Iain Dowie has been sacked as manager of Coca-Cola Championship strugglers Coventry, the club announced today.
The Sky Blues lie 19th in the table, four points above the relegation zone, following the 1-0 defeat at Preston on Saturday - their fifth loss in six league games.
Assistant manager Tim Flowers and Bob Dowie, another member of the backroom staff, have also left the Ricoh Arena, with Frankie Bunn and John Harbin placed in charge of team affairs for tomorrow's league clash at home to Cardiff.
A statement on Coventry's official website said: "Iain Dowie, Tim Flowers and Bob Dowie have been relieved of their duties with immediate effect."
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Expect a 'head held high, fantastic players' speech from Dowie in about 4 hours.
looks like the side of a bus an all...
lol. brilliant
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha - what a way to start a monday!
unlucky Iain, onwards and upwards eh?
But please, please, please someone take the Irish job before he starts up a powerpoint presentation about it.
"Inspiring the Irish"?
For a team going through administration etc, that doesn't look a sackable record to me.
Never mind Iain, its cricket and bbq season soon :)
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Southampton are ready to re-appoint former manager Iain Dowie after his sacking as Coventry boss. (Mirror)
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Dowie sacked for being 'out of date'
Coventry City chairman Ray Ranson has revealed he sacked Iain Dowie because of his lack of faith in the manager's old-fashioned methods. Dowie was axed with the Sky Blues just four points off the Championship relegation zone and Ranson said: "We did not share the same ideals and I felt that to move forward towards a more progressive and modern way of operating, I would need a different style of first-team management."
haha...
Thats quite sharp Salad....