Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

Phil Brown has become the eleventh Football League Manager to lose his job this season after being sacked by Preston North End. Brown’s exit comes just a week after Peter Ridsdale became Chairman of the club, which is seen as a major factor in his departure. The 52-year-old leaves The Lilywhites 10th in League One, five [...]

Much is expected of Leeds United this season and with expectation comes a whole lot of pressure, which won’t please manager Simon Grayson. Pre-season results were positive and hopes were thus high among the Leeds contingent ahead of the 2011/12 season. However, Leeds were lacklustre in their opening 3-1 defeat to Southampton last Saturday, which [...]

Rochdale have appointed the former Manchester City youth team coach Steve Eyre as their new manager. The 39-year-old replaces Keith Hill, who left the League One side to take over at Championship side Barnsley at the beginning of June. It’s a huge move for Eyre and arguably a big gamble by Rochdale as Eyre has [...]

The former Manchester City striker Uwe Rosler has today signed a two-year deal with League One side Brentford. Rosler was the heavy odds-on 1/10 favourite with Victor Chandler to replace caretaker boss Nicky Forster in the Next Brentford Manager Betting, and will now start his first managerial job in England with the Bees. The German [...]

Bury have appointed their caretaker manager Richie Barker on a permanent basis after he successfully guided the club to promotion to League One. The 36-year-old took over in April after Alan Knill moved to Scunthorpe, and certainly impressed during his successful spell as caretaker boss. Ironically the two managers will go head-to-head in League One [...]

Paul Buckle has jumped ships after switching Torquay United for Bristol Rovers. The 40-year-old clearly wasted no time in moving to the Pirates as he waited just two days after Torquay’s quest for promotion was ended by Stevenage in the League Two play-off final at Old Trafford. Buckle was the 1/4 odds-on favourite with Victor [...]

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 [...]

The field in the Next Brentford Manager Betting Odds could not be more open, with virtually nothing to choose between the main candidates. The leading men in the race to become the next Brentford manager are Nicky Forster, Aidy Boothroyd and Mark Warburton who are all locked on odds of 5/1 with Sky Bet, while [...]

Paolo di Canio will begin his managerial career at the County Ground after being named as the new manager of Swindon Town. The Robins will hope that the flamboyant Italian can breathe a new lease of life into the struggling club after a dismal season which culminated in relegation to League Two. The 42-year-old succeeds [...]

Richie Barker is the leading candidate to take over at Bury, with a final decision to be made in the next few days. The newly promoted club have been managerless since former boss Alan Knill left for Scunthorpe United at the end of March, with Barker leaving his position as youth team manager to take [...]