Bob Wilson has launched an astonishing attack on Jose Mourinho in which he accuses the Chelsea manager of being a boring bully.

Bob Wilson has launched an astonishing attack on Jose Mourinho in which he accuses the Chelsea manager of being a boring bully.

Ryan McKane was only 10 at the time but can still remember his parents having an angry discussion over what should happen next.

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England 5 San Marino 0

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IF imitation really is the sincerest form offlattery, then Philip Greene was never short ofthe highest praise over his long life and broadcasting career.

Players’ chief Gordon Taylor insists footballers’ wages have not spiralled out of control and claims a salary cap would be impractical in the Premier League.

WHAT’S your favourite piece of Irish football commentary? I’ve always had a soft spot for Jimmy Magee luxuriating in hat-trick hero Don Givens’ demolition of the USSR in 1974: “It’s a beautiful goal. Isn’t it a beautiful goal?”

WHEN Bobby Robson spoke, invariably there was passion in his voice, a twinkle in his eye and laughter rarely far away.

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HE MIGHT have been one of the most feted English footballers of all time but, in an era when many top players couldn’t afford to give up the day job, Tom Finney wasn’t called the ‘Preston Plumber’ for nothing: the great winger once even turned up to fit a new sink for Football League boss Alan Harwicker.

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Manchester United and Arsenal have been drawn against each other in the FA Cup fifth-round draw.

THEY say that life doesn’t owe you a living but I still maintain that Irish football owes me 50p.

England coach Steve McClaren is happy for his players to use the misery of defeat in Croatia as extra motivation for their return to Euro 2008 duty in Israel this weekend.

England coach Steve McClaren has called Aston Villa’s Gareth Barry into his squad for the Euro 2008 double header with Israel and Andorra.

REMEMBER Gianluigi Lentini? There was a time when he was the footballer whose name was on everyone’s lips; not David Beckham.

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REPUBLIC of Ireland and Manchester United legend Noel Cantwell will be back in his native Cork this weekend, as the guest speaker at the annual eircom/Soccer Writers Association of Ireland awards ceremony, in the Rochestown Park Hotel.

Thierry Henry has created yet more history by becoming the first player to win the Football Writers’ Association Footballer of the Year award for the second year running.

VICTORIOUS coach Bruce Arena hailed the USA’s brilliant victory over Portugal as the best result in the country’s history - better even than that famous defeat of England in the 1950 World Cup.

Former Scotland coach Craig Brown has been confirmed as the new manager of Preston North End.