Just in: Celtic and Rangers’ Premiership rivals sack manager after catastrophic start to the season

September 22, 2024 Gbaior Gabriel Celtic, Rangers FC 0

Just in: Celtic and Rangers' Premiership rivals sack manager after catastrophic start to the season
Just in: Celtic and Rangers' Premiership rivals sack manager after catastrophic start to the season

Just in: Celtic and Rangers’ Premiership rivals sack manager after catastrophic start to the season

The former Rangers attacker has paid the price for his team’s poor run of results.

Hearts have sacked former Rangers attacker Steven Naismith after Saturday’s 2-1 defeat at St Mirren left the club bottom of the Premiership. Eight successive losses have cost Naismith his job just four months since he guided Hearts to third place and guaranteed league-stage football in Europe.

The Tynecastle board watched the reverse in Paisley as Richard Taylor and Toyosi Olusanya scored amid yet more substandard Hearts defending. Supporters turned on Naismith at one point during the second half, and those in charge have now relieved him of his duties after 17 months in charge.

Assistant coaches Frankie McAvoy and Gordon Forrest have also gone. All three saw had their contracts extended until 2026 only last month. However, directors have decided change is necessary to halt the on-field malaise.
A statement from Tynecastle Park read: “Heart of Midlothian Football Club has today parted company with Head Coach Steven Naismith and his assistants Gordon Forrest and Frankie McAvoy.

“Steven, Gordon and Frankie leave Hearts following a 17-month spell in the Tynecastle dugout as the club’s management team.”

The club’s chief executive explained that the decision was taken as “things are not working”. “I’d like to firstly thank Steven, Gordon and Frankie for all their efforts over the past year and a half. They worked tirelessly in their roles and without them we would not have enjoyed the successes of last season,” McKinlay told the Hearts website.

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