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MILLWALL have sacked Steve Lomas after 6 months in charge at The Den. Axed Lomas A statement on the clubs website read: Millwall have announced that manager Steve Lomas has been relieved of his duties following the 4-0 Boxing Day defeat at Watford which saw The Lions slip to 20th in the Championship table. Coach Neil Harris and Academy Director Scott Fitzgerald, both former players at The Den, will take temporary charge of the team for the trip to Doncaster on Sunday, and until a new permanent manager is appointed. Lions CEO Andy Ambler said: "We are very disappointed that it hasn't worked out for Steve. He has been thoroughly professional in his approach to the job during his short period with the club and remains a very promising young manager. However, the board feels that it is in the best interests of Millwall that we make the change at this time and the search for a successor to Steve begins immediately. We thank Steve for his efforts and wish him the very best...

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE: HULL 2-3 MAN UTD ASTON VILLA 0-1 CRYSTAL PALACE CARDIFF 0-3 SOUTHAMPTON CHELSEA 1-0 SWANSEA EVERTON 0-1 SUNDERLAND NEWCASTLE 5-1 STOKE NORWICH 1-2 FULHAM TOTTENHAM 1-1 WEST BROM WEST HAM 1-3 ARSENAL MAN CITY 2-1 LIVERPOOL SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP CHARLTON 3-2 BRIGHTON WATFORD 4-0 MILLWALL BARNSLEY 0-1 BOLTON BLACKBURN 0-0 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY BOURNEMOUTH 3-0 YEOVIL DONCASTER 0-3 IPSWICH HUDDERSFIELD 1-1 DERBY LEICESTER 1-0 READING MIDDLESBOROUGH 1-0 BURNLEY WIGAN 0-0 BIRMINGHAM BLACKPOOL 1-1 LEEDS NOTTINGHAM FOREST 2-0 QPR

Fulham have sacked Martin Jol after 5 straight defeats. West Ham beat them 3-0 yesterday and Fulham never managed a shot on target. Fulham have only won 3 of their 12 Premier League games this season. Rene Meulensteen who was appointed Head Coach to work alongside Jol 2 weeks ago has been named as Jol's replacement at Craven Cottage. Terror for the sacked Jol A club statement read: Shahid Khan, Chairman of Fulham Football Club, this afternoon announced that Rene Meulensteen will run First Team duties, effective immediately, taking over for Martin Jol. “Today I spoke with Martin to thank him for his efforts on behalf of Fulham Football Club over the past three seasons and, in particular, since my becoming Chairman earlier this year,” Khan said.  “Martin was very gracious and I appreciate his understanding of the situation. There is no question Martin is an excellent football man and he has my utmost respect for the commitment he made to our Club. “However, our po...

Barnsley have sacked manager David Flitcroft following a 0-3 home defeat to fellow strugglers Birmingham at Oakwell. End of the Line for Flitcroft  A statement read: Barnsley Football Club can confirm First Team Manager David Flitcroft has been relieved of his position at the Football Club. Technical Coach Martin Scott and Strength and Conditioning Coach Guy Proctor have also parted company with the Club. Assistant Manager Micky Mellon has been placed in caretaker charge of first team affairs, assisted by Development Coach Paul Heckingbottom in the meantime. There will be no further statements from the Club until Wednesday 4 th  December 2013. The Club would like to place on record their appreciation and thanks for what David, Martin and Guy have achieved. Next Manager Odds: Danny Wilson 8/11 Michael Appelton 8/1 Micky Mellon (Assistant Manager) 12/1 Mike Phelon 14/1 Neil Redfern 16/1

Richie Barker has been sacked by Crawley after 7 league games without a win a statement read: Sacked Barker Crawley Town Football Club can confirm that it has terminated the contract of First Team manager Richie Barker with immediate effect. The club will make an announcement as soon as possible on who will look after team affairs in the interim period and we ask our supporters to have patience while the process of finding a new manager is undertaken. The club will not be making any further comment at this stage Barker is now favourite to take over at Pompey after they sacked Guy Whittingham.

Sunderland have named former Brighton manager Gus Poyet as the clubs new manager. Poyet was very successful as a player in the Premier League with Chelsea, he was also praised for the job he done as Assistant manager at Tottenham back in 2008. His only job as a manager was with Brighton where he led them to the League One title in his first season. His second season he led them to a 10th place finish in the Championship before last season leading them to 4th before being sacked in June  this year.

