Source: Daily_Mail
All the fizz of the Coca Cola Football League - Blackpool boss Ian Holloway is boxing clever
Game for a laugh: Ian Holloway[LNB]Ollie's boxing cleverOnly Ian Holloway is capable of having a laugh when one of his players is sent off for nothing. [LNB]Brett Ormerod was red carded in Blackpool's 1-1 draw at Coventry but claimed he hadn't touched Aron Gunnarsson. [LNB]Blackpool boss Holloway said: 'A boxer sits on his stool between rounds and his trainer says, "He isn't laying a glove on you." The boxer replies, "You better watch the ref then, because somebody's hitting me".'[LNB]Anti-owner protests are all the rageAt Cardiff, the mob were chanting for Peter Ridsdale's head. At QPR, an angry protest demanded Flavio Briatore's exit. These are troubling times for many clubs at boardroom level. [LNB]Ridsdale's Cardiff, facing a winding-up order and refusing to spend money on new recruits, won 2-1 against Doncaster. [LNB]But Briatore left QPR's directors' box after Scunthorpe scored in a 1-0 win. Some protesters at Loftus Road were dressed, mockingly, as clowns.[LNB]Scout's cornerGraham Dorans (West Bromwich Albion)[LNB] The 22 year-old consolidated his position as the club's top scorer with his 11th goal of the season in a 3-1 win over Sheffield United. [LNB]The Scotland midfielder (below) recently signed an improved, four-year deal so it will be hard for any club to prise him away. [LNB]Sportsmail valuation: £2m.[LNB] In-fighting rattles RochdaleInternal strife has struck Rochdale at just the wrong time as they face Bury in a big derby today.[LNB] Infamous for their struggles to get out of the bottom tier, Rochdale had finally been getting it right on the pitch this season, and are top of League Two. [LNB]But now boss Keith Hill and chairman Chris Dunphy are understood to have had a big difference of opinion over the sale of key man Will Buckley.[LNB]The new Beckham?Before he became famous and started hanging out with Tom Cruise in LA, David Beckham was sent out on loan to grimy Preston. Manchester United are doing the same thing to 19-year-old striker Danny Welbeck, who scored the second goal in a 2-0 win over Roy Keane's Ipswich. [LNB]'He's had a bit of a ribbing,' said North End midfielder Richard Chaplow. 'Danny's definitely getting the welcome that David got.'[LNB]Walton can't escape Simon Walton's model girlfriend Nicola T (right) is finally out of the Celebrity Big Brother house - and the Crewe midfielder must wish he could be evicted from an equally dull, mid-table League Two slog. [LNB]Walton played in a 2-1 defeat by Bournemouth and there was no glamour as veteran Steve Fletcher, 37, scored one and set up the other. [LNB]'The old man did us twice,' said youthful Crewe boss Dario Gradi, 68.[LNB]Magic Johnson thrills Bruce Middlesbrough's Adam Johnson has been linked with a host of clubs over the years - Real Madrid included - and Saturday may have been his last game for Boro. [LNB]Johnson shone in a 0-0 draw against Bristol City, with Sunderland boss Steve Bruce looking on, but he will cost more than £4m.[LNB]No Beckford Cup hangoverFA Cup heroes can often become distracted from more mundane league matters but Jermaine Beckford did his reputation a world of good. [LNB]His goals in Leeds' 2-0 League One home win over Colchester took his tally for the season to 24. [LNB]On Wednesday, it's Cup time again as Spurs visit. But chairman Ken Bates knows his priorities. 'We need to get out of this accursed division,' he explained.[LNB] Blast from the past: Bristol City boss Gary Johnson evoked some bad memories[LNB]City boss faces nemesisMost managers see a face in the press room that they don't like. And Bristol City's Gary Johnson could not resist a dig after his side's goalless draw with Middlesbrough. [LNB]The reporter in question? Former Sportsmail columnist Dean Windass, whose 2008 play-off final goal denied City promotion. 'We'd have been in the Premier League if it hadn't been for him,' raged Johnson. [LNB]When discussing Nicky Maynard's form, Johnson added: 'All strikers go through dry spells. Dean had four years of it.'[LNB] Crystal Palace 2 Peterborough 0: Neil Warnock could be sold short as Victor Moses first to depart Selhurt ParkDerby 1 Nottingham Forest 0: Nigel Clough accused - Rams boss attacked me in touchline brawl, claims furious Billy Davies Leicester City 0 Newcastle United 0: Toon want Daniel Cousin firepower [LNB]
