Former Coventry City defender Sam Allardyce is the front runner to become the next manager of Crystal Palace.
The Surrey based side sacked Alan Pardew earlier today with club chairman Steve Parish saying to BBC Sport that Pardew's "expansive style of football hasn't worked and the club were going to wind the dial back the other way.
Parish also said: "Relegation is so costly and I feel, with no blame attached, we got ourselves in a rut and need a change with Palace 17th in the Premier League table and with only one win in eleven games.
Allardyce has a good record at keeping clubs in the Premier League and the former England manager from Dudley, last did it with Sunderland.