United face Ajax in the Europa League tonight and Ferguson was asked about Dutchman Meulensteen's influence. Ferguson said: "Rene Meulensteen's done a fantastic job. He's a great coach. He initially joined us to form our Academy system some years back. H

SIX Celtic Youth Academy players have been named in a Scotland Under-17 training squad which will meet up next month ahead of some vital qualification matches. Ricky Sbragia’s young guns will face Denmark, Iceland and Lithuania on March 20, 22 and 25, in

Blackburn’s Lancashire rivals Bolton also took the plunge in 2009, when sacking Gary Megson in favour of then Burnley manager Owen Coyle. The 45-year-old’s arrival saw Wanderers climb up from 18th position to finish in 14th come May, with the Clarets ins

K ENWYNE Jones looks back with little more than a shrug of the shoulders to the time when he so nearly became a Spurs player. The 27-year-old striker was leading the front line at Sunderland when he was courted in vain by Harry Redknapp throughout the fi

On Wednesday, following a string of bad results, Sunderland AFC sacked manager Steve Bruce after a string of poor results. Bruce did well to get the Wearside club into the top half of the table last season, but recent results have been poor despite Bruce