FORMER Manchester United player and coach Tony Coton has returned to the club after 12 years to become Chief Goalkeeping Scout.

STEVE SPARKS has left Southampton after a decade to become first-team physio at Manchester City.

IPSWICH TOWN Head of Athletic Performance and Sport Science Jim Henry has moved back to Scotland for personal reasons and will take on a new consultancy role for the club.

LEE JOHNSON tells TGG how he's developed as a manager since getting his first job at the age of 31 - and how he aims to tackle his next opportunity.

SWANSEA CITY are advertising for a new Academy Manager after announcing that Nigel Rees is stepping down from the role after six-and-a-half years.

FORMER Manchester United Head of Recovery Robin Thorpe remembers two stories that illustrate Sir Alex Ferguson's genius for man-management.

FORMER England manager Steve McClaren has been appointed Technical Director and board advisor by Derby County.

NEW Sheffield Wednesday manager Tony Pulis has appointed Mike Trusson as his assistant and Craig Gardner as first-team coach at Hillsborough.

SOUTHAMPTON Director of Football Operations Matt Crocker says the club have ‘moved away’ from the loans system and will rarely send young players to other clubs.

BLACKPOOL have paid tribute to Academy Manager Warren Green, who has died at the age of 46. In recent seasons, he had “courageously battled against cancer while working in his role and was a continuous inspiration to all those around him,” the club said.

OUR Big Data event, which examines how top teams are using data science, is back for a second year.

SCOTLAND'S Head of High Performance, Graeme Jones, reveals a behind-the-scenes revolution that has taken place with the national team over the last three years.