Doing well at work? Better watch your back. HESTER LACEY on Tall Poppy Syndrome

It's holiday time, which, what with the weird remoteness of Norfolk, and the car radio being on the fritz again, meant no FM reception last week. Those of you with good memories and empty, unfulfilled lives will remember that I went through a similar ordeal two or three months ago and made a kind of coded plea for broadcasters to pay a little more attention to medium- and long-wave broadcasting, as that is all that large swathes of the population can receive.

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THE NEWCASTLE manager, Ruud Gullit, has been charged with misconduct by the Football Association for "alleged comments made to referee Uriah Rennie" after last week's game against Aston Villa.

THE NEWCASTLE manager, Ruud Gullit, has been criticised by the League Managers' Association for his after-match outburst at referee Uriah Rennie on Saturday.

DARREN ANDERTON last night vowed to stay at White Hart Lane even if Tottenham try to sell him after turning down their offer of a new contract.

Gullit's expensive buy takes the spotlight from reject goods as he moves into the shop window; Simon Turnbull says energy is the key for new Newcastle hope

Dutchman can today become the first foreign manager to win the FA Cup with two different clubs. By Simon Turnbull

BRITISH BOOKMAKERS stand to lose pounds 10m if Manchester United complete a historic treble by winning today's FA Cup and Wednesday's European Cup to add to the Premiership title they secured last Sunday.

Fulham 3 Moody 64, Pen 74, 77 Preston North End 0 Half-time: 0- 0 Attendance: 17,176

TO THE intense disappointment of people who would prefer it if Manchester United would just go away and leave everyone else to win things, Alex Ferguson signed a new contract yesterday that will keep him at Old Trafford until June 2002. By then the Govan Growler will be 60.

Fabian Caballero

Newcastle's DENIS CASSIDY, shoe salesman turned soccer svengali, has to put up with free-spending Dutch manager Ruud Gullit, who moved to the club after Chelsea turned down his wage demands. Ruud has whacked up the team's wages bill and now wants to sign some even more expensive players. Off the pitch, meanwhile, Cassidy has had to watch the American cable company NTL decide against buying the company.