Hutchison is switching from Sheffield United with a small cash adjustment, with the young defender Jon O'Connor going the other way.Bryan Gunn, who has lost his first-team place at Norwich to Andy Marshall, is joining Hibernian on loan for the rest of the season.ICI, which has sold off a number of its businesses in recent months, is to sell its 25 per cent share in Middlesbrough.. THE two Cumbrian amateur sides who made history by reaching the last 16 have been rewarded with fifth round ties against Super League opposition in the Silk Cut Challenge Cup. Ellenborough, who beat Hunslet in the last round, have a trip to Hull, while Egremont, who whitewashed Workington Town - a Super League side themselves just 18 months ago - face Sheffield Eagles. There are some heavyweight confrontations elsewhere, with the holders, St Helens, at home to neighbours Warrington and Castleford, victorious at Leeds on Saturday, playing host to Bradford, the beaten finalists for the last two seasons."If we are going to Wembley, it looks like we'll have to do it the hard way," Castleford's coach, Stuart Raper, said.There is another all-Super League meeting at the London Broncos, where Halifax are the visitors, all of which makes Wigan even firmer favourites to recover the trophy they once made their own. Shrewsbury have also accused Wolves of attempting to sign one of their youngsters.Frank Burrows is the new manager of Cardiff City.
The Scot was in charge at Ninian Park club from 1986 to 1989, leading Cardiff to promotion from the old Fourth Division in 1988.Don Hutchison is on the verge of joining Everton, in time to face his former club Liverpool in the Merseyside derby at the weekend. Hull have complained about Newcastle trying to sign two of their players, while United have been charged over alleged bids for a player each from Crewe and Stockport. FOUR Premiership clubs have been charged with trying to poach young players from other teams. Manchester United, Newcastle, Everton and Aston Villa, together with Wolves of the First Division, are alleged to have breached the Football Association's Programme of Excellence Regulations by attempting to sign youngsters attached to other clubs under the scheme. The clubs have until Thursday to answer the charges. Everton have been charged following a complaint from Wolves in connection with four players, while Villa are charged over alleged approaches to three West Brom youngsters and one who was at Charlton.
He is looking forward to trying to improve that as well as maintaining domestic success.". Earlier this season they suffered the indignity of being knocked out of both the Champions' Cup and the Uefa Cup early on, and the vice-chairman, Donald Findlay, was quick to point out this was another factor in the choice of Advocaat."He is a man with enormous experience in Europe and I think the Rangers supporters should be very excited about him bringing that experience to bear on our game from a European standpoint," Findlay said."He regards Rangers as a great club and a great challenge, and I think he appreciates that for a club of our size, our success rate in Europe in recent years has not been acceptable. Advocaat's friend and former colleague, Wim Jansen, is head coach at Celtic.While Rangers are chasing a record 10th successive title, their performances in Europe - with a couple of notable exceptions - have been disappointing. "Over the past few weeks we interviewed a number of possible candidates for this position and from this it became quite clear that Dick was our first choice."As already stated, Walter Smith will continue to manage the club until the arrival of Dick from PSV on 1 July."Murray, who was not prepared to reveal details of the length or value of the contract, said he felt obliged to make a statement to end speculation."I felt some pressure to make the announcement as I said I would reveal our choice near the start of the year and I feel this is the right time," he said.Advocaat, who led the Dutch to the quarter-finals of the World Cup in 1994, has since won the Dutch championship and cup with PSV, but was faced with the prospect of several key players leaving the club at the end of the season.Although his deal in Eindhoven ran until the middle of 1999, Advocaat exercised a clause in his contract that allowed him to annul the agreement should he receive a better offer elsewhere.He said: "I have a very clear vision of the direction I wish to take the club and I look forward to working with everyone at Rangers to ensure that direction brings even more success to this great club."Advocaat's arrival at Ibrox means Dutchmen will be guiding the attempts of both the main Glasgow clubs in their search for continental success. Advocaat, who will become the Rangers' first foreign coach, forced the issue by signalling his intention to announce his future plans after guiding his present club, PSV Eindhoven, through a league game with Ajax on Sunday. In a short statement, Murray confirmed that the 50-year-old Dutchman was always his first choice to succeed Smith, who is stepping down after leading Rangers to six of their nine successive Scottish titles."I am delighted that Dick Advocaat, one of the game's most respected coaches, has accepted the position of manager of Rangers," Murray said. I shall not be at all disappointed if Jenkins and Arwel Thomas make copious use of the corner flag.. AFTER WEEKS of speculation, David Murray, Rangers' chairman, yesterday revealed the news that most had been expecting - that Dick Advocaat, the former Dutch national manager, will take over team affairs when Walter Smith retires at the end of the season.
