burnley releases + preston

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="629" border="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><div class="mxb"><div class="sh">Experienced quartet leave Burnley </div></div></td></tr><tr><td style="width: 416px" valign="top"><font size="2">Burnley have released the experienced quartet of Graham Branch, Danny Coyne, John McGreal and Frank Sinclair.

The four have not been offered new deals by boss Steve Cotterill, who has also placed midfielder Garreth O'Connor, 28, on the transfer list. </p>

Branch, 35, ends a seven-and-a-half year stay at Turf Moor. </p>McGreal, Coyne and Sinclair have spent three years at the Clarets, with Sinclair, 35, moving on after ending the season on loan at Huddersfield. <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="629" border="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><div class="mxb"><div class="sh">Preston boss lets five players go </div></div></td></tr><tr><td style="width: 416px" valign="top"><font size="2">Preston have released five players after their failure to reach the Championship play-offs.

Michael Ricketts, 26, Pavel Pergl, 29, Ashley Parillon, 19, Ben Hinchcliffe, 18 and Warren Beattie, 20, have all been let go by North End. </p>

Midfielder Frank Songo'o, 19, who played six games for Preston on loan, has returned to Portsmouth. </p>

The five released players are all now eligible to find themselves new clubs for next season. </p></font></td></tr></tbody></table></font></td></tr></tbody></table>

 

Sinclair is after a contract at Hudds. AR should decide

this week if he wants him.

 

Michael Ricketts

England star

 

Coyne.

Worth a look? And maybe McGreal?

 

Thought I saw on sky that someone had released Carlo Nash

 

Nash was on loan to a PL side for the second half of this season (was it Fulham or Bolton, cant remember now). But it seems he has become surplus to requirements at Preston. He would be a decent signing for nowt.

 

Just wondering if Preston are having to cut some big earners from their wage bill.

 

now that would be a good signing

 

I thought he wanted to move down south to be with his girlfiend? nt

 

"Girlfiend" - Freudian slip?

A common one of mine!

 

yeah nash or coyne both very reliable keepers wunt mind either of em, however it dunt matter how good the keeper is if the defense in front of him is like ours.