Nottingham Forest Trinity Mirror Trinity Mirror MirrorFootball 2012-02-10T21:25:39Z 2012-02-11T08:18:06Z News and views from Birmingham, Portsmouth and Nottingham Forest ahead of the weekend's action

News and views from Birmingham, Portsmouth and Nottingham Forest ahead of the weekend's action

MirrorFootball 2012-02-11T08:18:06Z 2012-02-10T20:15:13Z 2012-02-10T22:00:06Z The FA reckon Luis Suarez and Patrice Evra should shake hands when they come face to face on Saturday, because even boxers touch gloves before they beat the living daylights out of each other. In Audley Harrison’s case, it was the only meaningful shot he landed. Shaking isn’t compulsory, but it is encouraged by those grey men at the Football Association, particularly at the urinals. The FA have asked the two players to draw a line under their unsavoury spat and are hoping to return to some so...

The FA reckon Luis Suarez and Patrice Evra should shake hands when they come face to face on Saturday, because even boxers touch gloves before they beat the living daylights out of each other. In Audley Harrison’s case, it was the only meaningful shot he landed. Shaking isn’t compulsory, but it is encouraged by those grey men at the Football Association, particularly at the urinals. The FA have asked the two players to draw a line under their unsavoury spat and are hoping to return to some so...

2012-02-10T22:00:06Z Martin Lipton 2012-02-10T22:00:30Z 2012-02-10T21:35:22Z Spurs boss confirms succeeding Capello would be the "ultimate" in management

Spurs boss confirms succeeding Capello would be the "ultimate" in management

Martin Lipton 2012-02-10T21:35:22Z David McDonnell 2012-02-10T16:05:21Z 2012-02-10T21:31:48Z Midfielder has the intelligence and quality to replace Terry says Mancini

Midfielder has the intelligence and quality to replace Terry says Mancini

David McDonnell 2012-02-10T21:31:48Z 2012-02-09T21:51:22Z 2012-02-10T00:00:53Z Wayne Rooney and Rio Ferdinand have already taken to Twitter to say Harry Redknapp is the man they’d like as next England manager. And there is a feeling among the players that he has the character to unify a dressing room in danger of becoming split on racial lines. There is also a degree of weariness about the thought of another foreign manager taking control. Many of them had great respect for Fabio Capello, partly because of all he had achieved in a glorious club career in Italy and Spain...

Wayne Rooney and Rio Ferdinand have already taken to Twitter to say Harry Redknapp is the man they’d like as next England manager. And there is a feeling among the players that he has the character to unify a dressing room in danger of becoming split on racial lines. There is also a degree of weariness about the thought of another foreign manager taking control. Many of them had great respect for Fabio Capello, partly because of all he had achieved in a glorious club career in Italy and Spain...

2012-02-10T00:00:53Z John Cross & Jeremy Armstrong 2012-02-09T22:47:50Z 2012-02-10T00:00:50Z John Terry had angry exchange with another player at Three Lions training reveals insider

John Terry had angry exchange with another player at Three Lions training reveals insider

John Cross & Jeremy Armstrong 2012-02-10T00:00:50Z John Cross & Jeremy Armstrong 2012-02-09T22:48:02Z 2012-02-10T00:00:41Z Spurs boss would be paid £4million a year to lead England - £2m less than Capello got

Spurs boss would be paid £4million a year to lead England - £2m less than Capello got

John Cross & Jeremy Armstrong 2012-02-10T00:00:41Z MirrorFootball 2012-02-10T11:21:18Z 2012-02-09T23:02:02Z Everything you need to know in one handy place

Everything you need to know in one handy place

MirrorFootball 2012-02-09T23:02:02Z Darren Lewis 2012-02-09T20:20:30Z 2012-02-09T23:01:09Z 'Some people just have an aura that inspires you to perform' says Spurs and England striker

'Some people just have an aura that inspires you to perform' says Spurs and England striker

