RESULTS & FIXTURES
PREMIER LEAGUE MAN CITY (2) 3
Gabriel Jesus 10, 39 pen Coady og 78 WOLVES (0) 0 Att: 54,171
THIRD TEST, Johannesburg South Africa 262 (Markram 90) & 303 (De Kock 129) v Pakistan 185 (Olivier 5-51) & 273 (A Shafiq 65) Sth Africa bt Pakistan by 107 runs
AUSTRALIAN OPEN, Melbourne First Round Singles (selected results) Men: (2) R Nadal (Spa) bt J Duckworth (Aus) 6-4 6-3 7-5, D Evans (Gbr) bt T Ito (Jpn) 7-5 6-1 7-6, T Berdych (Cze) bt (13)K Edmund (Gbr) 6-3 6-0 7-5, T Fritz (Usa) bt C Norrie (Gbr) 6-3 7-6 6-2, (22) R Bautista-Agut (Spa) bt A Murray (Gbr) 6-4 6-4 6-7 6-7 6-2, (3) R Federer (Sui) bt D Istomin (Uzb) 6-3 6-4 6-4 Women: K Boulter (Gbr) bt E Makarova (Rus) 6-0 4-6 7-6, (31)
P Martic (Cro) bt H Watson (Gbr) 6-1 6-2, (30) M Sharapova (Rus) bt H Dart (Gbr) 6-0 6-0
DAFABET MASTERS, Alexandra Palace, London First Round: R O’Sullivan (Eng) bt S Bingham (Eng) 6-2, J Ding (Chn) bt J Lisowski (Eng) 6-1
(7.45pm unless stated) Emirates FA Cup Third-Round Replays Blackburn v Newcastle Luton v Sheff Wed
Stoke v Shrewsbury (8)
Sky Bet League Two
Mansfield v Crawley
Vanarama National
Maidstone Utd v Maidenhead Utd
Second ODI, Adelaide Australia v India (3.20am) Tour match, Barbados (day 1 of 3): West Indies Board XI v England XI (2pm) DAVID WAGNER was ousted as Huddersfield boss after admitting he was burned out by the grind of losing games.
He told chairman Dean Hoyle – who said he would never sack him – that he wanted out at the end of this season, admitting being bottom of the Premier League was “anything but a joyride”.
But after detailed and emotional talks both men agreed to cut their losses and make a change.
Wagner, 47, is the first Premier League managerial casualty of the year, with the Terriers bottom after claiming just a point since December 1 – a run which included a nine-game losing streak.
Wagner departs with Hoyle saying he will forever be a Huddersfield great, up there with Herbert Chapman, having led the club to its highest position in 50 years. The German’s three-year, threemonth reign was founded on a “no-limits” philosophy.
Wagner galvanised players and a whole town with his charismatic, energetic passion.
But it was evident recently that the fizz of the upstart who led the Terriers to an unlikely promotion to the top flight through a Wembley play off (right), despite a negative goal difference, had gone flat.
Wagner took over when Huddersfield had the second lowest turnover in the Championship and left with them earning £120million a season in the top flight.
He worked another miracle last term, keeping Town out of the relegation zone, G Championship 79 Premier League 60 FA Cup 11 League Cup 4 Total 154
Iain Dowie David Wagner Phil Brown Mick McCarthy Dave Bassett John Deehan Gary Megson Steve Kean Neil Warnock Gus Poyet
G 59 60 67 138 142 58 139 59 96 60
despite his side failing to score in an astonishing 21 games.
Tot up the stats of his 60 games as a Premier League boss and scoring goals was the problem. No goals in 31 of those games is the worst record in the league’s history.
Wagner said after Saturday’s goalless draw with Cardiff that if he was to leave the club it would be his decision, hinting an exit was on the agenda. He
said: “I am under pressure. I am not just responsible for the time before the last six weeks. I am responsible for the last six weeks, when we haven’t won a football match or got a point.”
Hoyle is now searching for a new boss who will accept a seemingly impossible mission – make up an eight-point gap to safety with a squad who have scored three goals in their last eight games and face Manchester City next. And Hoyle was warm in his tribute and said: “Under David’s stewardship, we’ve achieved things on the football pitch that surpass anything in modern memory, and that have gone well beyond my
PW 35 11 4 1 51
W 10 11 13 27 28 12 30 13 22 14 D 15 15 3 0 33
D 17 15 20 28 50 24 38 14 23 21
LFL 29 34 4 3 70
L 32 34 34 83 64 22 71 32 51 25
AGF 100 41 20 3 164
GF 57 41 66 127 141 63 137 72 88 59 GA W% 106 44.3% 95 18.3% 18 36.4% 6 25.0% 225 33.1%
GA 94 95 125 241 210 82 218 110 156 87
W% 16.9 18.3 19.4 19.6 19.7 20.7 21.6 22 22.9 23.3
wildest expectations chairman and as a fan.
“His achievements will rightly put him up there in Huddersfield history alongside great names like Herbert Chapman and Mick Buxton – legendary managers who changed the face of this club.
“As I had said previously, I had no intention of sacking David this season.
“Subsequently, David – being the great man he is – came to us and made it clear that he needs a break from the rigours of football management.
“We discussed making that change immediately, but he also made it clear he would give his all for the rest of this season before departing in the summer if we preferred. But we’ve kept discussions open and we all now feel that the time is right to part ways.”
Coach Mark Hudson has been put in temporary charge.
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