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BBC News
21-05-2025
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Burton make Tavares' move from Coventry permanent
Fabio Tavares has left Coventry City to join Burton Albion on a one-year deal after the Portuguese forward ended the season on loan at the League One 24-year-old scored two goals and made nine of his 10 appearances off the bench for the Brewers during an injury-hit initial stay at the Pirelli hurt his hamstring after scoring in a 3-1 defeat by Bristol Rovers in mid-February, which kept him out for eight games, but he did come back to help the east Staffordshire side in their battle to avoid his impact was limited by the injury, Burton boss Gary Bowyer described Tavares as "a wonderful lad with great character"."He's one of the best finishers at the football club and I'm really excited to be working with him next season," Bowyer told the club website., external Tavares scored as many league goals for Burton in four months than he managed for Coventry in the four years he was with the Sky Blues, where he was soon to be out of initially joined their development squad in February 2021 from Rochdale, who were a League One club at the made 30 Coventry appearances in all competitions, but started just one league game for them with his 21 other Championship appearances coming as a substitute.
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21-05-2025
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Who next for Dundee?
Who next for Dundee following the shock sacking of Tony Docherty?Will they go for a safe pair of hands? Will they go for an up-and-coming young manager? Or will they go leftfield?The club have plumped for the latter option a few times over the two appointments prior to Tony Docherty's arrival – Mark McGhee and Gary Bowyer – ticked the leftfield if you go a bit further back you can add the likes of John Brown and Ivano Bonetti to that will be intriguing to see what kind of road John Nelms and co opt to go is for sure is that whoever is recruited will have to hit the ground decision to move Docherty on will be viewed as harsh by some. Having built a squad from scratch he overachieved in his first season at the while things didn't go as planned this time round there are some mitigating circumstances, with crippling injuries near the top of that an appointment is made, the new manager will become the fifth person to occupy the Dundee hotseat in just three years - after James McPake, McGhee, Bowyer and Docherty.A high turnover of managers is rarely conducive to steady progress on the in the dugout will surely be key to the club's owners being able to preside over the period of on-field success they so clearly desire.
BBC News
20-05-2025
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Familiar feeling to Docherty dismissal - but what do numbers say?
In the wake of the shock news of Tony Docherty's Dundee dismissal, it is important to remember that some ruthless decisions can turn out to be harsh but time will be the real measure of that for the Dens Park board, but there is evidence to suggest they could be proven right in their brutal call to sack Docherty and his staff on the morning after they secured the club's top-flight there is a sense of familiarity about it years ago, Gary Bowyer left Dundee just five days after guiding the club to promotion back to the Scottish was ultimately the beneficiary, and nobody was thinking about Bowyer when the former Kilmarnock assistant led the team team to a top-six finish in his first year in gaining just one point fewer than they did last term, this season has been a struggle, requiring a final-day win at St Johnstone to avoid the relegation the statement announcing Docherty's departure, the club said results "have not met the standards expected" by the what do the numbers say?They show Dundee conceded a whopping 77 league goals, by far the most in this season's fact, across both Docherty's campaigns in charge, the team shipped an eye-watering 145 to his backline impacted the ex-Aberdeen coach at times, but he was simply unable to address glaring defensive issues across a two-year was always a sense that if Docherty could plug those holes, he would have a serious team on his hands, particularly this dynamic attack were frequently a pleasure to watch, with the team scoring the fourth most goals - 57 - in the league this term and standout striker Simon Murray netting back-to-back games at city rivals Dundee United and at home to Rangers in March, the Dark Blues scored seven. But they also conceded a chaotic draw with Celtic in January, they had the champions completely rattled for large spells and put three goals past them. But they also shipped side were box office. But that was their undoing. Too often they were entertaining the neutral fan and not their the 54-year-old's tenure, Dundee dropped a staggering 53 points from winning positions. There were also just four clean sheets this season and a total of 19 defeats, lower than only relegated St manager would lament inexperience and naivety, but at some stage those trends have to risk in dispensing with Docherty is that coaching a team to create and score is regarded as the hard part, and there is no guarantee the next guy will be as good at sticking with Docherty and trusting him to eventually troubleshoot the defence might turn out to be a 'what if?' for the Dundee they have clearly seen enough to feel someone else can fulfil the squad's potential.
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20-05-2025
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Sweeney leaves Burton for Mansfield return
Mansfield Town have re-signed Ryan Sweeney on a two-year deal after the defender turned down the offer of a new contract at Burton 28-year-old captained the Brewers in their latest League One relegation escape act, and was described by Burton boss Gary Bowyer as "a warrior with a capital W" for a goal-saving effort that saw him taken to hospital after a decisive victory against Leyton Orient in early was among a number of players who were negotiating new deals to remain at the Pirelli Stadium beyond the has, however, opted to leave the east Staffordshire side, after two seasons in which they battled to avoid the drop, and re-join Mansfield for a third first moved to the One Call Stadium on loan from Bristol Rovers in the summer of 2018 before making his move permanent in January 2019. He made more than 120 appearances for Mansfield before joining Dundee, a side he helped to promotion to the Scottish Premiership before returning to English football with Burton in 2023."I think I'm coming back a more well-rounded player," Sweeney told Mansfield's website., external"I joined here [originally] in my early 20s and you're still trying to find your feet in the game. I've gone away and experienced some incredible things."
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13-05-2025
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Burton reward key players with contract offers
Burton Albion have moved to reward key personnel who helped preserve their League One status by offering new deals to seven out-of-contract players. The Brewers secured their third-tier survival after a win against Cambridge United and a draw with Wigan in the closing weeks of the season. Those crucial four points ensured manager Gary Bowyer's side could not be caught despite a final-day defeat at Charlton. Now goalkeeper Max Crocombe, defender Ryan Sweeney, forward Jón Dadi Bödvarsson and key midfielder Kegs Chauke are all in negotiations over new terms. Defender Finn Delp, Fabio Tavares and Kamil Dudek have also been offered deals. Meanwhile, development players Josh Taroni and Jack Newall have been promoted to the first-team squad. And six players have been released with Anthony Forde, Mason Bennett, Jack Stretton, Cameron Gilbert, Toby Oakes and Dylan Scott all parting company with the club.
