Stimmo slinks off

Not a good weekend for former Toon defender Mark Stimson, whose Gillingham side completed a miserable season in League One without a solitary away win by slumping 3-0 to already-relegated Wycombe and, courtesy of results elsewhere, followed their hosts through the trapdoor. Today Stimmo paid the price for failure, parting company with the Kent club.

In other old boy news, Agent Chopra's Cardiff gained the upper hand in their play-off tie against a Leicester side which included Nobby Solano. The 1-0 win came courtesy of a free-kick from Peter Whittingham, their Geordie striker having earlier hit the post. The chances of the Bluebirds joining us in the Premier League? Fairly good, I'd say.