Murty awarded testimonial

Wednesday face fine

Showunmi returns to Ashton Gate

Tudgay out for season

Rovers beat Albion

UEFA drop Celtic probe

Baldini resigns

Azeri appoint Vogts

Reading have awarded club captain Graeme Murty with a testimonial as he enters his tenth year with the club. The right-back joined from York City in 1998. Royals chairman John Madejski said: “Graeme Murty has been a model professional throughout his 10 years and nearly 350 appearances at Reading and we are delighted to grant him a testimonial. It has been very gratifying to see how he has developed as both a player and a person as we have advanced through the divisions. We have shared some wonderful times together and he is fully deserving of this testimonial.”

Sheffield Wednesday could face a fine from the Football League after naming six loan players - breaking the permitted limit of five - in their squad for the 1-1 draw with Stoke City at Hillsborough on Saturday.  Leeds United committed the same error last season and were fined £2,000. Loan players Franck Songo’o, Graham Kavanagh, Ben Sahar and Enoch Showunmi all played against Stoke, whilst Bartosz Slusarski and Adam Bolder were unused substitutes.

Meanwhile, Enoch Showunmi has left Hillsborough after a two-month loan spell and returned to Bristol City. The 25-year-old had the option of extending his loan spell by a further month but declined after Wednesday boss Brian Laws named him as a substitute in recent games.  

In addition, Sheffield Wednesday’s 25-year-old striker Marcus Tudgay is set to miss the rest of the season with a knee injury.

In the Blue Square Premier, Forest Green Rovers beat Burton Albion 3-1 at The New Lawn.

UEFA have dropped its investigation into alleged sectarian chanting by Celtic supporters before, during and after the Champions League clash with Barcelona at the Nou Camp. A UEFA spokesman said: “We’ve had a look into that, but no disciplinary case will be opened. There was not enough evidence.”

Catania coach Silvio Baldini has resigned from his position with the Serie A strugglers.

Former Germany and Scotland manager Berti Vogts has been appointed as the new coach of Azerbaijan.

Nathan Davies