{"id":8564,"date":"2026-02-25T14:50:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/west-brom-sack-head-coach-ramsay-after-nine-games\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T14:50:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:20:05","slug":"west-brom-sack-head-coach-ramsay-after-nine-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/west-brom-sack-head-coach-ramsay-after-nine-games\/","title":{"rendered":"West Brom sack head coach Ramsay after nine games"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Published24 February 2026<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#comments\">360 Comments<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Updated 36 minutes ago<\/p>\n<p>West Bromwich Albion have sacked head coach Eric Ramsay after only nine games in charge, with the club just one point above the Championship relegation zone.<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old was appointed on a two-and-a-half-year deal on 11 January following the departure of Ryan Mason.<\/p>\n<p>Former Manchester United coach Ramsay took over with Albion 18th in the table, seven points clear of the bottom three.<\/p>\n<p>But the Baggies failed to win under him and <a href=\"\/sport\/football\/live\/cz6e3xy3428t\">Tuesday&#x27;s 1-1 home draw with Charlton<\/a> proved to be his last match.<\/p>\n<p>A club statement said: &quot;West Bromwich Albion have parted company with men&#x27;s first team head coach Eric Ramsay. Assistant head coach Dennis Lawrence has also departed The Hawthorns.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;First-team coach James Morrison will oversee first-team affairs on an interim basis.&quot;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/sport\/football\/live\/cz6e3xy3428t\">\n<p>West Brom now winless in 10 games after Charlton draw<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/sport\/football\/articles\/c93w9y00kp4o\">\n<p>Wrexham on march and West Brom&#x27;s &#x27;precarious position&#x27; &#8211; Sam Parkin&#x27;s EFL takeaways<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Published3 days ago<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ramsay joined West Brom following a spell in Major League Soccer with Minnesota United, who he led to back-to-back Conference play-off semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to his move to the United States, the Shrewsbury-born Welshman was a first-team coach at Manchester United under Erik ten Hag and took on an assistant coach role with the Wales men&#x27;s team.<\/p>\n<p>However, his time at The Hawthorns began with 3-2 loss to Middlesbrough before a 5-0 thrashing by Norwich &#8211; the club&#x27;s biggest-ever home defeat outside the top flight.<\/p>\n<p>Albion rescued a late point from a 1-1 draw at Derby to stop the rot and also picked up points from goalless draws against Stoke and Birmingham.<\/p>\n<p>However, they were well beaten by fellow strugglers Portsmouth and knocked out of the FA Cup by the Canaries before Saturday&#x27;s defeat by leaders Coventry.<\/p>\n<p>Following the draw against Charlton, the only one in which the team took the lead under Ramsay, he told BBC WM: &quot;The question around my job and the future is never one I can ever answer or attempt to answer. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;I can only do what I can do over the course of a day and put my head on the pillow at night feeling I&#x27;ve turned over every stone.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&#x27;m not saying I&#x27;m blameless &#8211; I can only feel I&#x27;ve controlled what I can control.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>His departure leaves Albion looking for their fourth head coach in 14 months since Carlos Corberan&#x27;s departure to Valencia, with Tony Mowbray sacked before the end of last season.<\/p>\n<h2>&#x27;Nothing short of disastrous&#x27; &#8211; analysis<\/h2>\n<p>Steve Hermon, West Brom commentator for BBC Radio WM<\/p>\n<p>Eric Ramsay&#x27;s reign was nothing short of disastrous. His tenure lasted just 44 days, which happens to be the same as Brian Clough&#x27;s infamous spell at Leeds United in 1974.<\/p>\n<p>That featured in a movie about the legendary manager&#x27;s life, The Damned United, and it had elements of comedy, but if the Welsh head coach&#x27;s stay at The Hawthorns were to be made into a film, the genre would have to be horror.<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old leaves with a litany of unwanted records. <\/p>\n<p>It is the shortest reign of any permanent Baggies boss in their history, he oversaw their heaviest home defeat in the second tier as they were hammered 5-0 by Norwich City, and his win percentage is 0%. <\/p>\n<p>Taking just four points &#8211; courtesy of four draws &#8211; in his eight league games has dropped the club deep into a relegation battle.<\/p>\n<p>Ramsay refused to say it, but he knew that Tuesday night&#x27;s game with Charlton Athletic was a must-win. <\/p>\n<p>He told me in his interview after the 1-1 draw that it wasn&#x27;t good enough and that &quot;what will be, will be&quot;, as if knowing what was to come just minutes later. <\/p>\n<p>The former Minnesota United boss and his assistant, Dennis Lawrence, were summoned into a boardroom meeting with chairman Shilen Patel after his media duties were complete, and the axe fell.<\/p>\n<p>The Welshman accepted in his final interview with me that he was &quot;not blameless&quot;, and while he is no doubt a clever man, switching immediately to a 3-4-3 formation with players not equipped to play that way was not a smart move. <\/p>\n<p>He promptly ditched it after another loss to Portsmouth.<\/p>\n<p>Questions must also be asked of the players, whose failure to take chances has led to a second sacking of the season, and the third in less than a year, but the hierarchy must also provide answers to the fans. <\/p>\n<p>Their naive decision to give the job to a second young head coach in a row has put the club at risk of an unthinkable drop into the third tier for only the second time in their history. <\/p>\n<p>But there won&#x27;t be time to analyse a host of mistakes now.<\/p>\n<p>James Morrison begins a third spell in interim charge in the space of less than 11 months. <\/p>\n<p>The former midfielder is unbeaten in the three games he&#x27;s overseen and said, in his own words after the Swansea City FA Cup victory just hours before Ramsay&#x27;s arrival six weeks ago, West Brom is &quot;in his DNA&quot;. <\/p>\n<p>With 12 games to go, he will do all he can to keep the club he loves in the Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, back at boardroom level, and just days before the second anniversary of his takeover of the club, Patel will begin the search for his fourth head coach.<\/p>\n<h2>Related topics<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/west-bromwich-albion\">West Bromwich Albion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/sport\/football\/championship\">Championship<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/sport\/football\">Football<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>More 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