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  1. Simon Tagg, a man with brown hair, is wearing a blue suit and spotted navy coloured tie. He is standing in a town centre, with buildings and pedestrian area visible behind him.

  2. Two women in headtorches study maps beside a darkened street.

  3. A man with grey hair, a white helmet and an orange reflective vest standing on a road with a van and a small mechanical digger in the background

  4. Walsall's on-loan Stoke City striker Nathan Lowe

  5. Gossip: Could Potters lose Cannon?

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    Stoke could lose loan striker Tom Cannon this week, if Leicester decide to recall him and send him elsewhere, with Sunderland, Luton, Sheffield United and Wednesday all monitoring the 22-year-old Republic of Ireland forward. (Leicester Mercury)

    Burnley boss Scott Parker is prepared to part ways with Hjalmar Ekdal and Hannes Delcroix this month, putting QPR, Stoke, Rangers and a clutch of continental clubs on high alert. (Football League World)

    Want more EFL transfer stories? Read Sunday's full gossip column.

  6. A man wearing a large green jacket and winter hat stands in a woodland, partly covered in snow.

  7. An aerial view of a town with sports pitches at the bottom and a college campus to the right. More buildings can be seen in the distance.

  8. Keith Brymer Jones, wearing a black t-shirt and dark-coloured apron, can be seen with his hands clasped around a piece of clay. There are pots next to him, and a plastic bucket, and people in the background.

  9. A close-up of Emma, wearing a pink polo-neck jumper, smiling at the camera with a fitted wardrobe behind her

  10. Snow-covered scene in wilds outside Leek. A small tree and hedge to the left are the only features other than sprouts of grass poking above the snow

  11. Swindon's Nnamdi Ofoborh in the fog against Crewe

  12. A flock of sheep are standing on a field of grass. In the distance there are trees and a fog hanging in the air. An orange sunrise fills the sky.

  13. A man with a beard, wearing a New York Yankees cap, a jacket, brown shirt and chain around his neck, has his arms outstretched in front of him in front of a painting.

  14. Alex, a young boy with light brown hair, is wearing a grey hoodie and is stood against a wooden fence whilst smiling at the camera.

  15. A young boy and a man are sat on a brown sofa, wearing matching football tops and holding a trophy-shaped piece of tinfoil.

  16. Crewe Alex defender James Connolly in the club's powder blue away strip

  17. Niall Ennis is hugged by Stoke goalkeeper Viktor Johansson

  18. Lambs boss Andy Peaks is interviewed by BBC Radio WM's Mike Taylor in the Tamworth clubhouse

  19. Jemiah Umolu celebrates scoring for Crystal Palace's Under-21 side

  20. A fountain with statues of dragons on spouting water. The water has frozen and icicles are hanging off the dragons and the fountain. A park is visible in the background as is a building to the left.

  21. Johansson top of the field, should we be surprised?

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    Stoke City keeper Viktor Johansson warming up before their game against Plymouth Argyle in JanuaryGetty Images

    Stoke City goalkeeper Viktor Johansson has been ranked No1 in the Championship for expected goals prevented so far this season.

    The ranking includes any second-tier keepers who have played 1,000 minutes or more, with the Sweden international having denied 13.5 expected goals.

    Johansson is way ahead of his nearest rival, Blackburn Rovers keeper Aynsley Pears in second with 7.9, while Burnley's James Trafford is third on 7.0.

    The metric, via Opta, substitutes the number of goals conceded by a keeper (in Johansson's case - 28) from his expected goals faced (where the relative shot quality of each on-target attempt is calculated and totalled; for Johansson it's 41.5).

    Pretty impressive stuff from the Potters keeper, huh?

    What's your favourite moment from Johansson so far?

    Where does he rank in your thoughts on the summer signings?

    Were you expecting him to be this good?

    Where would the Potters be in the table without him?

    Let us know right here.

  22. Chester's Eastgate Clock, the Golden Gates in Warrington and Jodrell Bank near Macclesfield.

  23. Screengrab from the "Staffverse", a recreation of the University of Staffordshire campus recreated in the video game Fortnite

  24. JJ McKiernan in action for Lincoln