QPR suspend Magilton

[Shaggy]

QPR have suspended manager Jim Magilton with immediate effect, pending an internal investigation.

More to follow.

[Joe King]

He had a fight with Buzsaky

[Marky]

Magilton head-butted Buzsaky apparently.

[Lee]

Super cunt

Magilton has wonderful accent. Obviously he pokes 40-a-day and drinks Sailor Jerrys with no lime

A proper cunt. What a dude

[dww]

Paul Hart named as new manager of QPR following Jim Magilton's exit

• Hart was sacked by Portsmouth less than a month ago
• Magilton's departure by 'mutual consent' confirmed last night

* Press Association
* guardian.co.uk, Thursday 17 December 2009 10.07 GMT


Paul Hart will have the former Luton manager Mick Harford as his assistant at Loftus Road. Photograph: Paul Gilham/Getty Images

Paul Hart has been named the new manager of Queens Park Rangers.

The 56-year-old is back in management less than a month after being sacked by Portsmouth and replaces Jim Magilton, whose controversial departure by "mutual consent" was confirmed late last night.

Magilton had already been suspended by the club in the wake of a post-match fracas with the midfielder Akos Buzsaky following the 3-1 defeat at Watford on 7 December.

Former Luton manager Mick Harford, who had a spell in caretaker charge of Rangers in 2007, will be Hart's assistant. Their first game in charge will be against Sheffield United at Loftus Road on Saturday.

"The club is pleased to confirm the arrival of Paul Hart as first team manager," read a statement on the QPR website. "Following discussions late last night after Jim Magilton's and John Gorman's departures, the appointment was concluded this morning.

"The club would like to place on record its thanks to Steve Gallen and Marc Bircham for their efforts while in caretaker charge."

Magilton strongly denied allegations that he had headbutted Buzsaky, but after the player issued an "either he goes or I go" ultimatum to chairman Flavio Briatore, the manager's time was up.

Hart's appointment means the Rangers managerial reins change hands for an incredible ninth time in just over two years since Briatore arrived at the club. Permanent managers John Gregory, Luigi De Canio, Iain Dowie, Paulo Sousa and Magilton have departed while Harford, Gareth Ainsworth (twice) and, in the last week, youth coaches Gallen and Bircham have all had spells as caretaker bosses.

Magilton was in charge for 23 games, Sousa lasted 26 and Dowie managed just 15.

Hart inherits a team lying 12th in the Championship, just three points off the play-off places, following a 2-2 draw at West Brom on Monday. The Hungary international Buzsaky, 27, did not feature at the Hawthorns, apparently due to a knee injury, and his future at the club remains unclear.

[Lee]

I like Hart - hope he does well at QPR. Though they're a joke club at the moment with the way they're getting through managers.