Wigan Athletic have signed former Republic of Ireland striker Scott Hogan on a short-term deal until January.
Hogan, 34, left MK Dons at the end of last season after joining them on a free transfer from Birmingham City in October 2024.
Wigan will hope he can add to their firepower after making a slow start to their League One campaign, but Hogan's only goal for MK Dons last season came almost a year ago.
The much-travelled Hogan made his name at Brentford in the Championship, prompting Aston Villa to sign him for a reported £9m, rising to £12m, in January 2017, while he has also had spells at Rochdale, Stoke and Sheffield United.
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Follow live text and score updates from 19 matches across League One & Two (all 19:45 kick-offs)
League One: In our featured games, Bradford host Cambridge, Huddersfield welcome Oxford & Bromley take on Leyton Orient.
Doncaster v Notts County, Leicester v Plymouth, Peterborough v Stevenage & Wycombe v Sheffield Wednesday make up the remaining four fixtures.
League Two: In our main matches, Crewe welcome Walsall, Rochdale meet Shrewsbury & Tranmere host Rotherham
Bristol Rovers v Colchester, Cheltenham v York, Chesterfield v Gillingham, Exeter v Barnet, Fleetwood v Oldham, Northampton v Crawley, Salford v Newport & Swindon v Port Vale complete the L2 fixtures

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Third week of matches in Leagues One and Two with 21 games taking place
League One: Blackpool 0-0 Peterborough, MK Dons 0-0 Leicester; seven games at 15:00
League Two: Barnet 1-0 Cheltenham, Port Vale 0-0 Crewe; Rotherham v Chesterfield (13:00); nine games at 15:00
Bradford, Barnet and Crewe only teams with 100% records
Salford, Rochdale and Shrewsbury all looking for their first point

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Above a Methodist church at the end of a row of terraced housing, north of Rochdale town centre, Craig Kirby's phone is buzzing as he opens the door to his gym. The 50-year-old's latest TikTok video has just crept over 85,000 views.
It shows a personal highlights reel from one of his amateur football matches, filmed from the touchline by wife Lindsay, with a caption explaining how Kirby finds **** e and time on the bobbly park pitch. "Fitness and movement off the ball are 90% of the game," the text adds.
Kirby smiles at the video going viral. It has racked up more than 340,000 views by the time of writing, but it is nothing new.
The one pinned to the top of his profile has been seen 2.9 million times. It's a compilation of him playing for Whitworth Valley against Old Rivingtonians on a drizzly January afternoon, a backdrop of rolling Lancashire hills and a kids' playground, a simple **** le of: "Well beaten today. Not bad for 50 though."
That is one of his earliest videos from the beginning of last season - since then he has continued to post regularly across TikTok and Instagram, where the midfielder's 'Football at 50' profile has about 30,000 followers on each.

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Newport County boss Hayden Mullins praised his players after a dominant opening day victory at home to Rochdale in his first league game in charge.
The Exiles ran out 3-0 winners thanks to goals from summer signings Kyle Cameron, Shaquille Gwengwe and Yahya Bamba.
County dominated proceedings against a below par Rochdale who did not manage a shot on target despite the visitors having most of the possession.
"I saw good moments against Roma and Wimbledon to give me confidence that we could put that performance in," Mullins said.
"We know that we need to make our home ground and our home form really positive this season.

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The transfer window for Premier League, English Football League, Scottish Premiership and Women's Super League clubs - and their counterparts in Germany, France, Spain and Italy - re-opened on 15 June.
The window will close at 23:00 BST on Tuesday, 1 September.
Take a look at all the confirmed deals for August, and read the latest rumours in Football Gossip.
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The Carabao Cup will welcome Chelsea, Tottenham and other Premier League teams into the competition in the second round after the competition kicks off over the weekend.
The Blues are the headline act entering the fold after their failure to qualify for Europe last term, with Xabi Alonso hoping to set the tone in his bid for debut-season silverware. After only just avoiding relegation in 2025/26, London rivals Spurs are also in the draw.
Before the draw, 68 EFL sides will seek to come through the first round unscathed - though it isn't the maiden Carabao Cup outing of the season for all, with Rochdale and Crawley Town already having to go through a preliminary round to reach this opening stage.
Featured ties of the first round, taking place from Thursday to Monday, include West Ham's meeting with Portsmouth, a Devon derby between Plymouth and Exeter, while a battle of Championship promotion-chasers will go down at the Riverside Stadium when Middlesbrough host Wrexham.
The second round will remain regionalised with the draw split into southern and northern sections.

