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Hednesford Town have issued a counter claim against the property developers who are suing them over the building of the club's stadium. Solicitors for a Birmingham firm issued a writ against Hednesford for pounds 321,017 for work on Keys Park which it claimed had not been paid for, but the GM Vauxhall Conference club have made a claim for pounds 106,340 against the company for work that was not completed or not done to their satisfaction.

Gary Megson, the manager of Blackpool, has been fined pounds 500 and ordered to pay the costs of a Football Association hearing after being found guilty of misconduct. Megson was charged with making insulting remarks to officials during Blackpool's Second Division game at Millwall on 30 October.

Steve Hodge, the former England international, is to have a second trial spell with Walsall after his first was thwarted through an Achilles tendon injury.