Coventry City say they are "sickened and saddened" by racist abuse sent to defender Fankaty Dabo after the club's Championship play-off final defeat.

Dabo was the only player to miss his penalty in Coventry's 6-5 shootout loss to Luton at Wembley on Saturday.

A club statement said: "The messages are abhorrent. We are clear there is no place for racism in our society."

Londoner Dabo, 27, is one of seven first-team players being released when their Sky Blues contracts expire.

Coventry thanked supporters for the positive messages sent to Dabo after the game and have said they will provide support for the player.

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"The club will work with the PFA, EFL and Police and will seek to ban and prosecute any person found to have sent racist messages," said the club.

Chairman Doug King added: "Coventry is a tolerant and multicultural city that we are proud to represent and there is no place any form of racism or discrimination in person or on social media."

Dabo's missed spot-kick at Wembley proved to be his final act in a Coventry shirt. The former Chelsea youth team player made 131 appearances during his four years with the Sky Blues and helped Mark Robins' side win the 2019-20 League One title.

Julien Dacosta, Todd Kane, Sean Maguire, Michael Rose, Martyn Waghorn and Tyler Walker are the other senior players set to leave the club.

Captain Liam Kelly has been offered a new one-year contract.

Defender Joel Senior is one of nine players to be released by Carlisle after their promotion to League One.

The right-back played all 120 minutes of the Cumbrians' League Two play-off final triumph against Stockport.

Senior, 23, made 16 appearances for the club this season, having signed from Altrincham in January 2022.

Carlisle have offered new deals to four players including captain Morgan Feeney and Taylor Charters, who scored the winning penalty in Sunday's final.

Omari Patrick, who came on to level the game at 1-1 at Wembley, has also been rewarded with a contract, as has Kristian Dennis, the club's top scorer with 21 goals.

Others let go by Paul Simpson's side include midfielders Jamie Devitt and Brennan Dickenson, with the latter having been sidelined with a long-term ACL injury.

Nizzy could well be adding to the few Scotland caps he has picked up under Steve Clarke's tenure. Does he deserve this recognition? I'm not sure although he has certainly improved and picked up on his match fitness since he returned from that horrible ACL injury last year. He recently commented that he intends to move on in the summer. Hopefully his Scotland Euro involvement will enhance the transfer evaluation as Hibs search for that elusive pen box striker that they sorely need to score goals regularly.

Matty Daly in action for Harrogate
Matty Daly played twice in the Premier League while at Huddersfield
Harrogate Town have signed midfielder Matty Daly on a two-year contract following his season-long loan with the League Two club in 2022-23.

The 22-year-old started 20 league games last term after joining from Huddersfield Town, scoring seven goals in the league and eight from 39 appearances in all competitions.

Daly told the club website: "I really enjoyed my football here.

"There was a real togetherness and that made it a great dressing room."

Head of player recruitment Lloyd Kerry added; "We knew a few weeks ago that he would be available and we moved pretty quickly.

"We know all about Matty and the quality which he has. He scored some vital goals for us and at the age of 22 we believe he can become a big asset for this club."

Can I take this opportunity to wish GENTLEMAN BIG DAVE the best off luck in today's play-off final, hoping to see his big smiling face back at The Hawthorns soon.

Albion still 11th in the All-time League*, and unlikely to move up/down for a few Years. (W*lves unlikely to overtake in my lifetime!)

1    8,744 Liverpool
2    8,677 Arsenal
3    8,554 Everton
4    8,523 Manchester United
5    8,307 Aston Villa
6    8,122 Manchester City
7    8,012 Newcastle United
8    7,922 Tottenham Hotspur
9    7,883 Chelsea
10  7,677 Sunderland
11  7,532 West Bromwich Albion
12  7,264 Blackburn Rovers
13  7,229 Wolverhampton Wanderers
14  7,158 Derby County
15  7,093 Middlesbrough
16  7,087 Sheffield Wednesday
17  7,055 West Ham United
18  7,050 Sheffield United
19  7,049 Leicester City
20  6,941 Bolton Wanderers
21  6,931 Leeds United
22  6,917 Birmingham City
23  6,911 Nottingham Forest
24  6,785 Stoke City
25  6,514 Burnley
26  6,417 Southampton
27  6,038 Preston North End
28  5,753 Fulham
29  5,659 Huddersfield Town
30  5,631 Portsmouth
31  5,497 Charlton Athletic
32  5,363 Blackpool
33  5,360 Coventry City
34  5,309 Norwich City
35  5,084 Queens Park Rangers
36  5,021 Ipswich Town
37  4,986 Crystal Palace
38  4,930 Cardiff City
39  4,763 Bristol City
40  4,666 Barnsley

No consideration is given to points accumulated, games won, or goals scored.
*  Based purely on League position since The Football League's.
inauguration (1888) these are the top 40 Clubs.

The League champions are awarded 92 League pts, runners-up 91, etc
and the bottom team in League 2/Div 4 get 1 point.
(Between 1924 and 1950, there were only 88 Clubs in the League,
and so the League champions get 88 League pts.)
Between 1888 (12 Clubs) and 1923 (86 Clubs) there were varying
nos of League members. The Champs get 12 pts (for example) for
winning the 1888-89 season,
When there were 2 Division 3s (North & South), the winners would have
each received 49 pts, whilst the runners-up both got 47.

1951 to present 92
1924 to 1950: 88
1922 to 1923 86
1921         66
1920         44
1906 to 1915 40
1899 to 1905 36
1895 to 1898 32
1894         31
1893         28
1892         14
1888 to 1891 12

Name Changes have been taken into account and combined -
(eg Swansea Town and Swansea City )

Bury FC



The start of hopefully a more happier future for Bury FC and we are there at the beginning of it

Only one of Everton, Leicester or Leeds can survive the drop today, the last day of the Premier League season. Who's it gonna be?

Obviously as a Huddersfield Town supporter, I want Leeds to go down after they tried to steal our club a hundred and four years ago.

But of the other two, I'd like Leicester down. Arrogant twats!

Who do you want?

So the season ends with a 1-1 draw at the PBS. And again i'm left thinking it should have been better.

As far as i'm concerned 3rd was a definite possibility this season, 4th should have happened but instead we ended 5th.

Hertz played total anti-football again, constant fouling, diving and time wasting, some of their fans were also an absolute disgrace. That said our response was panic, and launching of endless high balls forward. I know the hertz keeper made a couple of good saves but our tactics and game management were really poor again. Zero in the way of composure and quality.

As for the melee at fulltime, Naismith being a snide wee dick had a lot to do with it. I hate that prick with a passion, no doubt in my mind he told Shankland to do what he did early on. I really wish one of our guys had smashed him one.

A sour end to whats been a pretty strange season.