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NORTHERN EXPOSURE: Magpies are not counting their chickens just yet

No wonder Chris Hughton is refusing to take promotion back to the Premier League for granted. Like all clubs up here, Newcastle have some tasty tests remaining this season.

Brian McDermott celebrates Cup shock by being named Reading boss

Brian McDermott is to be named Reading manager until the end of the season as reward for guiding the club to their shock 2-1 FA Cup win at Liverpool.

Flavio Briatore bust-up drove boss Paul Hart out of QPR after 28 days

Paul Hart walked out on Queens Park Rangers after just five games and 28 days in charge because he became exasperated by interference from owner Flavio Briatore.

Time for players to put up or shut up, says Nigel Clough

The Derby manager says there are only so many 'bad lucks' and so many pats on the back you can hand outGive him a ball and a yard of grassHe'll give you a move with a perfect passGive him a ball and a yard of space He'll give you a move with godly graceHe's a nice young man with a lovely...

McDermott must stoke Reading’s home fires

In the week of Reading's midweek victory at Anfield it was widely asserted that caretaker manager Brian McDermott should be given the job permanently. The reality is he deserves only an extended trial.

Neil Warnock: Campbell's comeback at Arsenal has me wondering if I should dig out my boots

I had to laugh when I read that Mark Cooper had taken his Peterborough squad to a training camp in Tenerife.

Hart the latest manager to leave Rangers under Briatore

The merry-go-round continues at Loftus Road. Five games into his tenure in charge of Queen's Park Rangers, Paul Hart has joined the long list of managers to have departed W12 since Flavio Briatore came to the club two and a half years ago.

Latics' lure too strong for Gary Caldwell

GARY CALDWELL has received some abuse for abandoning the ‘Middlesbrough Three' but has reassured his ex-Celtic team-mates there will be plenty more colleagues joining them in England soon enough.