15 h. ago Rob Edwards given permission to speak to Wolves after being stood down for Middlesbrough match

Edwards looks increasingly likely to be the successor of Vitor Pereira at Molineux

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15 h. ago Middlesbrough grant Rob Edwards permission to speak to Wolves after he is STOOD DOWN from his job hours before kick

The Championship side stood the manager down for today's match against Birmingham City after he showed interest in filling the managerial vacancy at Wolves.

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17 h. ago Wolves manager search takes next step as top target stood down hours before kick

Wolves have been looking to appoints Middlesbrough's Rob Edwards as their next manager and, despite having their approach denied, the Championship club have stood down their manager ahead of Saturday's game

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17 h. ago Championship manager is STOOD DOWN from his job hours before kick

The manager has been stood down from his job for today's match as he edges closer to switching to the Premier League - despite an initial move being rebuffed by his club.

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52 h. ago Fraught, tense and visceral: there’s never been a football match quite like Maccabi’s visit to Aston Villa | Barney Ronay

Undeniably strange and redolent of wider horrors at one remove, this was a groaning platter of geopolitics with a tiny little sprig of sport dusted across the topYou could almost, almost have played it for laughs. If it wasn’t so bleak, or so profoundly unsettling. But then, this is Birmingham, so there does have to be some gallows humour buried in there.Either way an hour before kick-off on the streets outside Villa Park it became clear that the 700 police officers present were being asked to keep apart three distinct, and equally energetic factions: pro-Palestine, pro-Israeli and pro YouTubers. Continue reading...

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56 h. ago Police make arrests outside Villa Park amid ring of steel for match with Maccabi Tel Aviv

Hours before kick-off, hundreds of police officers, as well as scores of riot vans, dog units and drones took their positions in Birmingham amid fears of mob violence spilling out onto streets.

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