Bless you At a time when swine flu threatens to cause havoc to the football world, OTP can only call Sven's actions deeply irresponsible. The Notts County director of football makes his entrance after 37secs if you want to avoid Geldof and co.

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Chris Hughton has come out and said today that he will have the final say on players coming and going at the club. Mike Ashley - not picking any players But that's no surprise since the club has done away with their Director of Football, Dennis Wise, so to speak, and presumably the manager now reports into [. Click to continue reading...

Saudia Arabia's soccer chiefs are head-hunting former Liverpool pair Gerard Houllier and Rick Parry to sort out their football.
The oil-rich government plan to recruit former Kop chief Houllier as their new director of football to oversee the national team and their top sides.
Houllier is in charge of France's football empire and could even be allowed to do both jobs - although the cash in the Middle East may tempt him to go there full-time. Click to continue reading...

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It seemed astonishing when Mo Johnston recently claimed to be shocked by the level of criticism that he was receiving after TFC's recent failure. Was the wily Glaswegian watching the same team the supporters were? Why the shock on Mo's part?
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Reports over the weekend linked former Boro favourite and now Peterborough forward� George Boyd with a £6m move to Tottenham. Boyd has been arguably the Posh's best player in their first season in the Championship so far and his recent form is thought to have alerted Premier League clubs to making an offer.

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This week's episode of "Shit Shot Mungo" features the aftermath of Heart of Clackmannanshire's outstanding 3-0 win last week. Glen Roeder is sacked as the Director of Football and, after a viral outbreak at the club, the club's new plutocratic owner brings in a plague doctor in to help out. Drawn by the fair hand of Ted "The Neck" Carter, and available in a higher resolution (you have to click on "all sizes, for those of you that are unfamiliar with the ways of Flickr) here.

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Just because you can do something, doesn't necessarily make it the best option. As Toronto FC head into their last gasp attempt at making this year's playoffs, that conundrum does indeed rise. The enigma that is this season's Reds are quite frankly lucky to even have the chance to qualify for the post-season but that is the reality of MLS parity. Click to continue reading...

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Rafael Benitez has revealed that Liverpool did not come close to selling Javier Mascherano because once he had spoken to Barcelona no bid was received.

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The Swede who is director of football at Notts County felt he could combine his position at the club and the coaching job of the Swedish national team. The Swedish football association was on board with the proposal. But Notts County executive chairman Peter Trembling felt that Eriksson could not have his cake and eat it too.

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Chris Hughton will not have to work for a Director of Football at Newcastle, but since it failed dramatically when Dennis Wise was here (what a disaster), that's hardly surprising even for Mike Ashley. Mike Ashley no Director Of Football A Newcastle source told the Evening Chronicle today: "Chris has done a fantastic job [. Click to continue reading...

A few months ago I wrote a blog comparing the fortunes of England's two Magpies – Newcastle and Notts County.
Back then Newcastle were in despair, mourning the loss of their Premier League status. Meanwhile, County were sky high, revelling in their new found wealth.
Their takeover in July, by the mysterious Munto Finance group, promised a bright future and lofty ambitions included Premier League football once more for the oldest league club in the world. Click to continue reading...

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Svennis set to turn down North Korea role Notts County director of football Sven Goran Eriksson is reportedly set to reject an offer to coach North Korea at next summer's World Cup. The communist state wanted Eriksson to take the role on a temporary basis for the duration of the tournament. A 'close friend' of Eriksson's said: [. Click to continue reading...

An interesting article in the Courier Mail on Monday. The story was that some Roar directors regretted not accepting FFA help at the beginning of the season. The reason given for the regret was that the FFA would have been able to control Frank Farina via a director of football - and stopped poor player behaviour. Click to continue reading...

League Two side hit the first of many self-destruct buttons.

League Two big-spenders Notts County have sacked manager Ian McParland.

Speculation had been rife that director of football Sven Goran Eriksson was set to depart Meadow Lane, just months after he joined the club.

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England man wants to renew ties with his former Pompey boss.

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David James wants a January move from Portsmouth to Tottenham to ensure that he goes into the World Cup finals as England's No 1 goalkeeper.

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Los Angeles, be prepared to say goodbye to David Beckham...again.

The Los Angeles Galaxy have given� Beckham permission to work out a loan deal for the winter transfer window in January. The loan is expected to last until July to give Beckham the best possibility of making the England squad for the 2010 World Cup in June.

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Los Angeles, be prepared to say goodbye to David Beckham...again.

The Los Angeles Galaxy have given� Beckham permission to work out a loan deal for the winter transfer window in January. The loan is expected to last until July to give Beckham the best possibility of making the England squad for the 2010 World Cup in June.

