Ex-Middlesbrough and Sunderland manager Tony Mowbray has "regrettably" stepped down as Birmingham City head coach
The frightening cost of failing to get promotion in the play-off final was spelled out yesterday to Bolton Wanderers.
Reading experienced yet more play-off heartache, losing 4-3 to Sunderland in the semi-final of PL2. More than 2,700 supporters were in attendance as the club's prestigious Academy continued to prove it is among the best in the country. Royals legend Noel Hunt, who has taken the Young Royals to Berks and Bucks Senior Cup glory and the Premier League International Cup qualification, had to pit his wits against former captain Graeme Murty in the Sunderland dugout. Ellis Taylor bagged himself a hatt