Swansea City made a loss of £12.5m for the 2021-22 Championship season, according to accounts lodged at Companies House.

The club suffered a £7.65m drop in turnover as parachute payments from their time in the Premier League ended.

Swansea's operating loss before player sales jumped to £23.12m, with £10.89m generated from transfers including Flynn Downes' move to West Ham.

The figures cover the financial year to June 2022.

They do not include details of recent investment in the club from new chairman Andy Coleman.

Notes in the accounts, though, do confirm loans of £16m were given to the club and then converted into equity by Swansea's US ownership group.

There is also confirmation of external loans as the club worked to manage cash flow, with media payments dropping significantly from £21.67m to £9.29m.

Oxford United striker Matty Taylor, wing-back Djavan Anderson and winger Jodi Jones have been released by the League One club.

Taylor, 33, first joined his hometown club as a youth player and scored 64 goals in 164 games across two spells.

The striker spent the second half of the season on loan at Port Vale.

"Obviously Matty Taylor is a club legend and has been here in two spells since he was just a kid," head coach Liam Manning said.

"I am sure the fans will join us in thanking him for everything he has done for the club.

Oxford 'must learn from this season' - Manning
"The other players are also good people who we wish well for the future."

Dutch defender Anderson, 28, and Jones, 25, were both out of contract this summer.

Anderson made 30 appearances in all competitions after signing from Lazio last September while Jones featured only five times in the league before joining National League side Notts County on loan in January.

Academy players Slavi Spasov, Kie Plumley, Ben Davis, Yoav Sade and Will Owens have also been released.

Midfielder Danny Mayor is among five players to be released by League One champions Plymouth Argyle this summer.

Defender James Bolton, wing-back Conor Grant, striker Luke Jephcott and goalkeeper Adam Parkes have also been released by the club.

Mayor, 32, has made 163 appearances for the Pilgrims since joining from Bury in 2019, including 34 during this season.

"Danny Mayor has been there every day throughout my coaching career so far," manager Steven Schumacher said.

"We both feel, for the sake of Danny's beautiful young family, the time has come for him to move back home and take on a new challenge. I'm going to miss him so much, but what a way to end our journey together."

Jordan Houghton, James Wilson, Dan Scarr, 17-goal top scorer Ryan Hardie and Niall Ennis have all been offered new contracts for next season in the Championship, while Brendan Galloway has triggered a one-year extension.

Grant joined Plymouth in 2018 although only played 11 times in all competitions this campaign, because of a long-term thigh injury.

Bolton, 28, has similarly seen much of his time at the club hampered by injury, making just 22 appearances since signing in 2021.

Jephcott, meanwhile, has been on loan at League Two Swindon since September.

"This is the absolute hardest part of being a manager," Schumacher continued.

"To have to say goodbye to people, who have become more than just a player, who have actually become good friends over the last five years is incredibly hard."

Derby County have had their transfer embargo lifted by the English Football League after two years under it.

Derby last paid a transfer fee in September 2020 and have been affected by embargoes since the summer of 2021.

Financial issues - which led to administration - saw the embargo first applied, with Derby's transfer dealings then restricted by the EFL after David Clowes took ownership in July 2022.

They have now been removed from he EFL's embargo reporting service.

It was reported by BBC Radio Derby that the League One club will be able to operate without restrictions when the transfer window opens in the summer, and that they will instead be monitored by the EFL against their own budget and business plan.

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While Derby have not been able to pay transfer fees over the past two seasons, they have been allowed to recruit free agents and loan players.

Limits have been applied to the size of their squad and wages on offer at Pride Park.

Paul Warne will be the first Rams boss since Phillip Cocu, who was sacked in November 2020, to have a transfer budget to spend.

Warne has previously said "surgery's needed" on his Derby squad before next season, which will be spent in League One after they fell short of the play-offs on the final day of the season.

Wayne Rooney did not spend any money on transfers during his time at the helm, which ended with relegation from the Championship in 2021-22.

Liam Rosenior then rebuilt the side for their League One campaign by recruiting an almost entirely new squad in the space of a month after Clowes took Derby out of administration.

Before the takeover, the Rams had only five first-team players to call on for the start of pre-season when Rosenior took interim charge of the Rams last summer.

Neither Derby nor the EFL have commented on the embargo being lifted, but at a Derby County Supporters' charter group meeting in April the club said their business plan "would be division specific" and that they would "build in a progressive and sensible manner".

'Warne has chance to mould own side'
Analysis - BBC Radio Derby's Dominic Dietrich

This is a big step in the right direction for the football club.

Whilst it finally gives them an opportunity to step away from their financial restraints, this isn't a return to the old Derby County of spending big fees and gambling on promotion.

The approach the club are now going to adopt will be sustainable but competitive in League One, but it gives Paul Warne a much better opportunity to mould his own side with the assistance of their new head of recruitment Mark Thomas after declaring it needs surgery this summer.

