Chris Hughton has been relieved of his job as Norwich City became the latest club to panic in the face of relegation.
The Premier League’s bottom seven clubs have all now changed manager.
Hughton was axed after the home defeat by relegation rivals, West Bromwich Albion, on Saturday left the Canaries still five points clear of relegation but facing a daunting run-in.
Their last four matches are against top-five teams.
The odd one out is next Saturday, at Fulham, the club immediately below them.
In charge for that match will be Neil Adams, who has been promoted from youth coach on a temporary basis to the end of the season.
A Norwich statement said the board had “taken the decision to give the club the maximum chance to secure the points required between now and the end of the season to ensure retention of our Premier League status”.
The statement said: “Chris’s achievement in guiding City to an 11th-place finish in the Premier League last season was an excellent one and he has represented the club with dignity. However the recent run of four defeats in our last six Premier League games and six consecutive away league defeats, left the club with no choice but to act.”
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