Summary

  • England news conference ahead of Italy friendly

  • Harry Kane will make full England debut v Italy

  • Wayne Rooney needs three goals to break goal scoring record

  • Wrexham sack manager Kevin Wilkin after losing FA Trophy final

  • GET INVOLVED: Can all four home nations qualify for Euro 2016?

  1. Window of opportunitypublished at 19:17 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    Tom KillickImage source, Bnps

    This is one way of getting around a stadium ban.

    Poole Town manager Tom Killick decided to watch his side's match against Cambridge City from the skylight of a nearby house after being hit with a six-match ban.

    The Evo-Stik Southern boss, used the house of Poole's groundsman, who lives just yards away from the club's home ground.

    He told the Bournemouth Echo:, external "I can pretty much see the whole pitch apart from the goalmouth at the end I watch it from. It is quite a good vantage point but being detached from the players makes life difficult."

    Cheerio.

  2. Postpublished at 19:16 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    That looks to be almost that from Turin but fear not, if any big news comes from tonight's news conference, it will be covered in our live text commentary of the England Under-21s v Germany here.

    That is almost all from me, but, before I say goodbye, enjoy one of the stories of the day...

  3. England news conferencepublished at 19:12 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    More from England boss Roy Hodgson: "There were so many great moments when I was in Italy - my favourite moment was when I was offered the job as manager of Inter Milan."

  4. England news conferencepublished at 19:06 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    When asked if he would like to play league football in Italy, Wayne Rooney said: "I love playing in the Premier League. I used to watch Batistuta for Fiorentina but don't think I'd play in Italy."

  5. England news conferencepublished at 19:03 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    More from England striker Wayne Rooney in Turin: "We have to move on from World Cup, our aim is to reach Euros. Tomorrow will be a good test and we are looking forward to it."

  6. England news conferencepublished at 19:01 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    England manager Roy Hodgson: All friendly matches during qualification allow you to see where players are. It's an opportunity for players to impress both managers

  7. England news conferencepublished at 19:00 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    England striker Wayne Rooney: "It's exciting that Harry Kane has done well in the Premier League and hopefully he can bring his form into the England team."

  8. Postpublished at 18:59 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    Phil McNulty
    BBC chief football writer in Turin

    "Harry Kane will make his first full England start against Italy here in Turin tomorrow. Bar set high - needs a goal in less than 79 seconds."

  9. England news conferencepublished at 18:56 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    Harry KaneImage source, England

    England manager Roy Hodgson: "It is nice to see Wayne Rooney and Harry Kane together. This is a chance for some of the squad players to show they are good enough to play."

  10. England news conferencepublished at 18:55 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    This could take a while as every question directed at Roy Hodgson and Wayne Rooney is translated into Italian.

  11. England news conferencepublished at 18:53 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    At last, here we go. Roy Hodgson and Wayne Rooney are here.

    The England manager confirms Harry Kane will make his full debut and Wayne Rooney captains the team.

  12. England starlets ready for German testpublished at 18:51 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    The England under-21s name their starting line up for this evening's friendly with Germany.

    England: Bond, Jenkinson, Garbutt, Forster-Caskey, Stones, Gibson, Lingard, Ward-Prowse (c), Ings, Hughes, Redmond.

    You can follow radio and live text commentary of the match online.

  13. England in Turinpublished at 18:47 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    EnglandImage source, England

    England on Twitter:, external The senior team check out the surroundings at @juventusfc stadium #ITAVENG.

    Now we just need them to get on with their media duties. Still we wait for the the start of the news conference with Roy Hodgson.

  14. Rainy Manchesterpublished at 18:42 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    FernandinhoImage source, Fernandinho

    Manchester City midfielder Fernandinho on Instagram:, external Manchester=rain, cold and wind.

    He has got a point.

  15. Pelle to start for Italypublished at 18:39 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    Italy name their team for Tuesday's friendly against England:

    Buffon, Ranocchia, Bonucci, Chiellini, Florenzi, Parolo, Valdifiori, Soriano, Darmian, Pelle, Eder.

  16. Still no Roypublished at 18:34 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    Still no sign of England boss Roy Hodgson or striker Wayne Rooney ahead of their news conference in Turin. This is getting later and later as the media wait for their views on tomorrow's friendly against Italy.

  17. Harry backs Harrypublished at 18:30 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    Former Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp expects Harry Kane's rise to continue after the Spurs striker scored 79 seconds into his England debut.

    Kane is preparing for the friendly against Italy on Tuesday after coming off the substitutes' bunch to net in last Friday's 4-0 Euro 2016 qualifying defeat of Lithuania at Wembley. It was his 30th goal of the season.

    "I'm sure he will keep being successful because he loves football. He lives for football," said Redknapp.

    "So many of them come in, get contracts and think they have made it then, but Harry's not like that. He's well grounded, has a good family behind him."

  18. Turin awaitspublished at 18:24 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    Juventus stadiumImage source, Simon Peach

    The Press Association's Simon Peach, external tweets a picture of Juventus's Stadium in Turin, where England face Italy in a friendly on Tuesday. Pretty impressive stuff.

  19. The Italian jobpublished at 18:18 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    EnglandImage source, Reuters

    England's players have been taking a stroll around the Juventus Stadium in Turin ahead of Tuesday's friendly against Italy.

    Wayne Rooney and Roy Hodgson are expected to be talking to the media imminently.

  20. Wozniacki outpublished at 18:12 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    Fourth seed Caroline Wozniacki is knocked out of the Miami Open in straight sets. Wozniacki lost 6-3 7-6 to the 16th seed Venus Williams in the 4th round. Defending champion Serena Williams takes on Svetlana Kuznetsova in her last 16 match shortly.