The final postcards from Brazil

Andre Villas-Boas was adamant as, for the second time in recent weeks, he was forced to sift through the wreckage of a humiliating defeat that cast doubt on his ability to retain his job.

Rickie Lambert applied a Roy of the Rovers finish to a comic strip kind of game as England edged an exciting battle with Scotland at Wembley tonight.

So, Zlatan… it seems safe enough, at this stage, to conclude that he has good feet for a big man.

The Football Association have been urged to charge John Terry despite the Chelsea captain being cleared in court of racially abusing QPR’s Anton Ferdinand.

The Football Association will study the findings of the John Terry court case before deciding whether or not to bring any charges against the Chelsea captain.

Liverpool 0 West Brom 1

GRAEME SOUNESS has proved as combative in the tv studio as he was in Liverpool’s midfield of the late seventies. Liam Mackey talked Dunphy, Giles, Chelsea and Man U with the man trying to buy Wolves.

The Examiner’s football correspondent Liam Mackey likes a good argument when he hears it, and he’s got strong views of his own.

Racism in recruitment at the highest level of the British football industry is still a major problem, the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) said today.