Dave Jones sacked by Hartlepool after Jeff Stelling called for his head live on Sky Sports
Jones has won just four of his 18 games in charge at Victoria Park and leaves the club on the brink of relegation
HARTLEPOOL UNITED confirm the sacking of Dave Jones after his disastrous run of defeats sees the club on the brink of dropping out of the Football League.
Jones has won just four out of his 18 games in charge since being appointed at Victoria Park in January.
He has left the club along with assistant Kevin Cooper and coach Alex Armstrong, with Pools second bottom of League Two.
They slipped into the relegation zone at the weekend with a horrendous 2-0 defeat to Barnet - and lost to already-relegated Leyton Orient the week before.
Disgruntled fans let their feelings be known as they chanted in their numbers “Dave Jones, get out of our club.”
They are in real danger of being relegated to the National League with just two games to turn their season around.
Sky Sports presenter and club president Jeff Stelling quit in his post after the defeat, and delivered a scathing rant live on air calling for manager Dave Jones to go.
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Stelling said: “We have lost at home, we’re in the relegation places, and it’s not personal Dave, but for God’s sake for the good of the club walk now.
“Go now. You’ve got 13 points from 51, this is not your level of football.
“(Finance director) Pam Duxbury, the chairman Gary Coxall, if he won’t walk, then sack him.
“If it means me resigning as president then I do so happily – do it now, do it today.”
And Stelling got his wish, with Jones leaving his post following a disastrous stint in charge, taking only 13 points from a possible 51.
Jones blasted Stelling for showing a lack of “respect” from his Sky Sports ivory towers as Hartlepool United’s president railed against the club’s manager.
He said before being axed:“It’s OK Jeff Stelling saying it in his comfy chair. He doesn’t know. He says you should play this person, that person, he doesn’t know the parameters of what goes on.
"So Jeff Stelling that’s fine for him to say; in fact it’s alack of respect for me. A lack of respect for me. Why should he say that? It’s a lack of respect.’’
Jones has been replaced for the final two games of the season internally, with defender Matthew Bates taking over alongside experienced skipper Billy Payner, and fitness coach Stuart Parnaby.