Sheffield Wednesday sack Gary Megson

Sheffield Wednesday sack manager Gary Megson after a year in charge at Hillsbrough.

By Jack Prescott, Rugby Editor | 29 February 2012

Sheffield Wednesday have sacked manager Gary Megson.

The 52-year-old took charge of the Owls a year ago following a spell with Bolton Wanderers.

Wednesday are currently third in the League One table after a 1-0 win over local rivals Sheffield United on Sunday.

"This was a very difficult decision but one that has been taken with the best interests of Sheffield Wednesday at heart," chairman Milan Mandaric said in a statement.

"We have 13 games to go of what is a critical season for our club and this decision has been taken because I believe we have a better chance of achieving our key aim of promotion by making the change.

"I fully understand this may not be the most popular decision amongst our supporters but I ask them to trust me, as they have done so whole-heartedly during the time I have been at the club."

Former Cardiff City boss Dave Jones has emerged as the early favourite to succeed Megson at the club.

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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Leicester City Leicester	46	31	4	11	89	41	48	97
P	Ipswich Town Ipswich	46	28	12	6	92	57	35	96
3	Leeds United Leeds	46	27	9	10	81	43	38	90
4	Southampton	46	26	9	11	87	63	24	87
5	West Bromwich Albion West Brom	46	21	12	13	70	47	23	75
6	Norwich City Norwich	46	21	10	15	79	64	15	73
7	Hull City	46	19	13	14	68	60	8	70
8	Middlesbrough	46	20	9	17	71	62	9	69
9	Coventry City Coventry	46	17	13	16	70	59	11	64
10	Preston North End Preston	46	18	9	19	56	67	-11	63
11	Bristol City	46	17	11	18	53	51	2	62
12	Cardiff City Cardiff	46	19	5	22	53	70	-17	62
13	Millwall	46	16	11	19	45	55	-10	59
14	Swansea City Swansea	46	15	12	19	59	65	-6	57
15	Watford	46	13	17	16	61	61	0	56
16	Sunderland	46	16	8	22	52	54	-2	56
17	Stoke City Stoke	46	15	11	20	49	60	-11	56
18	Queens Park Rangers QPR	46	15	11	20	47	58	-11	56
19	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	46	14	11	21	60	74	-14	53
20	Sheffield Wednesday Sheff Weds	46	15	8	23	44	68	-24	53
21	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth	46	13	12	21	59	70	-11	51
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R	Huddersfield Town Huddersfield	46	9	18	19	48	77	-29	45
R	Rotherham United Rotherham	46	5	12	29	37	89	-52	27