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As a player, Morrell made more than 100 appearances for Portsmouth, while he also feature for Cheltenham Town, Lincoln City and Luton Town.
He won 37 caps for Wales and played at Euro 2020 and the 2022 World Cup.
But he last appeared in January 2024 when he suffered knee cartilage damage and after months of rehab was released by Portsmouth at the end of that season.
He spent another
The pressure in professional sport is huge. For the Championship promotion contenders it is that time of the season when the gauge is in the red.
Coventry City, nine points clear at the top, are dealing with not only the weight of finishing the job off but also the burden of ending the club’s 25-year wait to return to the top flight.
How they deal with that pressure will be
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,
Bristol City head coach Gerhard Struber said he would “love” to keep on-loan goalkeeper Radek Vitek beyond the end of this season.
The 22-year-old joined on loan from Manchester United in the summer on a season-long loan and has gone on to establish himself as their first-choice keeper and one of their best and most consistent performers.
Vitek has kept 10 clean sheets in 33 Championship appearances but Struber said
Ramsay joined West Brom following a spell in Major League Soccer with Minnesota United, who he led to back-to-back Conference play-off semi-finals.
Prior to his move to the United States, the Shrewsbury-born Welshman was a first-team coach at Manchester United under Erik ten Hag and took on an assistant coach role with the Wales men’s team.
However, his time at The Hawthorns began with 3-2 loss to Middlesbrough before a
Still has taken over with Watford in 12th place, only three points away from the play-off places, but without a win in six games.
And he said that in the short term, whatever his preferred approach might be “doesn’t matter”.
He continued: “This isn’t about style and philosophy and massive principles and all of that, it’s about how we’re going to win at Preston on Saturday.
“Everything we do between
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
Analysis by BBC Radio Lancashire’s Andy Bayes
To announce the departure of a head coach five hours before the transfer window closes is a little different, but the executives at Blackburn Rovers probably felt that they had no choice following an eighth home defeat of the season on Saturday.
When I spoke to Valerien Ismael after the defeat by Hull City, he couldn’t defend that record, and he didn’t particularly
By Steve Hermon, West Brom commentator for BBC Radio WM
It has been a dramatic 2026 for West Bromwich Albion and there is a fitting sense of narrative that Eric Ramsay takes the reins just hours after the Baggies have finally ended their away woes at the football club where he earned his first professional coaching role in the game.
His route into coaching began at Swansea after he stopped
This is not the first-time the 33-year-old’s name has been linked with Albion. The Welsh coach has been on the club’s shortlist for a while, including during their most recent search, which led them to Ryan Mason.
The former Tottenham assistant was also 33 when he was appointed by Albion in June. Both were also midfielders.
But while one-time England international Mason was forced to retire at the top level