Sammy Lee Sacked by Bolton Wanderers

Bolton Wanderers today sacked Sammy Lee as manager of its football club. Taking a page from Chelsea's book, the club claims the decision was "by mutual consent," which is the new corporate speak for "we sacked him for doing a terrible job, but we're too nice to say that, so we'll say we both came to the same decision."

Sammy Lee became Bolton manager on April 29, 2007, after he was appointed to succeed Sam Allardyce when it emerged in the newspapers that Big Sam had made an agreement with Bolton chairman Phil Gartside to leave the club.