Trio not on shortlist

As soon as Joe Royle left the club Willie Donachie, his assistant took on the care-taker manager role and threw his name into the ring but ITFM can reveal that himself, eccentric Holloway and Bryan Robson's number two, Nigel Pearson have not made it past the first round of interviews.

The Jim Magilton - Bryan Klug application had been put onto a standby list but the news of Calderwood ruling himself out by taking over the reigns at the City Ground means that the former Northern Ireland international could be back in the front-running alongside two other candidates, whose identities are still not reported.