Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill has joined calls for the Premier League to implement a winter break.After England's limp World Cup exit, manager Fabio Capello suggested a break was needed - as had former England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson in 2003.And O'Neill drew on his experience with Celtic, when he reached the Uefa Cup final after a mid-season interlude. There should be a break, it would be f
Former Rangers vice-chairman Donald Findlay believes there is no danger of the club ever going out of business.The Scottish champions are about £31m in debt and owner Sir David Murray recently took the club off the market after failing to find a buyer. Rangers will always survive, there's no doubt of that, but this is not what it once was in terms of football generally, Findlay told BBC Sc
Relegated Portsmouth face a trip to League Two newcomers Stevenage in the first round of the Carling Cup.Portsmouth's south-coast neighbours Southampton face a home tie against fellow League One side Bournemouth.In the northern section, promoted Leeds host Lincoln, Stockport host Preston and Rochdale face Barnsley.The ties will be played in the week commencing 9 August, with Premier League clubs
LONDON - A survey of football finances claims rising player salaries arethreatening the future of the sport across Europe.Deloitte's annual study says total revenues among the 92 top Englishprofessional clubs grew by 100 million pounds ($145 million) and exceeded 2.5billion pounds ($3.62 billion) for the first time in 2008-09, but salariesincreased even more.The Premier League's 20 clubs contrib