Peterborough United’s local rivals have sacked their manager
Cambridge United have sacked manager Garry Monk.
Monk departs the Abbey Stadium after just under a year in charge. He leaves âThe Uâsâ bottom of the League One table eight points from safety after Saturdayâs damaging 1-0 home defeat at the hands of Exeter City. Cambridge won just nine games under Monk who had previously managed Leeds United, Swansea City, Birmingham City, Sheffield Wednesday and MIddlesbrough.
The clubâs majority owner Paul Barry said: “We would like to thank Garry for his hard work and commitment to Cambridge United over the last 12 months. He really bought into the club during his time with us and we are all very disappointed it has not worked out in the way we would all have hoped.
“In the end, the table does not lie and it is the right moment to make a change as we conclude the first part of our football review. There are 15 games of this season remaining, and we must continue to fight together to preserve our League One status over the coming weeks.â
Posh visit Cambridge for a League One game on March 15.
There are thousands of coaches up and down the country who would give their right arm to manage a professional football club.
But mid 2000s Exeter City drove one man to turn his back on the role and move into a different field of expertise.
The Grecians are no ordinary club and there can’t be too many sides who have seen their manager walk away and head back into the anonymity of coaching, let alone two in a row.
But that’s exactly what Alex Inglethorpe did back in 2006, leaving City to take up a role coaching Tottenham’s kids around 20 months after his predecessor Eamonn Dolan did the same and left for Reading.
And, to be fair to Inglethorpe, it’s a decision that’s worked out pretty well for the former Leyton Orient, Watford and City striker.
Inglethorpe has gone on to achieve great things
Inglethorpe is now the Academy Director at Liverpool and has helped nurture the likes of Conor Bradley, Trent Alexander Arnold, Curtis Jones, Rhian Brewster, Caoimhin Kelleher, Neco Williams and many, many more since heading to Anfield in 2012.
Inglethorpe played for the Grecians in the 2000/01 season and went on to take the top job at the club in the October of 2004, guiding the side to a club-saving FA Cup Third Round clash with Manchester United at Old Trafford.
City held a much-changed Red Devils side to a 0-0 but Gerard Pique, Cristiano Ronaldo and Paul Scholes couldn’t find a way past Steve Flack, Paul Jones, Scott Hiley and the lads to set up a replay down in Devon.
Inglethorpe is now the Academy Director at Liverpool and has helped nurture the likes of Conor Bradley, Trent Alexander Arnold, Curtis Jones, Rhian Brewster, Caoimhin Kelleher, Neco Williams and many, many more since heading to Anfield in 2012.
Inglethorpe played for the Grecians in the 2000/01 season and went on to take the top job at the club in the October of 2004, guiding the side to a club-saving FA Cup Third Round clash with Manchester United at Old Trafford.
City held a much-changed Red Devils side to a 0-0 but Gerard Pique, Cristiano Ronaldo and Paul Scholes couldn’t find a way past Steve Flack, Paul Jones, Scott Hiley and the lads to set up a replay down in Devon.
