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BBC Johnson set to leave Bristol City
Bristol City manager Gary Johnson is set to leave his position at Ashton Gate by mutual consent on Thursday, BBC Radio Bristol understands.
Johnson, 54, has been in charge at Ashton Gate since September 2005, when the club were in League One.
City were promoted to the Championship in 2007 and lost to Hull City in the play-off final in 2008.
But they have won only twice in 12 league games and are currently within seven points of the relegation zone.
Johnson signed a five-year contract with the Robins in September 2008. news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/low/football/teams/b/bristol_city/8573494.stm
Mail Gary Johnson facing Bristol City sack amid allegations of an altercation with the players
Bristol City manager Gary Johnson is facing the sack after an alleged altercation with his players following Tuesday’s 3-2 defeat by Plymouth.
The City squad have been called to a meeting this morning to receive a briefing on the manager’s future, with his departure seeming inevitable.
Popular Johnson, 54, has turned the club from a struggling League One side into Championship promotion contenders over the past five years.
They reached the play-off final in 2008, losing to Hull, but this season have won two of their last 12 League games and are seven points off the drop zone.
City face Newcastle on Saturday and owner Steve Lansdown wants a quick change of fortune.
: www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1258727/Gary-Johnson-facing-Bristol-City-sack-amid-allegations-altercation-players.html#ixzz0iVrJZVNG
Bristol Evening Post
Johnson to leave Bristol City
Wednesday, March 17, 2010,
Gary Johnson is set to leave Bristol City tomorrow after more than four years as manager at Ashton Gate.
The 54-year-old has lost the confidence of his players, culminating in a half-time dressing room bust-up involving winger Ivan Sproule during the 3-2 defeat at Plymouth on Tuesday.
Johnson and chairman Steve Lansdown met tonight with the manager given the option to resign before he was sacked.
An club statement is expected tomorrow morning which will announce Johnson’s departure, probably by mutual consent.
City’s players have been asked to attend a meeting at Ashton Gate before training to officially receive the news.
Johnson took charge in 2005, won promotion in 2007 and City lost the Championship play-off final in 2008.
He signed a five-year deal in September 2008 and will leave with more than three years left on it, although not necessarily with the full balance of his contract.
The Londoner has faced heavy criticism from fans following 6-0 and 5-2 home defeats to Cardiff and Doncaster respectively this year.
But it appears the Plymouth incident was the final straw for Lansdown.
The players openly argued with the bench during Saturday’s 2-0 defeat at Reading and the discontent continued at Home Park.
Lansdown, the multi-millionaire co-founder of financial services company Hargreaves-Lansdown, is keen to bring World Cup football to a new stadium in Ashton Vale.
But for his club to lose Championship status would be highly embarrassing and damaging to his attempt to win the support of the Cup bid committee.
City are not yet safe from relegation, although they are seven points clear of the bottom three with nine games to go.
The Robins are set to be inundated with applications for the vacancy with assistant manager Keith Millen understood to be taking over as caretaker boss for Saturday’s game at home to leaders Newcastle United.
The man who denied City a place in the Premier League in the 2008 play-off final – Phil Brown – will have his supporters.
Brown was sacked by Hull City earlier in the week but he would appear to be a maverick choice.
Safer pairs of hands would be ex-West Ham chief Alan Curbishley – strongly rumoured as a replacement for some time – former Reading boss Steve Coppell and current Doncaster manager Sean O’Driscoll.
The former Bournemouth man masterminded Rovers’ 5-2 win at City earlier this month with a hugely impressive attacking display.
The softly-spoken O’Driscoll would have moved up to the Premier League last month but Burnley could not agree a compensation package with Doncaster.
Gary Megson has a track record for effective football but his Bristol Rovers connections could lead to fears of a repeat of Tony Pulis’ short-lived and acrimonious tenure at Ashton Gate.
If Lansdown wants to go for a young manager he could turn to Gareth Southgate. The former England defender was dismissed by Middlesbrough in August.
Another bright managerial prospect in the Johnson mould is current Exeter boss Paul Tisdale.
He has earned two promotions with the Grecians but it may be too soon for the former Robins player.
Millen has done the caretaker job before, when Brian Tinnion resigned in 2005.
Johnson’s departure leaves doubts over the Ashton Gate future of the rest of his coaching team, not least his brother and chief scout Pete Johnson.
www.thisisbristol.co.uk/bristolcity/news/Johnson-leave-Bristol-City/article-1921053-detail/article.html
BBC Johnson set to leave Bristol City
Bristol City manager Gary Johnson is set to leave his position at Ashton Gate by mutual consent on Thursday, BBC Radio Bristol understands.
