Scunthorpe United have sacked manager Stuart McCall after just seven months in charge.
McCall took the reins in August after the dismissal of Nick Daws four games into the current campaign.
A run of five victories in six matches won McCall the League One Manager of the Month award for January and had the Iron in mid-table as they went into February, but just two wins since have seen them drop to eighteenth in the table within two points of the League One relegation places.
The fifty-four-year-old Scot’s final game in charge was a disappointing 3-1 defeat at fellow strugglers Rochdale on Saturday.
Scunthorpe said in a short statement on their website that first-team coach Andy Dawson will be in caretaker charge at Glanford Park for the rest of the season.
It was also noticeable that the brief statement lacked any thanks for McCall’s efforts and failed to wish him all the best for the future, comments that are the usual staple of such announcements.
Scunthorpe are one of thirteen teams involved in a fierce relegation battle in League One with four set to lose out and drop into League Two.
Fans of the Iron soon took to Twitter to react to the news, with most seemingly happy at the decision and citing a lack of tactical knowledge as the main weakness of McCall.
However, some directed their anger at chairman Peter Swann, with many questioning why Graham Alexander was sacked last season with only seven matches remaining after guiding the club into fifth in the table. Here is a selection of their responses.
He's been woeful. Seems like a good bloke but maybe it's time for him to take some time out.
— rkenny90 (@rkenny90) March 24, 2019
Anyone got graham Alexanders number?
— Jake maxwell (@Jakemax74353926) March 24, 2019
https://twitter.com/dleeman54/status/1109868990141292544
Hard because hes a nice enough guy but he got it completely wrong whilst here so 100% the right decision
— Brad Bailey (@bradbailey896) March 24, 2019
Not a fan of sacking managers with this long left in the season, but this was coming. Thank you for your efforts Mr McCall, now let's concentrate on staying up. #UTI
— Darren (@DaCo1974) March 24, 2019
I never like to see anyone lose their job
Poor tactical decisions by Stuart & some poor summer recruitment resulted in us not performing as a competitive unit & cost him his job
Let’s see out this dismal season, hopefully stay up, have better summer recruitment & go again #UTI
— Mark The Donny Iron (@markdonnyiron) March 24, 2019
https://twitter.com/mjames1986/status/1109918437080477696
Shouldn't av sacked Alexander..what a mess it's been since then..Shocking.
— Butcher Dave (@Uniteddave83) March 24, 2019
Should never have sacked Alexander. Relegation looming!! Get a grip before non league football becomes a reality!
— Rick (@RH08080808) March 24, 2019
Chairman brought in 9 players in January, we were doing well & well clear of the bottom, then we suddenly slumped drastically, something had to change as the football wasn't or the tactics. We have a chance to stay up. Sad but it couldn't go on.
— robert reczulski (@rreczulski) March 24, 2019
https://twitter.com/MrGribbles27/status/1109869291141324800
@profanityswan is moving up in the world.
— Mike Ryan (@mikeryan1980) March 24, 2019
https://twitter.com/Sulzerthrash/status/1109869780394217472
Could that be the shortest statement in history?! Straight to the point!
— Neil Grainger (@NeilGrainger73) March 24, 2019
https://twitter.com/CaptainBirdse10/status/1109935804632236032
https://twitter.com/LWR1959/status/1109876036911751169
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