Wednesday 5th October
Billy Davies denies that he is set to offer Dutch striker Iwan Redan a contract with the club. The Willem II man is reported to be on his way to Deepdale for a three day trial and the PNE boss admits that he is prepared to have a look at the 25-year-old next week.

Former PNE star David Healy is the latest target for Premiership strugglers Portsmouth, even with a £2m pricetag!

Thursday 6th October
Andrew Lonergan completes a surprise one-month loan deal with League Two side, Wycombe Wanderers. The England Under-21 striker has been denied first team action upon returning from long term injury due to the fine form of Carlo Nash who came in in Lonergan’s absence.

Stoke City look set to sign West Ham’s Luke Chadwick on a permanent deal when the transfer window reopens in January.

Friday 7th October
Lonergan keeps a clean sheet on his debut in a top of the table clash at Grimsby Town. Wanderers go top of the table and Lonergan tells pne.com that the opportunity at Adams Park will give him the perfect opportunity to put himself in the shop window: “This move gives me a chance to get first team football and if I have to go out on loan again at another club it also gives me a good chance to put myself in the shop window,” said the stopper.

Birmingham boss Steve Bruce is linked with a £750,000 move for Wycombe Wanderers’ 11-goal striker Nathan Tyson.

Saturday 8th October
A book written by 1960s North End striker Willie Irvine alleges that Preston North End players may have been bribed to ‘throw’ a game. In the soon to be published book Irvine writes: “I have no idea if they took the money or not. But what I will say is that I saw things happening in that game that you would normally only see in a Sunday morning parks game.”

Portsmouth’s Director of Football Velimir Zejic is set to quit Fratton Park citing personal reasons after a turbulent 12 months on the south coast.

Sunday 9th October
Claude Davis’ Jamaica lose 5-0 to Australia completing a miserable weekend for PNE’s international elite. Graham Alexander plays as Belarus shock Scotland with a 1-0 win at Hampden to end the Tartan Army’s World Cup dreams, Callum Davidson then withdraws from the squad to be with his expectant wife and finally Andy Smith watches from the bench as Northern Ireland are beaten 3-2 at home to Wales.

The problems at Norwich mount as the Sunday newspapers report rumours that West Ham are set to make a tempting offer for Dean Ashton in January.

Monday 10th October
Preston youngster Mark Jackson joins Shrewsbury Town on a three-month loan deal with a view to a permanent deal in January. Jackson was signed by former PNE boss Gary Peters who already has ex-Northenders Ciaran Lyng and Kelvin Langmead.

Reports suggest that former Newcastle, Spurs and England midfielder Paul Gascoigne is set to be unveiled as the new player coach of Kettering Town.

Tuesday 11th October
After completing his first day of training following his bout of impetigo, David Nugent tells pne.com that he doesn’t expect to be back in action until Saturday 22nd October when PNE tackle Wolves. Nugent said: “I don’t think I will be ready for Saturday (against QPR) or Tuesday (against Cardiff). I’m looking for a week on Saturday where I won’t be fully fit but I will be on the mend and hopefully I will be able to scrape a place on the bench and come on and make an impact.”

Former Preston North End target Kris Commons could now be heading to Everton according to The Independent. David Moyes is rumoured to be tracking the £5m rated midfielder.

Wednesday 12th October
Portsmouth are being linked with a £1.5m swoop for David Nugent according to The Sun newspaper. The south coast club are linked with a move for a Championship striker in the January transfer window with David Healy previously linked.

Wigan boss Paul Jewell is keen to raid the lower divisions for talent once again with Huddersfield’s Nathan Clarke his latest target.

Dates For Your Diary – A busy week of PNE birthdays!
Happy birthday to Graham Alexander who celebrated his 34th birthday last Monday. Danny Dichio celebrates his 31st birthday next Wednesday, Andy Lonergan will also be blowing out candles on Wednesday but he won’t have so many to blow out as he is only 22. Paul McKenna celebrates his 28th one day later whilst Chris Neal is the baby of the birthday boys, he’ll be 20 years young next Sunday.