Luton Town captain Sonny Bradley is to leave the Championship club at the end of the season.

Bradley, 31, has made 175 appearances since arriving from Plymouth Argyle in 2018, 19 of them in 2022-23.

The club said the decision had been taken following "amicable discussions" with head coach Rob Edwards.

The Hatters finished third in the table and are preparing for the play-offs for the second successive season, having been beaten by Huddersfield a year ago.

"I have so much respect for him as a human being and a player, because he's done such a great job as captain of this club for such a long time," said Edwards.

"We have a huge couple of weeks ahead of us and he will play a big part in that, but I urge every supporter to thank him for what he has done for Luton Town whenever you get the chance."

Bradley scored Luton's first goal in the second tier following promotion from League One in 2019.

He did not play for four months of this season because of a knee injury, but has started the past five games to help Edwards' team stretch their unbeaten run to 14.

The first leg of their play-off semi-final against Sunderland takes place on Wearside on Saturday, with the return at Kenilworth Road next Tuesday.

The winners will play either Middlesbrough or Coventry at Wembley, on 27 May, for a place in the Premier League.

Greg Taylor
Greg Taylor was out of action for a year after breaking an ankle against Plymouth in August 2021
Cambridge United defender Greg Taylor is to leave at the end of his contract after more than 10 years with the club.

The 33-year-old made 15 appearances this season, the most recent in a 5-1 defeat by Shrewsbury in January.

The U's secured their League One status on the final day of the campaign with a 2-0 win over Forest Green Rovers.

"I am sad to be leaving a place that has become my home but I am leaving the club in a better place than when I joined," Taylor told the club website.

He was signed from Luton Town in the summer of 2013 and played every game that season as they regained their place in the English Football League and won the FA Trophy.

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Taylor did the same again in 2020 as he captained them to promotion from League Two and has played 373 games for the U's in total, the 10th highest in the club's history.

"Having worked within the first team set up for many seasons now, he has been relied upon by multiple head coaches and since my appointment, has been an integral part of the team," said boss Mark Bonner.

"I thank him for his contributions, dedication and resilience throughout the past decade and will miss his character around the training ground."

Lincoln City defender Regan Poole will leave the club when his contract expires next month.

The 24-year-old ex-Manchester United player, who had been offered new terms, made 56 appearances this season.

"He wants to explore options at a higher level and we fully respect that," said Lincoln director of football Jez George.

Fellow defender Max Sanders and midfielder Joe Walsh will not be offered new deals for next season.

Sanders, also 24, played 42 games in 2022-23 as Lincoln finished 11th in the League One table, while 30-year-old Walsh made 14 appearances.

"Both of them have been through difficult periods but have consistently demonstrated a strength of character and commitment to the cause," said George.

"Joe has repeatedly put his body on the line, notably in the League One play-off semi-final and final [in 2020-21], and Max showed his undoubted ability right up to his final appearance on Sunday."

Midfielder Hayden Cann has accepted a new contract with the club, but they are still awaiting a response over a new deal offered to Sean Roughan.

Newport County have offered new deals to seven out-of-contract players including captain Mickey Demetriou and fellow defenders Cameron Norman, Priestley Farquharson and Aaron Lewis.

Centre-back James Clarke, midfielder Scot Bennett and goalkeeper Nick Townsend have also been offered deals.

But as expected, Matty Dolan and Robbie Willmott will depart permanently having been away on loan this season.

Striker Lewis Collins has also been released by the League Two club.

Manager Graham Coughlan, who was appointed last October, is reshaping his squad following Newport's 15th-placed finish in 2022-23.

Winger Willmott, 32, made almost 300 appearances across two spells at Newport, but moved on loan to Walsall in January.

Midfielder Dolan played 223 Newport games after joining the Welsh side in 2017, but returned to former club Hartlepool on loan in the mid-season transfer window.

Newport loan signings Matthew Baker, Charlie McNeill, Calum Kavanagh, Adam Lewis and Nathan-Moriah Welsh will all return to their parent clubs, while youngsters Jack Karadogan, Evan Ovendale, Lewys Twamley and Joe Woodiwiss will also depart on free transfers.

"We wish all players departing the club the very best with their careers moving forward and thank them for being a part of our club," an Exiles statement said.

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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.

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"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.

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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.

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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

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