Former Saints coach leaves West Ham (From Daily Echo)
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Former Saints coach leaves West Ham
10:02am Wednesday 12th December 2012 in Sport
Wally Downes
Former Saints coach Wally Downes has left his position as West Ham first-team coach.
Downes joined the Hammers as a defensive coach under Avram Grant in November 2010 – two months after he left Saints in the wake of Alan Pardew’s sacking - and was then promoted by the Israeli's successor Sam Allardyce in the summer of 2011.
The 51-year-old helped Allardyce achieve promotion to the Barclays Premier League at the first time of asking, but it is understood that he left the club yesterday.
Downes, a popular figure among the West Ham support, used to manage Brentford and also played for Wimbledon, Sheffield United and Newport County during his career.
Comments(3)
StHuey
says...
1:32pm Wed 12 Dec 12
Makes you wonder why he has left and where he is going.
Will hopefully weaken West Ham's defence for when they visit us!
Tirau Dan
says...
12:15am Fri 14 Dec 12
Why
Where now
Was his appointment there covered?
mbetts says...
10:08am Wed 12 Dec 12