Over a week since the last look around League One transfers means a barrel-load of movement to get through. Of course there are several transfers that have been mentioned in other news articles that have taken place in the past week. Daniel Webb's arrival at Huish Park as a free agent after leaving Weymouth earlier this season, and Darren Way's departure to the Liberty Stadium and Swansea City for £150,000 pounds are the two that directly affect Glovers fans. However, Liam Fontaine's loan signing for Bristol City and Ben Smith's move from Shrewsbury to Weymouth are also interesting moves during January.
Midfielder Brian Stock's loan move earlier this month from AFC Bournemouth to Preston North End has now been turned into a permanent deal costing a cool £125,000. There is plenty of talk connecting Bournemouth striker James Hayter with a move to Bristol City but for the moment the South coast club are playing hard to get and keeping Gary Johnson's attempts to make a big money signing before the deadline under wraps for the moment.
One striker definitely moving is former Glovers loan striker Rory Fallon, who Swansea City have spent £300,000 bid on. His former club Swindon Town look to be pretty much signing their relegation papers by allowing him to leave the County Ground, although they no doubt hope that Lee Peacock's free transfer from Sheffield Wednesday will soften the blow. A busy week for the Wiltshire side has also seen Brighton winger Albert Jarrett arrive on a month's loan, Andy Gurney turn his loan from Swansea City into a permanent transfer, Paul Smith arrive as a free agent after Gillingham unceremoniously dumped him earlier this month and finally 24 yar old midfielder Arron Brown has completed a permanent move from Queens Park Rangers following an autumn loan period.
Swindon's relegation rivals MK Dons are spending big to try and drive their way out of the bottom four. Plymouth Argyle striker Scott Taylor has arrived at the National Hockey Stadium for the sum of 100,000 pounds. This is despite top scorer Izale McLeod seemingly looking to stay put in Milton Keynes, unless rumours connecting him with a move to Norwich City reach fruition. Defender David Partridge is another new arrival, coming in on loan from Bristol City.
Out of favour Nottingham Forest striker Gareth Taylor has left for Championship basement side Crewe Alexandra after the arrival of Nathan Tyson and Grant Holt put him out on the cold. Taylor's performances this season have not been helped by disciplinary issues such as his red card at Huish Park when he was dismissed for using his elbow on Yeovil's Colin Miles earlier this season.
Loans still seem to be the order of the day for most clubs, with Walsall continuing their plans to reinvent their team inside a heft month of trading. Paul Devlin is the latest to arrive on loan.
Junior Mendes heads from Huddersfield Town to League Two side Grimsby Town, whilst Stephen Quinn has joined Rotherham United on loan from neightbours Sheffield United along with striker Paul Shaw who is making the same journey. Midfielder Quinn is actually a second match for the mystery midfielder that Steve Thompson says he missed out on because he headed to a local side instead. Oldham Athletic's Adam Griffin was the other - heading down the road to Stockport Athletic.
More loan deals struck were Adam Green's move from Fulham to Bristol City, Eugene Dadi's move from Forest to County within the city of Nottingham, Neil Wood's journey from Coventry to Blackpool and Alan Rogers heading from Nottingham Forest to Hull City. Sheffield United's mass offloading continues with former Notts County player Kevan Hurst heading to Chesterfield.
Meanwhile the remainder of the loans affecting league clubs include Darren Craddock, who has temporarily left Hartlepool for Conference side York City. David Graham is one of the more high profile deals struck with the former Torquay United hot-shot has temporarily left Sheffield Wednesday for Huddersfield Town (as detailed on Ciderspace earlier in the week). Nathan Jarman is another going out on loan with League Two side Bury gaining his services from Barnsley.
David Fox's move to Blackpool has already been dissected by Glovers fans with the midfielder turning down an offer from Huish Park after leaving Manchester United. Fox's father is believed to be a coach at the Lancashire club. Blackpool have also snapped up Danny Warrender on a free transfer from the other senior Manchester side as they try and climb out of the bottom four. Midfielder Marcus Bean is a third arrival from Queens Park Rangers, whilst Njazi Kuqi completes a quartet of new players as he arrives on loan from Birmingham City.
Finally permanent deals struck in recent days include Sammy Clingan who has moved for an undisclosed fee from Wolves to Nottingham Forest. Meanwhile Jason Price's move from Hull City to Doncaster Rovers has taken place for a 'nominal' fee.
The transfer window is due to close for Football League sides on January 31st, 5.00pm, meaning that these last six days will see things reach fever pitch. Desperate managers will dive in with last minute bids and it will be very much a case of seeing which clubs keep their heads when all around are losing theirs.
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25 January 2006 : 
