Following the dismissal of Roy Keane last week, Ipswich Town have appointed Paul Jewell as their new manager. But for some reason Paul Jewell (Plan B lookalike) decided to sit out the first two fixtures and left Roy Keane’s assistant Ian McParland to sweat it out in the dugout. After all, it was away to [...]
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Tags: Carling Cup · Championship · Derby · FA Cup · Ipswich · League Cup · Millwall · Norwich · Paul Jewell · Preston · Roy Keane · Sheffield Wednesday
The current vogue for getting rid of managers in the Championship continued this week with another two positions becoming vacant: somewhat surprisingly considering his appointment in June and the feeling that Crystal Palace would have been skating on thin ice this season even if Jose Mourinho was in charge at Selhurst Park, George Burley was [...]
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After just 20 months as manager at Ipswich Town, Roy Keane has been sacked following a run of nine games in which his team have lost seven.
The final straw for Keane appears to have been Monday’s 1-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest which has left the Suffolk club in 19th position in the Championship table.
This season [...]
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Tags: Carling Cup · Championship · FA Cup · Ipswich · Roy Keane · nPower
Two big stories in the nPower Championship this week: QPR lost for the first time on Friday and Gary Speed left Sheffield United.
As I wrote last week, it was a case of when rather than if QPR suffered their first defeat and they were comprehensively outplayed by Watford, who were 3-0 up before the hour [...]
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With a number of games already postponed and several more under threat at time of writing (Friday lunchtime), any further postponements in the next couple of weeks could have a dramatic impact on the various aspirations of clubs in the nPower Championship. We’re already approaching the busy Christmas and New Year period and so any [...]
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