Ex-Sheffield United, Sunderland, Wolves and Preston man sacked by League One club amid play-off desperation
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www.thestar.co.uk— Former Sheffield United man Neil Collins has been sacked by Barnsley despite having his side in the League One play-off places with just one game remaining. Saturday’s 3-2 defeat at Blackpool was a fourth in five games for Barnsley, who have only taken nine points from their last 11 games. The South Yorkshire side looked set for a place in the League One play-offs but now sit just one point above Lincoln City and Oxford United, in sixth and seventh respectively. The Tykes host 14th-placed...
www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk—Leeds United promotion-winner sacked by League One club with just one game remaining in season. Former Leeds United defender Neil Collins has been sacked as manager of Barnsley with just one game remaining and his side currently in the play-off places. Barnsley fell to a fourth defeat in five on Saturday after losing 3-2 at Blackpool, leaving them with just two win from their last 11 games. The Tykes were a certainty for the League One play-offs but now sit a point above Lincoln City and Oxford United, in sixth and seventh respectively. The South Yorkshire side host 14th-placed Northampton...
www.sunderlandecho.com—Transfer news: Ex-Sunderland man trials at Leeds United, Arsenal, Man United and Ipswich Town. Sunderland play Watford at Vicarage Road on Saturday in the Championship before taking on Sheffield Wednesday at the Stadium of Light the following week in their last game of the 2023-24 campaign. The Black Cats, who are currently under the stewardship of interim head coach Mike Dodds, lost 1-0 to Millwall at home last time out and have seen their season fizzle out with the play-offs out of reach whilst mathematically safe of the relegation places. Despite Sunderland’s dull end to the season,...
www.sunderlandecho.com—Reported Sunderland, West Brom and Southampton transfer target explains thoughts playing for League One club. Oxford’s Josh Murphy says Des Buckingham’s style of play has suited him perfectly - amid reports several Championship clubs are interested in the winger. Sunderland, West Brom and Southampton were among the teams credited with interest in the 29-year-old, with his contract at the Kassam Stadium set to expire this summer. Oxford, who are outside the League One play-off places on goal difference, appointed Buckingham as their head coach in November last year, with the 39-year-old signing a...