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Chris Dunlavy: Don’t expect to see Wayne Rooney back in a Championship dugout again

The 2024-25 season will go down in history for a variety of reasons – Burnley’s impenetrable defence, Birmingham City’s record-breaking points haul or Wrexham’s unprecedented hat-trick.

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The 2024-25 season will go down in history for a variety of reasons – Burnley’s impenetrable defence, Birmingham City’s record-breaking points haul or Wrexham’s unprecedented hat-trick.
But it will also be remembered as the year when Wayne Rooney’s managerial career came to an end – or certainly should be.
The former Manchester United and England captain can point to any number of mitigating circumstances.
But the simple fact is that he is now largely responsible for relegating two clubs from the Championship.
Unemployable
Birmingham were sixth when ...

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