With the 2011/12 League One season kicking off in just over five weeks we take a look at the managers who are likely to feel the heat early on. With seven new teams entering the league (three relegated from the Championship and four promoted from League Two) and four managerial changes, there is likely to [...]

Sheffield United have today announced the controversial appointment of Danny Wilson as their new manager. Wilson beat off stiff competition from former Barnsley boss Mark Robins to sign a three-year contract with United. The move hasn’t been all plain sailing though as a number of Blades fans protested outside the ground in fury that their [...]

League One side Sheffield Wednesday have confirmed that manager Alan Irvine has left the club with immediate effect. Owls Chairman Milan Mandaric who last week had publically back his troubled manager held an emergency meeting with the board following the sides disastrous 5-3 defeat against play off hopefuls Peterborough United but with the fans turning [...]

There is now more unrest in the ranks with Sheffield Wednesday fans over the lack of decent results that the side is currently suffering under manager Alan Irvine. The League One side were beaten 5-3 on Wednesday night away against play off hopefuls Peterborough. The Owls were initially winning the fixture 3-2 but Sheffield were [...]

Earlier this week the chairman of Sheffield Wednesday, Milan Mandaric spoke out in the press that he was fully backing Alan Irvine as manager of the Owls amid speculation and unrest amongst the fans who are wanting to see a change in the management at Hillsborough. Since then Sheffield Wednesday have played struggling Yeovil (who [...]

Alan Irvine is set be named as the new manager of Sheffield Wednesday just ten days after getting sacked by fellow Championship club, Preston North End. The news will be a welcome relief to fans of the Owls, who have been without a manager since the dismissal of Brian Laws last month and are without [...]

As predicted by The Sack Race last week, the pressure has begun to take its toll on managers in The Championship with Sheffield Wednesday manager Brian Laws becoming the latest casualty after yet another defeat at the weekend, going down 3-0 at Leicester, making it four straight defeats and five games without a goal for [...]

The pressure mounted on several managers in the Championship following the weekend’s results and with the crucial Christmas period fast approaching, The Sack Race is predicting that the next managerial casualty in this division is just a matter of days away. Defeats for Plymouth, Sheffield Wednesday, Coventry and Preston extended the run of poor form [...]