A 2-1 defeat at League Two side Coventry in the FA Cup third round on Saturday appeared to be the final straw for the Stoke City board, who terminated the contract of Mark Hughes following the game.
A series of recent disappointing results for the manager’s under-performing side has seen the axe fall ahead of the close of the January transfer window.
These were the best Mark Hughes sacked jokes as he leaves Stoke City:
BREAKING: Mark Hughes has locked himself in a toilet at Coventry, and when anyone knocks on it and says, “Mark?” he just puts on a woman’s voice and replies “Mark isn’t in here”. More to follow.
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) January 6, 2018
Paul Gascoigne has just turned up outside Mark Hughes house with some KFC and a fishing rod.
— Neil Peter ⚔️ (@Neil1889) January 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/FamousCPFC/status/949716327404535810
It just gets Grimmer for Mark Hughes.
— Rob Summerfield (@RobSummerfield1) January 6, 2018
Mark Hughes has been sacked by Stoke City and he looks furious pic.twitter.com/YJ7XDclmhM
— Football Burp ⚽ (@FootballBurp) January 6, 2018
Mark Hughes pic.twitter.com/jZadjS13jB
— Danny Baker (@prodnose) January 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/SirDanWilson/status/949755907319238656
Alf had a face like thunder when Mark Hughes told him the news pic.twitter.com/uCGIcLr6KZ
— Football Burp ⚽ (@FootballBurp) January 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/Colinthecabbie/status/949752548004593664
If only we’d listened to the British media & kept hold of Mark Hughes instead of appointing Mancini.
— The Urban Spaceman (@conal_fitz) January 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/tevezneck/status/949736267314552833
https://twitter.com/ShiteSportsNews/status/949744475978522624
https://twitter.com/Hegazistry/status/947886155562930177
https://twitter.com/sultanittihad/status/949735057404592128
Mark Hughes gets the phone call he's been dreading. pic.twitter.com/FJDwTUYQmB
— Richard Norris (@richardnorris75) January 6, 2018
Mark Hughes to go full George Costanza and turn up for training tomorrow
— hewonitfrombrock (@wonitfrombrock) January 6, 2018