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Brian Laws has been sacked as manager of Burnley after less than twelve months in charge at Turf Moor. Clarets chairman, Barry Kilby, announced that Laws had left the club on Wednesday afternoon citing that the club required “a fresh approach in order to achieve its goal of returning to the Premier League.” Laws, who [...]
The breaking news on Monday morning is that Phil Brown has been put on gardening leave by his club, Hull City. The news comes just days after it was revealed that two of his players, Jimmy Bullard and Nick Barmby were seen fighting in front of the Women’s Institute by the River Humber last week. [...]
Peterborough United have sacked manager, Mark Cooper, after just thirteen games in charge of the London Road club. The news will only add to the frustrations of the Posh faithful who find their club sat at the foot of the Championship Table with just 18 points and eleven from safety and now in search of [...]
The departure of Mark Hughes from Manchester City at the weekend could well set the Premier League managerial merry-go-round in to full gear and the question is, which Premiership manager is next for the chop? Hughes’ exit from The City of Manchester Stadium has left a bad taste in the mouth of not only City [...]
Gianfranco Zola endured a nightmare at the Reebok Stadium on Tuesday night as he watched his West Ham team go down to relegation rivals Bolton with a limp display, the result means that the Hammers are down in 19th place and looking in dire trouble. The Sack Race reported last week that the upcoming to games could [...]
Hans Backe has resigned as manager of Notts County after just nine games in charge at Meadow Lane. The Swede, who was assistant to County’s Director of Football, Sven Goran Eriksson, at Manchester City took over from Ian McParland in October, winning just two of the seven League Two matches that he was in charge [...]
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 [...]
Avram Grant has been confirmed as the new permanent manager of Portsmouth, replacing the recently sacked Paul Hart on the Fratton Park touchline. Grant will make the move from his current role as Director of Football at the club to the dugout as Pompey look to navigate their way off the bottom of the Premier [...]
Guus Hiddink has a lot of thinking to do over the next few months as he decides what his next career move is after Russia failed to qualify for the 2010 World cup following defeat to Slovenia in what was the upset of the Play-Offs. Russia were expected to qualify with some ease according to [...]