Even now in this country that he used to captain and manage with such pride, we still don’t or can’t give Mick McCarthy due credit.

SLOVAKIAN international midfielder Miroslav Karhan has accused football’s governing body FIFA of not wanting his country to qualify for the 2006 World Cup finals at the expense of Spain.

NON-LEAGUE Burscough could face a trip to Peterborough as reward for knocking League One Gillingham out of the FA Cup.