Darren Lewis 2012-02-09T23:01:09Z John Cross 2012-02-09T22:48:54Z 2012-02-09T23:01:06Z Terms of manager's £1.5m pay-off prevent him criticising England

Terms of manager's £1.5m pay-off prevent him criticising England

John Cross 2012-02-09T23:01:06Z John Cross 2012-02-10T01:01:17Z 2012-02-09T23:01:02Z Wembley chiefs want to appoint Tottenham boss next week but will have to pay a big transfer fee

Wembley chiefs want to appoint Tottenham boss next week but will have to pay a big transfer fee

John Cross 2012-02-09T23:01:02Z 2012-02-09T19:44:01Z 2012-02-09T23:00:56Z For a man who just shot the sheriff, David ­Bernstein looked ­thoroughly unruffled. The FA chairman was matter-of-fact when he talked about the departure of Fabio Capello the previous night. There was nothing complicated about it, he suggested. No agonising. No dithering. And certainly no regrets. He, and the FA’s general ­secretary Alex Horne, had told Capello they were not impressed with his dissenting comments about ­stripping John Terry of the England captaincy. Capello had taken umbrage...

For a man who just shot the sheriff, David ­Bernstein looked ­thoroughly unruffled. The FA chairman was matter-of-fact when he talked about the departure of Fabio Capello the previous night. There was nothing complicated about it, he suggested. No agonising. No dithering. And certainly no regrets. He, and the FA’s general ­secretary Alex Horne, had told Capello they were not impressed with his dissenting comments about ­stripping John Terry of the England captaincy. Capello had taken umbrage...

2012-02-09T23:00:56Z John Cross 2012-02-09T22:49:16Z 2012-02-09T23:00:53Z Terry free to play in Euros - but planned new rules will block selection of anyone awaiting criminal charges

Terry free to play in Euros - but planned new rules will block selection of anyone awaiting criminal charges

John Cross 2012-02-09T23:00:53Z James Nursey 2012-02-09T20:32:13Z 2012-02-09T23:00:36Z Tottenham hero says old club will be victims if 'Arry takes England job

Tottenham hero says old club will be victims if 'Arry takes England job

James Nursey 2012-02-09T23:00:36Z Martin Lipton 2012-02-09T22:49:39Z 2012-02-09T23:00:24Z Capello replacement will be more cheerleader than tactical wizard

Capello replacement will be more cheerleader than tactical wizard

Martin Lipton 2012-02-09T23:00:24Z Martin Lipton 2012-02-09T22:49:06Z 2012-02-09T23:00:16Z FA chief harks back to Sir Bobby in explaining why Terry had to be stripped of armband

FA chief harks back to Sir Bobby in explaining why Terry had to be stripped of armband

Martin Lipton 2012-02-09T23:00:16Z John Percy 2012-02-09T22:48:13Z 2012-02-09T23:00:16Z England boss praised by Wolves chief for resigning over captaincy row

England boss praised by Wolves chief for resigning over captaincy row

John Percy 2012-02-09T23:00:16Z John Cross 2012-02-09T22:48:44Z 2012-02-09T23:00:09Z FA chiefs want to copy world champions and build coaching structure that will outlast changes in manager

FA chiefs want to copy world champions and build coaching structure that will outlast changes in manager

John Cross 2012-02-09T23:00:09Z John Cross 2012-02-09T21:08:07Z 2012-02-09T23:00:07Z Harry can come to me for advice on managing England says Swede

Harry can come to me for advice on managing England says Swede

John Cross 2012-02-09T23:00:07Z Simon Bird 2012-02-09T22:48:25Z 2012-02-09T23:00:03Z Capello last visited the region to watch a match in August 2009

Capello last visited the region to watch a match in August 2009

Simon Bird 2012-02-09T23:00:03Z MirrorFootball 2012-02-09T21:02:03Z 2012-02-09T22:30:52Z Stricken club will take 10-point penalty to avoid winding-up order

Stricken club will take 10-point penalty to avoid winding-up order

MirrorFootball 2012-02-09T22:30:52Z 2012-02-09T21:28:55Z 2012-02-09T22:00:12Z There is no doubt Harry Redknapp, hot favourite for the England job, has an amazingly consistent track record. Huntingdon, Plumpton, Taunton – he’s backed losers at pretty much every track. We learned from his tax evasion trial that the second-most lucrative job in football is Redknapp’s accountant. The first is Redknapp’s turf accountant. ’Arry’s odds to replace Fabio Capello drifted on Thursday after he said his only focus was Spurs, possibly how to extricate himself from his contract there...

