Football: Football fact file

The transfer trail

ENGLAND: Carlton Palmer (midfielder) Sheffield Wednesday to Leeds United ( pounds 2.6m); Jon Newsome (defender) Leeds United to Norwich City ( pounds 1m); Ian Taylor (midfielder) Port Vale to Sheffield Wednesday (tribunal); Peter Reid (midfielder) Notts County to Bury (non-contract); David Pugh (winger) Chester to Bury (tribunal); Jimmy Mulligan (forward) Stoke City to Bury (tribunal); Perry Suckling (goalkeeper) Watford to Doncaster Rovers (free).

SCOTLAND: Basile Boli (defender) Marseille to Rangers ( pounds 2.7m).

OVERSEAS (transfers agreed but not necessarily completed): Dino Baggio (midfielder) Juventus to Parma; Andoni Zubizarreta (goalkeeper) Barcelona to Valencia; Andre Cruz (defender) Standard Liege to Napoli (one-year loan).

Managers: In and out

ENGLAND: In: Doncaster Rovers: Sammy Chung. Out: Doncaster Rovers: Ian Atkins.

SCOTLAND: In: Eamonn Bannon (Heart of Midlothian, assistant manager).