On The Brink: 5 Managers Who Could Be Next For The Sack

This weekend saw the sackings of Martin Jol at Fulham, Dave Jones at Sheffield Wednesday, Owen Coyle at Wigan and Richis Barker at Crawley Town and Guy Whittingham at Portsmouth at the end of last week. We are at the cut-throat stage of the season, so here are five managers who I think could be in line for the boot.

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League 2 season preview 2013/14 - Too tight to predict?

Accrington Stanley are the bookmakers favourite to face a drop into non-league this season, but at 9/2 with Ladbrokes and 4/1 among many others in the market, does this show the old Division 3 to be unpredictable – possibly even something worth keeping an eye on over the next nine months?

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When expectations in football cannot be met

It seems that every season, the general expectation of sides in the Premier League slowly increases. Roberto Martinez has supposedly vowed to bring Champions League football to Goodison Park, while West Ham’s owners are building towards the club becoming a top 6 outfit.

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Thomas Ince: the Premier League beckons (Video)

This past week the Football League announced their end of season awards and Thomas Ince was named Young Player of the Year.

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Paolo Di Canio to make his Premier League return? (video)

Paolo Di Canio this week made a fiery departure from his post as manager of League One side Swindon Town sparking rumour that the Italian is in line for a return to the Premier League as boss of his beloved West Ham United.

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The Portsmouth saga continues

You could be forgiven to forgetting about Portsmouth. You could also be forgiven for assuming the club would never exit administration. After consecutive relegations (and a third on the cards) things aren't quite looking as good as they once were at Fratton Park - But the saga is nearly over.

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Jordan Rhodes will reach the Premier League (video)

At the age of just 22 years old, Blackburn Rovers striker Jordan Rhodes netted his 100^th Football League goal on Saturday, in a 2-0 defeat of Bristol Rovers. With the Ewood Park side unlikely to achieve promotion this season, Rhodes’ goal scoring exploits mean that there’s every chance he will reach the big time before Blackburn do.

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Building for promotion

There are many clubs in Yorkshire who over the years have had success in the top divisions of English Football. However there is one Yorkshire based team that is looking to build their way slowly up the football leagues, and that is ‘The Millers’, Rotherham United.

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5 Players that have so far failed to live up to their potential

For every Lionel Messi, we see thousands of Leon Knights. There are vast amounts of young hopeful football players applying their trade for their local team or even in Sunday league football, but if you don’t have the correct attitude and a huge determination, you will end up on the scrap heap and sacrifice your status as a professional footballer.

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Today marks another kicking for the poor League Cup

In all sports, there is a certain amount of tradition that must be stuck too for pure nostalgia based reasons.

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Football League back to seven subs

Football League clubs have voted in favour of reintroducing the seven substitutes rule. The changes will take effect as of next season and replace the five man bench seen this season.

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John Still going to show value of loyalty

In news that may have gone unnoticed, the 61 year old John Still celebrated eight years in charge of Dagenham and Redbridge of League Two on Wednesday, a stint that has seen Still take the club from the humble surroundings of Conference mid-table obscurity, achieving an 11^th and 10^th placed finish before gaining promotion to the Football League in Still’s third year of stewardship

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The great Conference injustice

This past Wednesday night, promotion-chasing Wrexham beat rivals Luton in a 2^nd vs. 3^rd match in the Blue Square Premier league. The 2-0 score-line put them on 80 points, five behind Fleetwood Town, on whom they have a game in hand.

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What Dispatches told us

One of the failings of sport journalism, it has often been said, is its unwillingness to call to account the powers in football. This is for a number of reasons not relevant right here right now. Which is why investigations into sport (from sport journalists or otherwise) are so important as it presents concrete evidence of wrongdoing. This is what Channel 4’s Dispatches programme set out to do on Monday night.

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