There is no doubt Harry Redknapp, hot favourite for the England job, has an amazingly consistent track record. Huntingdon, Plumpton, Taunton – he’s backed losers at pretty much every track. We learned from his tax evasion trial that the second-most lucrative job in football is Redknapp’s accountant. The first is Redknapp’s turf accountant. ’Arry’s odds to replace Fabio Capello drifted on Thursday after he said his only focus was Spurs, possibly how to extricate himself from his contract there...

2012-02-09T22:00:12Z MirrorFootball 2012-02-09T18:03:26Z 2012-02-09T18:03:26Z Law expert says FA may not be in clear even though England boss quit

Law expert says FA may not be in clear even though England boss quit

MirrorFootball 2012-02-09T18:03:26Z MirrorFootball 2012-02-09T17:46:29Z 2012-02-09T17:46:07Z Tottenham boss the "obvious" choice for top job says West Ham manager

Tottenham boss the "obvious" choice for top job says West Ham manager

MirrorFootball 2012-02-09T17:46:07Z MirrorFootball 2012-02-09T17:28:19Z 2012-02-09T17:28:19Z Arsenal manager also rules himself out of taking over national team

Arsenal manager also rules himself out of taking over national team

MirrorFootball 2012-02-09T17:28:19Z MirrorFootball 2012-02-09T17:02:35Z 2012-02-09T17:02:35Z West Ham legend backs his old Hammers boss for national-team job... and says Capello was right to quit

West Ham legend backs his old Hammers boss for national-team job... and says Capello was right to quit

MirrorFootball 2012-02-09T17:02:35Z MirrorFootball 2012-02-09T16:57:17Z 2012-02-09T16:51:07Z QPR boss who juggled Blackburn and Wales duty casts doubt on Redknapp combining England role with leading Tottenham

QPR boss who juggled Blackburn and Wales duty casts doubt on Redknapp combining England role with leading Tottenham

MirrorFootball 2012-02-09T16:51:07Z MirrorFootball 2012-02-09T17:17:07Z 2012-02-09T15:53:35Z Court decided to delay Terry trial until after Euro 2012 says Blues manager

Court decided to delay Terry trial until after Euro 2012 says Blues manager

MirrorFootball 2012-02-09T15:53:35Z MirrorFootball 2012-02-09T15:44:55Z 2012-02-09T15:44:55Z FA inists "there was no ultimatum" before England boss resigned

FA inists "there was no ultimatum" before England boss resigned

MirrorFootball 2012-02-09T15:44:55Z MirrorFootball 2012-02-09T16:13:28Z 2012-02-09T12:03:34Z Defender joins Nottingham Forest and could stay until the summer

Defender joins Nottingham Forest and could stay until the summer

MirrorFootball 2012-02-09T12:03:34Z MirrorFootball 2012-02-08T23:09:30Z 2012-02-08T23:09:30Z I leave and will not say anything else says manager

I leave and will not say anything else says manager

MirrorFootball 2012-02-08T23:09:30Z John Cross 2012-02-09T02:45:44Z 2012-02-08T22:32:45Z Wembley chiefs want a continental-style system in place below Spurs boss

Wembley chiefs want a continental-style system in place below Spurs boss

John Cross 2012-02-08T22:32:45Z John Cross 2012-02-08T21:51:29Z 2012-02-08T22:30:38Z Severance payments to staff come on top of manager's £1.5m kiss-off