Ten months into David Clowes' ownership we're told relations with the EFL have improved greatly and it's time to look ahead to a better future at Pride Park.

AFC Wimbledon have offered new contracts to Ethan Chislett and Aaron Pierre but George Marsh is among seven players who have been released.

Midfielder Chislett, 24, scored 11 goals in 51 appearances as the Dons finished 21st in League Two.

Defender Pierre, 30, netted once in 10 outings, while midfielder Marsh, 24, featured 30 times in all competitions.

The Dons have taken up an option to extend the deal of 20-year-old defender Isaac Ogundere.

However, Dylan Adjei-Hersey, Elliott Bolton, Aaron Cosgrave, David Fisher, Kwaku Frimpong and Luke Jenkins will join Marsh in leaving the Cherry Red Records Stadium.

Chris Gunter will also exit the south-west London club, having announced his retirement last week.

Nineteen other players remain under contract for next season, including goalkeeper Nik Tzanev, defender Will Nightingale and forwards Ali Al-Hamadi and Josh Davison.

"Discussions are ongoing with a number of players as regards to the club's direction and their role for next season as we look to give us the best chance of success on the field," manager Johnnie Jackson told the club website.

THE MATCH

FRIDAY 12TH MAY KO 8:00PM

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LAST MATCH



We finish the regular season with a 4th consecutive win, knocking Derby out of the playoffs at the same time. It was a fairly quiet first half with McGoldrick trying to win the game for Derby on his own, Dawson making a couple of saves. Just before HT we took the lead when Davis fouled Johnson, it was soft and Davis was the shown a red card. Smith stepped up and fired past Wildsmith.
Onto the second half and we started brightly, Vaulks hitting the bar and the rebound then blocked, Bannan fired wide from distance, then Pato did his best Nuhiu impression heading wide from inside the 6 yard box. Derby had a couple of chances, McGoldrick long range effort saved by Dawson and Bird had a chance cleared off the line.

THE MATCH



Onto the playoffs and the 1st leg and a trip to Peterborough. The Posh made the playoffs after our win over Derby and after they beat Barnsley 0-2 at Oakwell. There main threat is Clarke-Harris who managed 26 goals and 5 assists and we will need to keep an eagle eye on him. They are managed by Darren Ferguson, who has managed them on 4 different occasions and usually gets them promoted but then gets relegated. They beat us earlier in the season, although we did play for 60 mins with only 10 men. Hopefully DM will set out to win the and not play for a draw like we tried against Sunderland last season, though I think he will go for the latter again  

ALL TIME H2H

OWLS 10
POSH 7  
DRAWS 4 

CURRENT FORM

OWLS              -                                                                                     

POSH              -                                                                                      

EFL STOOGES

DOES IT MATTER THERE ALL CORRUPT  

ANTHONY BACKHOUSE
Alex James and Garry Maskell
Fourth Official : David Rock
Reserve AR: Daniel Cook

THE TEAM

Dawson
Iorfa Flint Ihekwe
Palmer Bannan Vaulks Dele Johnson
Smith Paterson

SCORE & SCORER (HOME TEAM SCORE FIRST)

1-2 Smith

WEDNESDAYS FIRT GOAL TIME

26

BML LEAGUE

Owlskev 34
Stateside 27
SCO 25
Imre 22
Wash 22
Maddix 19
Peiowl 17

OTHER GAMES OF MILD INTEREST

Leeds v Newcastle
Sunderland v Luton Town
Bolton Wanderers v Barnsley
Salford City v Stockport County
Chesterfield v Notts County

AHDAA

THE MUPPETT LEAGUE




KATE BECKINSALE TRIBUTE PIC

Patrick Brough will leave Barrow this summer after rejecting a new deal, while Josh Kay, Josh Lillis and Josh Gordon are still deciding on offers.

Brough, 27, was a regular for Pete Wild's side making 46 appearances this term, and 170 in total since his move from Dundee in the summer of 2019.

Striker Gordon, 28, top-scored for the Bluebirds with 15 goals in 42 games.

Midfielder Kay, 26, scored six in 38, while goalkeeper Lillis, 35, provided cover to regular choice Paul Farman.

Scott Moloney, David Moyo, Mark Ellis, Joe Grayson, Solomon Nwabuokei, Benni Smales-Braithwaite and Pawel Zuk have been released, although the latter two have been invited back for pre-season.

We (we) (that's us) are in a Final at Wembley and everyone's on MUTE. Despite Drones of Evil Intent flying overhead, Cookie going occasionally apoplectic and playing all the right notes ..... but not necessarily in the right order, we are back on the verge of the EFL, ready or not.

