Watford Dismisses Head Coach Ed Still After Season

Watford dismissed head coach Ed Still on Sunday morning, mere hours after the Championship season ended, capping a three-month tenure marked by poor results. The 35-year-old Belgian, who signed a two-and-a-half-year contract in February following Javi Gracia's resignation, oversaw 15 matches, securing three wins, four draws and eight defeats. The Hornets finished 16th in the table, 10 points clear of relegation, but lost six of their final seven games, including a 4-0 home defeat to Coventry on Saturday.

The club announced the decision in a brief statement: "Watford FC have this morning parted company with Head Coach Ed Still. First Team Coach Karim Belhocine has also left the club. We wish them all the best in their future endeavours." Still's exit makes him the 11th permanent head coach at Watford since the end of the 2020-21 season and the third this campaign, after Paulo Pezzolano's dismissal in October and Gracia's departure in February.

Still, the younger brother of former Southampton manager Will Still, brought experience from Belgian clubs including Charleroi, Eupen and Kortrijk, as well as a caretaker role at Anderlecht and a stint on the coaching staff at Lens under...