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Bradford City have signed former Everton defender Reece Welch on a two-year deal after a successful trial.
The 6ft 6in 22-year-old came through the Toffees' academy and made three first-team appearances before being released at the end of last season.
He could make his competitive debut for the Bantams in Saturday's Carabao Cup first-round tie against Rochdale.
"We believe he has the potential to be a top player, and we will work hard with him to fulfil it," boss Graham Alexander told the club website.
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Rochdale midfielder Will Jenkins faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines after suffering an an anterior cruciate ligament injury.
He picked up the injury in Dale's pre-season friendly with Halifax Town last Tuesday.
Jenkins, 24, followed manager Ian Watson to the League Two club from South Shields this summer.
"It's the worst possible news," Watson told the club website.
"He's pretty much done everything that you can do inside the knee, which is heartbreaking for him. It was a dream move, and I thought he showed really quickly that he was more than capable at the level."

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Rochdale have signed former MK Dons defender Laurence Maguire on a two-year deal.
The 29-year-old, the younger brother of Manchester United defender Harry, made 37 league appearances across two seasons with the Dons and was released earlier this summer.
He could make his competitive debut for Dale when they visit Tranmere Rovers in a preliminary EFL Cup tie on Saturday, 1 August.
"His mentality is second to none, he helps to drive the group and is an amazing person," head coach Ian Watson, who worked with Maguire at MK Dons, told the club website.
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Rochdale have signed midfielder Will Jenkins from National League North side South Shields for an undisclosed fee, on a two-year deal.
The 24-year-old previously played under head coach Ian Watson and **** istant Carl Magnay at South Shields and featured in every league match, scoring eight goals.
Jenkins came through the north-east club's' youth setup, having joined them at 15 years old, and previously had spells on loan with Dunston UTS and Morpeth Town.
"I worked under Ian and Carl for a full season, and I played my best football under them. When I got the phone call to say it was a possibility, it was a no-brainer for me," he said.
Rochdale start the new season with a Carabao Cup tie at Trankere Rovers on 1 August.

The Lads will kick off their pre-season campaign ahead of the 2026-27 season on 18 July against National League champions York City at the LNER Stadium.
The two sides have faced each other a total of 14 times, with the first meeting resulting in a 0-0 draw in the FA Cup in January 1956. They first met in the league in 1974, in Division Two, with Sunderland recording a 2-1 victory at Roker Park.
We last faced the Minstermen in a League Cup fixture in 1998, with Sunderland again running out 2-1 winners.
York City won the National League **** le on the final day of the 2025-26 season via a 113th-minute equaliser against Rochdale. Both sides will be aiming to start pre-season strongly and get vital minutes into the legs after a long off-season, so it will be intriguing to see how York City line up from a Sunderland perspective.
We must watch out for prolific target man Ollie Pearce, who scored 35 goals for York in 2025-26 and has netted 68 times for the Minstermen over the last two years.

Forward Ian Henderson has signed a new deal to remain with Rochdale beyond his 42nd birthday.
The veteran goalscorer, who will turn 42 in January, has played more than 500 times for the club across three spells, the first of which was on loan 13 years ago.
Henderson was instrumental in helping return the club to League Two, scoring eight goals in 31 National League appearances last season - including coming off the bench in their promotion play-off victory against Boreham Wood at Wembley.
"The opportunity came to sign again, and I took it with both hands," Henderson, the club's all-time leading scorer with 169 goals, told the club website.
"I don't feel ready to leave the game. I feel like I've got more to give to the squad this coming season."

Oliver Whatmuff has made his next step up in the English Football League ladder, moving into another promotion-chasing environment.
After executing a promotion-winning campaign with Rochdale in the National League, the highly-rated teenager is following his previous manager to Edgeley Park.
Having kept 18 clean sheets during his debut campaign in senior men’s football, the England under-19 international is now part of a significant rebuild at Stockport County.
Highly-rated Manchester City goalkeeper Oliver Whatmuff has joined League One side Stockport County on loan for the forthcoming 2026/27 season, it has been confirmed.
Whatmuff, who signed a professional contract at the Etihad Stadium in August 2025, has generated substantial interest across the Football League after a truly sensational breakout campaign in men’s senior football.

With the World Cup being in full swing, the start of the new domestic season is also inching ever closer and the draw for the first round of the Carabao Cup will take place this week.
The first round will feature 70 clubs, 68 EFL sides plus two teams from a preliminary round, due to the participation of nine Premier League clubs in European competition next season.
Carabao Cup draw LIVE: EFL clubs to discover first-round opponents
The preliminary round will see Tranmere Rovers take on Rochdale on 1 August while Crawley Town face York City on 3 August to determine who will enter the first round.
The draw itself will be regionalised into Northern and Southern sections and the fixtures for the opening round will take place over the weekend of 7-9 August.

With the World Cup being in full swing, the start of the new domestic season is also inching ever closer and the draw for the first round of the Carabao Cup will take place this week.
The first round will feature 70 clubs, 68 EFL sides plus two teams from a preliminary round, due to the participation of nine Premier League clubs in European competition next season.
The preliminary round will see Tranmere Rovers take on Rochdale on 1 August while Crawley Town face York City on 3 August to determine who will enter the first round.
The draw itself will be regionalised into Northern and Southern sections and the fixtures for the opening round will take place over the weekend of 7-9 August.
Here’s everything you need to know about the Carabao Cup first round draw: