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Horne twice rejected by FA for chief executive job

• Third time lucky for Ian Watmore's replacement• Work as finance director was way to dream roleAlex Horne's accession to acting chief executive of the Football Association last week is a remarkable turnaround for a man twice rejected for the role.The FA board took the unanimous...

Iain Dowie

The Hull City manager as Sam the Eagle, the Elephant Man and a lovely little lamb. Next week: Nani

Letters: Co-operative approach to football could pay dividends

The news that football fans could get the opportunity to buy their clubs under radical Labour plans is fantastic and something we have been campaigning for (No 10 plan to fix football, 29 March). A recent survey by YouGov revealed that across the country 56% of fans felt their club would be in...

For Lotus, Hispania and Virgin the chequered flag is victory in itself | Richard Williams

Max Mosley got three new teams into Formula One, but he could not give them resources to competeThat tired-looking man at the bottom end of the paddock at Albert Park on Saturday afternoon was Geoff Willis, the technical director of the HRT grand prix team. Anyone in his position is assumed to be a...

Football quiz: Gianfranco Zola

Today's questions are dead men walking...Jacob Steinberg

Martinez slams red card

Roberto Martinez was unhappy with the sending off of Gary Caldwell following the defeat at Man City.

Mancini pleased with result

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini was pleased after an 'important result' against Wigan.

James Lawton: Ferguson's spirit feeds off two episodes when Munich shared in the United story

Maybe it was just one of those quirks of fate that the most astonishing victory of Manchester United came against a club representing the city with which they will always be linked not in glory but tragedy and despair.