STEVE Lomas has had no dream start to life as Millwall manager with 2 points from their first 6 games. Millwall Boss Lomas The Lions are rock bottom of the Championship after a humiliating 5-1 home defeat by Derby at The Den on Saturday. Lomas along with Bolton's Dougie Freedman are both joint favourites for the chop at 4/1. After only being in the job for 3 months Lomas has admitted that he is under pressure and at full time on Saturday most of the fans were calling for his head. "Some of the chats heading my way are understandable. Its just in my time- they have had a long drawn out misery for the last six seven months. You are always worried about your job, when your not winning football matches it goes without saying that your under pressure." The former West Ham captain was giving his post-match interview after his side were torn apart by the rampant Rams. Millwall have slumped to the bottom of the pile in Championship and remain without a win this ...

1 NOTTINGHAM FOREST  4 3 1 0 5 10 2 BLACKPOOL 4 3 1 0 4 10 3 LEICESTER 4 3 1 0 3 10 4 QPR 4 3 1 0 3 10 5 WATFORD 4 2 2 0 6 8 6 LEEDS 4 2 2 0 2 8 7 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 4 2 1 1 4 7 8 DERBY COUNTY 4 2 1 1 3 7 9 BURNLEY 4 2 1 1 1 7 10 BRIGHTON 4 2 0 2 1 6 11 BOURNEMOUTH 4 2 0 2 -7 6 12 WIGAN 4 1 2 1 3 5 13 READING 4 1 2 1 0 5 14 MIDDLESBROUGH  4 1 2 1 0 5 15 BLACKBURN ROVERS 4 1 1 2 0 4 16 DONCASTER 3 1 1 1 0 4 17 IPSWICH  4 1 0 3 0 3 18 BIRMINGHAM CITY 4 1 0 3 -2 3 19 YEOVIL 4 1 0 3 -5 3 20 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY ...

FULHAM 1-3 ARSENAL BENT 77 ATT: 25,622 GIROUD 14, PODOLSKI 41,68 EVERTON  0-0 WEST BROM ATT: 36, 410 HULL 1-0 NORWICH BRADY 22 (PEN) ATT: 23,682 NEWCASTLE 0-0 WEST HAM  ATT: 48,622 SOUTHAMPTON 1-1 SUNDERLAND FONTE 88 ATT: 29,586 Giaccherini 3 STOKE 2-1 CRYSTAL PALACE ADAM 58, SHAWCROSS 62 ATT: 25,270 CHAMAKH 31 ASTON VILLA 0-1 LIVERPOOL ATT: 42,098 STURRIDGE 21 TOTTENHAM  1-0 SWANSEA SOLDADO 58 (PEN) 36,005 CARDIFF 3-2 MAN CITY GUNNARSSON 60, CAMPBELL 79, 87 ATT: 27,068 DZEKO 52, NEGREDO 90 MAN UTD 0-0 CHELSEA ATT: 75,032

Nottingham Forest are the only team left with a 100% record so far in the Championship and they are going to want to continue that into this weekend. We are going to cover this and preview each of the matches in the Championship this weekend. Bolton have not had the start that most would have expected they play QPR in this weekends early kick off on Sky Sports at 12:15 Bolton go into the game in 19th place with 2 points from their first 2 games. Harry's QPR are 5th in the table with 7 points from 9 both wins coming at Lofts Road either side of a 1-1 draw with Huddersfield at the John Smith's Stadium. My Prediction: I feel Bolton will want to get this first win and n front of their fans so im backing bolton 2-1 BOLTON V QPR 12PM SKY SPORTS 1 Tough Start for Dougie's men  There was reports last week going around that the Blackburn owners 'Venkeys' were on their way to Blackburn as they were not happy with the start to the season that Blackburn have made....

BOLTON 1-0 READING- PRATLEY 14 BRIGHTON 1-0 DERBY- ULLOA 17 WATFORD 1-0 BOURNEMOUTH- ANGELLA 13

Full Name: Chelsea Football Club New Manager: Jose Mourinho ( Previous Rafa Benitez) Stadium: Stamford Bridge Last Season: 3rd Ins: Andre Schurrle- Bayer Leverkusen (£18M), Marco Van Ginkel- Vitesse (£8M), Isaiah Brown- West Brom (209K), Mark Schwarzer- Fulham (Free), Cristian Cuevas- O'Higgens (£1.7M), Stipe Perica- Zadar (Undisclosed) Outs: Nortei Nortey (Released), Tom Howard (Released), Samuel Bangura (Released), Yossi Benayoun (Released),  Archange Nkumu (Released), Florent Malouda- Trabzonspor (Free), Aziz Deen Conteh (Released), Adam Coombs- Notts County (Free), Amin Affane- Energie Cottbus (Free), Ross Turnbull- Doncaster (Free), Jeff Bruma- PSV (£2.5M), Paulo Ferreira (Retired). Season Summary: Premier League: 3rd Uefa Champions League: Group Stage Uefa Euorpa League: Winners FA Cup: Semi-Finals- Lost 2-1 to Manchester City League Cup: Semi- Finals- Lost 2-0 (agg) to Swansea Top Scorer: Fernando Torres (22) My Prediction: 2nd- The return of the ...

