The Football Association of Ireland has rewarded the Republic of Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni and his assistants, Marco Tardelli and Fausto Ross, with new contracts through to the end of the World Cup 2014 qualifying campaign. Earlier this month Trapattoni successfully guided Ireland through a play-off against Estonia and into next year’s European Championships. Euro [...]
Stuart Pearce is the odds-on favourite to be named as the manager of the 2012 Great Britain Olympic football team. Sky Bet have the England Under-21s manager as the 4/5 favourite to take charge of the team consisting of players under the age of 23 from the four home nations; England, Scotland, Wales and Northern [...]
Gary Speed was appointed Wales manager last December, fending off stiff competition from Chris Coleman and Brian Flynn. This Saturday’s game against neighbour’s England is the ex-Wales captain’s first real test as Wales Manager, as he looks to put a hault to Wales’ torrid Euro 2012 qualifying campaign, which has seen them lose three out [...]
England manager Fabio Capello finds himself in a pressure situation following his decision to reinstate John Terry as the permanent captain of the national side. The controversial decision has plagued the run up to England’s encounter with Wales this Saturday and could have a negative impact upon the team’s performance. The manner in which Capello [...]
The uncertainty surrounding the future of Rafa Benitez as Manager of Inter Milan has had a major affect on a number of betting markets over the past 24 hours a day with the Spaniard tipped for a return to the Premier League. There have been reports that Benitez has been sacked as Inter Milan Manager [...]
VC Bet have Scotland Manager George Burley as they favourite out of the five home nations Managers to be sacked first with the new season fast approaching. Burley is under some pressure following an average start to their World Cup qualifying campaign and now need a big turnaround to make South Africa 2010. The International [...]