Paul Gascoigne launches his managerial career at Kettering Town.

The Poppies are currently fifth in the Conference North.

George Best remains seriously ill in an intensive care unit.- Paul Gascoigne launches his managerial career at Kettering Town. The former England midfielder, who becomes player / manager, is part of a consortium that has taken over the club. He will work with former Arsenal midfielder Paul Davis as his coach. The Poppies are currently fifth in the Conference North.

- George Best remains seriously ill in an intensive care unit. The 59-year-old former Manchester United and Northern Ireland forward is unconscious and on a ventilator at the Cromwell Hospital, west London, where he was admitted nearly four weeks ago.

- West Ham United manager Alan Pardew agrees a new five-year deal that will keep him at Upton Park until 2010. The former Reading boss has steered West Ham into ninth place on their Premiership return.