ACCORDING to Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre, no-one in the Far East watches Bolton Wanderers. Given the standard of entertainment on show at Anfield on Saturday, perhaps they might want to give it a try.

Rival clubs today distanced themselves from Liverpool’s demand for more cash from television rights – with one top-flight chairman claiming the move would “kill the heart and soul” of English football.

BRIAN WALSH, who is enjoying such a highly successful spell as coach of a Cork Constitution side striding away at the top of the AIB All-Ireland League table, spreads his wings this evening when taking charge of the Irish team playing Scotland in the AIB club international at Donnybrook, kick-off 7.35pm (RTE 2, 7.30 pm).