Since last season the remarkable figure of 34 players have moved in or out of Boundary Park, of which twenty-one have been arrivals. Athletic have now gone nine games without a clean sheet and have conceded more goals than any other top-half team, hence the search for more defenders. They are currently without David Beharall, who is recovering from a knee injury, and Paul Jones (pictured) who has to return to hospital for a shin
operation.