Tuesday, 1st June, 2010
STRACHAN GIVEN THE BOOT
Sky Sports News can announce that Middlesbrough Football Club have parted company with manager Gordon Strachan after only 7 months in charge. The news came after the side could only manage an 11th place finish in the Coca-Cola Championship, despite being tipped to go straight back up at the beginning of the season. His dismissal was announced earlier on this morning and the club are already searching for a replacement. The bookies and media are throwing several names out there, including Paul Lambert, Jimmy Calderwood, Steve Coppell, and there has even been mention of a possible return to the club for Gareth Southgate.
Strachan joined Middlesbrough in October of last year, after the surprise sacking of Gareth Southgate, when the club were sat in 4th position in the league, however, things got progressively worse for them as Strachan picked up only 3 wins in his first 16 league games in charge. Fans were calling for his head, even at this early stage, but it was clear that Middlesbrough would remain in this division next season, so he was kept on until the climax. But he didn't do near enough to convince chairman, Steve Gibson, that he was the man to lead them back into the top flight.
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Friday, 4th June, 2010
SOUTHGATE THE FANS FAVOURITE
A Sky Sports poll that has been running since 8.00am on Wednesday has now closed, fans of nearly every club have had a say, thanks for all the votes as to who you would like to see as the next Boro boss. Here are the results:
Gareth Southgate
█████████ 74%
Steve Coppell
██ 11%
██ 11%
Jimmy Calderwood
██ 10%
██ 10%
Paul Lambert
█ 5%
█ 5%
Chairman, Steve Gibson has announced that a decision will be made over the next few days. Keep up to date with all the news here at Sky Sports.
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Monday, 7th June, 2010
SOUTHGATE RETURNS TO THE RIVERSIDE
Gareth Southgate is the new manager of Middlesbrough, returning to the club after being sacked just 8 months ago. Southgate looked the favourite for the job from day 1 after Gordon Strachan was sacked last Tuesday. Chairman, Steve Gibson admitted that he regretted the decision to let him go in the first place and that he takes a certain degree of the responsibility for the clubs failure last season. The 39 year old was a big hit with the fans in his playing days, making over 200 appearances for Boro after a move from Aston Villa in 2001. The defender also won 57 caps for England. After being asked what his long term goal was at the club, his response, "Regular European football at the Riverside, after reaching the final in 2006, I firmly believe that this club can achieve anything."
---------- Post added at 05:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:28 PM ----------
Could someone please link me to a 2010/11 kit pack for the football league?
Cheers.
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