McCafferty at Rushden for another month

Neil McCafferty is to stay on loan for another month at Rushden and Diamonds. He could play another five games for the Irthlingborough club where he has been attracting increasingly favourable comments from fans (although what one is to make of the comment on their message board that 'he is like a heterosexual Gary Mills' is another matter).

McCafferty, in his fifth season at Charlton, commented in a recent interview in the Rushden programme that 'Overall I think it is going well [at Charlton] and I really enjoy it there ... Alan Curbishley is always around for a chat if you ever need it and it is a really friendly club. That is one of the reasons I was so happy to come to Rushden on loan. I had heard very good things from other players about the facilities here and how well you are looked after ... I get on really well with the lads here.'

For some Charlton players, a loan period has been a prelude to an elevation to first team status (Fortune at Mansfield), for others it has led to a transfer to the loan club (Turner at Brentford).