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Jim Magilton has been confirmed as Town's new penalty taker. He replaces Mark Venus who recently missed two in successive games. Magilton has previously taken penalties for Oxford and Southampton and will hopefully fill the position which has never really been claimed by anyone since the days of John Wark and Neil Thompson, penalty kings both. In the last couple of years Venus has missed three, Johnson two, whilst Taricco, Scowcroft, Tanner, Dyer and Mathie have also missed one each.

Town and Newcastle have been keeping tabs on Cagliari youngsters Gianmarco Paulis and Simone Solinas, claim reports in Italy.

In a shock move Town striker David Johnson has declared himself Welsh. The 23-year-old striker has in the past appeared for both the England B team and the Jamaican full side as well as spending a game on the bench for the England U21s, however none of these games tied him to any one country and he can still choose which nation he wanted to represent.

Tony Mowbray atoned for his early error at Ewood Park with a stunning last gasp equaliser to take Town to a 2-2 draw with Blackburn.

Town striker David Johnson is today reported as being a potential target for Jamaican Yardie gangs should he ever set foot on his native island again. The player is said to have shown Jamaica 'ultimate disrespect', considered a very serious matter to those living within the island's street code.