Carr’s career comes to a halt

Former Republic of Ireland international right-back Stephen Carr has retired at the age of 36 and is moving to Spain to carve out a business career away from football.

Carr has not played for Birmingham City this season after breaking down with a knee injury in training.

He was offered a coaching role by manager Lee Clark but is making a clean break from football and is to move to Marbella where he has restaurant, bar and nightclub interests.