Hull's Brown becomes fifth managerial casualty

The sacking of Phil Brown as manager of Hull City brought the total of dismissals to five in the Premier League this season. The changes at the helm were as follows:

November 24: Avram Grant for Paul Hart at Portsmouth.

December 19: Roberto Mancini for Mark Hughes at Manchester City.

January 5: Owen Coyle for Gary Megson at Bolton.

January 6: Brian Laws for Coyle at Burnley.

March 15: Iain Dowie for Phil Brown at Hull.

Other items of interest for March:

• In the richest club list, published by Deloitte Football Money League revenue, Manchester United are third behind Real Madrid and Barcelona for 2008-09.

• Championship side Queens Park Rangers appoint Neil Warnock as manager after his exit from Crystal Palace who in turn hand the reins of the team to ex-Portsmouth boss Paul Hart.

• In the U-21 European Championship, England lose 1-2 (Delfouneso) VS Greece in Doncaster. Other results: San Marino-Northern Ireland 0-3, Scotland-Azerbaijan 2-2, Republic of Ireland-Armenia 1-2.

• In an international friendly at Wembley, England topple Africa Cup winners Egypt 3-1 (Crouch 2, Wright-Phillips). Other outcomes: Albania-Northern Ireland 1-0, Scotland-Czech Republic 1-0 (Brown), Wales-Sweden 0-1.

• Macclesfield boss Keith Alexander dies aged 53 after returning home from a League Two match at Notts County.

• The FA Premier League shelve plans to introduce a play-off to decide which club takes England's fourth and final place in the Champions League.

• Manager Roy Hodgson and goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer, of Fulham, win the monthly awards for February.

• Paul Scholes, of Manchester United, nets his 100th Premier League goal in his side's 1-0 win at Wolves.

• Arsenal and Manchester United register resounding results at home on their way to the last eight of Champions League − Arsenal-Porto 5-0 (6-2), Manchester United-Milan 4-0 (7-2). Nicklas Bendtner scored a hat-trick for the Gunners.

• In the first leg of the fourth round of the Europa League, English sides suffer away defeats − Juventus-Fulham 3-1, Lille-Liverpool 1-0.

• Chelsea and Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba is voted African Footballer of the Year.

• The Football League are to appoint Greg Clarke as chairman to replace Lord Mawhinney.

• Chelsea go out of the second round of the Champions League after a 0-1 loss to Inter at Stamford Bridge. The Italian club advance 3-1 on aggregate. Drogba is sent off for Chelsea.

• Fulham and Liverpool register fine comeback wins to claim a place in the quarter-finals of the Europa League − Fulham-Juventus 4-1 (5-4), Liverpool-Lille 3-0 (3-1).

• Championship side Bristol City sack boss Gary Johnson.

• Rangers, despite having two players sent off, beat St Mirren 1-0 to lift the Scottish League Cup.

• FA chief executive Ian Watmore resigns after just nine months in the job.

• First Division side Ross County knock out Hibernian 2-1 to reach the last four of the Scottish Cup. County rewrite their history books since they had never reached this stage of the competition before.

• Portsmouth have been given special permission by the Premier League to sell players outside the transfer window (cannot play for another Premier League club this term) to ease their financial crisis.

• Celtic sack manager Tony Mowbray after nine months and appoint Neil Lennon on temporary charge. Mowbray had replaced Gordon Strachan in the summer.

• At Wembley, Southampton beat Carlisle 4-1 to lift the JP Trophy, the knockout silverware for the lower two divisions and Conference clubs.

• In the Champions League quarter-finals, first legs, Manchester United go down 1-2 to Bayern in Munich and Arsenal draw 2-2 with Barcelona at the Emirates Stadium.

• England climb one place to seventh in the FIFA rankings.