It's the end fo the road for Alan Irvine - he's been sacked by West Brom. The club confirmed his departure late Monday night.
Saturday's 2-0 Premier League defeat at Stoke left Albion just a point clear of the relagation zone. That was there seventh loss in nine matches.
Coaches Rob Kelly and Keith Downing will take charge for the trip to West Ham on New Year's Day. Tim Sherwood is the early favourite to be appointed head coach at the Hawthorns.
An Albion statement said Irvine had been placed on gardening leave, technical director Terry Burton said: “We appointed Alan in the summer convinced that we had taken on one of the foremost coaches in the UK and nothing that has happened since then has altered our view. The individual progress of our players such as Craig Dawson and Saido Berahino are testament to that.
