Norwich City sack Liam Manning: Canaries dismiss boss after seven defeats in eight games
Liam Manning has lost his job as Norwich City boss with the club second bottom in the Championship after eight defeats in an 11-game winless run; Canaries have lost all eight games they have played at home this season in all competitions and are without a win since August 30
Sunday 9 November 2025 07:30, UK
Norwich City have sacked boss Liam Manning after a 2-1 loss to Leicester inflicted his seventh defeat in eight Championship games.
Manning, who only joined the club in the summer after making the move from Bristol City, lost his job with Norwich second from bottom after eight defeats in an 11-game winless run in the league.
Only Sheffield Wednesday, who have been hit with a points deduction for entering administration, are below them in the Championship table with the Canaries four points from safety.
Norwich have lost all eight of their home matches this season and they are without a win since their league trip to Blackburn at the end of August.
"We have tried absolutely everything possible to work through this incredibly challenging period but, unfortunately, given the recent run of results and performances, we have been left with no choice other than to make a change at this stage," said sporting director Ben Knapper.
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Fans turned on the head coach after they were beaten at home by Hull City on November 1, with Manning apologising for disappearing down the tunnel after the final whistle.
Earlier this month, Norwich's US owner Mark Attanasio flew into East Anglia to offer his support and backing to Manning.
"There's no plan to sack Liam. We hired Liam due to his record as an English football coach," the American said last Wednesday.
"They are really hard workers, they have high integrity and Liam left a really good job [at Bristol City] to come here."
But the latest defeat forced Attanasio's hand, with Norwich now four points adrift of safety.
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Sky Sports News' James Savundra:
There was no obvious indication in the immediate aftermath at Carrow Road to suggest that Liam Manning's time had come to an end.
Hundreds of fans congregated outside the directors entrance following the full-time whistle. The boos and chants against the manager and sporting director Ben Knapper could be heard from inside the tunnel. Knapper walked quietly through the tunnel. But Manning still conducted his post match media duties. In our TV interview, the soon-to-be departing head coach was downbeat but still retained hope. The press conference that followed seemed to show a dead man walking.
Manning departs having failed to pick up a single point from his seven home matches in charge - a staggering statistic for a manager who led Bristol City to the play-offs just months earlier.
Football can be defined by fine margins.
The Canaries came within inches of taking a 2-0 lead, only for a fabulous save from Asmir Begovic to deny Oscar Schwartau. Minutes later, Bobby De-Cordova Reid equalised, Norwich's game management fell apart and an unmarked Jordan James arrived inside the box to head home Leicester's injury-time winner. It would prove to be the final nail in the coffin for Manning.
In the club's annual report - released on Friday - Norwich restated their ambition to become an established Premier League club by 2028. The top flight feels a million miles away right now as the club look for yet another manager.
