Steve Bruce

2022 - 10 - 10

Post cover — Image courtesy of "The Guardian"

Steve Bruce leaves a third consecutive job on a tidal wave of ill-feeling (The Guardian)

In today's Fiver: Steve Bruce, Iker Casillas and more.

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[is here](https://www.theguardian.com/football/audio/2022/oct/10/arsenals-ascent-continues-and-one-year-on-at-newcastle-football-weekly-podcast) … [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]?utm_term=74a748e4b8e110828c18f39d5a2b0182&utm_campaign=TheFiver&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=fiver_email&utm_term=55272aa72d2eb1611c2c7da0d82ff8f9&utm_campaign=TheFiver&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=fiver_email&utm_term=1b24df1f5360eaff87d33d10ad52d105&utm_campaign=TheFiver&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=fiver_email&utm_term=633c4c5bb2d2071fb67abc1757c82b31&utm_campaign=TheFiver&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=fiver_email&utm_term=633d9bc211be8dc38977bbba90a1137e&utm_campaign=TheFiver&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=fiver_email&utm_term=633eedd2486dfe202efc8e05c7f44420&utm_campaign=TheFiver&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=fiver_email). I have just retired from teaching Spanish people our wonderful language, and one of the TV shows I used to show them was Tales of the Unexpected. I watched much Tales of the Unexpected in my formative years but the two that I always recall are the ‘leg of lamb’ episode and the other being the elderly landlady who runs a B&B and embalms her guests after drugging them with a dodgy cup of tea! Details and tickets [are available here](https://membership.theguardian.com/event/football-weekly-live-world-cup-preview-425694793587). Please tell the historically curious to go “[Iker] Casillas and [Carles] Puyol joking and making fun out of coming out in football is disappointing. Having announced that he might retire due to the emotional strain of the abuse he shipped while in charge of Newcastle, Bruce decided to saddle up and ride again when West Brom came calling, and has been the target of no end of opprobrium from Baggies fans who realised this particular jig was up long before their club’s owners did. Whether or not he’ll be travelling to root for England remains to be seen, although after leaving three consecutive jobs on a tidal wave of fan ill-feeling, a few weeks of relative anonymity in a country far away and full of other blokes named Bruce could be just the tonic. “West Bromwich Albion have today parted company with manager Steve Bruce,” droned a statement from the Hawthorns on Monday morning.

West Brom part company with Steve Bruce after eight-game winless ... (BreakingNews.ie)

“Backroom staff Steve Agnew, Stephen Clemence and Alex Bruce have also left The Hawthorns. “The club would like to place on record its thanks to Steve Bruce and ...

“Backroom staff Steve Agnew, Stephen Clemence and Alex Bruce have also left The Hawthorns. The 61-year-old has left the Baggies after a little more than eight months at the helm with staff Steve Agnew, Stephen Clemence and son Alex Bruce also heading for the Hawthorns exit. West Brom have parted company with manager Steve Bruce after an eight-game winless Sky Bet Championship run left them sitting inside the relegation zone.

Irish pair to get new manager after West Brom sack Steve Bruce (Pundit Arena)

Steve Bruce has been sacked as manager of West Brom, with the club currently sitting in the relegation zone of the EFL Championship.

“Backroom staff Steve Agnew, Stephen Clemence and Alex Bruce have also left The Hawthorns. Bruce is the latest in a long line of EFL Championship managers to lose their job this season, with his sacking being the ninth in the division since the campaign began. West Brom were the 11th club that Bruce has been in charge of since he began his managerial career at Sheffield United in 1998. Steve Bruce has been sacked as manager of West Bromwich Albion, with the club currently sitting in the relegation zone of the EFL Championship. The club would like to place on record its thanks to Steve Bruce and his coaching staff for their efforts since arriving in February. Steve Bruce sacked by West Brom.

Roy Keane dismisses West Brom links after Steve Bruce is sacked (Sky Sports)

West Brom are in the relegation zone with just one win from 13 matches; Steve Bruce became the ninth managerial casualty in the Championship already this ...

"I think I can help players. I might get that opportunity again. "It's bizarre," he said. Absolute rubbish." "I still have that urge to go back into it. The rumours are bizarre.

West Brom sack Steve Bruce (Radio Kerry)