Six months ago when Gordon Strachan signed his recruits, I dared to suggest that it was as close as we would get to seeing how the Old Firm would fare in England…

World Cup reject Adam Johnson looked far from crestfallen following his South African snub by bouncing back into training at Manchester City’s Carrington complex.

Kris Boyd has revealed he has agreed to join former Celtic manager Gordon Strachan at Middlesbrough. The 26-year old’s future has been the subject of intense speculation.

Charlton skipper Nicky Bailey will sign for Middlesbrough after agreeing a three-year deal. Gordon Strachan will pay 1.4m for the 26-year-old midfielder.

Middlesbrough’s New Zealand forward Chris Killen will miss Saturday’s World Cup warm-up against fellow finalists Serbia because he is getting married.

Adam Johnson has credited Manchester City with helping him earn his first England cap last night. The 22-year-old winger came on for the last six minutes of England’s 3-1 friendly win over Mexico as he bids to snatch a seat on the plane to the World Cup.

Jeremie Aliadiere will leave Middlesbrough on a free this summer and boss Gordon Strachan fears Emanuel Pogatez could follow him our of the door.

Bolton took another step towards survival thanks to Matthew Taylor’s late brace at Stoke. Dave Kitson had given the Potters a first-half lead after latching onto Tuncay Sanli’s pass.

I don’t know about you but I had no idea Harry Redknapp had built such an overwhelmingly home-grown factory at White Hart Lane. And his patriotic strategy is working.

Local boy Adam Johnson returned to haunt Sunderland as Manchester City snatched a dramatic equaliser on Wearside to maintain their Champions League hopes. The substitute came off the bench to level in stoppage-time.