Yeovil Town part company with manager Russell Slade
Posted by Lefoot on February 16, 2009 - Football League 1, Transfers
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League one side Yeovil Town have announced that they have parted company with manager Russell Slade. The club gave no reason for the termination on its official website and has appointed Steve Thompson as their caretaker manager for the league game against local rivals Bristol Rovers tomorrow.
Slade arrived at Yeovil from Grimsby in the summer of 2006, and lead the Glovers to the League One playoff final in his first season at Huish Park. Yeovil beat Nottingham Forest en route to the final,turning around a 2-0 deficit from the first leg to win 5-4 on aggregate. They lost 2-0 in the final to Blackpool.
Yeovil are currently 16th in League One with 36 points, and have won their last four games. It is widely rumoured that Slade fell out with chairman John Fry over the unavailability of funds to bring in new players. Given Slade’s record at the club, it seems unlikely that Yeovil would have sacked him for performance issues.
In his 121 games in charge of Huish Park, Slade won 46, lost 46, and drew 29 games.
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