Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

Following the resignation of Steve McClaren on 2nd October Nottingham Forest were defiant that they would appoint a new manager before their crunch match away to Coventry City this Saturday. The club have stuck to their promise by today prizing Steve Cotterill away from fellow Championship club Portsmouth. Forest were previously linked with the likes [...]

Last week Sean O’Driscoll  became the first Championship managerial casualty of the new season when he was axed by Doncaster Rovers, and you get the feeling that the second sacking is just around the corner. There are a few managers in stormy waters at the moment with Nottingham Forest boss Steve McClaren, Bristol City’s Keith [...]

Andy Thorn has endured a torrid start to his first full season in charge of Coventry City. Three consecutive league defeats and an early Carling Cup exit at the hands of League One’s Bury combined with a rapidly growing injury list has piled on the pressure on Thorn. The Sky Blues were agonisingly close to [...]

Hull City manager Nigel Pearson is the early favourite in the the Next Championship Manager To Leave Odds. Pearson, who is 6/1 to leave first with Victor Chandler, joined The Tigers a year ago and guided them to 11th place last season on their return to the Championship. However, he knows results will have to [...]

Andy Thorn has been appointed manager of Coventry City on a permanent basis. Thorn joined Coventry as caretaker manager back in March following the departure of Aidy Boothroyd, and has since saved the Sky Blues from relegation to League One. Thorn was the bookies favourite at 4/6 to become the next Coventry manager. Since taking [...]

Last week in the Npower Championship it looked as if Derby’s Nigel Clough and Sheffield United’s Micky Adams were the managers that were most in danger of being relived of their positions and being the next casualties in the manager sackrace. However to prove how quickly things can change in football some fans and punters [...]

Following the sacking of Aidy Boothroyd by Coventry City Chairman Ray Ranson on March 14th the team have been under joint caretaker managers of first team coach Steve Harrison and Chief Scout Andy Thorn, Harrison is responsible for the coaching side whilst Thorn is in charge of team selection and tactics. In the betting odds [...]

The sacking of Coventry City manager Aidy Boothroyd has brought the total amount of managers sacked or leaving by “mutual consent” so far this season in the Football League to 29, this is on top of  the 4 managers that have been changed in the Premier League (we count Martin O’Neill as quitting). At this [...]

After another loss this weekend against Hull the board of Coventry City have sacked manager Aidy Bothroyd with immediate effect, also leaving will be assistant manager Martin Pert. Stepping into look after the squad will be first team coach Steve Harrison and chief scout Andy Thorn until the next Coventry City manager is found. Coventry [...]

Aidy Boothroyd has been installed as the new Manager of Coventry City and he has immediately set about taking the team back up the ladder and to where he believes they belong. The Former Watford and Colchester Manager jumped at the chance to head to the Ricoh Arena last week when approached by Coventry Chairman [...]