FAIL OF THE CENTURIES

Lampard latest 100 club member to find it tough

- MATTHEW DUNN

OWNERS appoint managers but results get them sacked.

It's why England's footballing centurions have often been given one or two chances at football management but seldom three and never four.

Highly skilled individuals, team players, ambassadors and leaders. It just so happens that the greatest players the nation has ever produced have an appalling track record when it comes to management.

Now Frank Lampard possibly has one last chance to prove himself to be the exception to the rule - however celebrated he was as a player.

Nine players have been capped 100 times for the Three Lions and most have had the sort of glittering, lead-by-example careers that might single them out for managerial success.

David Beckham and Ashley Cole have never bothered at least not in the direct line of fire.