Ferguson sacked!!!

[Assassin]

FERGUSON SACKED











Preston have terminated the contract of manager Darren Ferguson in a bid to retain their Championship status.

The 38-year-old son of Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson arrived at Deepdale in January this year having impressed at Peterborough.

He has been unable to turn North End into promotion challengers, though, and leaves them rooted to the bottom of the table, five points adrift of safety.

Preston confirmed Ferguson's sacking in a statement that read: "At a board meeting held today the directors of Preston North End decided to terminate the position of Darren Ferguson as manager.

"The club expressed their appreciation of the efforts made by Darren but felt that the league position represented a significant threat to the club and it was felt that a change of manager might bring better fortune."


The Whites have picked up just five wins out of 22 outings so far this campaign and ended the year with a home defeat at the hands of Middlesbrough on Tuesday.

Ferguson had expressed his belief earlier today that his team were capable of beating the drop with him at the helm, but the club's hierarchy took a different view.

The announcement means Ferguson has been sacked twice in his short managerial career so far, having surprisingly lost his job at Posh in November 2009.

That was after he guided the club to two successive promotions from League Two into the Championship.

Ferguson's Preston finished 17th last term, but his successor faces an uphill task in reaching that feat this time out.

[IN_RAFA_WE_TRUST]

Let's hope there is one more tonight.

[Molby]

**** him...

[refugee]

He's better than Roy

[S-RED]

I'm better than WOY............

[IN_RAFA_WE_TRUST]

This came up on my twitter screen

Ian_Ladyman_DM Ian Ladyman
by HayleyMcQueen
alex ferguson recalls 3 players from loan at preston. his son has just been sacked from that club. what a co-incidence. #mufc

[Shaggy]

He's such a sour cunt

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/dec/30/sir-alex-ferguson-darren-preston

Miffed Sir Alex Ferguson recalls two United players from Preston
• Scot reacts after his son's sacking as North End manager
• Moves also afoot to end Matty James' season-long loan


Daniel Taylor
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 30 December 2010 17.08 GMT
Article history

Sir Alex Ferguson has reacted to the sacking of his son Darren by Preston North End by recalling two of the Manchester United players who had been on loan at the club and starting a potential legal battle to make sure a third cannot play for them again.

Preston began their search for a new manager yesterday, with the club's chairman, Maurice Lindsay, praising Ferguson Jr for the "very dignified" manner in which he had accepted the news, but the United manager has reacted swiftly.

Ferguson has recalled the defender Ritchie de Laet and the striker Joshua King and has also made it clear he wants Matty James to return to Old Trafford. Both deals were not due to expire until after the Bank Holiday double-header against Derby County and Crystal Palace.

"This has come as a shock to us and a bit of a blow," the Preston chairman, Maurice Lindsay, said today. "Ritchie de Laet and Joshua King won't be available for Saturday's game [against Derby] because we got a message from Manchester United this morning to inform us that they had been summoned back immediately and, under the terms of the agreement, they can do that.

"It's a big blow for us. These are two players, young and enthusiastic, who seemed to be enjoying it at Preston, so to be told by their parent club that they can't play for us again really is sad indeed."

Darren Ferguson had won only 13 out of 49 games but his father is close friends with Preston's majority shareholder, Trevor Hemmings, through their shared love of horse racing, and is said by insiders at Old Trafford to be "furious" about the sacking.

De Laet and King were due to play against Derby County and Crystal Palace, whereas the 19-year-old James is on a season-long loan at Deepdale, where he has become an integral part of the team. All three have informed Preston they would rather stay. Instead, Ferguson has ordered them back despite being aware Preston's future is at risk if they are relegated.

"It's unfortunate [with De Laet and King] but we recognise Manchester United's legal right and have to respect that," Lindsay said. "They have also suggested they would like Matty James back as well but it's a bit different legally and I will have to speak with David Unsworth [the caretaker manager] first. David being the tough, effervescent, confident character he is, he will deal with it."

Ferguson was sacked with Preston bottom of the Championship, five points adrift of safety.

Lindsay added: "I was hoping this would never occur but when we're approaching the new year bottom of the league and with the future of the club itself in serious jeopardy if we are relegated, there clearly had to be some soul-searching and we had to tell Darren that for the sake of the club we needed a new manager. I went to his house for the sad task of talking to him and he was very dignified."

[Neil Young]

What a vile man Old Ferguson is. A complete b*st*rd.

[spud_gun]

Comes as no surprise - both the sacking and the recalls.

[BillobShaisley]

I was on the way back to work from lunch today and considering if i still hated Man U to the same extent as in the past. Chelsea and Man City have overtaken them in the loadsamoney stakes, Nevilles, Keane, Butt etc aren't playing (I always had a soft spot for Giggs and Scholes) and I was struggling to remember the last Slur Alex act of petulance and wondering if he was mellowing in his old age. So it's satisfying to know that the universe throws this at me in my hour of doubt and put all of that silliness out of my mind.

There must be a god!

[-V-]

So typical of the cunt

[Drago]

in fairness id do the same if they sacked my son. lets be honest they were only there cause he was