HARRY KEWELL has been sacked by Barnet after just seven games in charge of the National League outfit.
Kewell failed to win any of his matches with the Bees, who have lost five times so far in the fifth division this season.
The Edgware outfit is second from bottom on the table with Dover, who started the campaign with a 12-point deduction, the only team below them.
Barnet’s head of football Dean Brennan confirmed the decision to dismiss the former Liverpool and Leeds star was taken because of the team’s poor start.
Brennan said: “It was clear how much Harry Kewell wanted to have a positive impact, but ultimately the results and the poor start to the season have dictated our decision.
“The plan for this season was for Barnet FC to be challenging in the top half of the table and that is still very much our aim.”
Kewell’s assistant Paul Butler is also departing from Barnet with Brennan taking over on a temporary basis.
That means he will become the sixth person to be in charge of the club this year.
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Tim Flowers started 2021 in the dugout but left in March, with Paul Fairclough and Gary Anderson each having spells as caretaker boss.
Simon Bassey then took over as interim manager in April until the end of last term.
Kewell was appointed as head coach in June and said he would put ‘the club back on the right path’.
Barnet were the fourth team he coached after spells at Crawley, Notts County and Oldham.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