Severance payments to staff come on top of manager's £1.5m kiss-off

John Cross 2012-02-08T22:30:38Z David McDonnell 2012-02-08T23:46:48Z 2012-02-08T22:30:33Z We thought we were getting a Ferrari but we got Fiat Uno sighs one unnamed star

We thought we were getting a Ferrari but we got Fiat Uno sighs one unnamed star

David McDonnell 2012-02-08T22:30:33Z 2012-02-08T17:26:40Z 2012-02-08T22:30:07Z Chris Hughton is emerging as a manager of the season contender for his outstanding work turning relegated, crisis-hit Birmingham City into Championship promotion contenders. Hughton saw most of Blues' stars, such as Craig Gardner, Roger Johnson, Scott Dann and Cameron Jerome, sold off when he succeeded Alex McLeish last June following their relegation from the Premier League. And with owner Carson Yeung's assets frozen pending a money-laundering trial in Hong Kong in November, Hughton has jus...

Chris Hughton is emerging as a manager of the season contender for his outstanding work turning relegated, crisis-hit Birmingham City into Championship promotion contenders. Hughton saw most of Blues' stars, such as Craig Gardner, Roger Johnson, Scott Dann and Cameron Jerome, sold off when he succeeded Alex McLeish last June following their relegation from the Premier League. And with owner Carson Yeung's assets frozen pending a money-laundering trial in Hong Kong in November, Hughton has jus...

2012-02-08T22:30:07Z 2012-02-09T02:38:01Z 2012-02-08T21:28:02Z If Fabio Capello achieved anything as England boss, it was to convince the nation that our flirtation with foreign managers must come to an end. His time in charge was characterised by mediocrity and a consistent failure to understand the mentality of English players. And when he quit, it was because he was totally out of touch with the racial tensions that have swept through our game recently. Out of touch seemed to sum Capello up during his time as England boss, sadly. His glory days as man...

If Fabio Capello achieved anything as England boss, it was to convince the nation that our flirtation with foreign managers must come to an end. His time in charge was characterised by mediocrity and a consistent failure to understand the mentality of English players. And when he quit, it was because he was totally out of touch with the racial tensions that have swept through our game recently. Out of touch seemed to sum Capello up during his time as England boss, sadly. His glory days as man...

2012-02-08T21:28:02Z 2012-02-09T02:37:30Z 2012-02-08T21:19:22Z Harry Redknapp can do the England job part time - and still do better at the Euros than Fabio Capello would have done. Redknapp is the best man for the job, can be involved in the England set-up until the end of Tottenham’s season and then excel at Euro 2012. He brings a hunger, style and will to win which was missing from the end of Capello’s reign as it descended into chaos following the last World Cup. I remember sitting with Redknapp at a game in South Africa and we could both see that th...

Harry Redknapp can do the England job part time - and still do better at the Euros than Fabio Capello would have done. Redknapp is the best man for the job, can be involved in the England set-up until the end of Tottenham’s season and then excel at Euro 2012. He brings a hunger, style and will to win which was missing from the end of Capello’s reign as it descended into chaos following the last World Cup. I remember sitting with Redknapp at a game in South Africa and we could both see that th...

2012-02-08T21:19:22Z 2012-02-08T21:21:07Z 2012-02-08T21:01:32Z Harry Redknapp described the last five years as a nightmare. Just wait until he gets the England job. Redknapp didn’t go down on Wednesday  but his odds to replace Fabio Capello sure did. And later in the day we found out why. Punters who saw Harry go free, and who realised that Capello was in crisis talks with the FA, put two and two together and made five - although they declared only four. A 2-1 chance to succeed Capello on Wednesday morning, Redknapp was cut to 1-2 by Hills moments after ...

Harry Redknapp described the last five years as a nightmare. Just wait until he gets the England job. Redknapp didn’t go down on Wednesday  but his odds to replace Fabio Capello sure did. And later in the day we found out why. Punters who saw Harry go free, and who realised that Capello was in crisis talks with the FA, put two and two together and made five - although they declared only four. A 2-1 chance to succeed Capello on Wednesday morning, Redknapp was cut to 1-2 by Hills moments after ...

