OTD: SIMON GRAYSON SACKED

On this day in 2017, Simon Grayson was sacked as Sunderland manager. He is widely regarded as one of the worst to ever manage SAFC, winning just three of his 18 games in charge. Grayson was named as the new manager of the recently relegated Championship side, Sunderland, replacing David Moyes. With the hopes of gaining swift promotion back to the top flight of English football, he had his first league game in charge against Derby County, the Lads drew 1-1. In his following fixture as manager,...

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