Southampton 1 Manchester City 1

England will always matter to the English.

John Terry will be missing from Roy Hodgson's England squad when it is unveiled this morning.

Roy Hodgson has been a student of football management for the best part of 36 years, ever since the days when, complete with 1970s mullet haircut, he started his first coaching role at Halmstad in Sweden and toured the world to study other coaches in action.

England manager Roy Hodgson believes Gary Neville will make an invaluable contribution to his coaching team.

Newcastle boss Alan Pardew has identified where the squad he inherited from Chris Hughton needs to be reinforced.

Mark Hughes today described Fulham as "the right club for me at this time" after being officially unveiled as their new manager.

Mark Hughes could be set to raid his old club after being confirmed as Fulham’s new manager.

Mark Hughes looks set for a return to the Barclays Premier League after Fulham confirmed they are on the brink of appointing their new manager.

IT WAS a disappointed Martin Jol who yesterday announced yesterday he would be staying at Ajax rather than returning to the Barclays Premier League with Fulham.

Fulham have vowed to move quickly to appoint a new manager after Martin Jol confirmed this morning that he will be staying at Ajax.

FULHAM endured another frustrating day in their pursuit of Martin Jol as attempts to lure him away from the Netherlands continued to be foiled by Ajax.

FULHAM are believed to be holding discussions with Ajax with regard to making Martin Jol their new manager.

LIVERPOOL manager Roy Hodgson has warned rivals star pair Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard are not for sale – but Javier Mascherano’s future remains uncertain.

Republic of Ireland defender Stephen Kelly maintains Fulham must not be happy to just stand still under their new manager – with both Ottmar Hitzfeld and American Bob Bradley now in the frame to take charge at Craven Cottage.

Tottenham 0 Fulham 0

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger watched his team regain top spot in the Barclays Premier League after fearing nerves might undermine them at Everton.

MIKAEL FORSSELL has backed his former international boss Roy Hodgson to keep Fulham in the Premier League.

Ray Lewington believes new Fulham manager Roy Hodgson will be “encouraged” by the performance in a battling 1-1 draw at Birmingham.

Cristiano Ronaldo put Manchester United on course to end 2007 on top of the Premier League at half-time against West Ham.

FULHAM owner Mohamed Al Fayed revealed his desire to see attacking football return to Craven Cottage inspired the appointment of new manager Roy Hodgson.

Fulham have appointed former Blackburn and Inter Milan boss Roy Hodgson as their new manager.

Tottenham 5 Fulham 1

Ledley King made his first appearance of the season in Tottenham’s Premier League clash against Fulham at White Hart Lane.

Fulham caretaker manager Ray Lewington does not know how long he has got to prove he can do the job on a full-time basis despite guiding the club out of the bottom three with a 1-1 draw against Wigan.

Fulham 1 Wigan 1

JOHN COLLINS has been installed as favourite to take charge at Fulham following the sacking of Lawrie Sanchez yesterday.

Fulham have parted company with manager Lawrie Sanchez with immediate effect, the club announced today.

Watford boss Adrian Boothroyd hailed Marlon King for the outstanding performance that inspired a 3-0 play-off semi-final win at Crystal Palace.

A question-mark hangs over the future of Fulham’s management team after the club released a statement revealing redundancies are in the pipeline.

Watford were today expected to name Leeds first-team coach Adrian Boothroyd as their new manager.

Watford will name their new manager at a press conference at Vicarage Road at 12pm today.

Danny Webber revealed it was “passion and ambition” that lured him to Sheffield United on transfer deadline day.

Watford hope to have a “young, progressive” manager in place in time for the match with Burnley on April 2 after sacking Ray Lewington today.

Watford have signed Manchester United midfielder Chris Eagles on a three-month loan deal.

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Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has warned his players they will have to be “strong to survive” in the Carling Cup as Watford can still grab a place in the final.

Liverpool 1 Watford 0

Watford 3 Portsmouth 0

Holders Middlesbrough face a tough trip to Liverpool in the fourth round of the Carling Cup.

Giant-killing Bournemouth’s Carling Cup adventure came to a cruel end at Dean Court as the League One side were beaten on penalties by Championship outfit Cardiff after a thrilling 3-3 draw.

WATFORD manager Ray Lewington hailed the performance of Brynjar Gunnarsson after his side recorded their second away victory in five days by defeating 10-man Millwall 2-0 at The Den.

Chelsea boss Claudio Ranieri vowed to ruin Scarborough’s FA Cup fourth round “party” as he insisted that the Blues would be ready for a “big battle” against the non-League side.