Chris Dunlavy

It’s far cheaper to change the boss

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The LeaguePaper Team
21 September 2025

Chris Dunlavy
FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL

IT IS 26 years since Ruud Gullit made the fateful decision to drop club captain and local hero Alan Shearer for a huge Tyne-Wear derby at St James’ Park.
“That’s not a team-sheet,” remarked one local journalist when the bombshell dropped. “That’s a suicide note.”
How right he was. Newcastle lost 2-1 and sank to the bottom of the Premier League. Gullit returned to his office and - still sodden from that evening’s downpour - wrote his letter of resignation. Three days later, he was gone.
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