Ipswich 3 Northampton 1

LIVERPOOL manager Roy Hodgson admits some players will have to work hard to repair their damaged reputations after being culpable in the team’s embarrassing Carling Cup exit on Wednesday night.

Scunthorpe caretaker boss Ian Baraclough is relishing the prospect of locking horns with Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson.

Northampton have appointed Stuart Gray as the club’s new manager.

Bottom club Carlisle’s mission impossible to avoid the drop to the Nationwide Conference was boosted as they registered back-to-back wins with a 2-0 success over Oxford, who began the day in third place.