• Everton fans hold up banners of protest against Everton chairman Bill Kenwright and shareholder Farhad Moshiri. AP
    Everton fans hold up banners of protest against Everton chairman Bill Kenwright and shareholder Farhad Moshiri. AP
  • Frank Lampard during Everton's Premier League defeat against West Ham United at the London Stadium on January 21, 2023. He was sacked soon afterwards, and replaced by Sean Dyche. Getty
    Frank Lampard during Everton's Premier League defeat against West Ham United at the London Stadium on January 21, 2023. He was sacked soon afterwards, and replaced by Sean Dyche. Getty
  • Everton fans with banners protesting against the club's owners. Reuters
    Everton fans with banners protesting against the club's owners. Reuters
  • Everton fans with banners protesting against the club's owners. AFP
    Everton fans with banners protesting against the club's owners. AFP
  • Everton manager Frank Lampard after the defeat. PA
    Everton manager Frank Lampard after the defeat. PA
  • Everton owner Farhad Moshiri and chairman Bill Kenwright in the stands. Action Images
    Everton owner Farhad Moshiri and chairman Bill Kenwright in the stands. Action Images
  • Everton fans hold a 'Kenwright Out' flag. Getty
    Everton fans hold a 'Kenwright Out' flag. Getty
  • Everton fans hold banners aimed at the club's owners. Getty
    Everton fans hold banners aimed at the club's owners. Getty
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    West Ham's Jarrod Bowen celebrates with Nayef Aguerd after scoring the second goal in the 2-0 victory. AP
  • Jarrod Bowen celebrates after scoring West Ham's opening goal. AP
    Jarrod Bowen celebrates after scoring West Ham's opening goal. AP
  • Jarrod Bowen celebrates with Declan Rice after scoring West Ham's second goal. Getty
    Jarrod Bowen celebrates with Declan Rice after scoring West Ham's second goal. Getty
  • Everton manager Frank Lampard watches the action. Reuters
    Everton manager Frank Lampard watches the action. Reuters
  • Bowen shoots past Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford to score the second goal. AFP
    Bowen shoots past Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford to score the second goal. AFP
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    Jarrod Bowen celebrates after scoring the first goal. Getty
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    Bowen celebrates after scoring the second goal. Getty

Frank Lampard sacked as Everton manager after less than year in charge


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Frank Lampard has been sacked as manager of Everton with the club sitting second bottom of the Premier League.

The Merseysiders were beaten 2-0 by fellow strugglers West Ham United on Saturday, meaning they had lost eight of their last nine games in all competitions.

That was also been their ninth loss in 12 league matches, winning just once, leaving them with 15 points and above Southampton only on goal difference. It is the club’s lowest points tally at this stage of any Premier League season.

Saturday's match had been dubbed El Sackico after reports suggested that the losing manager would lose their job with Hammers coach David Moyes also under intense pressure after an equally dismal run of results.

But it was Moyes who came out victorious and Lampard's Everton reign is now over. He took over at Goodison Park on January 31, 2022, with the team 16th in the table, replacing Rafa Benitez who had been sacked after less than seven months in charge.

Lampard, 44, had been out of work since being sacked himself by Chelsea – where he had been manager for 18 months – a year earlier and replaced with Thomas Tuchel, who would lead the London club to Champions League glory by the season's end.

Everton finished two places and four points outside the bottom three last season and there were joyous scenes at Goodison Park when their 68-year top-flight status was confirmed for another campaign following a dramatic 3-2 comeback victory against Crystal Palace.

“It is one of the greatest moments of my footballing life and career,” Lampard said after the match. “It is a special night in Everton's history.”

  • Everton players react at the end of the 2-1 defeat against Southampton at Goodison Park on January 14, 2023. AP
    Everton players react at the end of the 2-1 defeat against Southampton at Goodison Park on January 14, 2023. AP
  • Everton fans display a banner at the end of the match. AP
    Everton fans display a banner at the end of the match. AP
  • Everton fans hold up banners in protest. PA
    Everton fans hold up banners in protest. PA
  • Lyanco of Southampton celebrates with teammate James Ward-Prowse following their victory. Getty
    Lyanco of Southampton celebrates with teammate James Ward-Prowse following their victory. Getty
  • Everton fans display a protest banner. AP
    Everton fans display a protest banner. AP
  • Everton fans hold up banners in protest against the club's board following the defeat. Getty
    Everton fans hold up banners in protest against the club's board following the defeat. Getty
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    Everton's Amadou Onana looks dejected. PA
  • Everton's Alex Iwobi. PA
    Everton's Alex Iwobi. PA
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    Everton's Jordan Pickford after the match. Action Images
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    Everton coach Frank Lampard shakes hands with James Tarkowski. AP
  • Everton manager Frank Lampard consoles Conor Coady. PA
    Everton manager Frank Lampard consoles Conor Coady. PA
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    James Ward-Prowse of Southampton celebrates after scoring their second goal. Getty
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    James Ward-Prowse is mobbed by teammates after scoring the winner. PA
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    James Ward-Prowse celebrates after scoring. Getty
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    Southampton's James Ward-Prowse celebrates scoring their first goal. PA
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    Everton's Amadou Onana celebrates scoring. PA
  • Everton's Amadou Onana celebrates. PA
    Everton's Amadou Onana celebrates. PA

But hopes that his first full season would see a change in fortunes would quickly evaporate. Star striker Richarlison was sold to Tottenham Hotspur without being adequately replaced and the team would go on to win just three of their opening 20 league matches.

Fan anger at the club ownership has boiled over in recent weeks and Everton’s board of directors were ordered to stay away from Goodison Park due to perceived security risks, meaning they missed Everton's home defeat to bottom side Southampton.

Banners were displayed around Goodison Park before kick-off while supporters then staged sit-in protest after the final whistle, but Lampard still inistsed he could turn the club's fortunes around.

“I am fortunate in the fact I have been in the game a long time and you become quite tough to these things. It becomes your life,” Lampard said. “The only thing I want to do is bring success to this club. In terms of my own abilities I always remain confident in that.”

Despite having also received the public backing of beleaguered owner Farhad Moshiri, the West Ham defeat proved the final straw.

In his 44 games as coach, Lampard won 12, drew eight and lost 24, managing a win percentage of just 27.3 and Everton are now looking for their sixth permanent manager in five years.

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The flights
Whether you trek after mountain gorillas in Rwanda, Uganda or the Congo, the most convenient international airport is in Rwanda’s capital city, Kigali. There are direct flights from Dubai a couple of days a week with RwandAir. Otherwise, an indirect route is available via Nairobi with Kenya Airways. Flydubai flies to Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, via Entebbe in Uganda. Expect to pay from US$350 (Dh1,286) return, including taxes.
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Superb ape-watching tours that take in all three gorilla countries mentioned above are run by Natural World Safaris. In September, the company will be operating a unique Ugandan ape safari guided by well-known primatologist Ben Garrod.
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Updated: January 23, 2023, 4:20 PM