Full Name: Cardiff City Football Club Manager: Malky Mackay Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Last Season: 1st (Npower Championship) Ins: Andreas Cornelius- FC Copenhagen (£7.5M), John Brayford- Derby (£1.5M), Simon Moore- Brentford (Undisclosed), Steven Caulker- Tottenham (£8M). Outs: Jesse Darko (Released), Nathaniel Jarvis (Released), Stephen McPhail (Released), Elliot Parish- Bristol City (Free), Hidar Helguson (Retired) Season Summary Npower Championship: 1st (Champions) FA Cup: 3rd Round- Lost to 2-1 to Macclesfield League Cup: 1st Round- Lost 2-1 to Northampton Top Scorer: Hider Helguson (9) My Prediction: 17th- I believe that Cardiff will stay up with the players brought in I think they have enough to regain Premier League status for another season.

Full Name: Aston Villa Football Club Manager: Paul Lambert Stadium: Villa Park Last Season: 15th Ins: Aleksandar Tonev- Lech Poznan (£2.5M), Jores Okore- Nordsjaelland (£4m), Leandro Bacuna- Groningen (Undisclosed), Nicklas Helenius- Aalborg (Undisclosed), Antonio Luna- Sevilla (£1.5m), Jed Steer- Norwich (Free). Outs: Andy Marshall (Released), Richard Dunne- QPR (Free), Eric Lichaj- Nottingham Forest (Free), Simon Dawkins- Tottenham (loan), Calum Barrett (Released), Daniel Devine (Released), Josh Barton (Released), Courtney Cameron- Torquay (Free), Brett Holman- Al Nasr (Free), Derrick Williams- Bristol City (Free Transfer), Jean Makoun- Stade Rennais (Undisclosed). Season Summary Premier League: 15th FA Cup: 4th Round- Lost 2-1 to Millwall League Cup: Semi-Finals- Lost 3-4 (agg) to Bradford City Top Scorer: Christian Benteke 23 My Prediction 15th  Same as last year i think for Villa, they have made a few change which may benefit them but i think they will ...

Full Name: Arsenal Football Club Manager: Arsene Wenger Stadium: Emirates Stadium Last Season 4th Ins: Yaya Sanogo Auxerre (free) Outs: Joel Campbell-Olympiacos (loan), Phillip Roberts- Falkirk (free), Andre Santos- Club de Regatas de Flamengo (Free), Jernade Meade- Swansea (Free), Sebastien Squillaci- SC Bastia (Free), Reice Charles-Cook- Bury (Free), Francis Coquelin-Freiburg (loan), Vito Mannone- Sunderland (2.1M), Johan Djourou- HSV (loan), Martin Angha- Nuremberg (Free), Kyle Ebecilio- FC Twente (Free), Jordan Winter- Bristol City (Free), Sead Hajrovic, Josh Rees, James Shea, Denilson- San Paulo (Free), Craig Eastmond- Colchester (Free), Elton Monterio- Club Brugge (Free), Samir Bihmoutine, Conor Henderson, Nigel Netia, Sanchez Watt- Colchester (Free), Andrey Arshavin- Zenit (Free) Season Summary: Premier League: 4th FA Cup: Fifth Round- Lost 0-1 to Blackburn Rovers League Cup: Quarter-Finals- Lost on Penalties to Bradford Uefa Champions League: Round of 16- Lost...

Manchester United have made a revised offer for former Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas. United put oin a 25m pound bid last Monday but that was turned down by the Spanish champions.

Welcome back to AG'S Football Reports, we are back from our Summer break as the new season is only a few weeks away. Over the summer there have been plenty of changes in and around the football world: managers, players and home grounds. The build up to the 2013-14 season starts right here. Premier League Teams for 2013-14 and their Managers: Arsenal-Arsene Wenger- Longest Serving manager in English Football Aston Villa- Paul Lambert Cardiff City- Malky Mackay-Promoted from Championship Chelsea- Jose Mourinho * Crystal Palace- Ian Holloway Everton- Roberto Martinez* Fulham- Martin Jol Hull- Steve Bruce-Promoted from Championship Liverpool- Brendan Rodgers Manchester City- Manual Pellegrini* Manchester United- David Moyes* Newcastle- Alan Pardew Norwich- Chris Hughton Southampton- Mauricio Pochettino Stoke- Mark Hughes* Sunderland-Paolo Di Canio Swansea- Michael Laudrup Tottenham- Andre Villas Boas West Brom- Steve Clarke West Ham- Sam Allardyce *New Manager...

