Here we go again, and it seems that the ex QPR boys just cant give up their devotion to the national game, despite the fact they may have been to football what Danny Shittu is to ballet dancing. But let's update things a little first.

Yes, one time target Craig McAllister is still scoring loads of goals at Basingstoke so I think it's fair to say we can forget about any chance of signing him! However, I suspect Lee Charles and Mark Stein are a little cheaper and both were yet again on the score sheets this week for Aldershot and the former Redbridge Forest respectively.

Stein scored a brace as they beat controversial Graham Westley's Stevenage Borough. Westley was the man who took Farnborough Town to their glorious defeat at Arsenal, but has become something of a hate figure at non league level due to his switch and subsequent raping of Farnborough and its better players. Not a particularly popular man outside of Stevenage currently then, but did you know he started his career at QPR?  Also on the score sheet yesterday was Andy Sinton for Burton Albion as they climbed away from the Conference relegation places.

Meanwhile, Vauxhall Motors may have finally blown their hopes of promotion to the promised land of the Conference with defeat at bottom of the table Hyde United in midweek. However the bane of our 2002 lives got some credit back at the weekend by thumping Lancaster 6-2! Sadly they are now 12 points off Altrincham with no games in hand left.

So who have I discovered this week? Well, three absolute legends of our team have popped up in my searches. Down in the depths of the Cherry Red Records Hellenic League Premier Division (you better believe it) we find the indescribable former R's striker Steve Slade (yes he!). The player who frequently re-arranged the words "with banjo-arse-cows-couldn't-a-hit" whilst in a hooped shirt, may have found his level at Southall Town.  His manager had probably been paid a lot of money when he said "He wants to be at the club. He's at the stage of his career where he wants to make another go of it in the league," he explained .. "Steve hopes he can attract some interest while here, but he's another body for us as we play three games in five days. "We are not expecting all the players to play all the matches, so it will be useful to be able to call upon him, he's here on a short term deal, but we will look at extending it," he added.

However, the Southall Town story doesn't end there. It would seem that throughout January a certain Michael Meaker was Southall's top scorer, with a brace against Pegasus Juniors and a hat trick against Hillingdon Borough! Well Mr Slade there's always hope!

These signings pail into insignificance with the transfer coup of the century by Barnet this week, Northern Ireland international midfielder Keith Rowland has joined them on a non-contract basis and made his debut against Stevenage Borough. They lost. But it was a bit of a merry go round for Rowland to get there. The 31-year-old midfielder impressed Peter Shreeves (Barnet manager) when he played for Cambridge United reserves AGAINST Barnet last week and, when he did not get an offer, Shreeves jumped in with an offer to train with his club. He played FOR Barnet reserves at Oxford United in midweek.

In light of these signings, I can see Leroy Griffiths shaking in his pink boots already.

Don't forget to send any rumours or spottings in to me (email address below) and I'll see what I can find out for you.

varc@qprnet.com