Category: Football
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I see that Harry Redknapp somehow managed to resist the temptation of a few months up on Tyneside followed by the inevitable departure "by mutual consent". Makes you wonder why they were in such a hurry to sack Allardyce if they didn’t have a replacement lined up. Mark Hughes now seems to be the…
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Yet another Premier League manager has been fired, and once again it is by ‘mutual consent’, as if that meant anything: “Sorry, Sam, you’re fired.”“OK.” It was a shock, but not a surprise. For several weeks Sam Allardyce has looked to be under a lot of pressure, but I think everyone assumed that he would…
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My worst fears about Graeme Souness, Joe Royle and Peter Reid turning up in the Premier League seem not to have been realized. On the contrary, we even had Derby seriously considering Paul Ince, which would have been an encouraging development – but they finally settled on Paul Jewell. Following in the footsteps of Lawrie…
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I can’t help smiling at this story. Firstly, that Wigan should want Steve Bruce as their manager, after his earlier stint lasted 7 weeks, and secondly that the deal should be held up because of a dispute about, er, image rights. Cash row halts Bruce’s Wigan move Steve Bruce is being prevented from becoming the…
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It’s a feature of England qualifying campaigns. There will always be a stage where England appear to have blown it, followed by a reprieve caused (at least in part) by another team. This time it did appear that England would dig themselves out of the hole all by themselves, with a string of 3-0 victories…
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Things have changed somwhat in the world of televised football in the last 20 years: Peter Robinson, the former Liverpool chief executive, remembers the start of the 1985-86 season, when football was not televised at all. ‘There was no deal in place. It only came back on at New Year and the value of the…
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It seems that Leicester fans may have been celebrating prematurely when Gary Megson left: Leicester have interviewed Joe Royle, Peter Reid and Graeme Souness for the manager’s job and the appointment could be made by Saturday. BBC Sport understands chairman Milan Mandaric is keen to put the new man in charge before this weekend’s visit…
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One thing that annoyed me about all the advertising for Now’s Mega Sports Pack was that it was far from clear what was on offer. Well, now we know, and it is somewhat better than expected. As well as the ‘on demand’ service for EPL games, they also have a similar service for the Champions…
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One of the more enduring mysteries in football is how certain managers seem to pop up time and again in spite of their conspicuous lack of success. Graeme Souness, for example, who was interviewed for the job of Bolton manager: Graeme Souness was a candidate on our target list and he has now decided to…
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Jose Mourinho’s sudden departure from Chelsea last week "by mutual consent" seemed rather shocking when the news first broke, but of course it wasn’t really a surprise at all (apart from the timing). Last season there was a lot of speculation that he would be on his way, after apparently falling out with Roman Abramovich…
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