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6 December 2020

ALL OVER: Sunderland’s Denver Hume on the ball against Fleetwood last weekend, which turned out to be Phil Parkinson’s, inset, last match in charge
PICTURE: PA Images

PHIL Parkinson is an unfortunate casualty of Sunderland’s change in ownership. I’m sure he knew the sack was coming. I’ve experienced it twice now, at Newcastle United and then at Blackburn Rovers. When a club changes hands, no manager expects to keep his job. It’s a sad fact of life.
After what’s happened at places like Bury and Bolton Wanderers in recent years, every Sunderla...

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