England football coach Roy Hodgson was the talk of the League Managers Association President ’ s Dinner after he was upstaged by inspirational speaker Paul McGinley , Europe ’ s victorious Ryder Cup captain . Hodgson and McGinley were interviewed on stage by Sky Sports ’ David Jones on the subject of leadership . But Hodgson paled next to McGinley , who gave a masterclass at the Lord ’ s function in explaining the attention to detail , perception and man-management which went into beating the USA at Gleneagles . It would not have been McGinley ’ s intention but his thoroughly modern approach to leading a team only exposed Hodgson ’ s old-school philosophy . And FA technical director Dan Ashworth , plus FA board members David Gill and Heather Rabbatts , would surely have gone away thinking Euro 2016 should be Roy ’ s last major tournament as England boss . Roy Hodgson was upstaged on stage at the League Managers Association President 's Dinner . Paul McGinley , the Ryder Cup-winning captain , showed the England boss up with his attention to detail . Certainly any new contract should depend on how England perform in France . Ireland ’ s golf team at the Rio 2016 Olympics , including world No 1 Rory McIlroy , will be the next side to benefit from the McGinley factor . Olympic cycling champion Victoria Pendleton ’ s seemingly fanciful attempt to learn to ride well enough to compete in next year ’ s Foxhunter Chase at Cheltenham is widely regarded as a Betfair publicity stunt . However , Nina Carberry , winner of the same race yesterday , is one of the few who thinks Pendleton will be ‘ fine ’ . Victoria Pendleton ’ s attempts to race at Cheltenham next year is widely regarded as a Betfair publicity stunt . Nothing stops record-breaking Irish trainer Willie Mullins at Cheltenham apart from the currency exchange . Mullins has National Hunt ’ s biggest spenders among his owners yet he withdrew surprisingly at the £200,000 mark in an auction battle with David Pipe for five-year-old Champers On Ice , who went for £205,000 at the Brightwells Cheltenham Festival Sale . Mullins explained the horse had got too expensive in terms of euros , which are struggling against the pound . Willie Mullins ( right ) withdrew from an auction because the horse had got too expensive in terms of euros . The patrons of Cheltenham ’ s A & R club , grand racing families whose relatives safeguarded the future of the racecourse in the 1960s , have seen their traditional boxes bulldozed to make way for the new £45million grandstand . And the old guard are upset they will not be able to keep bringing food and drink into the new premises . Their main gripe concerns having to pay big prices for ordinary plonk , instead of enjoying their own far superior stuff . BELL 'S FESTIVAL CLANGER . Rupert Bell , the talkSPORT racing correspondent and brother of royal trainer Michael , did a special commentary on the Festival Charity Race because the station ’ s betting expert , Coral PR director Simon Clare , was riding . And Bell called Clare , who finished in midfield , as first home because he was riding in similar red colours to the winner . Bell , commentating in overdrive in the belief Clare had triumphed , only realised his error after the field passed the post . talkSPORT still played the gaffe when Clare gave his tips yesterday . Rupert Bell called Simon Clare 's horse as winning the Charity Race , it was actually Knight 's Parade ( pictured ) Racing Media Group , ready to let broadcasters tailor their bids for the big meetings in the next TV tender , will find ITV keen to look at screening the Cheltenham Festival . This only adds to the belief that selling the showcase events separately is the most lucrative way forward for racing , especially as viewing figures for Channel 4 ’ s monopoly terrestrial coverage are in steep decline . ITV are keen to look at the opportunity to screen the Cheltenham Festival next year , even without AP McCoy . FIFA president Sepp Blatter ’ s three election rivals will be boosted by the North and Central American confederation , a previous Blatter stronghold , deciding in Philadelphia that their member countries can vote individually for their candidate of choice . This comes a week after South America did not give its expected total support for Blatter at their summit . Sepp Blatter ’ s three election rivals will be boosted by the North and Central American confederation . BBC Radio 5 Live , paranoid about Cheltenham blunders following presenter John Inverdale ’ s ‘ rose-****** glasses ’ slip , found themselves apologising twice for trainer Warren Greatrex ’ s mild ‘ Oh s*** ’ comment to correspondent Cornelius Lysaght after Cole Harden won the Ladbrokes World Hurdle .
Roy Hodgson 's interview alongside Paul McGinley would surely have FA bosses thinking Euro 2016 should be his last tournament as coach . The England manager has been in charge of the national team since 2006 and is currently leading them to a fourth successive World Cup finals appearance. Only the euro-pound rate is stopping trainer Willie Mullins at Cheltenham . Patrons of Cheltenham 's A & R club are upset at not being able to bring their own food and drink into their new premises after being moved . talkSPORT 's Rupert Bell dropped a clanger , calling the wrong winner . ITV are keen to look at screening the Cheltenham Festival in future . Sepp Blatter 's FIFA election rivals have received a boost . BBC Radio 5 Live found themselves apologising twice for trainer Warren Greatrex ’ s mild ‘ Oh s * * * ’ comment at Cheltenham on Friday .