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Administrators have begun an exclusive period of negotiation with American private equity company Arise Capital Partners. However, Arise's offer would not meet the EFL's requirement to repay creditors 25p in the pound, which would mean the Owls starting life back in League One with a significant handicap.

Port Vale pulled off a huge upset as they beat Premier League side Sunderland 1-0 in the FA Cup on Sunday to reach the quarterfinals. It's the first time in 72 years that the Stoke-on-Trent club have reached the last eight of the competition, and just the second time in their history they've reached this stage, as it was a famous victory.

Opening Tuesday's showdown sat just three points adrift of skyrocketing into the play-off places, Reading should also be excited by their extended success on home soil. Unbeaten in front of their own supporters since the start of December, Richardson's side have also gained a reputation for their lively outcomes at the Select Car Leasing Stadium. Including consecutive 2-2 stalemates against Exeter and Barnsley last month, the Royals have seen their last three home fixtures produce 13 goals at both ends of the pitch.

Caldwell, 43, has been in charge at Exeter City since 2022 but returns to the club where he spent six seasons as a player and 18 months in the dugout from April 2015. In his first spell, Caldwell could not prevent the Latics being relegated to League One but brought them back to the Championship as champions in 2016. He was, however, sacked in October of that year following a poor start to the season.

Our staff put a lot of effort into sending those reports but from now on there's no point. There's no acknowledgement of what we're saying, it's just ignored. We get a reply but the reply is always in agreement with what's happened. It's not good enough. We're not going to waste our time on it, we're going to focus on what we're doing for Cardiff city and try to give our supporters and players the protection they need.

I'm very happy to have signed here. The mindset and the goals the club want to accomplish in the coming years makes this move very exciting and I can't wait to get started,

Port Vale have appointed former Northampton Town boss Jon Brady as their new manager on an 18-month contract. The 50-year-old Australian replaces Darren Moore, who was sacked on 28 December after a run of seven defeats in nine games left the League One side bottom of the table, 10 points adrift of safety. Brady, who resigned as Cobblers manager just over a year ago, has the task of trying to keep Vale, with just four wins from 23 games this season, in the third tier.

Extending on their EFL Trophy adventure last time out as they stormed their way to a stunning 7-2 romp away at Salford, Matt Hamshaw's side will be desperate to use that season-best performance as a platform to build on going forward. Knowing that they can find a route into the top-half of the League One standings in midweek, the Reds have not suffered a single defeat within 90 minutes from any of their previous 13 consecutive appearances across all competitions.

While Bolton might have marked their return from November's international break with consecutive League One stalemates against Luton and Tuesday's guests, Steven Schumacher's men are widely regarded as a standout play-off candidate this season. Extending on their FA Cup adventure last month as they clinched a 2-1 victory against Huddersfield, the Trotters are unbeaten in all of their previous seven appearances across all competitions.

Despite still scrapping it out in the relegation spots, the former Swansea boss has made an immediate impact since arriving at London Road. Making a real statement earlier in the month as they stormed their way to a 5-0 League One romp against AFC Wimbledon, Peterborough have now won all of their previous three consecutive appearances across all competitions by an aggregate score of 8-1.

The English Football League (EFL) allows clubs to postpone fixtures should they receive a sufficient number of call-ups. At least three of players have to be selected for their country's senior, under-21, under-20 or under-19 sides in order to request a postponement. International age group players only qualify if they have: Started at least 25% of their club's matches Featured in a club's previous five first-team matches