Ince, Keane bring number of managerial casualties to nine

Blackburn Rovers' dismissal of Paul Ince and Roy Keane's resignation as Sunderland boss last month brought the total of managerial casualties in the English Premier League to nine since the end of last season.

The nine to go and their respective replacements are:

Blackburn - Sam Allardyce for Paul Ince.

Sunderland - Ricky Sbragia for Roy Keane.

Portsmouth - Tony Adams for Harry Redknapp.

Tottenham - Harry Redknapp for Juande Ramos.

Newcastle - Joe Kinnear for Kevin Keegan.

West Ham - Gianfranco Zola for Alan Curbishley.

Chelsea - Luiz Felipe Scolari for Avram Grant.

Blackburn - Paul Ince for Mark Hughes.

Manchester City - Mark Hughes for Sven-Goran Eriksson.

Other items of interest for December:

• Cristiano Ronaldo, of Manchester United, wins the Ballon D'Or.

• Burnley knock out Arsenal 2-0 at Turf Moor and Stoke City go down at home to Derby 1-0 in the last eight of the League Cup.

• In the UEFA Cup group matches, Manchester City (home to Paris St Germain 0-0) and Aston Villa (home to MSK Zilina 1-2) advance to the knock-out phase of the competition, but Portsmouth bow out (away vs Wolfsburg 2-3).

• England U-21 have been drawn with Spain, Germany and Finland in Group B for next summer's European Championships in Sweden.

• Roy Keane stands down as Sunderland manager.

• Gordon Strachan, of Celtic, is named Manager of the Month for November in the Scottish Premier.

• Chelsea set a Premier League record of 11 consecutive away wins after their 2-0 triumph at Bolton.

• The four English teams in the Champions League earn a place in the knockout stage: Arsenal (away Porto 0-2), Chelsea (home to CFR Cluj 2-1), Liverpool (away PSV Eindhoven 3-1) and Manchester United (home Aalborg 2-2).

• In a second round FA Cup replay, non-League Kettering beat Notts County 2-1.

• In a survey for the Barclays 2008 Global Fan Report, Alex Ferguson is voted as the current and all-time favourite manager. Fernando Torres claims 38 per cent of the votes, followed by Steven Gerrard and Cristiano Ronaldo as the most popular players for the current season.

• Gary Megson, of Bolton, and Nicolas Anelka, of Chelsea, are named Manager and Player of the Month, respectively.

• Bobby Charlton, member of the England World Cup winning side of 1966, is honoured with the 2008 BBC Lifetime Achievement award in sport.

• Blyth Spartans, of the non-League, eliminate Bournemouth 1-0 in an FA Cup second round replay.

• Blackburn Rovers sack manager Paul Ince after a series of poor results.

• Fabio Capello's England climb two places to eighth in December FIFA rankings.

• Former Bolton and Newcastle manager Sam Allardyce takes over at Blackburn.

• The Football League vote in favour of the implementation of new quotas on home-grown players from the start of next season.

• Manchester United become the first English team to win the world championship for clubs in its current format, defeating Ecuador's Liga Deportivo 1-0 in Tokyo.

• League One side Leeds United sack Gary McAllister. Simon Grayson leave Championship outfit Blackpool to take over at Elland Road.

• Sunderland appoint caretaker manager Ricky Sbragia as Keane's permanent replacement.

• In the Championship, Nottingham Forest and Derby County dismiss managers Colin Calderððwood and Paul Jewell respectively.

• Chesterfield take the place of Droylsden in the third round of the FA Cup after the non-League side were thrown out for fielding an ineligible player.