Altrincham have sacked Phil Parkinson after eight years answerable for the Nationwide League membership, following a seven-game winless run.
Parkinson, who was appointed as boss in April 2017, guided the membership to promotion to the fifth tier in addition to a play-off spot in 2023-24.
He departs together with assistant Neil Sorvel after a run of six defeats in seven matches left the membership twentieth within the Nationwide League desk, one level above the underside 4.
“Phil Parkinson and Neil Sorvel depart the membership in a a lot stronger place than once they arrived,” mentioned chairman Mark Luby.
“They will rightly be pleased with every thing they've achieved throughout their tenure. While making this variation has been extraordinarily troublesome, we felt we had been left with little or no various given our present league place.”
Altrincham started their season with victory over Aldershot City and gained 4 of their first eight league video games, following victory in opposition to Sutton United on 6 September.
Since then, nonetheless, they've picked up only one level – a draw in opposition to Wealdstone on 4 October – from a potential 21.
Their 3-1 residence defeat by Woking on Saturday proved to be Parkinson's remaining recreation in cost.
“A course of is now underneath technique to establish and appoint a brand new management staff throughout the soccer division — one absolutely aligned with the board's long-term imaginative and prescient for the membership,” a club statement said., external
“Within the rapid time period, focus should flip to the essential run of fixtures forward and the pressing have to climb away from twentieth place within the desk.”
