To follow up from the discussion on: http://bassistance.de/jquery-plugins/jquery-plugin-autocomplete/
@Chris THANKS! your solution works eactly how I was hoping, a nice touch disabling the textfield... @Jorn: Top quality work. Thanks for the swift response. I have implemented the solution provided by Chris. If there is another way please let me know. The example is now live at: http://www.theINtoy.co.uk, try using gerrard as the search string. Cheers