Tony Docherty sacked as Ross County boss amid poor start to Championship return

Tony Docherty sacked as Ross County boss amid poor start to Championship return

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Ross County boss, Tony Docherty and assistant Callum Davidson have both been sacked by the Highlanders after a verry poor campaign for the Staggies so far.

Tony Docherty was appointed the new manager in Dingwall at the start of September, taking over for Don Cowie who was previously sacked. Tony was sacked by Dundee in May in which he took over Ross County just after the season had begun.

Since joining County, Docherty has had a nightmare start to life up North, taking charge of just 15 games, only managing to win four games as well as four draws and seven defeats. Tony has a win record of just 26.67%, averaging just 1.1 point per game.

Tony had only won 2 games against a Championship side, defeating Raith Rovers 2-0 and Dunfermline 3-2. The former Dundee boss also defeated Banks O’ Dee 2-0 in the Scottish Cup and most recently defeating Celtic B 4-0 in the Challenge Cup.

It look as Ross County had a real chance at the title following some big signings like Declan Gallagher, Trevor Carson, Gary MacKay-Steven, Jamie Linday and Ryan Duncan as well as keeping hold of Ronan Hale who netted on 18 occasions in the top flight, who also attracted interest from the likes of Aberdeen and Hibernian in the summer.

The sacking comes following a 6-0 battering in Kirkcaldy against Raith Rovers yesterday. The Staggies surprisingly sit rock bottom in the Championship, just 2 points off of 9th place, Queens Park.

A big few months await in the Highlands as County need to up their game if they are to avoid any scare of the drop.

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