What about a move to Barnet?

A spokesman for Northampton said: "There's a bit of speculation, but nothing forthcoming from Paul himself.

"Mind you, he scored one the other day, so he's lucky to have kept his hair on."

No, we weren't too sure what that meant either.

Whistle while you work

Champion jockey Kieren Fallon has worked out how to make his horses go faster - whistle at them.

Fallon, currently serving a 13-day ban, said he uses the technique before resorting to the whip.

"I like to encourage them," he told The Sun, but don't ask me what sort of whistle I use - that's a secret."

Rival jockey Richard Hughes admitted: "That ghastly whistle is the last thing you want to hear when you are driving for the winning post, because it means Fallon is stalking you.

"I'm hoping that with him suspended, I can call the tune."

It's not clear which horse Fallon will ride first when he returns to the saddle, but don't bet against The Whistling Teal.

Ewe must be joking

Australia has crowned a new champion - the country's greatest sheep counter.

Nothing like a good ram-ble

More than 100 contestants flocked to the event in Hay, New South Wales.

Each one had to count the sheep as they ran past, with the one closest to the actual number taking the title.

Peter Desailey, from Wyvern Station, was the eventual winner, beating Nick Wragge by accurately counting 277 sheep to his rival's 278.

Presumably neither have any trouble getting to sleep at night.