' Ex Cardiff City Manager Sacked ' As Welsh Club
Hartlepool have sacked manager Dave Jones
as Welsh club Newport County escape bottom two for now
Monday 24th April
Dave Jones managed just 13pts from 51pts for Hartlepool United.
Dave Jones axed by Hartlepool United with League 2 club in relegation zone after horror run
Former Wolves and Southampton boss won just four games out of 18 since being appointed at Victoria Park in January
The former Wolves and Southampton boss won just four games out of 18 since being appointed at Victoria Park in January when he replaced Craig Hignett.
Jones has left the club along with assistant Kevin Cooper and coach Alex Armstrong, with Pools second bottom of League Two.
They slipped into the relegation zone at the weekend with a horrendous 2-0 defeat to Barnet – and lost to already-relegated Leyton Orient the week before.
The former Wolves and Southampton boss won jut four games out of 18
Disgruntled fans let their feelings be known as they chanted in their numbers “Dave Jones, get out of our club.”
They are in real danger of being relegated to the National League with just two games to turn their season around.
Sky Sports presenter and club president Jeff Stelling quit in his post after the defeat, and delivered a scathing rant live on air calling for manager Dave Jones to go.
Fans were angrily chanting for him to be sacked after losing 2-0 to Barnet at the weekend
Stelling said: “We have lost at home, we’re in the relegation places, and it’s not personal Dave, but for God’s sake for the good of the club walk now.
“Go now. You’ve got 13 points from 51, this is not your level of football.
“(Finance director) Pam Duxbury, the chairman Gary Coxall, if he won’t walk, then sack him.
“If it means me resigning as president then I do so happily – do it now, do it today.”
And Stelling got his wish, with Jones leaving his post following a disastrous stint in charge, taking only 13 points from a possible 51.
Jones blasted Stelling for showing a lack of “respect” from his Sky Sports ivory towers as Hartlepool United’s president railed against the club’s manager.
Pools are in real danger of relegation to non-league for the first time in their history
He said before being axed: “It’s OK Jeff Stelling saying it in his comfy chair. He doesn’t know. He says you should play this person, that person, he doesn’t know the parameters of what goes on.
“So Jeff Stelling that’s fine for him to say; in fact it’s alack of respect for me. A lack of respect for me. Why should he say that? It’s a lack of respect.’’
Jones has been replaced for the final two games of the season internally, with defender Matthew Bates taking over alongside experienced skipper Billy Payner, and fitness coach Stuart Parnaby.
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