Liverpool have released Portugese defender Abel Xavier.


Manchester City have released striker Shaun Goater and defenders Steve Howey and Gerard Wiekens.


Winger Keith Gillespie and centre back Henning Berg have been released by Blackburn Rovers


Teddy Sheringham and Steffen Freund have now left Tottenham.


Birmingham have released defender Steve Vickers.


Hamilton Academical have released all their players apart from 3: Jim Sherry, Brian McPhee and Darren Gibbon.


Hibernian have signed striker Stephen Dobbie after the youngster was freed by Rangers. They have also taken Georgian international full back Edik Sajaia and Stefan Oakes on trial.

Hearts are releasing a group of players: Kevin Twaddle, Wilfred Oueifio, Ryan Davidson, Paul Kaczan, Elliot Smith, Paul McLaughlin, Graem Sawyers and Jamie Winning.


Aston Villa have released 4 players, Lyon Hylton, John McGrath, Cameron Stuart and Michael Husbands.


Hibs have released German Mathias Jack.


Everton have released on-loan Brazilian striker Rodrigo to return to Botafogo.


Christophe Dugarry has turned his loan move, from Bordeaux to Birmingham City, into a permanent deal by signing a 2 year contract at the weekend.


West Brom have released a number of players to prepare themselves for next season in the English First Division. Bob Taylor, Brian Jensen, Des Lyttle, Jordao and Matt Collins are the 5 released. On-loan PAOK Salonika full back Iffy Udeze has returned to Greece, and Lee Marshall has been placed on the transfer list.


Southampton have signed Darren Kenton on a free. He had recently agreed to cancel his contract after Norwich failed to win promotion this season.


Charlton have released Jesper Blomqvist and Tahar El-Khalej.


Left back Alan Wright and midfielder Ian Taylor have been released by Aston Villa.


Striker David Bingham has been released by Livingston.



Trinidad and Tobago internationals Jason Scotland and Devon Mitchell are on trial at Dundee United.


Hibs are to give Crystal Palace midfielder Steven Thomson a trial.


Coventry have signed two youngsters who impressed on trial, 19 year old full back Michael Briscoe has signed a one year contract. While 21 year old Michael Doyle has signed a 2 year contract.


Sheffield Wednesday have begun a squad clearout following relegation. Paul Evans, Ashley Westwood, Danny Maddix, David Burrows, Trond Egil Soltvedt, Phil O'Donnell, Simon Donnelly and Tony Crane have all been released.


Livingston have released Argentinian pair Emiliano Olcese and Matias Coelho.


Leicester are releasing ten players ahead of their return to the Premiership next season. Matthew Jones, Stefan Oakes, Michael Price, Martin Reeves, Jon Stevenson, Nicky Summerbee, Jon Ashton, Junior Lewis, Leon McSweeney and Simon Royce are the affected players, and with Darren Eadie and Tim Flowers retiring the wage bill has been slashed considerably.


St Mirren have signed Gus MacPherson in a player-coach capacity from Dunfermline on a free transfer.


Dunfermline Athletic have signed 19 year old West Ham striker Billy Mehmet to a two year deal.


Fulham have agreed a deal to take Japanese international Junichi Inamoto on a second year long loan deal from Gamba Osaka.


Tranmere Rovers have released 4 players, Stuart Barlow, Andy Parkinson, Richard Hinds and Andy Robinson.


Birmingham have had had Monaco full back Franck Jurietti on trial. The 27 year old was recommended by Christophe Dugarry.


18 year old Spanish U20 international defender Sergio Diaz of Real Oviedo is to have a trial with Manchester United. The youngster has been outstanding this season.



Southend have released Gavin Strachan after just 6 weeks of playing for the Shrimpers. He will go on trial at Sheffield Wednesday in the hope of earning a deal there.



Plymouth have given Birmingham City pair Tony Capaldi and Peter Gilbert trials.


29 year old AZ Alkmaar defender Joost Volmer is on trial at West Brom.


Burnley have released 11 players, Nik Michopoulos, Steve Davis, Gordon Armstrong, Ian Cox, Anthony Shandran, Lee Briscoe, Mark Rasmussen, Marlon Beresford, Earl Davis, Andrew Waine and Andrew Leeson.


Bolton have released 23 year old Turkish international Akin Bulent.


West Ham United are trialling Tunisian defender Radhi Jaidi of Esperance de Tunis - though whether he has any chance of a contract while Glenn Roeder is in hospital is another matter.


Macclesfield have completed the permanent signing of on loan Crewe striker John Miles.
Macclesfield Town have released Ben Abbey.
Canadian international midfielder Martin Nash has joined Montreal Impact from Macclesfield Town.
Macclesfield Town have released seven players, Kyle Lightbourne, Lee Martin, Paul O'Neill, David Eaton, Paul Aldridge, Lee Hardy and Ben Abbey.

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nice to see you, thanks for info.

May 19 2003: Former German international midfielder Steffen Effenberg has signed a 1 year contract with Al Arabi.

May 19 2003: Wycombe goalkeeper Martin Taylor has left the club.

May 19 2003: Dundee United have signed Barry Robson from Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

May 19 2003: Carlo Corazzin, David Miskelly, Duncan Roberts and Wayne Gill have all been released by Oldham Athletic.

May 19 2003: West Ham have released Lee Bowyer, Paolo di Canio, Nigel Winterburn, Gary Breen, Clive Delaney, Izzie Iriekpen, Scott Minto, John Moncur and Raimond van der Gouw.

May 19 2003: Macclesfield Town have signed Crewe forward Colin Little on a 12 month deal.

May 19 2003: Cheltenham have signed 19 year old Craig Dobson after a successful trial spell.

May 19 2003: Bristol City have released Peter Beadle.

May 19 2003: Nottingham Forest have released striker Jack Lester, defender Jon Olav Hjelde and striker Mickael Antoine-Curier.

May 18 2003: Reading have released Anthony Rougier and Sammy Igoe.

are going to go..most teams have slashed there squads big time due to lack of funds and you have to wonder where these players will go as no-one is looking to take many players on..someone i know who just 2 years ago was captaining Clyde is now in the junior ranks in Scotland..i fear many more players will be joining him.

Argentina, Trinidad, and all these other places where the likes of Dundee Utd and Livingston get their players, they can get a tan and some exotic chicks and enough money to buy beer and smokes with

they should go to Leith Docks for those exotic birds..can just see East Stirling players released playing in Argentina...sitting on the beach Fish supper in one hand bottle of Ba Bru in the other as part of there fitness regime..lol.

 Chievo's Swedish defender Fredrik Risp has been scouted by Celtic. Martin O'Neill's scouts have recommended a bid for the youngster, feeling that his style would be ideally suited to the Celtic style of play.

(Mjallby look-alike or what ??!)

David Grondin, Jason Dair, Andre Karnebeek, Steven Hampshire, Scott Walker, Chris McGroarty, Sean Kilgannon, Kevin McLeish and David Nicholls have all been transfer-listed by Dunfermline Athletic a year before the end to their contracts.
    They have managed to persuade much coveted striker Stevie Crawford to sign a new 2 year contract, and Scott McNicol, Mark McGarty and George Fotheringham, products of Dunfermline's own youth set-up, have all signed one-year deals.