Sunderland sack Martin O'Neill

Sunderland confirm that they have sacked manager Martin O'Neill.

Published: March 30 2013 | 21:34

Last updated: March 30 2013 | 21:54

Sunderland have confirmed that they have tonight sacked manager Martin O'Neill.

The Black Cats have been on a poor run in the Premier League, failing to register a victory since beating Wigan Athletic 2-3 back on January 19.

That dismal sequence of results has seen the club slip to 16th in the Premier League table, just one point above the drop zone, with seven games remaining.

A club statement read: "Sunderland AFC has announced that it has parted company with manager Martin O'Neill this evening.

"The club would like to place on record its thanks to Martin and wishes him well for the future.

"An announcement will be made in the coming days regarding a successor."

O'Neill's side were beaten 1-0 by Manchester United at the Stadium of Light on Saturday afternoon.

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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