El-Hadji Diouf signs new Doncaster deal

El-Hadji Diouf has agreed an 18-month contract extension with Doncaster, boss Dean Saunders has revealed. He initially joined on a three-month loan.

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Aston Villa v Liverpool – as it happened

Liverpool scored from two early corners and strolled to victory against a poor, pretty much attack-free Aston Villa side Preamble: Aston Villa must carry particularly good memories for Liverpool fans. I'm not even a Liverpool fan, but I can remember half a dozen stonking moments between these two clubs.

Aston Villa v Liverpool minute-by-minute report

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Craig Bellamy made his debut for the Wales national team at the tender age of 18, which means he got to train alongside Liverpool goalscoring legend Ian Rush, surely a dream come true for any young player making taking their first steps in the game? However, in typically honest fashion, Bellers has revealed that he wasn't impressed with Rushie's performance in training.

Billy Sharp put the majority of footballers to shame last night!

In a four week period where controversy over Carlos Tevez reportedly refusing to come on as a substitute has repeatedly stolen the headlines in the footballing world, Doncaster Rovers star Billy Sharp earned the unconditional respect of football fans across the nation when he turned out just three days after the premature death of his son.

Billy Sharp put the majority of footballers to shame last night!

In a four week period where controversy over Carlos Tevez reportedly refusing to come on as a substitute has repeatedly stolen the headlines in the footballing world, Doncaster Rovers star Billy Sharp earned the unconditional respect of football fans across the nation when he turned out just three days after the premature death of his son.

Controversial striker El-Hadji Diouf has dropped down to the Championship to join Doncaster Rovers on a three-month deal. The move is still to be rubber-stamped but the Senegalese player has decided to sign for Dean Saunders' Yorkshire outfit after being released by Blackburn in the summer. The two-time African Footballer of the Year is well known in these parts after spells with Liverpool, Bolton, Sunderland and Rangers and he has, of course, been in his fair share of trouble.

Tottenham's Brad Friedel exclusive: A Glove Story

It is only when Friedel recalls those names Dean Saunders, Barry Venison and Gheorghe Hagi that you start to appreciate how long this guy has been around.

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Of all the people that have come to encircle modern football in recent years, few have received the levels of vituperation that players' agents have. It often feels as if nothing good comes from their involvement in the game, but this hasn't stopped their influence expanding dramatically in recent years and it seems more likely than not that this sphere of influence will continue to grow as contractual matters between players and clubs become more and more complex.

By Alan Duffy

Having apparently missed out on another footballing bad boy in the shape of El Hadji Diouf, Doncaster Rovers boss Dean Saunders has now snapped up former Spurs defender Pascal Chimbonda.

The 32-year-old Frenchman, a free agent since leaving QPR in April, was part of Les Bleus' squad at the 2006 World Cup Finals and has also had spells at Wigan, Sunderland and Blackburn.

At least, some may choose to reflect, the team is still winning. Wrexham went to Grimsby Town yesterday and came returned with a comfortable 3-1, which left them at the top of the Blue Square Premier on goal difference from second placed Gateshead with a quarter of the season now played. This result was, however, little comfort at the end of another week which has seen tumult behind the scenes at the club and the departure of a manager who was starting to come of age in his position.

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Dean Saunders to implement Liverpool lessons at Rovers

New Doncaster boss drawing on experiences from time at Anfield

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Dean Saunders may have scored goals wherever he's been, but his heart - and footballing philosophy - will always belong to Liverpool.
The former Welsh international told Goals on Sunday that it was always his dream to follow in his father's footsteps and play at Anfield.
He did just that when the club paid a then-British record £2.

As ever, it was down to the supporters of the club to get to what looks like somewhere near the bottom of what has been going on. It was probably too much to hope that, after a unanimous vote at their SGM last week, the Wrexham Supporters Trust would merely be allowed to get on with the job of completing their due diligence and purchasing Wrexham Football Club, but the way in which the story has continued to expand out over the last six days is enough to start to cast doubt over whether several of the key players in this ridiculously distended story and not, as we will make clear, players from the side of the trust organisation itself have an agenda which is intent on torpedoing the bid for their own ends.

We heard yesterday that Swansea's Neil Taylor was keen to talk to Newcastle, after the Tyneside club lodged a £1M bid for the 22 year-old Welsh left-back earlier this week. Neil Taylor - next one through the door? Wrexham manager Dean Saunders is in no doubt that a move to Newcastle United would greatly benefit [.

This match was supposed to be a foregone conclusion. Indeed, the final aggregate score perpetuates that feeling. Truth, however, can be stranger than fiction and the supporters of Wrexham FC can be justifiably proud of the performance of their team at Kenilworth Road this evening. In the first leg of this Blue Square Premier play-off, Luton Town put in a display of consumate professionalism at The Racecourse Ground as the home side froze on their big night.

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Saturday 12th February 1994 Aston Villa 5 Swindon 0

Dean Saunders (31, pen 66, pen 84), Steve Froggatt (55), Kevin Richardson (73).

Villa Starting XI: Bosnich, Cox, Barrett, McGrath, Froggatt, Houghton, Richardson, Townsend, Daley, Saunders, Atkinson.