EFL Season 2025/26 Soccer

[Power Ant]

What has happened to Norwich this season?

Norwich City have sacked head coach Liam Manning following a seventh successive home defeat, which has left them second bottom of the Championship.

The 40-year-old was appointed in June, having guided Bristol City to the play-offs last season, but lasted just 17 games.

His final match in charge was Saturday's 2-1 loss against Leicester City. They have not won in 11 and have lost eight in a row at home in league and cup.

"We have tried absolutely everything possible to work through this incredibly challenging period but, unfortunately, given the recent run of results and performances, we have been left with no choice other than to make a change at this stage," said sporting director Ben Knapper.

"Liam and his staff worked tirelessly to move our football club forward. They are all fundamentally good people and we wish them the very best in whatever comes next."

 

[Best]

Another manager sacked today. Swansea City manager Alan Sheehan has been sacked, the club have confirmed. The Irishman has presided over the South Wales club's worst start to a campaign since they were relegated from the Premier League in 2018. They sit 18th in the Championship after winning just one of their last seven league games.

 

[Dylan]

Rob Edwards is set to leave Middlesbrough and be appointed Wolverhampton Wanderers head coach on a three-and-a-half-year deal.

There is club-to-club agreement over a compensation fee of around £3million for the 42-year-old, whose existing Middlesbrough deal was due to run through to 2028, with discussions now ongoing over the make-up of Edwards' new coaching team.

Massive blow for Middlesbrough.

 

[David76]

Rumours about Steven Gerrard for Middlesboro, and Norwich have interviewed Gary O'Neil, Will Still and Jon Dahl Tomasson for the vacant position.

 

[Bingo]

Rumours about Steven Gerrard for Middlesboro, and Norwich have interviewed Gary O'Neil, Will Still and Jon Dahl Tomasson for the vacant position.

Surprised no-one has mentioned Wayne Rooney

 

[Strawberry Man]

I didn't realise Rob Edwards was an ex-Wolves player.

He might have been better off staying at Middlesboro and fighting for promotion because Wolves looked doomed.

 

[Best]

Norwich City have announced the appointment of Philippe Clement as their new head coach on a contract that runs until 2029

 

[Best]

Middlesbrough have announced the appointment of new boss Kim Hellberg to replace Rob Edwards, while Swansea have brought in Vitor Matos as their new head coach.

 

[Black Sheep]

The administrators running Sheffield Wednesday have received an extraordinary enquiry from the owners of Sheffield United, asking about a possible deal to merge the two rival clubs.

Wednesday is currently up for sale, with an asking price believed to be in excess of £30m, after previous owner Dejphon Chansiri put the club into administration at the end of last month, incurring an automatic 12-point deduction in the Championship.

It is possible the enquiry was a spoof, but there has so far been no comment from COH Sports when they were contacted for clarification.

Furthermore, it has been made clear that neither the EFL nor the new Football Regulator would allow such a merger to happen.

Sheffield Wednesday receive email from Sheff United over possible merge between the two clubs

Sky Sports News Rob Dorsett explains the seismic suggestion of an email from Sheffield United owners asking Sheffield Wednesday about a potential merge between the two clubs.

www.skysports.com

WTF. Sheffield United owners either are not familiar with the history of the two clubs or are doing a strange PR stunt, surely? Has any merger between two English clubs of this size and especially local rivals, ever successfully happened before?

 

[Bingo]

Southampton have announced Tonda Eckert as their new permanent First Team Head Coach, signing a contract until 2027.

He probably deserves a chance. He has had a good run, winning four of their five games since taking charge on an interim basis at the start of November.