 17.1% shareholding to Hollie Kiely of Swinton Reds 20 Ltd in September 2022.

Morfuni is said to have not disclosed the deal to the club's management and subsequently to the EFL, which breaches rules on declaring a 'Significant Interest' share acquisition.

The Australian businessman became majority shareholder in July 2021.

Last month, he insisted he remained committed to the financially-troubled club and denied he is looking to sell.

Clubs have to disclose details of any shareholder with more than 10% of voting rights to the League and also update the official club website with the details for public record.

"Confirmation of the share transfer came to light following its publication at Companies House in August 2023, meaning the club had been in breach of its obligations for the majority of the 2022-23 season," an EFL statement said.

"No charges have been issued in respect of a transfer of a 5% shareholding because that does not exceed the 10% reporting threshold in EFL regulations.

"The charges will now be considered by an independent disciplinary commission."

Swindon said they would be making no further comment in a statement.

The Robins are ninth in the League Two table, a point away from the play-off places.