Championship managers sacked as owners eye promotion
- Published: 28 Dec 2012 at 10.46
- Online news: World
Henning Berg, sacked by Blackburn after just 57 days, and Sean O'Driscoll, dismissed by Nottingham Forest just six months into his reign, became the latest managers to find that patience is a rare quality among chairmen chasing the dream of a lucrative place in the Premier League.
Henning Berg (L), pictured during his playing days in a friendly against Wales in Oslo May 27, 2004, became one of the latest managers to discover that patience is an increasingly rare quality among chairmen chasing the dream of a lucrative place in the Premier League.
Owen Coyle, booted out by Bolton in October after a slow start to the season, and Paul Jewell, fired by Ipswich with a relegation battle looming, had already been losers in the Championship's frantic game of managerial musical chairs.
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