Premiership side Burnley football club have sacked manager Sean Dyche.
Dyche was employed Burnley manager in 2012 and he has taken them to two promotions from the second tier championship to the EPL.
Dyche still holds the record of the longest serving coach in the English Premier League after being appointed in 2012.
The 50-year-old leaves Burnley with the club in the relegation zone. They are 18th in the league, four points behind 17th-placed Everton with eight games left to play.
Mike Jackson Burnley’s U-23 coach has taken over from Dyche and will now oversee the affairs of the club from the Bench. He will be assisted by captain Ben Mee, academy director Paul Jenkins, and under-23s goalkeeping coach Connor King.
The club released a statement confirming the sack of Sean Dyche and assistant.
The statement reads in part: “Burnley Football Club can confirm the club has parted company with manager Sean Dyche, assistant manager Ian Woan, first-team coach Steve Stone and goalkeeping coach Billy Mercer.”
Burnley have only won four league games this season, drawing eight and losing 14 of their 30 matches.
Dyche, who had been due to speak to the media at 1.15pm BST on Friday, is the tenth Premier League manager to be sacked this season, following Xisco Munoz, Steve Bruce, Nuno Espirito Santo, Daniel Farke, Dean Smith, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Rafa Benitez, Claudio Ranieri and Marcelo Bielsa.
chairman Alan Pace confirmed Sean Dyche’s departure from turf Moor.
He said: “Firstly, we would like to place on record our sincere thanks to Sean and his staff for their achievements at the club over the last decade.
“During his time at Turf Moor, Sean has been a credit both on and off the pitch, respected by players, staff, supporters, and the wider football community.
“However, results this season have been disappointing and, while this was an incredibly difficult decision, with eight crucial games of the campaign remaining, we feel a change is needed to give the squad the best possible chance of retaining its Premier League status.
“The process of replacing Sean has begun and further announcements will be made to supporters in due course.” He said