Chris Hutchings is out at Wigan. (The Guardian)
Nicky Hunt’s shoulder is out at Bolton. (TEAMtalk)
It will be a long series of sleepless, shuddering nights for Sir Alex, a long series of days where he can do nothing but hold his head in his hands and pray for relief from the fear. But the FA will [...]

You know, apart from the ongoing threatened disintegration of the Champions League and reorganization of all European football around a non-UEFA superleague made up of the world’s most powerful clubs, there’s not a lot happening today except for the matches.

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You can say what you like about Damien Comolli—and Martin Jol now has—but the man takes his time when picking out quality eyewear. (Football365)
AARON MOKOENA LEG UPDATE: It was just a “bang”, apparently. (Soccernet)
Officials at Aberdeen put on very serious faces for as long as Hearts were in the room, waited till they were [...]

Micah Richards is hurt, and so is England. UPDATE: Richards is okay. England, I don’t know about. (The Guardian)
Aaron Mokoena may have a broken leg. (TEAMtalk)
From Quique to Koeman: Valencia’s coaching situation is a Beach Boys song waiting to happen. (ITV)
Dave Bassett replaces Gus Poyet at Leeds. He, too, speaks English. (TEAMtalk)
Birmingham give [...]

Brazil will host the 2014 World Cup. Oddly, since the news will mean any number of opportunities for him to smirk into a television camera and declare that he “is football”, Pele doesn’t seem to care. (Bangkok Post)
Juande Ramos went on to insist that he never left Sevilla, claiming that “this whole press conference” was [...]

FIFA pass an overdue Joorabchian Restriction. (The Guardian)
Glenn Roeder: a fine coach for a fine city. (TeamTalk)
Rio Ferdinand may be sort of hurt. UPDATE: Apparently isn’t. (Football365)

Every single player at Liverpool is hurt. (Football365)
Gus Poyet signs for Spurs as Ramos sets to work. (BBC)
Quique Flores is fired at Valencia, never liked bats anyway. (The Guardian)
Chelsea’s interest in Pellegrini will surely have cooled, however, after Avram Grant brought down the changing room with his post-match rendition of “Stardust”. (TeamTalk)

Leeds will not be offering Gus Poyet for the job that Tottenham want to give him. (The Guardian)
Mark Hughes will not be seeking the job that Tottenham want to give someone else. (TeamTalk)
Valeri Bojinov could be back by January. (Manchester City Football Club Official Website)
Two super aircraft carriers calmly but firmly tell Portsmouth to build [...]

Thaksin Shinawatra pledges to support Sven with even more of his hard-earned cash. (TeamTalk)
Gary Megson and Bolton are going to talk. (The Guardian)
Carlos Tevez can’t stop Sheffield United from making £6.3 million. (Hemscott)
Southampton’s mystery bidder pulls off its mask, swings from the chandelier, kills the villain with a rapier, reveals itself to be SISU Capital [...]