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You are the Ref

Click to enlarge, and debate the strip below the line. Keith Hackett's official answers appear in Sunday's Observer and here from Monday.Competition: win an official club shirt of your choiceFor a chance to win a club shirt from the range at Kitbag.com send us your questions for You are the Ref to...

Storrie's time at Portsmouth may be up

• Administrator now in position to take sole control• HMRC drops threat to challenge AndronikouPeter Storrie stays at Portsmouth with a salary of "less than £500,000". With money so tight it seems rather a charitable decision to retain the chief executive on such a salary.After all...

Why the British manager is under threat

Rediscovering their once-famous identity could help home-grown gaffers to avoid extinctionThis week Harry Redknapp has been speaking up on behalf of one of the world's most endangered species, the British manager. The British manager is football's answer to the white rhino. Except of course that...

United ban their players from speaking out against Glazers

• Fan ejected from club TV show for wearing scarf • Steward sacked for returning confiscated bannerManchester United are so concerned about the increasing success of the green-and-gold protests that the club have effectively forbidden Sir Alex Ferguson's players from speaking about it...

Wenger warns Real not to call after exit

• Arsenal manager says he will see out contract to 2011• Wenger's mind is on Hull rather than MadridArsène Wenger has told Real Madrid to forget about making an approach for him in the summer if, as expected, they part company with their coach, Manuel Pellegrini. Florentino...

... with predictable consequences

The England legend spills the beans on Newcastle, peas and why Small Talk's questions are a jokeHello Alan. How are you? Good.Fine thanks. Say, who do you think will win the World Cup this summer? Think and hope are two different things. I hope England can win it obviously. If they keep Wayne...

Letters: Our goal – education and a better life

Today, many parents will be putting their children on to buses, cars or bikes and seeing them on their way to school. Sadly for the parents of 72 million children around the world, they do not have this choice. Today the prime minister of Britain and the president of France have the chance to...

Football quiz: Real Madrid in Europe

Today's questions cannot wait for this year's final...Jacob Steinberg