Swindon have sacked manager Mark Kennedy, talkSPORT understands.
The former Wolverhampton Wanderers and Liverpool winger has only been at the club since May.
Kennedy is set to be sackedGETTY
But with the Robins sitting in the relegation zone in League Two, he is set to be dismissed after just five months in charge.
Swindon lost 2-1 to Salford City on Tuesday, leaving them third from bottom of the fourth tier after just two league wins in 13.
The decision to sack ex-Ireland international Kennedy comes just one day before the League Two clash with Gillingham.
Following his retirement from football, Kennedy began his coaching career in 2012 with Ipswich Town.
He left for his former club Manchester City in 2016, and also spent time in Wolves’ academy.
His first management role in men’s football was with Macclesfield, with him taking charge in January 2020.
However he left the club that August after rejecting a new contract following the club’s relegation to the National League as a result of a points deduction for financial issues.
He served as Lee Bowyer’s assistant at Birmingham City but departed to become Lincoln City boss in 2022.
Kennedy oversaw an 11th place finish that season but was sacked the following October.
He had joined Swindon on a two-year contract as a permanent replacement for former Robins boss Michael Flynn.
Only Morecambe and Carlisle are keeping Swindon off the foot of the tableGETTY
The English Football League outfit will now be looking for their fourth permanent manager since Scott Lindsey’s departure in January 2023.
Swindon were in League One as recently as 2021, and were relegated second from bottom of the league.
Now the Robins have sprung into action to stop them from dropping out of the Football League.
Speaking after his final game in charge at Salford, 48-year-old Kennedy said: “We had good moments in the game but unfortunately we found a way to lose the game and the decision-making just leaves me scratching my head a little.
“In this season, in the games we have lost I don’t feel like, with the exception of Walsall, I don’t think anyone has come and beat us.
“In the games we have lost, I think Darren [Moore] from Port Vale, Grant [McCann] from Doncaster and Karl Robinson tonight, when I think what they will think I keep coming up with the same answer, ‘they were lucky to beat us, they didn’t half help us’.
“That is something we need to change quickly. I am really proud to work for the club, whether I am here tomorrow or for 10 years, it is a brilliant club.
“My conversations are with someone who is really passionate about his club and it has been nothing but supportive.
“Worrying about tomorrow ruins today and I can only control the controllables, so most of this is a completely hypothetical question.”
