The statistics aren’t great for Wigan Athletic: bottom of the Premier League, without a win in six league games, dumped out of the FA Cup by League Two side Swindon, and over four months have passed since they last won at the DW Stadium. Their mini-revival back in November is now a very distance memory. [...]

Bookies have suspended betting on Steve Bruce to become the Next Premier League Manager To Be Sacked following a miserable last gasp home to defeat to Wigan Athletic. A result which leaves the Black Cats 16th in the league with just one win from their last eight games. After the match Bruce reiterated that he [...]

This weekend pits together two teams in desperate need of a moral boosting win, as bottom club Wigan Athletic host 19th place Blackburn Rovers at the DW Stadium. Both sides have made a shocking start to the season and consequently their respective managers find themselves under immense pressure heading into the crunch clash. On face [...]

It is surely now only a matter of time until Blackburn Rovers’ Indian owners give Steve Kean the boot. The Scot has now been in charge of the club charge for 32 games, with half of them ending in defeat. Many believed that Kean was lucky to hold onto his job at the end of [...]

The 2011/12 football season is rapidly approaching November and still all 20 Premier League managers remain in their respective jobs. However, this is not to say that it’s all plain sailing as a number of managers are currently under-fire following poor performances in recent weeks. Stan James have therefore opened up an interesting betting market [...]

After five days of turmoil Alex McLeish has put pen to paper and signed a three-year contract to become the new manager of Aston Villa, in what has become one of the most controversial appointments in recent history. The announcement is sure to spark further scenes of fury and protests from the Villa faithful, many [...]

Alex McLeish has instantly been installed as the bookies favourite in the Next Aston Villa Manager Betting following his shock resignation as manager of Birmingham City. The Scotsman is the latest manager to part ways with a Premier League club in what is proving to be an extremely frantic post-season. The 52-year-old reportedly quit via [...]

Mark Hughes is the new 5/4 favourite to join Aston Villa following Roberto Martinez’s decision to honour his contract and stay at Wigan Athletic. The Spaniard was widely expected to join Villa today but after talks with Wigan chairman David Whelan he has shown admirable loyalty – in a sport that has become increasingly money-obsessed [...]

Aston Villa are today due to open talks with Roberto Martinez concerning the vacant managerial position at Villa Park after Wigan Athletic chairman Dave Whelan gave them permission to approach the Spaniard. Martinez’s odds have thus been slashed from 6/1 to just 5/6 by Victor Chandler in the Next Aston Villa Manager Betting, as the [...]

Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner is reportedly due to begin interviewing potential replacements for Gerard Houllier in the next few days, with Steve McClaren, Mark Hughes and Rafa Benitez believed to be the main candidates for the job after Martin Jol joined Fulham and Carlo Ancelotti ruled himself out of the running. Last week reports [...]