Neil Warnock sacked by Queens Park Rangers

Neil Warnock is sacked as manager of QPR after nearly two years in charge of the club.

By Jack Prescott, Rugby Editor

Published: January 8 2012 | 18:30

Last updated: January 9 2012 | 14:47

Neil Warnock has been sacked as manager of Queens Park Rangers.

The club are currently 17th in the Premier League table after a string of poor results.

"The Board's commitment to retaining our Premier League status ultimately led to this decision," read a club statement.

"QPR Assistant Manager Mick Jones and First Team Coach Keith Curle have also left the Club."

The 63-year-old joined the R's in 2010 after a spell with Crystal Palace.

Mark Hughes has been named as the early favourite to succeed Warnock at Loftus Road.

Click here for the full statement released by Rangers.

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Premier League Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Sheffield United Sheff Utd	16	10	4	2	21	9	12	32
2	Sunderland	15	9	4	2	25	11	14	31
3	Burnley	16	8	6	2	19	6	13	30
4	Leeds United Leeds	15	8	5	2	24	9	15	29
5	Middlesbrough	16	8	3	5	29	19	10	27
6	West Bromwich Albion West Brom	16	6	8	2	18	11	7	26
7	Watford	16	8	2	6	25	24	1	26
8	Millwall	15	6	5	4	18	13	5	23
9	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	15	6	4	5	19	17	2	22
10	Bristol City	16	5	7	4	20	20	0	22
11	Derby County Derby	16	5	5	6	20	20	0	20
12	Stoke City Stoke	16	5	5	6	19	20	-1	20
13	Norwich City Norwich	16	4	7	5	25	24	1	19
14	Swansea City Swansea	15	5	4	6	11	10	1	19
15	Sheffield Wednesday Sheff Weds	16	5	4	7	18	26	-8	19
16	Luton Town Luton	16	5	3	8	18	26	-8	18
17	Coventry City Coventry	16	4	5	7	22	23	-1	17
18	Oxford United Oxford Utd	16	4	5	7	19	24	-5	17
19	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth	16	4	5	7	17	28	-11	17
20	Preston North End Preston	16	3	7	6	16	24	-8	16
21	Cardiff City Cardiff	16	4	4	8	15	24	-9	16
22	Hull City	16	3	6	7	16	21	-5	15
23	Portsmouth	15	2	6	7	16	28	-12	12
24	Queens Park Rangers QPR	16	1	8	7	13	26	-13	11