Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier has thrown his weight behind the case for a winter break as Premier League chairmen meet to consider the issue.

LEEDS’ acting-chairman Trevor Birch has been given just another seven days to find the funds which will prevent the club falling into the hands of administrators.

Gerard Houllier is confident Liverpool are close to opening contract talks with Michael Owen.

KEVIN KEEGAN has been given a £1.25m transfer kitty to drag Manchester City out of their current crisis.

GARY JOHNSON has perhaps the most unusual curriculum vitae in the depths of Division Three.

FOOTBALL LEAGUE bosses may decide to close a loophole which could allow Leeds to escape a mandatory 10-point penalty for going into administration with £78m debts.

West Ham made an operating profit of £2.9m (€4.2m) last season despite being relegated from the Barclaycard Premiership.

The Nationwide Football League have failed in a bid to get the Barclaycard Premiership to abandon the transfer window system.

Celtic majority shareholder Dermot Desmond believes the club’s UEFA Cup final appearance could resurrect talk of a move to the Premiership.

Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson has made seven changes for the sell-out clash with Portsmouth in the FA Cup.

Crystal Palace chairman Simon Jordan expects seven or eight First Division clubs to be in administration by the end of the season.

Arsene Wenger has branded the transfer window as “crazy” and claims it will deprive all fans of the hope of bringing in new players to turn their club around.

IF the example of Cork City new boy John O'Flynn is anything to go by, then the collapse of the ITV Digital deal with the Nationwide League is definitely going to benefit their Irish counterparts.

New Rangers chairman John McClelland is confident a television deal can be brokered for Scottish football before the start of the new season.

ITV broadcaster Carlton’s failed foray into digital television left it with a bill of €156m it emerged today, as the company sought to draw a line under a ‘‘very difficult period’’.

Ireland striker David Connolly is hoping that 13 will prove to he his lucky number during the World Cup finals.

Rangers have revealed that talks are planned with the Scottish and English Football Associations to discuss a move to the Nationwide League.

The Football League has been granted a speedy hearing of its multi-million claim against the owners of ITV Digital.

Scottish Premier League chairman Lex Gold has confirmed the Old Firm and representatives of the 10 other top-flight clubs are scheduled to meet within the next week.

The Football League in England has filed a claim in the UK's High Court for £178.5m (€286m) against Carlton and Granada.

The Football League finally confirmed today that they have held two meetings with officials from Celtic and Rangers in the past fortnight.

UEFA have warned Celtic and Rangers that they will only consider allowing the clubs to move south if there is agreement from all parties involved.

Nationwide League clubs have only themselves to blame for the impending cash crisis after failing to accept a reduced settlement from troubled broadcaster ITV Digital, according to a media expert.

Bradford chairman Geoffrey Richmond has invited the Old Firm to join the Nationwide League after they were left in limbo by other Scottish clubs yesterday.

The Nationwide League insist they would be willing to listen to the Old Firm clubs if they made an approach to join the English set-up.

Hull chairman Adam Pearson believes the move into administration of the troubled ITV Digital network could have catastrophic consequences for a large number of Nationwide League clubs.

Players’ union chief Gordon Taylor today spelled out a doomsday scenario for football as ITV Digital applied to be put into administration with the row over television cash owed to Nationwide League clubs reaching crisis point.

Chelsea managing director Colin Hutchinson has called for the Nationwide League to introduce a system of 'nursery clubs' to save smaller teams from extinction.

Professional Footballers’ Association chief executive Gordon Taylor has revealed the organisation will receive £175m after agreeing a 10-year television deal with the Premier League and the Nationwide League.

Paolo Di Canio has criticised his West Ham team-mates for being only 70% committed to the cause.

Watford supporters who bought shares in the club have raised £1m which will be used to help buy Vicarage Road.