Johnson, 54, has been in charge at Ashton Gate since September 2005, when the club were in League One.
City were promoted to the Championship in 2007 and lost to Hull City in the play-off final in 2008.
But they have won only twice in 12 league games and are currently within seven points of the relegation zone.
Johnson signed a five-year contract with the Robins in September 2008. news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/low/football/teams/b/bristol_city/8573494.stm
Mail Gary Johnson facing Bristol City sack amid allegations of an altercation with the players
Bristol City manager Gary Johnson is facing the sack after an alleged altercation with his players following Tuesday’s 3-2 defeat by Plymouth.
The City squad have been called to a meeting this morning to receive a briefing on the manager’s future, with his departure seeming inevitable.
Popular Johnson, 54, has turned the club from a struggling League One side into Championship promotion contenders over the past five years.
They reached the play-off final in 2008, losing to Hull, but this season have won two of their last 12 League games and are seven points off the drop zone.
City face Newcastle on Saturday and owner Steve Lansdown wants a quick change of fortune.
: www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1258727/Gary-Johnson-facing-Bristol-City-sack-amid-allegations-altercation-players.html#ixzz0iVrJZVNG
Bristol Evening Post
Johnson to leave Bristol City
Wednesday, March 17, 2010,
Gary Johnson is set to leave Bristol City tomorrow after more than four years as manager at Ashton Gate.
The 54-year-old has lost the confidence of his players, culminating in a half-time dressing room bust-up involving winger Ivan Sproule during the 3-2 defeat at Plymouth on Tuesday.
Johnson and chairman Steve Lansdown met tonight with the manager given the option to resign before he was sacked.
An club statement is expected tomorrow morning which will announce Johnson’s departure, probably by mutual consent.
City’s players have been asked to attend a meeting at Ashton Gate before training to officially receive the news.
Johnson took charge in 2005, won promotion in 2007 and City lost the Championship play-off final in 2008.
He signed a five-year deal in September 2008 and will leave with more than three years left on it, although not necessarily with the full balance of his contract.
The Londoner has faced heavy criticism from fans following 6-0 and 5-2 home defeats to Cardiff and Doncaster respectively this year.
But it appears the Plymouth incident was the final straw for Lansdown.
The players openly argued with the bench during Saturday’s 2-0 defeat at Reading and the discontent continued at Home Park.
Lansdown, the multi-millionaire co-founder of financial services company Hargreaves-Lansdown, is keen to bring World Cup football to a new stadium in Ashton Vale.
But for his club to lose Championship status would be highly embarrassing and damaging to his attempt to win the support of the Cup bid committee.
City are not yet safe from relegation, although they are seven points clear of the bottom three with nine games to go.
The Robins are set to be inundated with applications for the vacancy with assistant manager Keith Millen understood to be taking over as caretaker boss for Saturday’s game at home to leaders Newcastle United.
The man who denied City a place in the Premier League in the 2008 play-off final – Phil Brown – will have his supporters.
Brown was sacked by Hull City earlier in the week but he would appear to be a maverick choice.
Safer pairs of hands would be ex-West Ham chief Alan Curbishley – strongly rumoured as a replacement for some time – former Reading boss Steve Coppell and current Doncaster manager Sean O’Driscoll.
The former Bournemouth man masterminded Rovers’ 5-2 win at City earlier this month with a hugely impressive attacking display.
The softly-spoken O’Driscoll would have moved up to the Premier League last month but Burnley could not agree a compensation package with Doncaster.
Gary Megson has a track record for effective football but his Bristol Rovers connections could lead to fears of a repeat of Tony Pulis’ short-lived and acrimonious tenure at Ashton Gate.
If Lansdown wants to go for a young manager he could turn to Gareth Southgate. The former England defender was dismissed by Middlesbrough in August.
Another bright managerial prospect in the Johnson mould is current Exeter boss Paul Tisdale.
He has earned two promotions with the Grecians but it may be too soon for the former Robins player.
Millen has done the caretaker job before, when Brian Tinnion resigned in 2005.
Johnson’s departure leaves doubts over the Ashton Gate future of the rest of his coaching team, not least his brother and chief scout Pete Johnson.
www.thisisbristol.co.uk/bristolcity/news/Johnson-leave-Bristol-City/article-1921053-detail/article.html
