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Malay Mail
22-04-2025
- Sport
- Malay Mail
West Brom sack Tony Mowbray after Derby defeat crushes Premier League hopes
LONDON, April 22 — West Brom yesterday sacked manager Tony Mowbray after a 3-1 Championship defeat at home to relegation-threatened Derby all but ended their hopes of promotion to the Premier League. The loss left West Brom 10th in the second tier following five defeats in six games and the club confirmed Mowbray's departure hours after the final whistle, with assistant head coach Mark Venus also exiting. 'The club would like to place on record its thanks to Tony and Mark for their efforts—but has made the decision to part company following a series of poor results,' West Brom said in a statement. 'Tony and Mark will forever be welcome at The Hawthorns and their contributions to the club winning the 2007/08 Sky Bet Championship title will never be forgotten.' Former Middlesbrough and Blackburn Rovers boss Mowbray, 61, was reappointed as Albion head coach in January, almost 16 years after he left The Hawthorns for Celtic in June 2009 but results have been poor. James Morrison will take interim charge of the team, who are six points adrift of the top six with two games to play. Speaking after the game, Mowbray said he felt his team's poor run had dented their confidence. 'I feel disappointed for the fans and players, I've told them what I think is missing,' he said. 'They have to get together in the dressing room, root it out and turn up in the next two performances. 'I felt the team lacked a little bit of bravery and it was unlike us to lose the goals we did.' — AFP
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
West Brom sack head coach Mowbray
Tony Mowbray won the Championship with West Bromwich Albion in 2008 and led Blackburn Rovers to promotion from League One a decade later [Rex Features] West Bromwich Albion have sacked head coach Tony Mowbray after just three months of his second spell in charge. The 61-year-old was dismissed after Monday's 3-1 home defeat by relegation-threatened Derby County - a loss that all but ends the Baggies' hopes of making the Championship play-offs. Advertisement The former Blackburn Rovers and Middlesbrough boss was reappointed as Albion head coach in January, almost 16 years after he left The Hawthorns for Celtic in June 2009. He replaced Carlos Corberan who left the club to take over at Spanish top-flight side Valencia with the Baggies then sitting seventh in the table. But Mowbray has led the club to just five wins in his 18 games in charge and they are six points off the play-off spots in 10th place with two games to play. While the club can mathematically still make the top six, it would take a unlikely set of results for them to have a chance. Mowbray's assistant Mark Venus has also left, with former Albion midfielder James Morrison placed in interim charge, to be assisted by Damia Abella and Boaz Myhill. Advertisement "The club would like to place on record its thanks to Tony and Mark for their efforts – but has made the decision to part company following a series of poor results," a short Albion statement said. "Tony and Mark will forever be welcome at The Hawthorns and their contributions to the club winning the 2007-08 Championship title will never be forgotten." Mowbray, who led the Baggies to the Premier League 17 years ago, had returned to management for the first time since a health scare in February 2024. That led to him stepping away from his role in charge of Birmingham City to undergo treatment for what was later revealed to be bowel cancer. Advertisement He was unable to recreate the success he had in his first spell as Albion boss, when he steered West Brom to the Championship play-off final in his first season in charge although they were beaten by Derby County at Wembley. But a year later they won the title, having also reached the FA Cup semi-final where they lost to eventual winners Portsmouth. Relegation followed after one season in the top flight, after which Mowbray left in 2009 for Celtic Park. He had five more managerial stints, with his hometown club Middlesbrough, Coventry City, Blackburn, Sunderland and Birmingham before returning to The Hawthorns. Advertisement Mowbray's departure leaves the Baggies searching for their seventh permanent manager in less than six years. His predecessor Corberan's 26-month stint as boss was a rare example of the club keeping faith with a head coach. Slaven Bilic, who was in charge from June 2019 to December 2020, was the only other manager in that time to get at least a full season at the helm, during which he led the club to promotion back to the Premier League. After he was sacked, Sam Allardyce took control but was unable to keep Albion in the top flight as they finished in 19th place and he left that summer. Valerien Ismael took over but was gone by the following February to be replaced by Steve Bruce as the club ended their first season back in the Championship in 10th place. Advertisement Bruce lasted until October that year when Corberan came in and led the club to ninth place in his first season in charge. A fifth-placed finish followed last season, where the Baggies were beaten by Southampton in the play-off semi finals.