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MANCHESTER CITY have confirmed that Manual Pellegrini will take over as manager from June 24th. Pellegrini replaces Roberto Mancini who was sacked after the club lost 0-1 to Wigan in the FA Cup final. Prior to Mancini's sacking at City, Pellegrini announced that he would leave Malaga at the end of the season. Pellegrini's goal will be to reclaim the Premier League title from local rivals Manchester United next season. This was the statement on City's website: Manchester City Football Club is pleased to announce the appointment of Manuel Pellegrini as first team manager. Pellegrini, who joins the Club on a three year contract, will take up the role from 24th June. Reacting to his appointment Pellegrini said: “I am delighted to accept this hugely exciting opportunity. The Club has a clear vision for success both on and off the pitch and I am committed to making a significant contribution. "Everything is in place for Manchester City t...

OWEN Coyle has been named the new manager of Wigan this afternoon on a 12 month rolling contract. Coyle replaces Roberto Martinez who joined Everton last week.  Wigan Chairman Dave Whelan had this is to say after the news broke earlier this afternoon (14th June) "I have agreed a deal in principal with Owen and his agent is now with our Chief Executive to finalise the deal, but as far as i am concerned we have sorted it and i hope the rest will be sorted out in the next hour. Coyle managed Bolton between 2010 and 2012 before being sacked 5 months after being relegated from the Premier League. He now takes over the 2013 FA Cup winners.

C CARDIFF CITY 46 25 12 9 27 87 P HULL 46 24 7 15 9 79 3 WATFORD 46 23 8 15 27 77 4 BRIGHTON 46 19 18 9 26 75 P CRYSTAL PALACE 46 19 15 12 11 72 6 LEICESTER 46 19 11 16 23 68 7 BOLTON WANDERERS 46 18 14 14 8 68 8 NOTTINGHAM FOREST  46 17 16 13 4 67 9 CHARLTON 46 17 14 15 6 65 10 BIRMINGHAM CITY 46 15 16 16 -6 61 11 BURNLEY 46 16 13 17 2 61 12 DERBY COUNTY 46 16 13 17 3 61 13 LEEDS 46 17 10 19 -9 61 14 IPSWICH  46 16 12 18 -13 60 15 BLACKPOOL 46 14 17 15 -1 59 16 MIDDLESBROUGH  46 18 5 23 -9 59 17 BLACKBURN ROVERS 46 14 16...

POS TEAM P W D L GD PTS C MANCHESTER UNITED 38 28 5 5 43 89 2 MANCHESTER CITY 38 23 9 6 32 78 3 CHELSEA 38 22 9 7 36 75 4 ARSENAL 38 21 10 7 35 73 5 TOTTENHAM 38 21 9 8 20 72 6 EVERTON 38 16 15 7 15 63 7 LIVERPOOL 38 16 13 9 28 61 8 WEST BROM 38 14 7 17 -4 49 9 SWANSEA 38 11 13 14 -4 46 10 WEST HAM 38 12 10 16 -8 46 11 NORWICH 38 10 14 14 -17 44 12 FULHAM 38 11 10 17 -10 43 13 STOKE 38 9 15 14 -11 42 14 SOUTHAMPTON 38 9 14 15 -11 41 15 ASTON VILLA 38 10 11 17 -22 41 16 NEWCASTLE 38 11 8 19 -23 41 17 SUNDERLAND 38 ...

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Millwall confirmed that manager Kenny Jackett has left the club. Kenny had been in charge for five and a half years. Millwall had three trips Wembley under Jackett who also lead Millwall to a return to the Championship via the play-offs. Goes down as one of the best Millwall Manager's Kenny Jackett A statement on the Millwall website read this: Millwall Football Club has today announced that Kenny Jackett has resigned as manager of the club. The Board of Directors has, with reluctance, accepted his decision. Kenny stated: "After almost six seasons I personally feel the time is right for a new challenge, and also for a new manager to come into Millwall with fresh ideas, to take the club forward towards its long term goal of reaching the Premier League. I would like to thank the Chairman, the Board of Directors, players, members of staff and supporters of Millwall for their considerable backing. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Millwall. My fami...