This section covers all news specific to football managers of different clubs and international teams.
After Frank Yallop’s departure as the manager of LA Galaxy, so he could return to coach the San Jose Earthquakes for the second time, his replacement has been world player of the year for 1987 and ‘89 – Ruud Gullit. As well as the...
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Written by James Massoud. 4 comments
What with TV revenue swelling player salaries, takeovers galore and spiraling ticket prices, Premiership management has assumed the role of poisoned chalice in this day and age. The stakes are higher than ever: managers of the clubs coming under new...
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Written by Anthony. 6 comments
This article is devil’s advocate really on behalf of the Tottenham board. I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that MARTIN JOL NEEDED TO BE SACKED – or jump before he was pushed, depending on the newspaper you read.
Let’s...
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Written by Shaun Daley. 10 comments
If you North Londoners poke your heads out of your window this evening only to encounter the terrifyingly pathetic sight of a six foot ogre bawling his eyes out, you won’t be dreaming, you won’t have accidentally turned on your much-thumbed...
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Written by Hugo Steckelmacher. 10 comments
Martin Jol’s departure from White Hart Lane didn’t come as a real shock. It was inevitable it was only a matter of time before the continuous run of defeats, increasing pressure form chairman Daniel Levy and even the sulking attitude of...
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Written by James Massoud. 4 comments
In yet another turbulent week of European football and tabloid whispers, Monday and Tuesday’s saw newspapers beginning to link Mark Hughes to the (now vacant) Tottenham hot-seat.
For most people this rumour was a non-starter (if anything...
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Written by Hugo Steckelmacher. 9 comments
Welsh manager Chris Coleman, sacked from his last post at Fulham, was appointed manager of Real Sociedad de Fútbol in the summer of 2007, although judging from the lack of coverage the news received, it would be fair to say that the move...
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Written by Hugo Steckelmacher. 5 comments
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Written by Eddie Griffin. 2 comments
In today’s cut-throat world, a lack of instant success in terms of trophies is forever being punished with the quick-fire sacking of managers.
Written by Hugo Steckelmacher. 2 comments
Despite the well-documented tension at Stamford Bridge and the countless speculation, no one actually expected Jose Mourinho to be the first managerial casualty in the Premier League. It just goes on to prove the unpredictable nature of football, although...
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Written by Ahmed Bilal. 6 comments
