Former Notts County boss Ian Burchnall has been sacked as head coach of Forest Green Rovers with the club bottom of League One.
Burchnall left the Magpies last May to steer Rovers through their debut season in the third tier but won just five of his 28 league games to prompt owner and chairman Dale Vince to make a change. The team are four points adrift of safety following a 1-0 defeat to 10-man Bolton on Tuesday, their seventh defeat in eight games, and have won just twice in the league since October.
“I’m grateful to Ian for all his hard work this season, it’s definitely not been easy,” Vince said in a statement on the club’s website. “Our first season in League One was always going to be a challenge in itself but it’s been made more difficult by a number of factors, with their roots in last summer.
