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Stoke City have signed striker George Hirst from Ipswich Town for an undisclosed fee on a deal until at least the end of the 2028-29 season.
Scotland international Hirst, 27, has been with the Tractor Boys for the last three seasons, winning two promotions, and scored 23 times in 102 games after joining from Leicester City.
Eleven of his 21 league goals came last season, helping Ipswich seal automatic promotion
Reading have signed West Ham United midfielder George Earthy for an undisclosed fee.
The 21-year-old has signed a three-year deal at the SCL Stadium and is the Royals’ fifth addition of the summer transfer window.
Earthy is a product of the east London club’s academy and went on loan to Bristol City on two occasions, in 2024 and for part of last season.
He made five first-team appearances for
How Lincoln try and build a team for the Championship, and what transfer fees it will take to try help make that happen, will come down to value for money at a club that has never paid more than £350,000 for a player.
That was a record set only last summer when they brought Ukrainian midfielder Ivan Varfolomeev to the LNER Stadium.
Lincoln are often lauded for spending their money
Southampton have signed Norwich City goalkeeper George Long on a permanent deal.
The 32-year-old has agreed a two-year contract at St Mary’s, having spent last season on loan with Saints.
Long spent the season as cover for Alex McCarthy, Gavin Bazunu and Daniel Peretz.
His only appearance came in Southampton’s FA Cup fourth-round win over Leicester City.
Long has played more than 300 games in a career that has taken
George Thomason believes the Championship play-off race will go “down to the wire” after Wrexham suffered a setback at Watford.
The Red Dragons’ six-game unbeaten away run came to an end as they were beaten 3-1 by the Hornets on Tuesday.
Despite the loss, Phil Parkinson’s men remain in the top six, although seventh-placed Southampton have a game in hand and face Norwich City on Wednesday.
And midfielder Thomason –
Rathbone joined the Red Dragons from Rotherham United in the summer of 2024 and was a pivotal figure in the club’s promotion from League One last season.
He netted eight goals in 42 league appearances in his debut campaign at the club and scooped Wrexham’s Player of the Season award for 2024-25.
The 29-year-old suffered a serious ankle injury during his side’s pre-season tour of New Zealand and Australia.
He
Ipswich forward George Hirst says the Tractor Boys have it within themselves to prove they are the best team in the Championship this season.
Town are third with 18 games remaining, eight points behind long-time leaders Coventry and five adrift of second-placed Middlesbrough, but with a game in hand on both.
After going winless in their opening four games following relegation from the Premier League last season, Town clicked into
West Ham United midfielder George Earthy has rejoined Championship club Bristol City on loan for the remainder of the season.
The 21-year-old spent all of the 2024-25 campaign at Ashton Gate, scoring three goals in 40 appearances and helping the Robins reach the Championship play-offs.
Earthy’s solitary Premier League outing for the Hammers this season was a substitute appearance in the home defeat by Fulham on 27 December.
“The place
There was a footnote of controversy to Coventry City’s second league defeat this season, and it surrounded whether Ipswich goalscorer George Hirst should have even been on the pitch when he scored their second in Saturday’s 3-0 win.
Hirst was on a yellow card already when he was adjudged to be offside en route to goal, 35 minutes in.
He still attempted the shot a couple of seconds later, despite
