West Brom sack Eric Ramsay after 44 days as west brom reign ends in unwanted records

West Brom have parted company with head coach Eric Ramsay after a 44-day tenure that leaves the club with fresh worries about relegation and managerial instability. The 34-year-old departs with a 0% win rate and James Morrison has been placed in temporary charge as the board begins another managerial search.

Boardroom meeting followed 1-1 draw with Charlton

Ramsay was dismissed after Tuesday night's 1-1 home draw with Charlton Athletic, a game in which his side were booed off. He and assistant Dennis Lawrence were summoned into a boardroom meeting with owner and chairman Shilen Patel after Ramsay completed his media duties, and the club then announced that they had "parted company" with the men's first-team head coach and that Lawrence had also departed The Hawthorns. The club's statement said first-team coach James Morrison would oversee first-team affairs on an interim basis and placed on record its thanks to Eric and Dennis.

Record-short reign, zero wins and cup exit to Norwich

Ramsay's 44 days in charge set a new club record for the shortest permanent managerial reign in West Bromwich Albion's history, eclipsing the previous mark of 17 games jointly held by Pepe Mel and Tony Mowbray. The 34-year-old failed to pick up a win in any of his nine matches in charge since moving from Minnesota United, including eight in the Championship. His side collected just four points from those eight league games, drawing four and losing four, and were knocked out of the FA Cup by Norwich.

Tactical switch, heavy defeats and admission of fault

During his spell Ramsay experimented by switching immediately to a 3-4-3 formation, a move the context describes as made with players "not equipped to play that way"; he ditched the system after another loss to Portsmouth. He also oversaw what was described as the club's heaviest home defeat in the second tier when West Brom were hammered 5-0 by Norwich City. Ramsay accepted in his final interview that he was "not blameless" and, speaking after the Charlton draw, said it "wasn't good enough" and that "what will be, will be. " He had also said the situation "needs wins, it doesn't need draws" and that the number of chances in the game "were enough to win the game but it wasn't good enough. "

James Morrison returns for a third interim spell and immediate task

James Morrison, the former midfielder, has been placed in interim charge and begins a third spell overseeing the first team in less than 11 months. Morrison is unbeaten in the three games he has overseen and had said after the Swansea City FA Cup victory just hours before Ramsay's arrival six weeks earlier that West Brom is "in his DNA. " With 12 games to go he is tasked with doing all he can to keep the club he loves in the Championship.

Pressure on hierarchy and the search for a fourth head coach

Questions have been raised about player performances and a failure to take chances has been linked to managerial turnover: this was described as the club's second sacking of the season and the third in less than a year. The board will now begin a search for a fourth head coach, with Shilen Patel due to start that process just days before the second anniversary of his takeover of the club. West Brom sit 21st in the Championship, one point above the relegation zone, and the club faces a run-in that will determine whether the replacement can arrest the slide.