ASTON VILLA
John Gregory is interrupting Villa's bid for a UEFA Cup place to help out a former player. The first team squad are going to Port Vale for a testimonial match for defender Dean Glover.
Birmingham-born Glover, 34, made 38 senior appearances for Villa before clocking up more than 400 League games with Middlesbrough and Port Vale.
MEANWHILE, record-breaking youth team marksman Darius Vassell has reached another milestone with a first goal for the reserves. One month short of his 18th birthday, he was on target at Blackburn as Villa finished fourth in the Pontin's Premier Division. Vassell was recently introduced to the Premiership squad after a prolific campaign of 38 goals for the juniors.

BARNSLEY
Chairman John Dennis is confident manager Danny Wilson will steer the club back to the Premiership next season.
Wilson pledged his loyalty to the Tykes and vowed to honour the remaining two years on his contract following Saturday's 1-0 defeat at Leicester which condemned Barnsley back to the First Division after just one season in the top flight. Dennis, who admits Wilson has conducted himself with dignity in the face of constant adversity over the last nine months, believes he will continue to do so throughout the close season.
Despite Wilson's faith in a club he has served for almost four years, his name is certain to be linked with several managerial vacancies likely to appear in the coming weeks.
With Sheffield Wednesday boss Ron Atkinson refusing to confirm whether he would like to stay on at Hillsborough next season after doing all that was asked of him in steering the club away from relegation this term, Wilson could possibly be earmarked again for the Owls hot-seat.
Dennis has no doubts, though, that Wilson will still be in charge at Oakwell come August. He said: I have an undying belief in Danny Wilson, just as I have in my football club. I genuinely felt we would be good enough to survive in the Premiership this season, but that has obviously not been the case. Equally I am confident that with the manager we have and the squad of players we are going to try to keep together, we will roll our sleeves up and get stuck in again next season.
I was very heartened by Danny's comments at the weekend. He has handled himself very well all season, which is nothing more than one would expect from him. I will continue to expect him to conduct himself well when there is likely to be a lot of speculation surrounding him and his future this summer.
Wilson himself has revealed his first task will be to try to maintain the nucleus of players he has at Oakwell. Three players - Arjan de Zeeuw, Clint Marcelle and Jovo Bosancic are out-of-contract this summer, while inspirational skipper Neil Redfearn has admitted he wants to stay in the Premiership.

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Roy Hodgson has stayed on the sidelines over the incident which saw goalkeeper Tim Flowers sent off from the substitutes bench in the recent FA Carling Premiership match against Coventry at Highfield Road.
Rovers were reduced to eleven men when Flowers, warming-up on the touchline, was dismissed after directing a volley of abuse at linesman Paul Vosper, who had overruled referee Steve Lodge's original decision not to award a disputed penalty to the Sky Blues. The keeper faces a ban for the opening games of the season to come, and also a possible charge by the Football Association. Hodgson said, Tim has been punished for speaking his mind. I'm not here to defend or condone him.
MEANWHILE Scottish giants Glasgow Rangers have agreed to provide the opposition for Colin Hendry's testimonial match at Blackburn. Scotland skipper Hendry, who has completed 10 years' service with Rovers, hopes to stage the clash next May.

BOLTON
Jimmy Phillips has been handed a testimonial by the Reebok Stadium club. The 32-year-old defender, who scored his first goal in three years when he struck for the Wanderers against Crystal Palace recently, will be honoured for his total of ten years' service to the club.
And Phillips was glowing after waiting for so long to get on the Bolton scoresheet. He explained to Clubcall: I don't often get the opportunity in matches to go up the field. It was one of my best goals... I think I have only scored about five anyway!
Scottish champions-elect Celtic are the side which expected to make the trip south for the match, which is pencilled in for early August.

CHELSEA
The Blues will finally parade the Coca-Cola Cup in front of their fans at goalkeeper Kevin Hitchcock's testimonial match tonight - more than a month after winning the trophy. The parading of the trophy should boost the attendance substantially.
As their 2-0 extra-time Wembley win over Middlesbrough on April 29 came just four days before a European Cup Winners' Cup semi-final against Vicenza in Italy, Chelsea decided to scrap the traditional open-top bus parade. Now the Coca-Cola Cup will be carried around Stamford Bridge on Wednesday by Gianluca Vialli's squad, just before they meet newly-crowned Nationwide League champions Nottingham Forest in Hitchcock's benefit game.
Forest have stepped into the breach after Fulham had to withdraw from the original match due to play-off commitments. Although behind internationals Ed de Goey and Dmitri Kharin in the Chelsea keepers' pecking order now, Hitchcock, 35, has played nearly 300 League games since joining from Mansfield a decade ago for £250,000.

