11v11

With the deadline for five yellow cards attracting a one-match ban having now passed, here's this week's reduced suspension list:

Start Date	Player	Club	Term
01/01/2012	JOLLEY,Christian	AFC Wimbledon	Three Match Ban (02/01,14/01,21/01)
01/01/2012	FERGUSON,Barry	Blackpool	Three Match Ban (02/01,07/01,14/01)

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Having recently been placed in administration for the third time in nine years, the administrators in control of Darlington fear the club may fold in a "very short time".

There is now the very real possiblity that Darlo's match in the Conference at Barrow on Saturday could be their last.

Those who support clubs who have suffered similar financial stress will have every sympathy with the long-suffering Darlo fans.

For those whose biggest fear is that their chairman won't sanction the signing of a new £20million striker, then maybe this heartfelt posting - entitled Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more from MKDarlo on the Darlo Uncovered forum - may give a bit of perspective:

Let’s make Barrow on Saturday a celebration of the ...

This week's suspension list features those players who'll have the consolation of being able to take advantage of a more relaxed Christmas Day.

Start Date	Player	Club	Term
18/12/2011	BARNES,Ashley	Brighton and Hove Albion	Three Match Ban (26/12,31/12,02/01)
18/12/2011	BOLGER,Cian	Bristol Rovers	One Match Ban (26/12)

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It's the calm before the storm of the Transfer Window re-opening in less than a fortnight but this week's truncated list of transfer transactions includes a former AS Monaco midfielder who has joined the bottom club in League One.

Date	Player	Club from	Club to	Fee
16/12/2011	ESSAM, Connor	Gillingham	Dartford	Loan
13/12/2011	FLETCHER, Matthew	Sunderland	Oxford United	Free

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This week's transfer list revolves around Croydon.
Ibra Sekajja from local club Crystal Palace has moved down the road on loan to Bromley, who are managed by former Palace owner Mark Goldberg.
Meanwhile, Croydon-born Damien Scannell had his contract cancelled at Dagenham & Redbridge to allow his return to Eastleigh.

Date	Player	Club from	Club to	Fee
08/12/2011	DOIG, Chris	Pelita Jaya (Indonesia)	Aldershot Town	Non-Contract

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This week's suspension list does not include Bolton Wanderers' Gary Cahill who successfully appealed against his controversial red card at Tottenham Hotspur last Saturday.
Here's those who do appear on the current list though:

Start Date	Player	Club	Term
29/11/2011	N'ZONZI,Steven	Blackburn Rovers	Three Match Ban (29/11,03/12,11/12)
27/11/2011	WHEATER,David	Bolton Wanderers	Four Match Ban (03/12,10/12,17/12,20/12)

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Although the Football League loans transfer window is now closed for the month, there's still activity to report on this week's transfer list.
As well as loans to non-league clubs, there's confirmation of Jos Hooiveld's permanent switch to Southampton and free agent lamine Diatta's move to Doncaster Rovers.

Date	Player	Club from	Club to	Fee
01/12/2011	DIATTA, Lamine	ES Sahel	Doncaster Rovers	Free
01/12/2011	HOOIVELD, Jos	Celtic	Southampton	Undisclosed

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Due to the closure of the Football League's loan window last Thursday, this week's list of transfers is rather longer than usual.

Date	Player	Club from	Club to	Fee
24/11/2011	ALDRED, Tom	Colchester United	Torquay United	Loan
24/11/2011	AMADI-HOLLOWAY, Aaron	Bristol City	Bath City	Loan

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With a one-game ban after picking up five yellow cards, Jamie O'Hara misses his first Premier League game for Wolverhampton Wanderers this season.

Fellow midfielder Stephen Hunt is also suspended for the tough trip to Chelsea.

Here's this week's full list of current suspensions.

Start Date	Player	Club	Term
06/11/2011	MURPHY,Peter	Accrington Stanley	Three Match Ban (12/11,19/11,26/11)

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This week's list of transfers include former Arsenal trainee Andre Blackman's move to Celtic after he was released by AFC Wimbledon in the summer.

Also Kristian Ramsey-Dixon, who has been working in a pizza restaurant and playing part-time football, has joined Burton Albion from Continental Star of the Midlands Combination Premier League.

Date	Player	Club from	Club to	Fee
21/11/2011	BAKER, Nathan	Aston Villa	Millwall	Loan

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