Jones had been under constant pressure in recent weeks with Chief Executive Jex Moxey constantly having a go at him about the league position being unacceptable and the Priestfield Stadium defeat proved to be the final straw.
Wolves were pre-season favourites for promotion following their relegation from the Premiership at the end of last season but it hasn’t quite worked out for them. They had a nightmare start to the season but looked as though they might be picking up when they won twice away from home in one week, their first away wins since April 2003.
But it didn’t bring about a revival and it was less than two weeks ago that they actually won their first game of the season at Molineux when they beat
They followed that up four days later with a second home win against QPR.
A week later though and defeat at
After missing out on promotion in 2002 in the play offs Wolves made it a year later after an easy Millennium Stadium win against Sheffield United. Relegation followed a year later and the poor Premiership form has continued forcing the change today, Wolves becoming the twelfth club to part company with their manager since the start of the season.
John Gregory, Gary Megson and Micky Adams are apparently front runners for the job along with midfielder Paul Ince. Despite having been at fierce rivals