DERBY COUNTY
Deon Burton and Darryl Powell have joined the Reggae Boyz after the Rams' victory at Southampton. The duo have again met up with Jamaica's squad as preparations for the World Cup intensify. But Powell is unlikely to play this week after losing a toe nail at Highbury last week and then straining his groin in training on Friday.

LEEDS
George Graham was disappointed with his team's contribution during the FA Carling Premiership 3-0 defeat at the hands of rivals Manchester United. Leeds have enjoyed a fine season and currently lie fifth in the table and are looking to secure a place in next season's UEFA Cup, but Graham said afterwards: That was probably the worst we've played this season. We had far too many players off form.
''But I've got to look over the season as a whole. We've more or less qualified for Europe and if someone had said at the start of the season that we'd finish in the top six, I'd have been delighted.
He also made it clear that he intends to improve the squad: We've got to have lots of money available and then we need to get quality players.

LEICESTER
Leicester City midfielder Muzzy Izzet has been voted Player of the Year by the club's supporters. Izzet arrived at Filbert Street as a virtual unknown but is now one of the best prospects in the country. His sensational form has led to calls from manager Martin O'Neill for the young Londoner to be rewarded at international level.
MEANWHILE, Foxes defender Pontus Kaamark is looking forward to a much-needed breather when the curtain finally comes down on a gruelling FA Carling Premiership season. This has been arguably the most demanding and physical season I have ever experienced, explained the 29-year-old Swedish international. Back in Sweden the average for a season is about 30 games so I've been very pleased that I have managed the best part of a full campaign.

NEWCASTLE
Greek star Nikos Dabizas hopes he can become a lucky talisman for the Magpies as they attempt to stop League champions Arsenal's charge for the double.
The £2m signing from Olympiakos in February believes he is only now settling to the pace of the English game, and he admits that after scoring his first goal for the club on Saturday he is looking for another in the FA Cup final on May 16. He said: ''I always seem to score important goals. And as far as big games go they do not come any more important than the FA Cup Final. Maybe I could score a goal at Wembley. The most important thing was not that I scored one of our three against Chelsea but that it made us safe and that we are staying up.
PHYSIOTHERAPIST Derek Wright has a couple of new injury worries ahead of the clash against Blackburn on Sunday. Skipper Rob Lee took a kick to his foot on Saturday while Steve Howey is nursing a calf injury but hopes to play in the final. ''I hurt my calf in training and took a kick to it on Saturday. All I can do is allow it to settle down over the next couple of days and hope it will be okay, Howey said.

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
Ron Atkinson is poised to line-up former Owls' skipper Nigel Pearson as his number two at Hillsborough.
Pearson, who still lives in the city, has just helped Middlesbrough bounce back into the FA Carling Premiership at the first attempt, but the 34-year-old has announced his retirement from the game due to a recurring knee injury. Pearson summed up his feelings saying: ''I have real passion for the game, but sadly my body cannot keep up!''
Pearson's finest hour in a Wednesday shirt came in 1991 when he led the side to their League Cup success over Manchester United. He spent seven years with the Owls.

SOUTHAMPTON
Dave Jones is close to completing a major signing - one of his own players.
Big defender Richard Dryden is the only first team squad player who is out-of-contract at the end of the season.
Saints had feared that 29 year old Dryden, denied a regular first team place by the consistency of Ken Monkou and Claus Lundekvam,might decide to move on. Monkou and Lundekvam have been Jones' first choices and Dryden has started only 10 FA Carling Premiership matches when they been either injured or suspended.
The former Rangers player feared his future at the Dell was bleak when Jones was prepared to let him go to Crewe on loan. But Dryden turned it down and did enough later to persuade Jones that he was useful squad member.
Jones and Dryden have now agreed the terms of a new contract and Dryden should sign it once the season ends.

WEST HAM
France international Marc Keller predicted another foreign legion joining West Ham after signing a four-year contract at Upton Park. Manager Harry Redknapp took advantage of the Bosman ruling to snap up Keller on a free transfer from German side Karlsruhe.
The midfielder joins compatriot Bernard Lama in the Hammers squad and believes more French stars could follow his footsteps and those of Arsenal's Emmanuel Petit and Patrick Vieira. The 29-year-old said: I think more French players will come here this summer, and of course I know Bernard Lama. He told me all about the club. He had nice things to say and that helped me make up my mind. Also, I still hope West Ham can make it to the UEFA Cup. It will be very good for the image of the club if they can do it.