Aston Villa boss Martin O’Neill is rumoured to be top of Liverpool’s wanted list if the club decide to part company with Rafa Benitez.

England retained the Calcutta Cup in dramatic fashion as they and Scotland played out the first draw in the fixture since 1989.

History is more or less bunk, said Henry Ford and, deep down, Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano must agree. The Reds are in big trouble.

ALBERTO AQUILANI and Martin Kelly hope strong shows against Lille will impress Rafa

England added yet another name to their burgeoning overseas contingent as Leeds flanker Hendre Fourie was called into Martin Johnson’s squad, along with a raft of other players.

Martin O’Neill backed Aston Villa to make the most of their return to Wembley after John Carew downed Reading in their FA Cup quarter-final.

Hat-trick hero John Carew revealed manager Martin O’Neill blasted his team at half-time before Aston Villa booked a return trip to Wembley.

Martin O’Neill says Aston Villa’s bid to ease a busy fixture list by re-arranging games for next month rather than in March have been blocked.

Welcome to the new MirrorFootball podcast – available to download from MirrorFootball.co.uk every Friday, and also via subscription on iTunes.This week: Daily Mirror reporters Martin Lipton, John Cross and Darren Lewis pick their England squads to take

SAMMY LEE admits the loss of Martin Skrtel is tough to take – but he insists Liverpool can cope without the centre-back.