The Coon Dog
22-11-2007, 09:07 PM
Didn't take long!!
ENGLAND SACK McCLAREN (http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/07/11/22/manual_075443.html)
The Football Association have terminated the contract of England coach Steve McClaren.
His 15-month tenure was brought to an end on Thursday morning, less than 12 hours after his team were knocked out of Euro 2008 at the qualifying stage.
England, who only needed a draw against Croatia to seal their place at the finals in Austria and Switzerland next summer, lost 3-2 at Wembley
McClaren was contracted up to the World Cup in 2010 - but he will not be seeing out the remaining 33 months of his deal after England's first failure to qualify for the finals of a major tournament since 1994.
His reign is the shortest in the history of the English national team.
The FA also confirmed that the contract of McClaren's assistant Terry Venables has also been terminated.
ENGLAND SACK McCLAREN (http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/07/11/22/manual_075443.html)
The Football Association have terminated the contract of England coach Steve McClaren.
His 15-month tenure was brought to an end on Thursday morning, less than 12 hours after his team were knocked out of Euro 2008 at the qualifying stage.
England, who only needed a draw against Croatia to seal their place at the finals in Austria and Switzerland next summer, lost 3-2 at Wembley
McClaren was contracted up to the World Cup in 2010 - but he will not be seeing out the remaining 33 months of his deal after England's first failure to qualify for the finals of a major tournament since 1994.
His reign is the shortest in the history of the English national team.
The FA also confirmed that the contract of McClaren's assistant Terry Venables has also been terminated.