Palace sacks Warnock after dismal run
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ENGLISH Premier League struggler Crystal Palace ended manager Neil Warnock’s brief second spell in charge yesterday following a dismal run of one win in 12 games, the club said.
A 1-3 home defeat by Southampton on Friday left Palace in the relegation zone, third from bottom on 15 points from 18 games. Warnock, appointed in August, is the first Premier League manager to lose his job this season.
“Crystal Palace Football Club can today confirm that Neil Warnock has been relieved of his duties and is no longer first-team manager,” Palace said on its website. “The club would like to put on record its thanks to Neil for all his hard work and energy over the past four months.”
The London club has lost three and drawn three of its last six games, the team’s last win coming against Liverpool on November 23. Palace makes the trip across London to face Queens Park Rangers today with Keith Millen taking charge as caretaker manager.
The Palace board will be keen to make a swift appointment given the transfer window is days away from reopening.
Former Tottenham manager Tim Sherwood and Tony Popovic are already standout candidates to replace Warnock, with the latter having last month led Western Sydney Wanderers to the Asian Champions League.
Warnock, 66, returned to Selhurst Park after Tony Pulis, who had steered the team to an 11th-place finish against the odds last season, departed two days before the start of the current campaign.
Warnock left Palace in 2010 after it went into administration, joining QPR and taking it into the Premier League before being sacked eight months later, in January 2012.
The following month he was appointed manager of Leeds United, only to be fired just over a year later.
Warnock has managed 13 clubs, starting in non-League football almost 35 years ago.
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