England Manager Sacked - A Roundup

As I promised earlier, here is a roundup of how the news media, with particular interest to the sporting news media, is reporting the story.

BBC Sport: McLaren sacked as England Manager.

ESPN Soccernet: McLaren insists, "saddest day of my career".

EuroSport: McLaren sacked.

Fox Soccer Channel: England fires coach McLaren after failure.

CBS Sports: England fire coach McLaren after failing to qualify for Euro 2008.

Setanta Sports News: McLaren takes it on the chin.

Sky Sports: Mac accepts England axe.

SportsNet Canada: McLaren era ends in England

England Out of Euro 2008

Obviously, this story is having repercussions across the world of football, but specifically, in the headquarters of football in the UK, The Football Association, who have decided to hold an emergency board meeting at 8.30 am UK time (0830 GMT/UTC).

My prediction... by 8.30pm (2030 GMT/UTC), Steve McLaren will NOT be manager of England. My belief is he will have been fired, because, as he stated earlier tonight, he is refusing to resign.