Aston Villa are putting their pre-season plans on ice for the 2008-2009 campaign until they know whether or not they will be competing in the Intertoto Cup.

Aston Villa have applied to enter next season’s Intertoto Cup in case they fail to qualify automatically for Europe via the Barclays Premier League.

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COLIN HEALY and Gareth Farrelly will have to see out the rest of their sentence after the Court Of Arbitration For Sport (CAS) in Switzerland yesterday rejected Cork City’s appeal against the FIFA ruling which has kept the two players on the sideline since they signed for the club in February.

Newcastle head for Reading tonight knowing the best they can hope for from a another season of trials and tribulations is a 10th-place Barclays Premiership finish.

GLEN ROEDER slammed his Newcastle slackers and threatened a summer clear-out after another depressing Premiership defeat.

Everton have applied to play in the Intertoto Cup next season.

Newcastle have confirmed they will play their Intertoto Cup tie against either Keflavik or Lillestrom at St James' Park on Saturday, July 15.

GLENN ROEDER laid down his credentials to the men who will decide his future when he steered Newcastle to a top-seven finish with a final day victory over champions Chelsea.

Half the Premiership could find themselves in mainstream European competition next season if Middlesbrough go on to collect the UEFA Cup.

Manchester City boss Stuart Pearce has ruled out the possibility of entering the Intertoto Cup.

Newcastle boss Graeme Souness has no intention of performing a U-turn over controversial striker Craig Bellamy.

Cork City duo Willie Byrne and Brendan Sweeney have joined neighbours Cobh Ramblers on loan as part of a player clearout at Turners Cross.

Cork City's InterToto Cup success has had a knock-on effect on the eircom League fixture list.

Aston Villa manager David O’Leary has ruled out the possibility of his side entering the Intertoto Cup this summer.

THE future rather than the past was on the minds of worried Barcelona fans yesterday after the Spanish football giant’s Champions League exit less than 24 hours before.

Aston Villa chairman Doug Ellis will hold talks with manager Graham Taylor before deciding whether the club apply to enter next Intertoto Cup.

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Fulham today marked the first day of their two-year groundshare with Queens Park Rangers by admitting they may never return to Craven Cottage.

Graham Taylor has admitted he is planning for the new Premiership season on the basis that unsettled midfielder George Boateng will have left the club.

Former European Cup winners Aston Villa face a tough task to qualify for this season’s UEFA Cup following today’s Intertoto Cup semi-final and final draw.