Official site. Club statement Published: 22 September, 2013 by Sunderland AFC Club parts company with head coach. Sunderland AFC confirms that it has parted company with head coach Paolo Di Canio this evening. Kevin Ball will take charge of the squad ahead of Tuesday night’s Capital One Cup game against Peterborough United and an announcement will be made in due course regarding a permanent successor. The club would like to place on record its thanks to Paolo and his staff and wishes them well for the future.
5 games in , I assume that considering who your next 5 games are against , you will sack the next manager , absolute joke! Ah well I guess the players can go back to being fat and unfit.