31.   Martin Saunders retains the full back position for the hastily arranged game at Middlesbrough, which kicks off at noon.

32.   DARLINGTON manager Ray Hankin has agreed to put his boots on again for a testimonial game at Shildon later this month.

33.   Northern Ireland play Lithuania in a World Cup Qualifying game at Windsor Park and the FIFA direction is that clubs must release selected players for such important internationals.

34.   Fans will anxiously await a fitness report on ever-present Pears before their crunch game at Wolves on Saturday.

35.   The odds are heavily stacked against Pears for the final game at Wolves on Saturday.

36.   The fact Pears could be ruled out of the crunch game at Molineux is a cruel blow after his superb season.

37.   Ground, facilities and ambitions wrecked by four arson attacks, they play home games at Guisborough.

38.   Willis also remembers a game at Carlisle at which Howley broadcast an abandonment threat because of crowd trouble.

39.   He was carried off unconscious after accidentally clashing heads with a Plymouth defender, Gary Poole, in the fifth minute of the game at Rotherham.

40.   Steve may explain the game at Saint Andrews was for low to ground players.