Warnock leaves Blades
Play-Offs - WBA book place in final
Sevilla retain UEFA Cup
Coppell wins award
Three days after their controversial relegation from the Premiership, Neil Warnock resigns as manager of Sheffield United. The life-long Blades supporter said:
“I honestly feel the squad here is the best equipped of the three relegated teams to mount a bid for an immediate return to the Premiership. The fans will give the new manager 100% support at the start of next season, whereas they may not have done the same to me. I am still enthusiastic about managing, am experienced enough to make a fresh start elsewhere and I will relish an opportunity to continue managing for a few more years. It will be strange taking over another club but it will be great for me to start again. I would love to get back into the Premiership in the near future.”
It is also revealed that the South Yorkshire club have launched a legal challenge to the Premier League’s decision not to dock West Ham United points following their commission’s enquiry into the transfer of Carlos Tevez.
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West Bromwich Albion beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 at The Hawthorns and 4-2 on aggregate to set up a Championship play-off final against Derby County. A second-half goal from Kevin Phillips - Albion’s 100th of the 2006-07 season - was enough for Tony Mowbray’s men.
In the UEFA Cup final at Hampden Park, Sevilla become only the second club to retain the trophy after beating Espanyol 3-1 on penalties. The game was tied 1-1 after 120 minutes. The only previous consecutive winners are Real Madrid who lifted the trophy in 1985 and 1986.
Steve Coppell is voted Manager of the Season by the LMA for the second year in a row. In an era of hype and headlines, the quiet, unassuming Reading boss has led the Royals to a record-breaking season. In their first top flight campaign, Reading have never been in danger of relegation. To confound the critics, they’ve been in contention for a place in Europe throughout the season but missed out by just one point. The Championship award goes to Sunderland’s Roy Keane in his remarkable first season as a boss. Yeovil Town’s Russell Slade is the League One winner while Danny Wilson’s of Hartlepool United is named the top manager in League Two.
Joseph Yobo has become the first Everton player to have appeared in every second of a league campaign for the first time in twenty years.
Toffees captain Kevin Ratcliffe achieved the feat in 1987 he led the Goodison Park to the Football League title.
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