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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Barry Glendenning

Thomas Frank and the Tottenham carousel that just won’t stop spinning

Thomas Frank
Thomas Frank sums up his time at Tottenham. Photograph: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images

TO DARE IS TO DO ONE

Given the frequency with which they’ve told Thomas Frank he would be “getting sacked in the morning” in recent months, disgruntled Tottenham fans were bound to be on the money at some point. Following the club’s latest home defeat at the hands of Newcastle, the Spurs hierarchy finally acquiesced to their demands and in a statement released at 10.17am announced that the Dane was done. This morning, the 52-year-old was finally sacked. “The club has taken the decision to make a change in the men’s head coach position and Thomas Frank will leave today,” droned a club statement posted at 10.17am on Wednesday, confirming that Frank had been sacked in the morning.

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