Benfield bonus

Nobby Solano's back at Newcastle - not Utd, though, but Benfield, in the capacity of first-team coach. The trumpet-playing Peruvian legend, who will remain registered as a Hartlepool player despite being deemed surplus to requirements by manager Neale Cooper, is working towards his coaching badges and has clearly decided to start small and local, giving something back to the area that supported him so fervently for much of his career. All the best to him - here's hoping that, after Lee Clark, he's the next unexpectedly talented manager to have played for the club.