Keegan To Be England's No 1?

Last updated : 23 July 2008 By Footy Mad - Editor
Can Kevin Keegan finish the season as England's number one?

The bookies claim only Harry Redknapp has a better chance.

Portsmouth     13/8                      
Newcastle     3                      
Blackburn     9/2                      
West Ham     11/2                      
Middlesbrough     7                      
Wigan     16                      
Bolton     20                      
Fulham     25                      
West Brom     33                      
Hull City     80

For the record, they also reckon Alan Curbishley is odds on to be the first Premiership boss out on his arse come the new campaign.

Not that long ago they said the same about Gareth Southgate, but today he lives on in ICI City, promising the Smogs he is in the job to stay.
 
Southgate has promised he will not use Middlesbrough as a "stepping stone".

The 37-year-old has spent the last two years learning his trade after being handed the chance to launch his managerial career by chairman Steve Gibson.

He admits it has been a voyage of discovery, but he has no plans to cut and run to a bigger club once he has established himself. "I'm thinking long-term, I'm not using this as a stepping stone for something else," said Southgate. "If I'm here in five years, then brilliant because that means we are doing it right."