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Lincoln City have appointed Bobby Copping as the club’s new chief commercial officer and Dan Seaborne as chief operating officer.
Copping, 24, began a playing career in the Norwich City youth academy but was forced to retire at the age of 19 after suffering a mini-seizure during a training game while in action for Peterborough United in July 2020.
He has been with the club since last July when he
Newcastle have appointed Matthias Jaissle as their new head coach following Eddie Howe’s exit.
The German has signed a four-year deal with Newcastle, who paid £9.5m (€11m) compensation to Saudi side Al Ahli, whom Jaissle led to consecutive Asian Champions League crowns over the last two years.
Jaissle has been with his new squad since the weekend and his first match in charge will be a pre-season friendly against Valencia
Ipswich Town have named former Wolves and Bournemouth boss Gary O’Neil as their new manager.
The 43-year-old replaces Kieran McKenna, who stepped down from the Portman Road post earlier this month.
O’Neil has signed a three-year deal with Ipswich after leaving Strasbourg, where he has been in charge since January.
He guided the French side to eighth place in Ligue 1 last season and reached the Europa Conference League semi-finals,
Wolves appoint Portuguese Peixoto as new boss
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Bristol City are poised to appoint former Notts County and Forest Green boss Ian Burchnall as Michael Skubala’s assistant manager.
The Robins are also trying to bring QPR first-team coach Steve Bould to Ashton Gate as Skubala looks to finalise his backroom team.
Boss Skubala joined the Robins last month after leaving Lincoln, having guided the Imps to the League One title as they returned to the second tier
Blackburn Rovers have appointed Tony Mowbray as their new head coach for a second spell in charge.
Mowbray, 62, spent more than five years managing Rovers between 2017 and 2022.
He replaces Michael O’Neill who decided not to take the job on a permanent basis following an interim role during the second half of last season.
Mowbray has been in management for more than two decades and most recently led
Analysis – BBC WM’s West Brom commentator Steve Hermon
The decision to give James Morrison the job permanently is a no‑brainer. The work he has done in his third interim spell has been nothing short of remarkable.
When he stepped in after the sacking of Eric Ramsay, Albion were rock bottom in confidence and on a 10‑game winless run.
His first match – a 2–1 loss to fellow strugglers Oxford
City proved Hodgson’s first managerial job in English football when he was appointed in 1982 having spent two years as Bob Houghton’s assistant.
Hodgson lasted just four months amid considerable financial upheaval at Ashton Gate, where the club nearly went out of business, and has previously said his time there was “nothing short of a disaster”.
He returns to the West Country with vast experience having managed Inter Milan,
Davies joined the Foxes in 2023 and has been credited with steadying the ship at the King Power Stadium. He represented the club in their profit and sustainability hearings with the Premier League.
Leicester were docked six points last month for breaching financial regulations but Davies’ work in making the club more compliant to the rules is believed to have helped knock points off the final punishment.
The club have
Still has managerial experience in the Belgian Pro League with Charleroi, KAS Eupen and KV Kortrijk.
He has also previously worked as assistant to his younger brother Will at French club Lens.
“Ed’s appointment was made on the conviction that this is a coach whose modern and progressive coaching methods fit perfectly with our squad dynamic, who we believe will take the team forward, and who gives us a real
