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Sparse crowd at Aston Villa's draw with Southampton suggests future may not be bright for Paul Lambert

John Percy: Villa's lowest home crowd since Dec 1999 suggests a growing exasperation over the club's lack of direction

Fifa widens access to World Cup report but refuses to make it public

• Report summary was attacked by author Michael Garcia • Uefa’s Michel Platini among those calling for full disclosure • Qatar bid whistleblower fears for her family’s safety • Marina Hyde: ‘war on Fifa’ as futile as ‘war on terror’…

Fifa will publish report into England 2018 bid in return for legal waiver

• FA must drop right to sue over ethics report • Sepp Blatter: ‘Fifa’s reputation in England is rather low’ • Marina Hyde: ethics report shows war on Fifa is futile Continue reading...

Chase on for Cup hero Geddes

Sky Sports understands a host of Football League clubs are eyeing moves for Worcester City’s FA Cup hero Sean Geddes.

Bateson staying in non-league

Scunthorpe have agreed to extend Curtis Bateson's loan spell at Gainsborough Trinity for another month.

Harriers player makes on-air apology

Kidderminster Harriers defender Jared Hodgkiss apologises on air to BBC Hereford & Worcester after being sent off.

Pressley: I will banish players

Coventry boss Steven Pressley has launched another scathing attack on his players in the wake of their shock FA Cup second-round exit to Worcester City.

Warrington get Gateshead in FA Cup

Non-league sides Warrington, Worcester, Blyth and Dover all face tricky away ties in the second round of the FA Cup.

'I only chucked one bomb but my athletics came in handy'

Bradford Park Avenue player Don Bell's tale of herosim is one of the most poignant of the Great War