Newly-promoted Newport have been handed an exciting trip to Championship side Brighton in the first round of the Capital One Cup.

Alex Ferguson will summon Sean McGinty for crunch talks at Manchester United this week after Tranmere Rovers cut short the Irish U21 defender’s loan stay for disciplinary reasons.

JON NURSE’S scrambled goal gave Dagenham & Redbridge a remarkable promotion and victory in a pulsating Coca-Cola League Two play-off final at Wembley yesterday.

FORMER Republic of Ireland manager Steve Staunton has been overlooked for vacant job with League Two outfit Rotherham United after the Millers opted to rehire former boss Ronnie Moore.

North Queensland Fury striker Robbie Fowler has denied a report he is set to reunite with former Liverpool team-mate John Barnes at Tranmere and insists his future remains in Australia.

John Barnes has been confirmed as manager of Coca-Cola League One outfit Tranmere.

John Barnes is poised to return to English football as manager of Coca-Cola League One side Tranmere, according to the Jamaica Football Federation.

THE hats may have been creative, colourful and attention-seeking, but it was a woman in a striking black and white dress that most impressed in the haute couture stakes, at Killarney Races.

UNLUCKY defender Daniel Agger believes he has got to start his Liverpool career all over again after almost 10 months of injury anguish.

GEORGE O’CALLAGHAN is set to make a dream debut with Tranmere Rovers in a televised Merseyside derby friendly with Liverpool today just two days after completing his switch from Cork City.

JOHN SHERIDAN had few regrets during a distinguished playing career which included representing the Republic of Ireland at both the 1990 and 1994 World Cups.

JOHN SHERIDAN is the new manager at Oldham Athletic.

Torquay surprisingly dropped into Coca-Cola League Two today as MK Dons avoided a second-successive relegation thanks to a 2-1 win over Tranmere at the National Hockey Stadium.

Manager Ronnie Moore has parted company with Coca-Cola Championship strugglers Rotherham by mutual consent.

Rotherham manager Ronnie Moore has expressed his interest in signing former France international Emmanuel Petit.

Rotherham may have started last night's game with the embarrassment of not having won a Coca-Cola Championship match this season, but by the end of the 90 minutes, it was Leeds who were left humiliated.

Coca-Cola Championship bottom side Rotherham are still without a win this season after blowing a two-goal lead for the second time this week.

Reading wasted the chance to gain ground on Coca-Cola Championship leaders Wigan, losing 3-2 at Coventry.

Rotherham have denied reports that Paul Gascoigne is to take Ronnie Moore’s job as manager.

IPSWICH frustrated Reading in their bid to break clear of the Coca-Cola Championship pack as Steve Coppell’s men had to settle for a 1-1 draw.

Wigan remained top of the Coca-Cola Championship today but conceded a late equaliser at Sunderland.

Leeds’ woes are continuing as the Elland Road club turned their search for a new manager into a farce and striker Alan Smith closed in on a move to arch-rivals Manchester United.

Kevin Blackwell’s hopes of today being appointed the new Leeds manager have been put on hold as the board appear to have had second thoughts.

Leeds have delayed the announcement of their new manager until after the weekend.

Leeds are poised to name their new manager within the next week with the club preparing to conduct interviews.

Brian Horton has been appointed as the new manager of Third Division strugglers Macclesfield until the end of the season.

Referee Ray Oliver angered both Sunderland boss Mick McCarthy and Wigan counterpart Paul Jewell last night by reducing both sides to 10 men in the 1-1 draw at the Stadium of Light.

LEEDS’ caretaker manager Eddie Gray admits his first job when he walks back into Elland Road today will be to restore dressing-room confidence.

Spanish Under-17 international Francesc Fabregas, known as Cesc, tonight became the youngest player to represent Arsenal in his side’s Carling Cup third round tie at home to Rotherham.

SOL CAMPBELL has warned his side’s title rivals that Arsenal are top of the table without even being at their best as he insisted they would peak when it mattered most — in the Premiership run-in.

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.

Paul Warhurst scored his first goal for Stoke to put the struggling First Division club on course to move out of the relegation zone after a scrappy opening 45 minutes at the Britannia Stadium.

Second-half goals from Shefki Kuqi and Adam Proudlock gave Sheffield Wednesday a 2-0 win at Rotherham.

Promotion contenders Leicester and Derby made winning starts to life in Division One but it was Rotherham who provided the biggest shock on the opening day of the season.

Coventry came from behind to take a 2-1 half-time lead at home to Sheffield United on the opening day of the new First Division season as former Liverpool and Scotland midfielder Gary McAllister began his career in management.

Dagenham and Redbridge boss Garry Hill takes his team into a glamorous FA Cup home clash with Premiership Ipswich at Victoria Road tomorrow - but insists his team’s priority must remain the Conference.