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Wayne Rooney's father will face no further action over allegations of a football match betting scam, his solicitor has said.
Wayne Rooney Snr
Portsmouth and Coventry were both relegated from the npower Championship after losing their penultimate games of the season.
Pompey had home advantage against Derby
Burton Albion have sacked manager Paul Peschisolido after a 4-1 home defeat to Torquay extended the npower League Two club's winless run
Derby have apologised to the family of the late Nottingham Forest owner Nigel Doughty over offensive chants from its supporters during the npower Championship clash at Pride Park
Steve Cotterill slammed a section of Derby fans who sung distasteful songs about former Nottingham Forest owner Nigel Doughty during the east midlands derby at Pride
Derby specialist Shola Ameobi was Newcastle's hero once again as he spared Demba Ba's blushes with an injury-time equaliser in a 1-1
Derby manager Nigel Clough was full of praise for the courageous Steven Davies after his striker sparked off a comeback which enabled the Rams to salvage a 2
Sunderland winger James McClean has been called into the Republic of Ireland squad for the friendly clash with the Czech Republic later this month.
The 22-year-old
Derby boss Nigel Clough was left bemoaning Barclays Premier League officialdom following his side's 2-0 defeat against Stoke in the FA
Cameron Jerome and Robert Huth eased Stoke into the fifth round of the FA Cup with a 2-0 victory over a lacklustre Derby.
Striker Jerome
Nigel Clough's Derby County have boosted their attacking options yesterday with the capture of young Sunderland striker Ryan Noble on a one-month loan.
GMF access the winners and losers in the Npower Championship so far this season
Dougie Freedman declared himself more than satisfied with a successful couple of days in the life of Crystal Palace.
The Eagles were on course to follow up Wednesday night
Sam Allardyce admitted West Ham almost fluffed their lines before skipper Kevin Nolan inspired the Hammers to a 3-1 victory over Derby to
npower Championship leaders Southampton fell to a 2-0 defeat to lowly Bristol City at Ashton Gate.
Nigel Adkins' men had the chance to extend their
Derby captain Shaun Barker is expected to make his long awaited return from injury in Wednesday’s reserve game against Sheffield Wednesday.
Tottenham have confirmed that Tom Huddlestone underwent ankle surgery on Friday and expect to know when the midfielder will be available to return to action in six weeks' time.
The midfielder,
Former Tottenham manager David Pleat has been offered a scouting job at the north London club, Press Association Sport understands.
Pleat, who has managed the club
Wayne Rooney's father has "vigorously" denied allegations of being involved in a football betting scam and was "co-operating fully" with the police investigation, his
Wayne Rooney's father was one of nine men arrested as part of an investigation into suspicious betting activity, sources have said.
Wayne Rooney senior, 48,
Leeds striker Ross McCormack has been nominated for September's npower Championship player of the month award.
McCormack, 25, scored five times in three
Jamie Ward could miss Derby's game with Southampton after pulling out of the Northern Ireland squad with a hamstring problem.
The attacker came off towards the end of
Derby manager Nigel Clough is keen to offer teenage midfielder Jeff Hendrick a new contract.
The 19-year-old has started the Rams' last eight
Burnley have taken Mansfield defender Tom Naylor on a week's trial.
The highly-rated 20-year-old has been linked with several clubs
Steve McClaren's time in charge of Nottingham Forest took another turn for the worse as his side threw away the lead in a 3-1 loss at home to Birmingham,
