Powell Sacked

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Yesterday I logged on to the BBC Sport main football webpage to check kick-off times of matches on TV and noticed a link (quite prominent, maybe second or third leading article) which said something like "Has ruthless Belgian businessman Roland Duchâtelet over-reached himself by sacking popular Charlton manager Chris Powell?" I finished an email I was writing then went back to read the article, only to get the "page not found" message a few times. When I tried a few hours later the link had disappeared.

My first thought was that either RD's or CP's lawyers had stepped in, but I suppose it could just have been editorial second thoughts. Or a disgruntled Addick on the BBC staff doing it as a hoax.

Did anyone else see either the link or the actual article (if it ever existed)?
The article resurfaced today:
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/26531907
Presumably they withdrew it for some updating.

Good article with some balanced input.