West Bromwich Albion have parted company with manager Steve Bruce after eight months in charge.
The 61-year-old ex-Manchester United defender left following the Baggies’ home draw with Luton Town on Saturday.
That kept them in the Championship relegation zone, in 22nd, their lowest league position in over 20 years.
The backroom staff of Steve Agnew, Stephen Clemence and Alex Bruce have also left West Brom, with under-21 coach Richard Beale named interim boss.
Bruce was appointed as Baggies manager on 3 February as part of a change of structure at The Hawthorns that saw the departure of head coach Val Ismael, the appointment of Ron Gourlay as chief executive and club owner Guochuan Lai, the controlling shareholder, becoming Albion chairman.
In his 24 years in management, Bruce has had plenty of success, winning promotion from the Championship to the Premier League four times – twice with both Birmingham City and Hull City.
But, having enjoyed four months off following the miserable end to his time at Newcastle, a job he said at the time would probably be his last, he simply failed to relight the Albion fire.
The Baggies won just eight of his 32 games in charge.
