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English Premier News :: Portsmouth manager Tony Adams sacked

Posted on 2009-02-09 by Gooner

Tony Adams' brief and fraught tenure as Portsmouth's manager ended abruptly last night as the former England centre-half was sacked less than four months into a two-and-a-half-year contract at Fratton Park.

Youth coach Paul Hart due to take over on a caretaker basis while the struggling Premier League club search for a successor.

Defeat by Liverpool on Saturday condemned Portsmouth to a fourth consecutive loss in all competitions and a ninth league game without a win.

That sequence has seen the club plummet from mid-table to within a point of the relegation zone and spelled the end for the 42-year-old Adams, who stepped up in place of Harry ­Redknapp after his defection to Tottenham Hotspur in October.

The Portsmouth executive chairman, Peter Storrie, had remained largely supportive of Adams through their miserable run, saying only last week that, while he and the club's owner, Alexandre Gaydamak, were "concerned" at recent results, it was "important we all pull together and get behind Tony and the team".

A week later, and after another defeat left Adams saddled with a record of two league wins in 16 games in charge, the club's hierarchy determined that action had to be taken to alleviate the slump.

Sourced From : Guardian Website

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