Hodgson’s move for Lewington falls short

The Daily Mail reports tonight that Roy Hodgson’s plan to replace Michael Appleton with Ray Lewington at West Brom has been thwarted by the Baggies’ lack of cash. Sporting director Dan Ashworth has told Hodgson that there isn’t enough money in the...

What to do with the backroom boys?

Two of the Sunday papers report that Martin Jol has asked Mark Bowen, Eddie ­Niedwiecki and Kevin ­Hitchcock to report for duty at Motspur Park on Monday. The trio still have a year to run on their Fulham contracts and were placed on gardening leave when Mark Hughes...

Hughton considers working with Jol

Chris Hughton is interested in working with Martin Jol again – but only if he fails to land a managerial position by the start of the new season. The former Newcastle manager is thought to be amongst the top contenders to replace Dave Jones at Cardiff, with the...

No deadline for new Fulham boss

Fulham insist they have set no deadline for the appointment of their new manager despite the club’s search for Roy Hodgson’s successor threatening to drag on into its fourth week. The Cottagers’ attempts to replace Hodgson with Ajax’s Martin...

Gera at the double as Halmstad hold Fulham

There’s a tendency to be a bit down at the moment. No manager, a wretchedly poor performance and drawing with a side that hardly lit up the allsvenskan last season might suggest that the glass was only half full. But, when you remind yourself that this is still...