2012-02-08T21:01:32Z 2012-02-08T21:21:22Z 2012-02-08T20:47:23Z Gone, with a flounce dressed up a principle, and a reduced pay-off. Gone, without any regrets. On either side. And gone, in truth, far too late, at least two years after he should have left. An overdue departure for a man who ran out of love with the job long before he ran out of love with the money, the £24million or so he has banked since January 2008. But as Fabio Capello said "arrivederci" to English football, after four years that promised the earth but delivered, in truth, just the same...

Gone, with a flounce dressed up a principle, and a reduced pay-off. Gone, without any regrets. On either side. And gone, in truth, far too late, at least two years after he should have left. An overdue departure for a man who ran out of love with the job long before he ran out of love with the money, the £24million or so he has banked since January 2008. But as Fabio Capello said "arrivederci" to English football, after four years that promised the earth but delivered, in truth, just the same...

2012-02-08T20:47:23Z 2012-02-08T21:21:35Z 2012-02-08T20:35:54Z Let us not attempt to allow natural sympathy for one of the great managers of the game to get in the way of the truth. Fabio Capello built a fine reputation on the back of stunning achievements at AC Milan, Juventus and Real Madrid. But the cold reality is that as England manager, he stunk the place out. He should never have survived this long. He should have been fired in the summer of 2010 after his shambolic mismanagement of England's World Cup campaign in South Africa. His handling of the...

Let us not attempt to allow natural sympathy for one of the great managers of the game to get in the way of the truth. Fabio Capello built a fine reputation on the back of stunning achievements at AC Milan, Juventus and Real Madrid. But the cold reality is that as England manager, he stunk the place out. He should never have survived this long. He should have been fired in the summer of 2010 after his shambolic mismanagement of England's World Cup campaign in South Africa. His handling of the...

2012-02-08T20:35:54Z 2012-02-09T02:38:30Z 2012-02-08T20:05:53Z The jokes began a few minutes after Harry Redknapp had hugged Milan Mandaric in the glass-surrounded dock and walked out on to the steps at Southwark Crown Court as an innocent man. It was a humble Addison Lee cab that he and his son, Jamie, climbed into once they had battled their way past the jostling photographers. But soon people were laughing and saying a helicopter would be trailing it all the way to Wembley, where it was surely taking Redknapp to take over from Fabio Capello. The juxta...

The jokes began a few minutes after Harry Redknapp had hugged Milan Mandaric in the glass-surrounded dock and walked out on to the steps at Southwark Crown Court as an innocent man. It was a humble Addison Lee cab that he and his son, Jamie, climbed into once they had battled their way past the jostling photographers. But soon people were laughing and saying a helicopter would be trailing it all the way to Wembley, where it was surely taking Redknapp to take over from Fabio Capello. The juxta...

2012-02-08T20:05:53Z 2012-02-08T21:22:14Z 2012-02-08T19:56:09Z Just before noon, he was standing in the dock, facing potential shame, jail and the end of his professional career. Within five hours, though, as a stern-faced Fabio Capello sped out of Wembley for the last time, Harry Redknapp had been transformed utterly. Not just the heir apparent to the job he has wanted all his life. But, on what was perhaps the most remarkable day in the history of the Football Association, the new monarch, solely awaiting his coronation. Rightly so, too. This, above al...

Just before noon, he was standing in the dock, facing potential shame, jail and the end of his professional career. Within five hours, though, as a stern-faced Fabio Capello sped out of Wembley for the last time, Harry Redknapp had been transformed utterly. Not just the heir apparent to the job he has wanted all his life. But, on what was perhaps the most remarkable day in the history of the Football Association, the new monarch, solely awaiting his coronation. Rightly so, too. This, above al...

