Soccer-Pulis named new Sheffield Wednesday boss

Wednesday sacked Monk earlier this week with the club sitting 23rd in the second-tier standings after three wins from 11 league games. Pulis, 62, last managed Championship side Middlesbrough, leaving the club at the end of the 2018-19 campaign after failing to secure promotion to the Premier League. Pulis' first assignment with Wednesday will be a trip to Preston North End on Nov. 21 after the international break.

Sheffield Wednesday have appointed former Stoke City and Crystal Palace manager Tony Pulis as their new head coach to replace Garry Monk, the English Championship club said in a statement https://www.swfc.co.uk/news/2020/november/tony-pulis-appointed-owls-manager on Friday. Wednesday sacked Monk earlier this week with the club sitting 23rd in the second-tier standings after three wins from 11 league games.

Pulis, 62, last managed Championship side Middlesbrough, leaving the club at the end of the 2018-19 campaign after failing to secure promotion to the Premier League. He also previously managed West Bromwich Albion from 2015-17. Pulis' first assignment with Wednesday will be a trip to Preston North End on Nov. 21 after the international break.

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