{"id":556947,"date":"2020-07-06T11:38:02","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T15:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=556947"},"modified":"2020-07-06T11:40:25","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T15:40:25","slug":"report-chris-hughton-in-discussions-with-bristol-city-over-manager-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/07\/06\/report-chris-hughton-in-discussions-with-bristol-city-over-manager-job\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Chris Hughton in Discussions With Bristol City Over Manager Job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/brighton-hove-albion\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brighton &amp; Hove Albion<\/a> boss <a href=\"\/tag\/chris-hughton\/\" target=\"_self\">Chris Hughton<\/a> has reportedly held discussions with <a href=\"\/tag\/bristol-city\/\" target=\"_self\">Bristol City<\/a> over their vacant role.<\/p>\n<h2>REPORT: Chris Hughton in Discussions With Bristol City Over Manager Job<\/h2>\n<h3>Successful CV<\/h3>\n<p>Chris Hughton is in discussions with Bristol City with a view to become the Robins&#8217; new manager, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/transfer-centre\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sky Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The former Brighton &amp; Hove Albion boss has a proven track record of achieving promotion from the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/category\/league-football\/championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Championship<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 61-year-old has previously taken the Seagulls and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/newcastle-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newcastle United<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/category\/premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Premier League<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He has, however, been unemployed since May 2019 when he was sacked as Brighton finished just two points above the drop zone.<\/p>\n<p>Sky Sports claim he has turned down five jobs in the Championship, but Ashton Gate could be his future home.<\/p>\n<h3>Experienced Managers Linked With Vacant Role<\/h3>\n<p>Hughton becomes the second experienced manager to be linked with the role, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/2020\/07\/05\/report-mick-mccarthy-keen-on-vacant-bristol-city-job\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">following the footsteps of Mick McCarthy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 61-year-old has been out of work since leaving his managerial role with the Republic of Ireland in April.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/tag\/mick-mccarthy\/\" target=\"_self\">McCarthy<\/a> has a wealth of experience at the Championship level.<\/p>\n<p>He has previously managed a host of Championship clubs as well as taking charge of his home country during two separate spells.<\/p>\n<p>He left his last role in club management, at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/tag\/ipswich-town\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ipswich Town<\/a>, in 2018, where they pushed for the playoffs on multiple occasions during his six-year tenure.<\/p>\n<p>However, his most successful managerial stints came prior to that with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/sunderland\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sunderland<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/wolves-club-analysis-news-fixtures\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wolverhampton Wanderers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy secured promotion to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/category\/premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Premier League<\/a>\u00a0with both clubs and this winning mentality may prove attractive for the Robins.<\/p>\n<h3>Search for a New Boss<\/h3>\n<p>Bristol City are searching for a new manager after <a href=\"\/tag\/lee-johnson\/\" target=\"_self\">Lee Johnson<\/a> was sacked by the Robins at the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>A 1-0 defeat in the Severnside derby to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/cardiff-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cardiff City<\/a> proved the end of the line for Johnson, whose job was relinquished just hours after the loss.<\/p>\n<p>The Robins parted ways with Johnson after losing all four games since the Championship restarted last month.<\/p>\n<p>It leaves the Robins nine points adrift of the play-offs with five matches to go.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"xjeMXobUQg9hILMb_-BIuw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1189550624\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'xjeMXobUQg9hILMb_-BIuw',sig:'e4_MN-KvNfH7n27dkA0r3X8ST3NdxEmz0uKyQRV1Kwk=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1189550624',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Brighton &amp; Hove Albion boss Chris Hughton has reportedly held discussions with Bristol City over their vacant role. REPORT: Chris Hughton in Discussions With Bristol City Over Manager Job Successful CV Chris Hughton is in discussions with Bristol City with a view to become the Robins&#8217; new manager, according to Sky Sports. The former [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3040,"featured_media":556953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32,1265,33,1267],"tags":[537,197,1576,168,1519,2030],"class_list":["post-556947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-league-football","category-brighton-and-hove-albion","category-championship","category-newcastle-united","tag-bristol-city","tag-championship","tag-chris-hughton","tag-efl","tag-lee-johnson","tag-mick-mccarthy"],"modified_by":"Matt Lee","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3040"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}