• Boro are ninth in Championship,three points out of play-off places
• Monk leaves Riverside after just over six months in chargeGarry Monk was sacked as manager of Middlesbrough on Saturday night, just four hours after presiding over his side’s 2-1 win at Sheffield Wednesday.
Only appointed in June, and the former Swansea City and Leeds United manager leaves the Teesside club in ninth position in the Championship and appeared to beget no inkling of the impending bombshell as he conducted post-match duties at Hillsborough. Yet if the timing of Monk’s departure is slightly surprising,his dismissal will not approach as a complete shock in Middlesbrough.
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Source: guardian.co.uk