Newly appointed Steaua Bucharest coach, Dorinel Munteanu, left, will have to get used to the close attentions of club owner Gigi Becali Photograph: Mihai Stetcu/AP
One of football’s greatest fallacies is that continuity is in itself a good thing. When Sam Allardyce left Newcastle after 24 matches, a host of pundits repeated the observation that Sir [...]

Ray Wilkins is set for a return to his former stomping ground. Photograph: Nick Potts/PA
Chelsea have appointed Ray Wilkins as the club’s new assistant first-team coach following the departure of Steve Clarke to West Ham.
Wilkins, who made nearly 200 appearances for Chelsea in the 1970s, embarks on his second coaching spell with the club, having [...]

The England manager didn’t like the look of the Kiwis’ tactics. Photographer: David Rogers/Getty Images
England have a struggle on their hands if they wish to level their two-Test series with the All Blacks and the task became still harder today. Losing Andrew Sheridan with a lacerated eyelid has deprived the tourists of their biggest forward [...]

Mark Hughes has left Blackburn Rovers and has taken the reins at Manchester City. Photograph: Andrew Yates/AFP/Getty Images
Mark Hughes has today been appointed as the new manager of Manchester City.
City parted company with Sven-Goran Eriksson on Monday and were immediately given permission to talk to Blackburn manager Hughes, 44, with a compensation package agreed yesterday.
Hughes [...]