The Football League have appointed Greg Clarke, the former chief executive of Cable and Wireless Communications, to be their new chairman.

Football League clubs have agreed to consider a revolutionary proposal for penalty shoot-outs to decide all drawn matches as part of a wider review aimed at making the game more entertaining.

UEFA are advocating a life ban for anyone found guilty of taking an illegal payment from a transfer.

THE Football League is to put an end to the system whereby agents get paid by both parties in transfer deals.