Manager Chris Turner leaves Stockport County by mutual consent.

The Football League’s bottom club lost 0-6 at local rivals Macclesfield Town yesterday.

The death of Tottenham Hotspur legend Ted Ditchburn is announced.- Manager Chris Turner and his assistant Colin West step down at Stockport County. The decision appeared to be on the cards after the Football League’s bottom club’s dismal 0-6 loss at local rivals Macclesfield Town yesterday where half of the 4,453 crowd were Hatters supporters. The former Hartlepool United and Sheffield Wednesday boss had been in charge at Edgeley Park for 12 months. He had been unable to stave off relegation from League One and halt County’s dramatic slide. At Christmas in 1999, they were sixth in the First Division with genuine hopes of making a tilt at the Premiership. Jim Gannon, who made 480 appearances for the Cheshire club between 1990 and 2000, is named caretaker manager.

- Following a long illness, it is announced that the legendary Tottenham Hotspur keeper Ted Ditchburn died yesterday. The former England goalie joined Spurs from Northfleet in 1939 and was an ever-present in the 1950-51 championship-winning side. From April 1946 to March 1954 he missed just two games and made a total of 452 appearances for his only league club. He was 84.