League One 2026/2027

[fox_favourite]

5 minutes ago, Narborough Road Fox said:

Or Reading? Dreadful penalty.

That was such a pathetic penalty. But the football on show is really poor overall

[Corky]

Reading are playing the Grandstand theme tune.

[Tuna]

 

[Ky Le Don]

What a joke of a club. The least he deserved was a full season with them. Sounds like he worked miracles with them

 

[Rubbersoul]

Dreadful decision

Their fans fuming 

[Jakemoore]

11 minutes ago, Tuna said:

 

Feels a bit harsh that. Don’t get me wrong, they were absolutely honking on Tuesday. Probably the worst side I’ve seen us play. But he’s surely earned until November/December to try and turn it around? 

[Fox forever]

39 minutes ago, Jakemoore said:

Feels a bit harsh that. Don’t get me wrong, they were absolutely honking on Tuesday. Probably the worst side I’ve seen us play. But he’s surely earned until November/December to try and turn it around? 

Yeah. Considering what he has achieved and the players seeming to have over reached their level seems a very harsh decision 

[RonnieTodger]

I thought the same at first, but we’re not the ones watching Bromley every week.

 

If this decision keeps them in the league, then it was the right one.

[The Doctor]

seems fair, should get sacked if Russell Martin plays you off the park

[Ian Nacho]

Seems harsh but they were only going in one direction. Shipping goals for fun. 

[ClaphamFox]

11 minutes ago, Fox forever said:

Yeah. Considering what he has achieved and the players seeming to have over reached their level seems a very harsh decision 

We sacked Ranieri half a year after he'd delivered our greatest ever achievement and stunned the football world in the process. We got loads of flak from fans of other clubs but it was the right call. If Bromley think this is the best thing for them to do to try to stay up, that's their call and good luck to them. 

[hejammy]

33 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

We sacked Ranieri half a year after he'd delivered our greatest ever achievement and stunned the football world in the process. We got loads of flak from fans of other clubs but it was the right call. If Bromley think this is the best thing for them to do to try to stay up, that's their call and good luck to them. 

I agree to an extent but lets face it, every man and his dog knows that really it was Pearson who delivered that title to us. Now if he was still in charge and was sacked after he delivered the title to us then I think the uproar would have been significantly louder. The point is that Andy Woodman has got them quite far and should have been given a longer crack at league 1.

[Super_horns]

1 hour ago, Ian Nacho said:

Seems harsh but they were only going in one direction. Shipping goals for fun. 

Sounds like he agreed to go and probably all done on good terms .

[ealingfox]

Lose 4 nil at home on Tuesday and manager is unceremoniously binned by Thursday - Bromley AFC have higher standards than we do.

[Narborough Road Fox]

Foxestalk decrees that a managerial dismissal is harsh. Never thought I'd see the day

[AKCJ]

Is staying in League 1 really a do-or-die sutation for Bromley though?

 

Obviously nobody wants to go down but this bloke took Bromley to the 3rd round of the FA Cup and up to League 1 and won them the FA Trophy.

 

They are very much minnows and even in League 1 they stand out. 

 

They won promotion in arguably the closest ever promotion/play off battle a division in the Football League has ever seen (won the league on 87 points, only 12 points clear of Swindon in 9th) so it's not like they blitzed League 2 and expected to kick on.

 

For me he had every right to see this season out and continue building Bromley. Even being a consistent top-end League 2 club would be a massive improvement on what they were doing before he came along.

[Muzzy_no7]

3 hours ago, Tuna said:

 

Christ that’s harsh, essentially a free hit this season is and they’ve gone and done that.

 

Imagine Hinckley United got that high 15-20 years ago or Harborough Town now? Silly decision.

[surrifox]

3 hours ago, Ian Nacho said:

Seems harsh but they were only going in one direction. Shipping goals for fun. 

Yes very harsh - when I looked at the oppo for the season in Lesgue 1 I was very surprised to see them there . 
on the other hand they could have gone for 8 or 9 on Tuesday despite their keeper being far and away their best player 

[lfu]

Only way it would be justified imo is if he'd lost the dressing room, e.g. if the players weren't happy with his post-match comments that seemed to put the blame on them 

[Stuntman_Mike]

6 hours ago, ClaphamFox said:

We sacked Ranieri half a year after he'd delivered our greatest ever achievement and stunned the football world in the process. We got loads of flak from fans of other clubs but it was the right call. If Bromley think this is the best thing for them to do to try to stay up, that's their call and good luck to them. 

We were on a terrible run under Ranieri and he was given until February. Bromley have sacked a manager after 10 games when they're playing at this level for the first time and of those games they've played us, Sheffield Weds, Stockport and Huddersfield. Just seems too soon to me, I feel he'd earnt longer to try and turn it around. 

[LCFCCKEANO]

Seem to remember a spell in the prem where it felt like every week managers were getting sacked just before or after our games, passing memory of laughing about this happening to Mourinho I think. How times have changed

[Lambert09]

8 hours ago, ClaphamFox said:

We sacked Ranieri half a year after he'd delivered our greatest ever achievement and stunned the football world in the process. We got loads of flak from fans of other clubs but it was the right call. If Bromley think this is the best thing for them to do to try to stay up, that's their call and good luck to them. 

I understand that it’s harsh, and I get that people won’t like it but as a club like bromley, this might be their only shot to stay here. If it’s not working surely they have to be objective season by season. It’s the natural progression of football.