Blackburn boss Steve Kean suffered another setback in his bid to win over his doubters as Rovers crashed out after a 2-1 defeat at League One MK Dons in tonight's second round of the Capital One Cup.

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Alex Ferguson has ruled out the possibility of strengthening Manchester United’s midfield during the January transfer window despite ruling Anderson out until February with a knee injury.

NORWICH suffered a stunning 4-0 home defeat at the hands of npower League One leaders MK Dons as the three newly-promoted Premier League clubs exited the Carling Cup at the second-round stage last night.

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TRINITY College Dublin hope their Dutch wildcard inspires them to victory as the most open intervarsity tournament in recent years begins in UCD on Sunday.

Sheffield Wednesday started their npower League One campaign with a 2-0 victory over Dagenham & Redbridge.

IRELAND’S U-18 girls will be keen for success in other arenas to rub off when they get their Four Nations campaign underway at Garryduff in Cork tomorrow (6pm).

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GREETINGS from a delightfully sunny Madrid, where your correspondent is preparing to relish the Galacticos trying to overturn a four-goal deficit against some third division minnows in the Cup.

SO Saturday really was a kind of autumnal Groundhog Day after all.

Leicester were crowned League One champions today after a 2-0 win at Southend confirmed their promotion to the Championship.

DANNY HAYNES came off the bench to score twice as Ipswich beat their East Anglian rivals Norwich at Portman Road for the first time in eight years.

Sunderland demonstrated the fighting spirit their new manager has based his career upon as Roy Keane celebrated a winning start to his career as boss of the Black Cats.

Sunderland’s dismal start to the season continued as they slumped to the bottom of the Coca-Cola Championship with a 3-1 loss to promoted Southend.

League One Brentford pulled off the shock of the FA Cup fourth round with a 2-1 victory over Premiership struggles Sunderland at Griffin Park.

COCA-COLA Championship leaders Reading have completed the signing of Scott Golbourne for an undisclosed fee from Bristol City.

Stoke have agreed a permanent £100,000 (€146,000) deal for on-loan West Ham winger Luke Chadwick.

Brynjar Gunnarsson scored an 89th-minute winner for Reading at the Madejski Stadium to close the gap on Coca-Cola Championship leaders Sheffield United.

West Ham boss Alan Pardew has just nine days before his club’s first match back in the Premiership against Blackburn to sign a top striker after he was left frustrated by Monaco’s U-turn over their proposed sale of Emmanuel Adebayor to the Hammers.

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Marlon Harewood’s goal nine minutes from time was enough for West Ham to move into the fourth round of the FA Cup – and send Premiership side Norwich crashing out.

Steven Caldwell has had his sending off against West Ham on Saturday rescinded by the Football Association.

Hot-shot Nathan Ellington scored twice to fire Wigan to a comprehensive victory over woeful West Ham at Upton Park and to the top of the Championship table.

West Ham manager Alan Pardew has revealed the club have received another bid for midfielder Michael Carrick.

Roy Keane still believes Arsenal will be the team Manchester United have to beat to reclaim their Premiership title.

West Ham have completed the signing of Manchester United winger Luke Chadwick on a free transfer.

West Ham are set to sign Manchester United midfielder Luke Chadwick, the club have confirmed.

Nicky Butt was included in an 18-man Manchester United squad that flew out today to begin their three-match, 10-day American tour.

ROY KEANE will lead a youthful Manchester United XI in the Midsummer Challenge game against Cobh Ramblers at Turners Cross in Cork on Saturday night (k.o. 7.30pm).

WOLVES boss Dave Jones insists the Carling Cup remains a top priority despite preparing to name a weakened side for tonight’s visit of Burnley.

WEST BROM moved into second place in the First Division thanks to a controversial penalty winner against Preston at The Hawthorns yesterday.

West Brom moved into second place in the First Division thanks to a controversial penalty winner against Preston at The Hawthorns.

The death of Watford striker Jimmy Davis overshadowed the first day of the Nationwide League season.

Tim Howard is being tipped to carve out a top-class career in England, just like fellow American goalkeepers Brad Friedel and Kasey Keller.

Burnley have completed the loan signing of Manchester United midfielder Luke Chadwick.

Manchester United are set to widen their global reach by announcing a new partnership with Portuguese giants Sporting Lisbon.

It did not take Alex Ferguson long to mark out his next major challenge as Manchester United manager.

MANCHESTER UNITED boss Alex Ferguson will not be allowed to expand his squad this summer even though he has complained it is too weak to compete properly in Europe.

CONFIRMED Champions League quarter-finalists Manchester United seek their 10th victory in this season’s competition tonight with Alex Ferguson claiming his squad is not big enough to cope.

JOHN O’SHEA has given Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson a bit of a dilemma ahead of the vital game against Arsenal on Saturday.

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Manchester United could be without seven of their first-team squad when they face Basle in Switzerland tomorrow.