The Football Association were today holding a second round of interviews with candidates for the vacant chief executive’s role after Trevor Birch withdrew his application for the post.

Sven-Goran Eriksson's fate will be decided in his absence today as the Football Association's board finally rules on the unseemly scandal which has bedevilled the governing body over the past few weeks.

SVEN-Goran Eriksson argued his innocence yesterday as he gave evidence to the legal team investigating the controversy which has rocked the English Football Association.

FARCE descended into fiasco as the England Football Association were forced to review James Beattie’s place in the England squad due to a drink-drive conviction — just hours after he had replaced Alan Smith.