Phil Brown sacked by Preston.

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Apparently his position had become untannable

[Daniel 7]

Haha!

He was linked with Aberdeen before Preston - I'd like to see him there. Anything has to be better than Granpaw Broon.

[BobTheCharmer]

5 points from a playoff place, less than a year in the job, a week after the risdale circus comes to town. ****ing joke. not his biggest fan by any means but the constant sacking of managers in leagues that are so tight is madness.

[RichC]

Brown might have dodged a bullet with Risdale there, only one way that club is going to go with him there

[Neil Young]

Apparently his position had become untannable

[ChesterDave]

5 points from a playoff place, less than a year in the job, a week after the risdale circus comes to town. ****ing joke. not his biggest fan by any means but the constant sacking of managers in leagues that are so tight is madness.

Something like 2 league wins in the last 10 weeks doesnt help his case. I'm surprised he lasted this long. End of September they were 2 points off the lead with 2 games in hand.

Edit: 1 win in the last 10 league games - 5 points from 30.

[BobTheCharmer]

Something like 2 league wins in the last 10 weeks doesnt help his case. I'm surprised he lasted this long. End of September they were 2 points off the lead with 2 games in hand.

true, but in those leagues, where there's little between the teams, a few wins and you're back up there. what exactly are they aiming for when they have **** all money? anyway, paul ince to get the job.

[topscorer]

Apparently his position had become untannable

Just heard that joke on Radio 5 . Are they reading this website or you didn't make the joke up yourself.

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Phil Brown has confirmed to Sky Sports that he is in talks with Hartlepool United about taking charge at Victoria Park.

Brown has been out of work for almost 12-months after leaving Preston North End in December last year.

Now Brown admits he is ready to drop down into League One in order to 'prove himself' again and the chance to link-up with Hartlepool - where he began his footballing career and played over 200 games - holds huge appeal.

"I have spoken to a number of football clubs during my time out since Preston and I have had one or two very good offers, but it doesn't matter where you are in life you have to consider your own situation," he told Sky Sports News Radio.

"What I have looked at in the main is the amount of Championship clubs that become available and I have not really been considered for them so I think the time is right to maybe prove myself again and go back down a division and grab a hold of a challenge, get my hands dirty as a coach or a manager and try and run a football club to the best of my ability to show people I am not scared of a challenge such as a Hartlepool United.

"It is a former club of mine and I have spoken to them on two, maybe three occasions and we will see what this week brings.

"I don't think you can ever be under any illusions when you're a new manager going into a club, invariably you will inherit a problem otherwise there would not be a vacancy and that is the case at Hartlepool United and I am under no illusions and I am not kidding myself or anyone else."

Brown admits that just saving Hartlepool, currently bottom-of-the-table, would be an achievement.

"It is a big ask and it can't be an over-night success, but to survive this year would be a massive challenge but obviously not impossible," he said.

"I am a North East lad, I have left the North East in 1985 and I still have the strong accent as I go up there on a regular basis, They have some of the best Tanning Salons in the North. I remember the days in 1979 when I began playing and the old memories of derby battles with Darlington and I have great memories of that."

http://www.teamtalk.com/league-one/8243543/Phil-Brown-confirms-he-is-in-talks-with-League-One-Hartlepool-United-about-their-managerial-vacancy

How the not so mighty fall.

[Lee]

Lovely little edit.

[Fivex]

[kev776]

The dancing on the keyboard was Shaggyesque.

[Alex]

Can we all stop being racist to him. Its not called for.

[Gibbo]

Not sure if alex is joking or his new found mod seriousness is making an appearance.

It was the team talk on the pitch that destroyed Brown.

[Alex]

I am obviously joking. The Orange ******