Quote:Ipswich Town have sacked manager Roy Keane after 20 months in charge.

The club have suffered seven losses in nine games and the 1-0 defeat by Nottingham Forest on Monday left the club 19th in the Championship table.

First-team coach Ian McParland will take charge of the side in Sunday's FA Cup tie against Chelsea.

"I am hugely disappointed to be leaving Portman Road," admitted 39-year-old Keane in a statement through the League Managers Associaton.

"When results aren't good the manager gets the sack, that's the game.

"However, I have a genuine belief that we were making progress and that the players have what it takes to turn this season around."

Ipswich, backed by multi-millionaire Marcus Evans, have invested £8m on players during Keane's reign.

The former Manchester United midfielder led Town to the semi-final of the Carling Cup where they will play Arsenal.

The first leg of their last four clash against the Gunners is due to take place at Portman Road on Wednesday, 12 January.

Quote:Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp hopes that former England captain David Beckham will have joined Spurs on a short-term loan deal by Sunday.

The London club have been speaking to Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Beckham, 35, with the Americans understood to be open to his move.

"It will probably get done," said Redknapp. "The clubs are talking and there's a good chance it will happen."

Beckham's first match could be against his former club Manchester United.

Redknapp hopes Beckham will come to watch the club's FA Cup third round match against Charlton on Sunday, before being available to face league leaders United at White Hart Lane the following Sunday.

"I think he could be here on Sunday, possibly, if what I'm being told on the grapevine is right," said Redknapp, who learnt of Beckham's interest via his former Tottenham footballer son Jamie.

"Hopefully he will come to the game. I'm not 100% sure but he could be here on Sunday. It's just sorting out the length of the loan [now] and one or two other bits and pieces."

Beckham could play up to 10 games for Spurs before he is due to return for the start of the Major League Soccer season when LA Galaxy face the Seattle Sounders on 15 March.

What a great night for us :~

Wolves 1 - 0 Chelsea
Arsenal 0 - 0 Man City

And to put the cream on the top :~

Blackburn 3 - 1 Liverpool
And to make things worse, guess who's favourite son of scouce missed a penalty.

The onus is with us now to prove that it's no fluke that we're top dogs at the moment, so it's time to capitalise on others squandered opportunities.
It's up to us to make the most of our games in hand and to find an improvement in our performance to take us through the rest of the season.

Darren Fletcher is convinced Wayne Rooney is responsible for Dimitar Berbatov's success this season.

Berbatov has netted 15 goals this term, with 13 of those coming when he's started alongside Rooney. And that statistic, Fletcher says, is no coincidence.

Wayne Rooney ............................... Darren Fletcher ............................... Dimitar Berbatov

i hate 2 say dis, but thelegend gary neville is dne.the man cant run.