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Avram Grant has been named director of football at Fratton Park. My apologies for twittering prematurely that Paul Hart had been sacked this morning- I watch sky sports with groggy eyes. But I think the writing is on the wall and my guess is that recent financial insanity at Portsmouth probably has the funds needed to send Hart on his way tied up. Click to continue reading...

Avram Grant's going back to a place he should be comfortable at, while getting his old job back in the process. It's not the manager's position at Chelsea, but the Director of Football role at Portsmouth. With Abdullah Al Faraj now in control of...
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The last time we saw Avram Grant he had his arm around John Terry after Terry blew the penalty shootout in the Champions League final.

Now 18 months later Grant is returning to Portsmouth and the Premier League as Pompey's new director of football.

Grant told the Daily Mail that he was delighted to be back involved in 'the best league in the world'.

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Ever since� Roman Abramovich sent him packing from� Stamford Bridge in the summer of 2008, Avram Grant has been on a one-man mission to prove that he was a success during his brief tenure as Chelsea manager. Second place in the league and one inch away from winning the Champions League final� won't earn you any silverware.

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Avram Grant has been appointed as Portsmouth's director of football, the club have confirmed.

The 54-year-old Israeli returns to Fratton Park having occupied the same role from 2006 to 2007 before succeeding Jose Mourinho as manager of Chelsea.

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But it's only temporary! Sven Goran Eriksson is ready to follow Sol Campbell in qutting Notts County - but only for a week. The ex-England boss is giving students who think they can do a better job than him to take up his director of football role at Notts County. His offer is part of Colleges [...]

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County play host to Hartlepool United this evening, in what promises to be an entertaining fixture.

Hatters boss Gary Ablett has no new injury worries ahead of the game, with Oli Johnson still missing out due to the floating bone in his ankle and Matty Mainwairing still recovering from his broken leg.

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First they appoint a former England manager as their Director of Football, then they go and sign a former England international, surely this is any clubs dream, but evidently not in the case of Notts County.

We all thought it was too good to be true when the news broke of Sven Goran Eriksson appointment as the new Director of Football at League Two club, but then we heard� money was involved, so, it wasn't such a shock anymore.

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We've all been there; somebody has dangled a carrot in front of us and instead of thinking through the various pros and cons we quickly take the plunge. Our excuse for what we did was that it's a bit "out there" and less work for more money is always worth it isn't it? Sol Campbell yesterday cancelled the five year contract at Notts County on "mutual terms" with the clubs executive chairman Peter Trembling and director of football Mr Sven- Goran Ericksson.

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It's always been my dream to have one of those super high-paying jobs. You know, not one where they measure your salary with 6 figures for the year, but one like modern day footballers have, where they eek out a modest go at life on 5 figures per week.
I mean, I'm out of shape, washed up, saddling up to middle-age and have the athletic ability of Andrew the Giant (in his current state), but sign me up for about $65,000 a week and you will see me run for 90 minutes on a soccer field like you could never imagine. Click to continue reading...

Notts County are in the news again. The English League Two club were bought by billionaires, installed Sven Goran Eriksson as director of football, and had a five year plan that involved signing 34 (now 35) year old Sol Campbell on a five year, £:40k per week deal. But just one game into that five year [. Click to continue reading...

Now it seems that the whole Sol Campbell joining Notts County was one of the biggest moves of the summer, and thus Notts County and Campbell both received huge amounts of interest, along with Sven Goran Eriksson who had been installed as Director of Football at the League One club.

However after all this coverage and interest, and after playing just one match (having signed a 5 year deal), ex England international defender Sol Campbell has walked out on Notts County, after featuring in the 2-1 defeat by Morecambe on Saturday.

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When Mike Ashley rode into toon he took the Freddie Shepherd Gang by surprise. Shepherd claims he was ambushed while he lay incapacitated on a hospital bed and before we knew it rumour quickly became fact and Ashley had bought Newcastle United, not exactly with a suitcase full of money but without any of the [. Click to continue reading...

Blimey that didn't take long!

Sky Sports News understands Sol Campbell has walked away from League Two club Notts County after just one game.

The centre-back made the surprise decision to sign a five-year contract at Meadow Lane in the summer after his contract expired at Portsmouth.

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If you tuned in to BBC Radio Berkshire after yesterday's football match at London Road, you'd have been forgiven for thinking that Reading Football Club had been sold for a fiver to a demented Oxford-supporting billionaire, who'd then decided to immediately change the name to the 'Thames Valley Arse Drovers', insist we play in yellow and green stripes and formulate a dastardly plan to erase the good name of RFC from the history books. Click to continue reading...