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Nottingham Forest have sacked head coach Ange Postecoglou after he failed to win any of his eight games in charge of the club. The decision came just 20 minutes after Forest’s 3-0 home defeat to Chelsea on Saturday, October 18.
In an official statement, the club said: “Nottingham Forest Football Club can confirm that after a series of disappointing results and performances, Ange Postecoglou has been relieved of his duties as head coach with immediate effect.”
Nottingham Forest Football Club can confirm that after a series of disappointing results and performances, Ange Postecoglou has been relieved of his duties as head coach with immediate effect.
— Nottingham Forest (@NFFC) October 18, 2025
The Club will make no further comment at this time.
Postecoglou fails to turn things around
Postecoglou was appointed as Forest’s coach on September 9 after the departure of Nuno Espirito Santo. However, his time at the club lasted only 39 days, during which Forest lost six matches and drew two.
The Australian coach faced criticism from fans after a string of poor performances, including a 2-0 defeat to Newcastle United and a loss to Danish club FC Midtjylland, where supporters chanted “sacked in the morning.”
After the Chelsea defeat, Postecoglou left the ground immediately, skipping media duties. Within 20 minutes, the club confirmed his dismissal through a statement. The club is yet to announce who will replace Postecoglou.
It was Postecoglou's first job since being fired by Tottenham at the end of last season despite leading Spurs to the Europa League title to break their 17-year trophy drought.
Forest lost six and drew the other two of its eight games under Postecoglou. That included four losses from five in the league, scoring just one goal in the process, to leave Forest hovering just above the bottom three.
Nuno was fired despite leading Forest into Europe following a very public falling-out with owner Evangelos Marinakis, reportedly stemming from a breakdown in relations with the club’s recently hired global head of football, Edu Gaspar.
Postecoglou seemed an odd choice as the replacement, given his preferred style of play — on the front foot and attacking — differed to Nuno’s and the squad in place at the City Ground.
If the idea was for Postecoglou to bring a more expansive approach to Forest, it didn’t materialize. In five league games under the Australian, the team scored one goal.
There were loud jeers at the fulltime whistle at the Chelsea game.
There was no immediate word of a replacement but British media has already reported that Sean Dyche, the former Burnley and Everton manager, was in line to take over should Forest fire Postecoglou.
Dyche was sacked by Everton in January. He was a youth-team player at Forest before a career spent at lower-league clubs.
His direct and pragmatic playing style is more similar to Nuno’s than Postecoglou’s.
(With agency inputs)
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