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MirrorFootball — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:18:06 GMT

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

What are the odds Suarez and Evra swap shirts at the final whistle? Derek McGovern's Bets of the Day

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:00:06 GMT

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...

Redknapp's up for "aggro" of the England job

Martin Lipton — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:35:22 GMT

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

City's Barry backed to captain England (by City's manager)

David McDonnell — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:31:48 GMT

Midfielder has the intelligence and quality to replace Terry says Mancini

Why do Rooney and co want Redknapp to succeed Capello? He'll make playing for England fun again

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:53 GMT

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...

New England manager 'must heal squad splits'

John Cross & Jeremy Armstrong — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:50 GMT

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

FA want Redknapp on his Tottenham wages

John Cross & Jeremy Armstrong — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:41 GMT

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

'Arry for England: All the latest news, opinion and features

MirrorFootball — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:02:02 GMT

Everything you need to know in one handy place

EXCLUSIVE: Jermain Defoe on the magic of Redknapp

Darren Lewis — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:01:09 GMT

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

EXCLUSIVE: Capello gagged by worried FA

John Cross — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:01:06 GMT

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

EXCLUSIVE: Spurs to charge FA £5m for Redknapp

John Cross — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:01:02 GMT

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

Why having a Football Association chairman with balls gives England hope for the future

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:00:56 GMT

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...

England squad to be given code of conduct

John Cross — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:00:53 GMT

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

Spurs on a loser if Redknapp goes - Hughton

James Nursey — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:00:36 GMT

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

FA want England boss who'll fire up players and fans

Martin Lipton — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:00:24 GMT

Capello replacement will be more cheerleader than tactical wizard

Bernstein: We want Moore from England's captain

Martin Lipton — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:00:16 GMT

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

McCarthy: Why I admire Fabio for quitting

John Percy — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:00:16 GMT

England boss praised by Wolves chief for resigning over captaincy row

New England boss will have to do it the Spanish way

John Cross — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:00:09 GMT

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

Eriksson ready to be Redknapp's Svengali

John Cross — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:00:07 GMT

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

Pardew: Give next England boss directions to the North-East

Simon Bird — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:00:03 GMT

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

Portsmouth going back into administration

MirrorFootball — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:30:52 GMT

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

What are the odds England win a trophy under their next boss? Derek McGovern's Bets of the Day

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:00:12 GMT

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...

Capello 'could claim constructive dismissal'

MirrorFootball — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:03:26 GMT

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

Allardyce on England: It's time for Redknapp

MirrorFootball — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:46:07 GMT

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

Wenger: It's a big blow for England and sad for Capello

MirrorFootball — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:28:19 GMT

Arsenal manager also rules himself out of taking over national team

Redknapp will make England players believe - Di Canio

MirrorFootball — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:02:35 GMT

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

Hughes warns: Managing club and country at same time doesn't work - I've tried it

MirrorFootball — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:51:07 GMT

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

AVB: England boss chaos isn't Chelsea's fault

MirrorFootball — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:53:35 GMT

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

Bernstein denies Capello was forced out

MirrorFootball — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:44:55 GMT

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

Capello plays 'omerta' card after England exit

MirrorFootball — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:09:30 GMT

I leave and will not say anything else says manager

Redknapp will be offered England job - but must accept the FA's coaching team

John Cross — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:32:45 GMT

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

FA cough up £1m to pay off Capello's coaches

John Cross — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:30:38 GMT

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

Senior England players shrug off Capello exit

David McDonnell — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:30:33 GMT

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

Why Birmingham's Chris Hughton is in with a shout for manager of the season

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:30:07 GMT

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...

Why the Capello era has proved England's flirtation with foreign managers must end

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:28:02 GMT

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...

Part-time Redknapp will be better as England boss than full-time Capello

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:19:22 GMT

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...

What are the odds it's 'Arry out and Mourinho in at Spurs? Derek McGovern's Bets of the Day

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:01:32 GMT

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 ...

Why this is a Fab day for England

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:47:23 GMT

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...

Why the only problem with Capello's resignation is that it did not happen sooner

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:35:54 GMT

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...

The cab from outside the court didn't take Redknapp straight to Wembley - but it might as well have done

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:05:53 GMT

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...

Why the FA must now ask Harry Redknapp to put a smile back on the face of English football

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:56:09 GMT

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...

Capello quits as England boss

MirrorFootball — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:25:05 GMT

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

Capello 'will not budge over Terry in FA talks'

Martin Lipton — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:32:55 GMT

Bernstein hopes to make peace with England boss at meeting today

Why Capello has 72 hours to save England's Euro 2012 hopes

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:30:54 GMT

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...

What are the odds Silva strikes gold at the PFA awards? Derek McGovern's Bets of the Day

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:00:48 GMT

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...

What are the odds neither Terry nor Capello will be at Euro 2012? Derek McGovern's Bets of the Day

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:30:26 GMT

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...

Gullit: Capello won't quit

MirrorFootball — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:40:59 GMT

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

Capello will meet FA chief for Terry talks

MirrorFootball — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:15:59 GMT

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

Former England boss slams Capello's JT outburst

MirrorFootball — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:52:58 GMT

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

Snow-bound football matches picture special

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:56:25 GMT

The weather outside may be frightful, but this gallery is so delightful...

So make yourself a hot drink, snuggle down under a thick blanket and enjoy our whiter-than-white collection of snow-bound football matches from the MirrorFootball archives.

Warning: may contain orange footballs