{"id":162175,"date":"2015-10-25T13:36:10","date_gmt":"2015-10-25T13:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=162175"},"modified":"2015-10-25T13:36:10","modified_gmt":"2015-10-25T13:36:10","slug":"aston-villa-sack-manager-tim-sherwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/10\/aston-villa-sack-manager-tim-sherwood\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa sack manager Tim Sherwood"},"content":{"rendered":"
Aston Villa have sacked manager Tim Sherwood after eight months in charge.\u00a0Villa are currently 19th in the Premier League table following a\u00a02-1 defeat by Swansea<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0on Saturday – the club’s sixth straight league loss.<\/p>\n The club said in a statement: “The board believes the results on the pitch were simply not good enough and that a change is imperative.”<\/p>\n Ex-Everton and Manchester United manager David Moyes is among those in the frame to replace Sherwood, 46.<\/p>\n Under-21 manager Kevin MacDonald has been placed in interim charge.<\/p>\n Appointed in February to replace Paul Lambert, Sherwood\u00a0reached the FA Cup final<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and led the club to a 17th-placed finish in his first season in charge, but has won one of ten league matches this term.<\/p>\n Villa have not won since the opening day and are four points from safety.<\/p>\n Sherwood has overseen just 28 games in all competitions – the shortest spell of any permanent Villa manager.<\/p>\n