Aston Villa's Agbonlahor becomes fifth debutant for Capello

In the remarkable 2-1 friendly win over Germany, Fabio Capello gave Aston Villa's Gabriel Agbonlahor his England debut. England became the first team to beat Germany in the city of Berlin since Brazil in 1973.

In his first 10 matches, Italian Capello has given five players their debut.

In the friendly against Trinidad and Tobago in Port of Spain on June 1, 2008, four players made their bow in an England shirt in a full international − forward Dean Ashton (West Ham), goalkeeper Joe Hart (Manchester City), defender Phil Jagielka (Everton) and defender Stephen Warnock (Blackburn). As already mentioned, besides this quartet, there was also Agbonlahor.

The U-21s' latest win, 2-0 against the Czech Republic at Sheffield's Bramall Lane, has seen Stuart Pearce's youngsters stretching their unbeaten run to an incredible 28 games, excluding, of course, their loss on penalties to the Netherlands in the semi-finals of the 2007 European Championships.

England have already qualified for next year's U-21 tournament.

Other items of interest for November:

St Mirren's Gus MacPherson is named Premier League Manager of the Month for October.

Championship side Watford sack manager Adrian Boothroyd.

In the Champions League group phase, all four English clubs fail to win: Roma-Chelsea 3-1, Liverpool-Atletico Madrid 1-1, Celtic-Manchester United 1-1, Arsenal-Fenerbahce 0-0.

In UEFA Cup group ties, Tottenham hit four (4-0) past Dinamo Zagreb at White Hart Lane.

Other results: Manchester City-Twente 3-2, Slavia Prague-Aston Villa 0-1. Darren Bent scores a hat-trick for Spurs.

FA Cup first round shocks: Anzon Ashton-Exeter 3-2, Blyth Spartans-Shrewsbury 3-1 and Histon-Swindon 1-0.

More shocks in replays read: Droyslden-Darlington 1-0, Lincoln-Kettering 1-2.

In the League Cup fourth round, Chelsea go down 4-5 on penalties to Burnley after a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge.

Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano is appointed captain of Argentina.

England climb to joint 10 with Portugal in the FIFA rankings for November.

Liverpool's Rafael Benitez and Chelsea's Frank Lampard are named Manager and Player of the Month, respectively.

Airdrie's Cup

At McDiarmid Park (St Johnsone), Airdrie topple Ross 3-2 on penalties after a 2-2 draw to lift the Bell's Cup final.

At Bramall Lane, England beat the Czech Republic 2-0 (Campbell, Gardner) in an U-21 friendly. Other result: Scotland-Northern Ireland 1-3.

In Berlin, Fabio Capello's England have the better of Germany 2-1 (Upson, Terry).

Other friendly results: Denmark-Wales 0-1 (Bellamy), Northern Ireland-Hungary 0-2, Ireland-Poland 2-3 (Hunt pen., Andrews), Scotland-Argentina 0-1.

Arsenal (home vs D. Kiev 1-0), Manchester United (away vs Villarreal 0-0) and Liverpool (home vs Marseille 1-0) progress to the knockout stage of the Champions League. Chelsea draw 1-1 at Bordeaux. Celtic are out of the reckoning for a place in the UEFA Cup via the Champions League after losing 2-1 away to Aalborg.

For the second time in this season's Champions League, Chelsea have a player sent off, midfielder Frank Lampard. In their loss to Roma, Deco was dismissed for Chelsea.

In UEFA Cup group matches, Manchester City win 2-0 at Schalke 04.

Other outcomes: NEC Nijmegen-Tottenham Hotspur 0-1, Portsmouth-Milan 2-2.

FA Cup second round surprises: Barrow-Brentford 2-1, Eastwood Town-Wycombe 2-0, Forest Green-Rochdale 2-0, Histon-Leeds 1-0.

Newcastle extend manager Joe Kinnear's contract until the end of the season.

Leading marksmen

Premier League

13 − Anelka (Chelsea).

8 − Robinho (Manchester City), Ronaldo (Manchester United), Zaki (Wigan).

7 − Bent (Tottenham), Crouch, Defoe (Portsmouth), Agbonlahor (Aston Villa).

The Championship

15 − Doyle (Reading), Iwelumo (Wolves).

14 − McCormack (Cardiff).

12 − Ebanks-Blake (Wolves).

Scotish Premier

14 − Boyd (Rangers).

9 − Samaras (Celtic).

7 − Miller (Rangers).

Active scorers

The hot shots in the Premiership since the inauguration of the league.

1. Robbie Fowler (Blackburn) 161
2. Michael Owen (Newcastle) 142
3. Dwight Yorke (Sunderland) 123
4. Robbie Keane (Liverpool) 105
5. Emile Heskey (Wigan) 102
6. Ryan Giggs (Man. United) 101
7. Frank Lampard (Chelsea) 100
8. Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea) 99
9. Paul Scholes (Man. United) 96
10. Mark Viduka (Newcastle) 92