Soc: Souness tops sack race

AAP Sports News (Australia), July, 2005

> AAP Sports News (Australia) 07-19-2005 Soc: Souness tops sack race LONDON, July 19 AFP - Newcastle's Graeme Souness has won the first 'award' of the coming English Premiership season by being named by bookmakers William Hill as the favourite to become the first manager to be sacked. Souness tops the sack race at 5-1, ahead of Fulham's Chris Coleman, West Ham's Alan Pardew, Charlton's Alan Curbishley and Portsmouth's Alain Perrin, all at 8-1. Alex Ferguson is 14-1 to go if he fails to bring the success demanded by new owner Malcolm Glazer while Chelsea's Jose Mourinho is rated 100-1 and Arsenal's Arsene Wenger 66-1. Newcastle has a history of sacking managers early and in the past eight seasons have dispensed with Kenny Dalglish, Ruud Gullit...

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