Macclesfield chief executive Colin Garlick has revealed the club would be keen to bring in Denis Irwin for the vacant manager's job if the Manchester United full back was interested.
Gil Prescott stepped down as boss of the first team on Monday to concentrate on his other role at the club as director of football.
Irwin, who turns 36 at the end of this month, is expected to end his 11-year spell at Old Trafford at the end of the season, when his contract runs out. Garlick admitted: "We'd be interested if Denis Irwin was interested."
England's Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) is to send out strike ballot papers to its members early next week.
The PFA requires a clear majority of all players in the country to go ahead with the proposed strike, which is over the amount of money the players' union gets from television broadcast rights.
UEFA'S executive committee have rejected a request by the Welsh Football Association to allow Swansea, Cardiff and Wrexham to compete in both the English and Welsh leagues.
The move would also have allowed the Football League clubs to potentially qualify for the Champions League or the UEFA Cup via the League of Wales.
However, the move was not popular among League of Wales clubs who stood to lose a valuable source of income from European games if Swansea, Cardiff or Wrexham had been allowed to enter reserve teams.
Dave Bassett took over as Leicester manager yesterday afternoon and vowed to fight to keep the club in the Premiership.
Bassett ended a 10-month exile from management since leaving Barnsley last December when he succeeded the sacked Peter Taylor at Filbert Street.
Micky Adams becomes Bassett's number two after leaving his job at the helm of second division promotion-chasers Brighton. Bassett faces an enormous task to revive the Foxes, who are currently bottom of the Premiership.
Arsenal captain Tony Adams has undergone a foot operation and faces a lengthy lay-off. The former England defender suffered a stress fracture in his right foot during Arsenal's 1-1 English premier league draw against Bolton on September 22nd.
But there was better news for the London club on Adams's defensive partner Sol Campbell. Arsenal's official website reported that the England defender was back in training after his hamstring injury.
Former England manager Terry Venables said yesterday he would be willing to talk to the Scottish Football Association (SFA) about the possibility of succeeding Craig Brown as Scotland manager.
Brown stepped down on Saturday after Scotland's failure to qualify for the 2002 World Cup finals.
The ongoing saga of Wembley Stadium took another twist yesterday with a proposed new scheme to rebuild the national stadium that would include saving the famous Twin Towers.
Wembley has been empty for a year as redevelopment plans have fallen by the wayside in a series of embarrassments for British sport.
The latest £400 million sterling plan is some £250 million sterling cheaper than the last scheme, which was rejected by the FA as too expensive, but also includes an athletics track.
The Japanese security budget for the 2002 World Cup will be boosted by 25 per cent to $18.5 million after the September 11th attacks on the US. "Our top objective is to ensure the safety of the fans and players. That is why we need to strengthen arrangements," Japanese organising committee general secretary Yasuhiko Endo told reporters. And the World Cup organisers insisted yesterday the draw for the tournament will go ahead as planned on December 1st despite reports it could be postponed because of the US air strikes in Afghanistan.
UEFA has 5.0 million Swiss francs ($3.08 million) available to compensate clubs who lost money as a result of their Champions League matches being postponed after the September 11th attacks in the United States, chief executive Gerhard Aigner said yesterday.
