Another Npower Championship manager was sacked last when Scunthorpe United dismissed Ian Baraclough following their 3-0 defeat at home at the hands of Preston North End. Along with Baraclough his backroom staff Steve Parkin and Kevin Pressman have also been relieved of their duties with immediate effect. Baraclough now joins the growing list of sacked [...]
The Chairman of Sheffield Wednesday Milan Mandaric has come out and spoken up publically backing his manager Alan Irvine who has become the target for disgruntled Owls fans who want to see him removed as manager. In an interview with BBC radio Sheffield Mandaric said “This is a difficult time for results but at the [...]
League One side Bournemouth managed to fight off Crystal Palace and Charlton to keep hold of Eddie Howe their much in demand manager and they even held a press conference with Howe at Dean Court to say that their manager was staying put much to the delight of the fans. However the next day managerless [...]
We all love a good soap and Burnley FC are giving us one. These are the markets that the bookies love, every day a new favourite in the manager markets. We wake up this morning to the news that Steve Davis has followed Owen Coyle to the Reebok and this has left those at the [...]
Preston North End have parted company with manager Alan Irvine just over two years since being appointed and only six months since the Scotsman guided the Lancashire outfit to the Coca-Cola Championship play-offs. Monday’s 1-0 defeat at Sheffield United was the final straw for the Preston board who had seen their team win only once [...]
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 [...]