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Saints boss Martin gets the chop after 5-0 rout by Spurs
The Straits Times
|December 17, 2024
LONDON - English Premier League basement club Southampton on Dec 15 sacked manager Russell Martin after a 5-0 home drubbing by Tottenham Hotspur at St Mary's.
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The humiliating defeat, in which Spurs scored five times in the first half, left Southampton on five points from 16 matches, and nine points from safety. Only one team in Premier League history have had fewer points after 16 games of the season - Sheffield United (two in 2020-21).
Martin was the second Premier League manager given the boot on Dec 15, after second-bottom Wolverhampton Wanderers parted company with Gary O'Neil.
"Going into the start of the season, we all knew the challenges that we would face this year as we readjusted to life in the top flight, competing in the best and most competitive league in the world," a club statement read.
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