2012-02-08T19:56:09Z MirrorFootball 2012-02-09T09:10:58Z 2012-02-08T19:25:05Z Italian is out after talks with FA over Terry and the captaincy

Italian is out after talks with FA over Terry and the captaincy

MirrorFootball 2012-02-08T19:25:05Z Martin Lipton 2012-02-08T11:56:08Z 2012-02-07T22:32:55Z Bernstein hopes to make peace with England boss at meeting today

Bernstein hopes to make peace with England boss at meeting today

Martin Lipton 2012-02-07T22:32:55Z 2012-02-07T23:17:54Z 2012-02-07T22:30:54Z Fabio Capello may be able to find a form of words to paper over the cracks of his relationship with the FA. But it is the division between the England manager and his players that will be up for scrutiny over the course of 72 potentially pivotal hours later this month. A relationship that was supposed to be all about respect and control now seems poised on the brink of dissolving totally, the Italian’s backing for John Terry in the face of public opinion the potential tipping point. The truth...

Fabio Capello may be able to find a form of words to paper over the cracks of his relationship with the FA. But it is the division between the England manager and his players that will be up for scrutiny over the course of 72 potentially pivotal hours later this month. A relationship that was supposed to be all about respect and control now seems poised on the brink of dissolving totally, the Italian’s backing for John Terry in the face of public opinion the potential tipping point. The truth...

2012-02-07T22:30:54Z 2012-02-07T21:13:10Z 2012-02-07T22:00:48Z Gareth Bale's triumph in April was the first time in five years the PFA Player Of The Year award had gone to a non-Manchester United star. The fact, then, that United have just one player in the top 15 in the betting for this season will come as a surprise – but only if you haven’t seen them lately. David Silva is the 2-1 favourite and a PFA trophy for the little Spaniard could yet be Manchester City’s only Silvaware this season, but there’s a feeling that the mercurial midfielder has gone of...

Gareth Bale's triumph in April was the first time in five years the PFA Player Of The Year award had gone to a non-Manchester United star. The fact, then, that United have just one player in the top 15 in the betting for this season will come as a surprise – but only if you haven’t seen them lately. David Silva is the 2-1 favourite and a PFA trophy for the little Spaniard could yet be Manchester City’s only Silvaware this season, but there’s a feeling that the mercurial midfielder has gone of...

2012-02-07T22:00:48Z 2012-02-06T20:00:30Z 2012-02-06T22:30:26Z It has been claimed that 50 per cent of football fans in Britain have a ­favourable view of John Terry. Is it possible that 50 per cent of football fans don’t understand the word ‘favourable’? After the Anton ­Ferdinand race row Terry is running out of allies at the FA as quickly as he’s running out of people to shake hands with. Terry has lost the England armband twice in two years – it was underneath his TV remote control – and now there’s talk in the corridors of Paddy Power that he may mi...

It has been claimed that 50 per cent of football fans in Britain have a ­favourable view of John Terry. Is it possible that 50 per cent of football fans don’t understand the word ‘favourable’? After the Anton ­Ferdinand race row Terry is running out of allies at the FA as quickly as he’s running out of people to shake hands with. Terry has lost the England armband twice in two years – it was underneath his TV remote control – and now there’s talk in the corridors of Paddy Power that he may mi...

2012-02-06T22:30:26Z MirrorFootball 2012-02-06T17:54:18Z 2012-02-06T17:40:59Z Dutch legend says pal Fab isn't scheming for England exit

Dutch legend says pal Fab isn't scheming for England exit

MirrorFootball 2012-02-06T17:40:59Z MirrorFootball 2012-02-06T17:15:59Z 2012-02-06T17:15:59Z Bernstein and Fab to go face-to-face after the Don's public outburst

Bernstein and Fab to go face-to-face after the Don's public outburst

MirrorFootball 2012-02-06T17:15:59Z MirrorFootball 2012-02-06T15:45:31Z 2012-02-06T12:52:58Z Graham Taylor says Fab's public spat with FA will further damage Euro 2012 bid

Graham Taylor says Fab's public spat with FA will further damage Euro 2012 bid

MirrorFootball 2012-02-06T12:52:58Z