The board of directors of Colon sacked him soon after the club lost 2-0 against Olimpo in a league match on 9 April 2011.

The board, feeling pressured, sacked Ferris and agreed to sell the travel assets.

Under Stynes' direction, the new board sacked Paul McNamee after just four months.

The board, perhaps panicked into action by a lack of immediate success and disturbed by rumours of player indiscipline, sacked Mortensen.

But several high-profile boards, including that of American Express, heeded the call and sacked their C.E.O.'s.

Events on the pitch came to a head in November 1968, with Villa lying at the bottom of Division Two; the board sacked Cummings.

The board sacked the coaching staff and appointed Ken Judge who was an assistant to David Parkin at Carlton.

The board again became impatient and sacked Gray in 1985, replacing him with another Revie team mate, Billy Bremner.

The board sacked Billy Goggin.

The board sacked John Devine as coach.