Anthony Stokes has been handed a one-game ban following an incident at the end of Celtic’s 2-1 William Hill Scottish Cup semi-final defeat to Hearts at Hampden on Sunday, the Scottish Football Association have confirmed.

Neil Lennon looks likely to be locking horns yet again with the Scottish Football Association following Celtic’s William Hill Scottish Cup semi-final defeat by Hearts at Hampden yesterday which saw him march on to the pitch to confront referee Euan Norris after the Hoops lost to a late penalty.

Neil Lennon looks likely to be locking horns yet again with the Scottish Football Association following Celtic's Scottish Cup semi-final defeat by Hearts at Hampden today.

Celtic 1 Hearts 2

Celtic manager Neil Lennon has made one change to his side for their William Hill Scottish Cup semi-final against Hearts at Hampden today.

Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers has no fresh injury concerns ahead of his team’s Barclays Premier League trip to Chelsea.

Captain Garry Monk is set for a first appearance of the season in Swansea’s Barclays Premier League clash with West Brom.

Manager Brendan Rodgers will be without deadline-day signings Darnel Situ and Rafik Halliche when Swansea travel to the Emirates Stadium to face Arsenal tomorrow.

Premier League newcomers Swansea have allowed striker Gorka Pintado to leave the club a year before the end of his contract.

Gervinho scored twice in his first 15 minutes as an Arsenal player as the Gunners beat Cologne 2-1 this afternoon.

BILLY DAVIES’ best laid plans flew out of the window after just 23 minutes but the Nottingham Forest manager was delighted with his players after the battling 1-1 draw at QPR yesterday.

Cardiff, Norwich and Swansea all scored late goals today to boost their respective bids for automatic promotion from the npower Championship.

UNDERFIRE Roy Keane conceded that five successive league defeats is “unacceptable” after his Ipswich side threw away a lead to lose 3-1 at home to Swansea City on Saturday.

Wigan boss Roberto Martinez declared himself a proud man after his side overcame a spirited display from his former club to reach the Carling Cup quarter-finals.

Wigan 2 Swansea 0

ROY KEANE suffered yet more frustration last night as his Ipswich Town side again let a lead slip, this time in the 90th minute to end up with only a point with a 1-1 draw at home to Watford.

Preston 2 Swansea 0

NEW Wigan manager Roberto Martinez is enduring a baptism of fire in his first few weeks in the job.

Sheffield United 1 Preston 0 (Sheff Utd win 2-1 on aggregate)

SHEFFIELD UNITED will fancy their chances of reaching Wembley after Brian Howard’s strike secured a 1-1 draw at Preston in the first leg of their Coca-Cola Championship play-off semi-final last night.

Preston 1 Sheffield United 1

Reading 0 Sheffield United 1

TONY MOWBRAY may be one of the game’s purists, but it is that time of year when principles begin to be subsumed by pragmatism.

West Brom skipper Jonathan Greening was to have a scan today to determine the extent of the knee injury suffered against Burnley in the weekend FA Cup tie at The Hawthorns.

West Brom have allowed fringe strikers Sherjill MacDonald and Bartosz Slusarski to leave The Hawthorns.

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp will probably be hearing from the Football Association over the coming days after his scathing comments about referee Steve Tanner.

HARRY REDKNAPP might boast ‘Happy’ as one of his many nicknames, but there are days when even he finds it hard to smile.

West Brom 2 Tottenham 0

West Brom manager Tony Mowbray made five changes for the visit of Tottenham to The Hawthorns.

MARK HUGHES was recently told to go and get Messi by Manchester City’s Arab owners, but maybe something was lost in translation.

West Brom 2 Manchester City 1

West Brom will be without striker Ishmael Miller for the remainder of the season after he suffered a cruciate ligament injury during last Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Portsmouth at The Hawthorns.

CHRIS IWELUMO made it 15 goals for the season as Wolves kept their six-point lead intact at the top of the Coca-Cola Championship.

Wolves remain six points clear at the top of the Coca-Cola Championship after overcoming Blackpool 2-0 at Molineux thanks to a double strike from Chris Iwelumo.

Birmingham remain at the top of the Coca-Cola Championship after a 3-1 win over Sheffield Wednesday.

West Brom have signed Aston Villa striker Luke Moore on loan until the end of the season with a view to a permanent deal.

Striker Luke Moore will be looking to resurrect his career at West Brom after two years of frustration with Aston Villa.

Scotland found a new way to inflict agony on their fans by crashing out of the 2008 European Championships qualifiers in the last minute against Italy at Hampden.

SCOTLAND’S Euro 2008 qualifying campaign will go to the last game against Italy at Hampden on November 17 after defeat by Georgia in Tbilisi last night.

Georgia 2 Scotland 0

Celtic will be hoping the latest round of speculation concerning Shunsuke Nakamura’s future blows over as quickly as the last.

Kenny Miller, Steven Pressley and Craig Beattie have all been ruled out of Scotland’s friendly against Austria and the European Championship qualifier against Faroe Islands because of injury.

Celtic striker Craig Beattie admits he was as surprised as anyone to see Jean-Joel Perrier-Doumbe grab the winner in the Tennent’s Scottish Cup final.

Celtic hero Jean-Joel Perrier Doumbe has set his sights on a long-term deal with the club after his first senior goal clinched the club’s 34th Tennent’s Scottish Cup triumph.