Entries from April 2009
Steve Coppell plays down retirement talk
Thomas Rooney - Wednesday 29.04.09, 12:27pm
Reading manager Steve Coppell has denied claims that he will walk away from football at the end of the season. It has been suggested that he will resign from Reading, regardless of whether they go up or not.
Speaking after watching his side win 2-0 at Norwich to keep alive their hopes of automatic promotion from [...]
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Who Will Join Wolves in the Premier League?
Terry Lane - Tuesday 28.04.09, 10:22am
At the start of the season I tipped Birmingham to win the Coca-Cola Championship. But last week Wolves were crowned Championship Champions. Now the race for the other automatic promotion place is between Birmingham (80 points), Sheffield United (79 points) and Reading (77 points), with Cardiff City and Burnley only strong enough to hold on [...]
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Roy Keane joins Ipswich Town
John Williams - Thursday 23.04.09, 10:37am
Roy Keane has agreed a two year contract to manage Championship side Ipswich Town, following the dismissal of Jim Magilton on Wednesday. Magilton was allegedly sacked over the phone after failing to guide Ipswich into the play off places, his assistant John Gorman has also left the club.
Keane had been sounded out some weeks ago [...]
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Alan Lee has his say on facing former club
Terry Lane - Wednesday 15.04.09, 10:33am
There is always added significance to a fixture when a player returns to the club where they once played. This is exaggerated even further when the player concerned is now playing for the fierce rivals of his former club.
This is the case for Alan Lee this Sunday. He and his new club Norwich City travel [...]
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John Williams - Thursday 02.04.09, 15:18pm
Troubled Championship club Southampton have seen their holding company put into administration today but have said it will not affect the Football Club at this stage.
Southampton Leisure Holdings had suspended trading on the stock exchange this week after the company failed to renegotiate borrowings with it’s bankers and was unable to attract further funding from [...]
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