As England get set to play Bulgaria at Wembley on Friday a large section of the UK media will be
sharpening its knives ready to plunge them into Fabio Capello. There is a sizeable majority of the
media who would be only too pleased to see England lose to Bulgaria as it would ensure his
immediate dismissal and the installation of a more media-friendly English manager called Harry.
So the man himself has confirmed it, whatever happens in Poland and the Ukraine, whether England
get there or not, whether we win it or go out in the Quarter Finals on penalties, Capello will step
down after that tournament has finished, to do his gardening.
"Absolutely. Yes, we have to qualify first of course but after that I will be too old.
So the man himself has confirmed it, whatever happens in Poland and the Ukraine, whether England
get there or not, whether we win it or go out in the Quarter Finals on penalties, Capello will step
down after that tournament has finished, to do his gardening.
"Absolutely. Yes, we have to qualify first of course but after that I will be too old.
Is Jose Mourinho really 'Harry Potter'?
Regardless as to the Special One's reference to the young wizard, Paul Gardner writes of the lack
of magic that Mourinho has up his sleeve.
Sooner or later, Jose Mourinho -- a man much given to speaking his mind -- was bound to say
something interesting, something that wasn't merely yet another way of telling the world that he is
"the special one.
Shola Ameobi made his Newcastle debut at Stamford Bridge a full 10 years ago, when he was just 18
years old. Shola Ameobi - after scoring the winner last night in London That was when Geordie
legend Bobby Robson was managing the famous Tyneside club, and the local lad returned last night to
give a wonderful [.
