Peter Taylor has been dismissed as manager of League One side Gillingham.
The 61-year-old returned to Priestfield for a second spell in charge in October 2013 to replace Martin Allen, originally on a temporary basis before taking the reins full-time a month later.
Taylor who also managed Gillingham between 1999 and 2000 steered the club a 17th-place finish in the 2013-14 campaign, avoiding relegation by six points.
However, Gillingham have continued to struggle this term and they sit outside the bottom four by just two points, having lost 10 of their 23 matches thus far.
A 3-1 loss at home to leaders Bristol City on Sunday proved the final straw for Taylor.
Peter Taylor has been relieved of his duties with immediate effect, read a statement o…
Samir Nasri knows full well that his life will be made a misery by his Manchester City team-mates if England beat France at Euro 2012.
The two great rivals are scheduled to meet in the opening game of Group D on June 11 and while the fixture is of the utmost importance in terms of both nations hopes of qualifying for the knockout stages, the attacking midfielder is more worried about dressing-room bragging rights at Eastlands.
There is no choice for me: it must be a victory for France, Nasri admitted in an interview with France Football.
Otherwise, when I go back to City, I will be teased from all sides.
There will my team-mates (Joe) Hart, (Joleon) Lescott and (James) Milner; therefore we must win!
Nasri admitted that the rivalry between Fr…
John Terry admits England need clear the air talks to avoid any repeat of their friendly flop against the Czech Republic in next month s World Cup qualifiers.
Terry was disappointed with the way Fabio Capello s side struggled to impose themselves during Wednesday s lacklustre 2-2 draw at Wembley.
The England captain expects Capello to call a meeting to discuss the performance at length when they get together for the Andorra and Croatia matches in September.
It is not just this game where there have been problems. There have been other games and there will be problems in the future that will occur, Terry said.
We need to sit down and address it and address it very quickly otherwise it stays around the squad. The manager will thrash things out and we w…
Brazil has given birth to some of the best full-backs in football history. From Djalma and Nilton Santos in the Pele days, the duo of Roberto Carlos and Cafu grabbed headlines during the 90 s and 2ooo s. And nowadays it is not any different. Dani Alves, Alex Sandro, Marcelo and Luis Filipe are just some of the best full-backs in the world, and all of them are Brazilian.
However, there is one player no one ever talks about. He does not even play in Europe, even though he is one of the best right-backs in Brazil. He features for Vasco da Gama, and goes by the name of Yago Pikachu. Yes, you read that right. He is named after the famous cartoon character. And while he doesn t produce thunderbolts with his play, he is certainly an exciting player that should move to one of the top l…
Zlatan Ibrahimovic would have a huge impact if he joined LA Galaxy, according to the MLS side s head coach Sigi Schmid.
Veteran Manchester United striker Ibrahimovic plundered 24 goals on his debut season with the Premier League giants last term, including a match-winning brace in the EFL Cup final against Southampton.
But a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament injury suffered against Anderlecht in the Europa League quarter-finals brought a premature end to his campaign and the 36-year-old has been a marginal figure under Jose Mourinho since returning from surgery, with fitness issues continuing to linger.
The ex-Barcelona, Inter and Paris Saint-Germain star has been linked with a move to Los Angeles and, although he would not be drawn on the particulars of any de…
Equatorial Guinea have been disqualified from the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations for fielding an ineligible player.
The Central African nation claimed a 3-1 aggregate victory over Mauritania in the first round of qualifying, but had been under investigation since their opponents questioned the eligibility of attacker Thierry Fidjeu Tazemeta.
The 31-year-old was by no means a newcomer to the side, having featured for them at the 2012 tournament on home soil, but CAF confirmed on Thursday that the country will be removed from qualifying for next year s event.
Tweeting their judgement, CAF said: Organising committee of AFCON disqualified Equatorial Guinea from the play-offs of AFCON Morocco 2015 in a decision reached 3rd July 2014.
AFCON organising committee de…
United Arab Emirates FA chief and current Asian Football Confederation vice-president Yousuf Al Serkal has promised to reunite Asian football .
This is one of the key messages as he launched his election manifesto for the AFC Presidency in Dubai on Monday.
China s Zhang Jilong has held the role on an interim basis since June 2011 when former President Mohammad bin Hammam was removed from office.
Jilong has decided not to run for permanent election and as one of the front-runners for the post, Al Serkal is projecting a positive vibe.
Well I am confident I will be getting enough votes to win the race. I will not give out any numbers now so I don t give any indications to my competitors, but I am very confident that I will win.
Another organisation…
Steve Clarke watched Scotland take a step closer to Euro 2024 with a 3-0 win over Cyprus but claimed the best part of the night was a late Ryan Porteous block to keep a clean sheet.
Scott McTominay opened the scoring in the sixth minute in Larnaca with his sixth goal in five qualifiers before defender Porteous volleyed in his first international goal nine minutes later.
McTominay set up midfielder John McGinn for a third after 29 minutes and although the Scots cruised the second half, Porteous dived full length in stoppage time to stop a Cyprus shot testing Angus Gunn.
“For me, the best moment of the game,” said Clarke
“That tells everybody what we are about. We didn’t want to concede.
“We spoke at half-time about maybe we can get four, …
Gennaro Gattuso complained that Italian referees were too touchy and should adopt the tolerance of Scottish officials after Napoli captain Lorenzo Insigne was sent off in the 1-0 defeat to Inter.
The Napoli boss was fuming that Davide Massa dismissed Insigne for his objections to the awarding of a penalty that Romelu Lukaku converted in Wednesday s Serie A clash.
David Ospina brought down Matteo Darmian, and Insigne was quick to express his dismay at the decision, with Massa equally wasting no time in brandishing the red card.
Only in Italy do I see referees showing the red for these things, said Gattuso.
You re not sent off in the same situation in England. I m not making it up: I played in Scotland in the past and I still follow their football today. …
Chelsea are readying a bid for Alex Song as they look to bring in back up for Nemanja Matic, .
The Cameroon international has been on loan at West Ham United from Barcelona since the summer, and has racked up twenty-five games in all competitions for Sam Allardyce’s side.
He was one of the stand out performers for the Hammers in the first half of the season, and whilst his, and the East London’s side’s form has tailed off in recent months, Jose Mourinho is keen to bring him in.
In his first two seasons with Barcelona, Song played sixty-four times for Barcelona, and was part of the squad that won La Liga in 2013 and the UEFA Super Cup the following year.
Prior to moving to Spain, the 27 year old spent seven years with Arsenal having signed for …