Andre Villas-Boas faces a fight to hold onto his job following Chelsea’s shocking collapse against Man Utd in Sunday’s enthralling clash at Stamford Bridge. For the first fifty minutes of the match the home side had temporarily put aside their recent troubles after roaring into a comprehensive 3-0 lead against the defending Premier League champions. [...]
Posted by jkitson on Monday, February 6, 2012 at 10:46 am
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Swansea boss Brendan Rodgers has turned down the chance to be part-time manager of the Northern Ireland national team. The 58-year-old was recently approached by the Irish Football Association to succeed Nigel Worthington at the helm but he has politely decline as he wants to focus on his job at Swansea, who are currently 15th [...]
Posted by jkitson on Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 10:10 am
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In May Swansea City became the first ever club from Wales to get promoted to the Premier League following their thrilling 4-2 play-off final win against Reading. It was fantastic achievement for a club who back in 2003 were agonisingly close (just one defeat) from dropping out of the Football League after entering administration. Since [...]
Posted by jkitson on Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 9:33 am
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The LMA Manager of the Year Award is always a popular betting market and one that can spring a few surprises. The prestigious annual award is voted by all of the 92 managers from the Premier League and the Football League, who can pick a winner from any of those four leagues. The winning manager [...]
Posted by jkitson on Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 9:44 am
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Cardiff City have today appointed Malky Mackay as their new manager after Watford reluctantly granted the 39-year-old permission to speak with them yesterday. Mackay takes over from Dave Jones who was sacked at the end of May following Cardiff’s play-off failure. The Bluebirds put an end to Jones’ six-year stay at the club last month [...]
Posted by jkitson on Friday, June 17, 2011 at 2:56 pm
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Just a handful of games in to the new season and The Championship Sack Race is showing no signs of any mercy with two gaffers already having left their jobs before the manager of the month award for August is announced! Steve Coppell was the first to part company with his club, leaving Bristol City [...]
Posted by rsmith on Friday, August 27, 2010 at 2:02 pm
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Brendan Rodgers has been appointed as the new Manager of Swansea City, the former Reading and Watford Manager succeeds Paulo Sousa at the Liberty Stadium and will have a tough task on his hands. The Sack Race reported earlier this week that Rodgers had jumped to the front of the queue and that has been [...]
Posted by sraymond on Friday, July 16, 2010 at 3:23 pm
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Paulo Sousa left Swansea for Leicester last week and so far it has been a week of speculation surrounding the Liberty Stadium, it is clear that the next appointment for Swansea could be absolutely crucial as they look to continue their march up the Championship. They are clearly a team with big ambitions so the [...]
Posted by sraymond on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 11:26 am
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Brendan Rodgers has left Reading by mutual consent after just six months in charge of the team with the side lying just one place above the relegation zone, Rodgers has managed just five wins whilst in charge of the Royals with just one of those coming at the Madejski Stadium. Reading narrowly missed out on [...]
Posted by sraymond on Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 9:30 am
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