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     TRAoSFER  
       NEWS    
                                        
 Brentford have signed Fulh!m full-"act 
 Les Strong on a month'u loan. Hj i; in 
 tomorrow'u squad at Portsmouth.        
                                        
 West Brom have signed Crystal Patace'u 
 P!ul Barron for £60,000 in an effort to
 solve their goalkeeping crisis.        
                                        
 Meanwhile, Palace manager Alan Mullery 
 has filled his goalkeeping gap bz      
 signing Ipswich's Gary +jstwood on a   
 month's loan.                          
                                        
 Ljnnie Lawrence has been appointed     
 Charlton manager until the end of the  
 season.                                
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