MEMO to the Sports Editor From The Football Correspondent: Dear Commander in Chief, I popped in to see you this morning only to find that, not for the first time, you were slumbering peacefully at your desk, worn out after another long nocturnal shift at the coalface.

A CORK contributor to the Football365 website got me thinking the other day, always a dangerous thing as the Sports Editor will testify.

TERRY VENABLES has dampened wild speculation that he was about to be named the next manager of the Republic of Ireland - but hasn’t definitively ruled himself out of the running.

TERRY VENABLES says he has no regrets about taking on the role of Leeds manager.

Leeds are set to unveil Australia captain Paul Okon as their second new signing of the summer alongside Nick Barmby today.