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IT’S ALL OVER FOR C H R I S A ND ST UART

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The LeaguePaper Team
31 March 2019

Managers pay the price

By John Lyons

END OF THE ROAD: Chris Powell was sacked by Southend and, inset, Stuart McCall was axed by Scunthorpe
PICTURE: PA Images

THE incredible League One relegation scrap claimed two victims in just a few days – Scunthorpe manager Stuart McCall and his Southend counterpart Chris Powell.
Heading into the weekend, 12th-placed Gillingham were just five points above the relegation zone, meaning every club in the bottom half of the table is in danger of going down.
The prospect of falling into the EFL basement is making chairmen up and down the land nerv...

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