The new Football Association of Ireland board is set to have its first female director after the Schoolboys FAI (SFAI) last night proposed Ursula Scully as their nominee to replace John Earley.

Cork City skipper Dan Murray was back on Leeside yesterday after a week’s trial with Leeds United at Elland Road.

LEEDS chairman Peter Ridsdale believes Rio Ferdinand's future could be resolved by today, and he stressed he will not let the intense club rivalry with Manchester United interfere with any transfer dealings.