Decent coaches could be forgiven for steering clear of the Stadium of Light, where the club are seeking a 22nd manager in 22 years
When the lights went out, quite literally, on Michael Beale in late January it seemed a metaphor for his impending divorce from Sunderland.
Beale was only minutes into a press conference at the Academy of Light, the Championship club’s training base, when a power cut plunged the complex into darkness. As the manager began talking after guiding reporters to a daylight-flooded atrium, the sense grew that it could well be a matter of time before the board pulled the plug on Tony Mowbray’s successor.
Continue reading…Decent coaches could be forgiven for steering clear of the Stadium of Light, where the club are seeking a 22nd manager in 22 yearsWhen the lights went out, quite literally, on Michael Beale in late January it seemed a metaphor for his impending divorce from Sunderland.Beale was only minutes into a press conference at the Academy of Light, the Championship club’s training base, when a power cut plunged the complex into darkness. As the manager began talking after guiding reporters to a daylight-flooded atrium, the sense grew that it could well be a matter of time before the board pulled the plug on Tony Mowbray’s successor. Continue reading…