ITV News
21-04-2025
- Sport
- ITV News
Tony Mowbray sacked in his second spell as West Brom Head Coach
West Bromwich Albion Head Coach Tony Mowbray has been sacked in his second spell in charge at the club. The 61-year-old was dismissed after the Baggies' 3-1 home defeat to relegation-threatened Derby County. The loss pretty much ends the club's hopes of making the Championship play-offs. Mowbray returned to the Hawthorns in January, after Carlos Corberán announced he was leaving the club after a two-year stint, to return to Spain. "Tony and Mark will forever be welcome at The Hawthorns" In a statement the club said: "West Bromwich Albion have today parted company with Head Coach Tony Mowbray. "Assistant Head Coach Mark Venus has also departed the club. "The club would like to place on record its thanks to Tony and Mark for their efforts – but has made the decision to part company following a series of poor results. "Tony and Mark will forever be welcome at The Hawthorns and their contributions to the club winning the 2007/08 Sky Bet Championship title will never be forgotten. "Everyone at Albion wishes Tony and Mark all the very best in the future. "James Morrison will oversee first-team affairs on an interim basis, assisted by Damia Abella and Boaz Myhill. "The process of recruiting a new Head Coach is now under way". Mowbray took the club to promotion in 2008 the last time he was at the Hawthorns, before they got relegated. He's no stranger to managing other clubs in the Midlands, having previously coached Coventry City and Birmingham City.
New York Times
21-04-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Tony Mowbray sacked by West Brom after three months in charge
West Bromwich Albion have parted company with head coach Tony Mowbray. Mowbray, 61, was appointed head coach on a two-and-a-half-year deal on January 18 after Carlos Corberan departed The Hawthorns to join Valencia. After a run of poor results, including a 3-1 defeat at home to Derby County on Monday, he departs with the club in 10th, six points off the play-off positions with two league matches remaining. Advertisement Assistant coach Mark Venus has also left the club. First-team coach James Morrison, assisted by Damia Abella and Boaz Myhill, will take the remaining matches of the league season on an interim basis. The club said in a statement on the website: 'Tony and Mark will forever be welcome at The Hawthorns and their contributions to the club winning the 2007-08 Championship title will never be forgotten.' Mowbray, who won the Championship with West Brom in 2008, took the reins with the club sitting sixth, competing for a play-off position. West Brom remained in contention until mid-April when a poor stretch of results against teams around them sent them tumbling down the league table. West Brom were close to appointing Young Boys head coach Raphael Wicky before hiring Mowbray, but a deal collapsed due to complications with assembling Wicky's coaching staff. Mowbray was offered the job days later, his first since resigning from his post as Birmingham City manager in May 2024 as he underwent treatment for bowel cancer. Speaking after the defeat to Derby, Mowbray reflected on a result that all-but condemned West Brom to another season in the Championship. 'Obviously, it's a tough period for us,' he told BBC WM. 'I haven't seen anything since I've been here like the goals we conceded today from the set-plays. 'It's so unlike us. Two set-play goals from a hard-working, honest team. I thought we lacked courage today, didn't play enough forward passes, weren't brave enough on the ball.' Next season will be Albion's fourth successive in England's second tier, the longest period they have spent outside the top flight this century. Last season, they were beaten in the play-off semi-finals by eventual promotion-winners Southampton. ()
The National
21-04-2025
- Sport
- The National
Ex-Celtic manager Tony Mowbray sacked by West Brom
The 61-year-old was sacked after what the club deemed on X as a 'series of poor results'. West Brom currently sit 10th in the English Championship. They have won just one of their last eight games, a run consisting of defeats to the likes of Derby County, Coventry City, Bristol City, and Sunderland. Read more: Mowbray only took charge at The Hawthorns in January, returning to the dugout after winning his battle with bowel cancer. He has now parted ways with the club, however. A statement read: "West Bromwich Albion have today parted company with Head Coach Tony Mowbray. Assistant Head Coach Mark Venus has also departed the club. "The club would like to place on record its thanks to Tony and Mark for their efforts – but has made the decision to part company following a series of poor results. "Tony and Mark will forever be welcome at The Hawthorns and their contributions to the club winning the 2007/08 Sky Bet Championship title will never be forgotten. Everyone at Albion wishes Tony and Mark all the very best in the future. "James Morrison will oversee first-team affairs on an interim basis, assisted by Damia Abella and Boaz Myhill. "The process of recruiting a new Head Coach is now under way." Mowbray made 93 appearances for Celtic as a player before spending less than a year as manager in the 2009/10 season.