We played quite well against Bromley. It was the right decision not to put a big guy up front against Sowunmi. It was the right decision to trust Dobra to find some form. And even though it was a home game it definitely was the right decision to select Jones. Grimes may be captain but it was Jones who kept King under control when he was about to boil over and do something we'd all regret, and without King we simply would not be good enough to beat one the top sides.

Oh Lord I wish we'd send Mandeville to the gym, put a half a stone at least on him and feed him some steaks. He brought a ball down out on the wing, killed it dead, that would have had them cheering in the San Siro. At times he is magic, then a few minutes later he's on the other wing, thinks the contest is all over, brain is on pause, and suddenly Bromley have the ball and they are laying it forward for Sowunmi to put it in for Cheek to make his sole contribution to the afternoon. And then in extra time, when most engines are sputtering, Mandy's is still roaring, he charges onto a loose ball like a man possessed and bangs it home with power and certainty. Some players you don't know what they will do from match to match. With Mandeville it is almost minute to minute. He has it in him to get us back into the League.

Noticeably Cookie opted for Covolan on the bench. I don't know what to make of Fitzsimmons. I don't know what to make of the commentators' inability to spot an obvious goalkeeping error. Bromley's first goal was 100% his fault. The ball was crossed inside the six yard box. He should have called, dived and made an easy catch. Second choice was to knock it away, there weren't many Bromley players up. Instead he did nowt. Ash Palmer hesitated over whether he should intervene, decided rightly that would be dangerous. That confused Fitzsimmons who froze, the ball hit him and rolled to a Bromley player in front of an open goal. If I had made that mistake I really wouldn't have been allowed to forget about it, and I was playing amateur football. It should have been easy for a pro' keeper. But just to confuse us Fitz later comes out full of confidence plucking crosses when we needed him. Maybe he is suffering from multiple-personality syndrome. Sitting in front of the telly he's slowly giving me Tourettes.

Our hope against Notts is that the speed of Colclough and Dallas will do for their high line defence if our passing could just be on song. Armando just keep calm keep beating people and slip in those through balls. We need Langstaff to forget his hymn sheet as he did against the Wood, and if Rodrigues could just keep looking excellent, but never scoring that would help. I'd like to see Uchegbulam on the bench too for his pace. We need to keep taking the game back to County. We can't sit back and let them play. Course I think County will win. Of course they deserve promotion, but it isn't up to us to correct history. Everton couldn't possibly score five at Brighton but ......,..,

Promotion heroes Jamie Proctor and Tom Pett are among six players to be released by League One side Port Vale.

Striker Proctor, 31, scored 12 goals in 2021-22 as Vale went up via the play-offs while midfielder Pett, also 31, has played 83 games across two seasons.

Goalkeeper Lucas Covolan, 31, forward Rory Holden, 25, and 21-year-olds Derek Agyakwa and Sam Robinson have left too.

Dan Jones, David Worrall, Ben Garrity, James Wilson and Mal Benning are in talks to extend their Valiants' stays.


All five are out of contract this summer at Vale, who finished 18th in League One but sacked boss Darrell Clarke late in the season after a run of 11 defeats in 18 matches threatened to plunge them into danger.

The departure of Covolan, who spent last season on loan at National League side Chesterfield, was not unexpected while Holden made just three league starts and Agyakwa one substitute appearance.

Pett, however, played 30 league games in Vale's first campaign back in the third tier and Proctor featured in 20, although he was used mostly off the bench, while midfielder Robinson appeared 22 times.

"This part of the year is always a difficult time in football where we say goodbye to players that have played a huge part in our history," Vale's director of football David Flitcroft told the club's website.

"They leave with gratitude and best wishes of everybody at the club for the way they have committed themselves to grow and progress Port Vale over the past two years."

Aidan Stone, Lewis Cass, Nathan Smith, Tom Conlon, Funso Ojo, Will Forrester, Gavin Massey, Ellis Harrison, Tommy McDermott and James Plant all remain under contract with Vale.

Swindon Town have appointed former Newport County and Walsall boss Michael Flynn as their new manager.

The 42-year-old will take over after their final game of the League Two season against Crawley on Monday.

He replaces former Chelsea coach Jody Morris, who was sacked last week after just 18 games in charge.

Flynn was sacked by the Saddlers at the end of April after a run of one win in 20 matches saw them fall away from play-off contention.

He twice led Newport to the League Two play-off final during his four years in charge at Rodney Parade but the Exiles were beaten by Tranmere in 2019 and Morecambe in 2021.

The Welshman left in September of that year before joining Walsall in February 2022.

Swindon owner Clem Morfuni told the club website: "This was a thorough and fast-moving process as we had very specific requirements for this role, and Michael quickly became the leading candidate.

"We wanted to appoint a manager who is experienced at League Two level, and Michael's knowledge of the current squad, the division itself and potential new recruits is very comprehensive and impressive."