Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has resigned as manager of Burton Albion, who are bottom of League One.

The Dutchman, 50, leaves just two weeks after saying he would quit if he saw himself as "the problem" at Burton.

The final game of Hasselbaink's second spell in charge of the club was Saturday's defeat by Oxford, which leaves them with just one point from their first seven games this season.

Assistant manager Dino Maamria will take over as Burton's interim boss.

Hasselbaink led Burton to promotion as League Two champions in 2015 during his first stint as manager at the Pirelli Stadium.

He returned in January 2021 when Albion were bottom of League One and guided them to a 16th-place finish. The Brewers finished in the same position last term in his first full season back at the helm.

Before the start of this season, Hasselbaink said his side was still a work in progress.

A lack of resources to strengthen significantly since then has eventually prompted his departure.

"I have taken the club as far as I can with the limited resources available and it is time for someone else to come in and inject some new energy," Hasselbaink told Burton's website.

Burton chairman Ben Robinson thanked former Chelsea and Netherlands striker Hasselbaink "for the success he brought" the club.

"I have enjoyed working with Jimmy who is an inspirational coach and I understand and respect his decision to move on," Robinson added.

Hasselbaink's departure comes less than three months after deciding to remain at Burton to "build for the future" after speaking to Barnsley about their vacant managerial post in the summer.

The first five weeks of the 2022-23 season, which proved to be the final ones of Hasselbaink's tenure, have been the most difficult of the Dutchman's association with the club.

They have conceded 24 goals in nine games in all competitions and failed to score in five of them.

They were knocked out of the Carabao Cup by League Two strugglers Rochdale in the first round, collected their only league point of the season against Accrington Stanley - in a match they were 3-0 up in after 50 minutes - and their only win to date came against Leicester City's Under-21 side in the Papa John's Trophy.

Burton next face 15th-placed Fleetwood Town at home on Saturday, with former Stevenage and Oldham boss Maamria at the helm as caretaker.

'nuff said.

2 points for a correct result
4 points for a correct score
2 points for each correct scorer
Correct joker doubles your score      
Wrong joker result gives you minus 2
Correct Random Badger gives you 2 points

The random badger is used for any random prediction used once in each matchday sequence. For instance, a scorer at a particular match, the number of red cards in the matches or yellow cards or own goals or owt you want really within reason, I do need to be able to check whether it's correct or not. Please don't put stuff like....."Commentator says...."  
The joker   is played for one match in each sequence and if correct you get double points. So if you've predicted 1-0 and it finishes 2-0, you get 4 pts, but if you've predicted 2-0, that's 8 pts. But if you get it wrong, it's minus 2.
Jokers and badgers are optional. You don't have to play one if you don't want.

The prize for winning the league is one rep point.

Cup games: In the event of a draw, it's half the points if you've predicted a draw when it gets to 90 mins and the full points if it's still a draw after extra time. Half the points will be awarded for correctly predicting the winner of the match if it goes to penalties. Similarly with the badger, if your random prediction is affected by this, it'll be half the points.

Random score generator: I will be using the random score generator again for those who miss predicting, so we shouldn't get some people too far behind that after missing a couple of weeks they lose all interest, because I know it's not easy getting on here every week.
To be fair to everybody, this is going to be like, say if three people in one week miss their predictions, the first one in the table will be given all 0-0, the second one down the line will get 1-0 and the third will get 0-1 and so on, like if there's four missing the 4th will get 1-1, then 5th 2-1, 6th 1-2. and if there are so many missing, might as well pack in.
And if you miss two weeks on the trot, I'll stop until you come back on again. Not doing it for half a season like I did t'other year.  

End of season Play Offs: The one who finishes top of the league will still be champion, but after the season finishes there will be Play Offs between the top 4, with 1st v 4th and 2nd v 3rd. This will take in stuff like the EFL Play Offs, FA Cup Final, final day of Prima Donna League, European Finals etc. It will be one matchday for the semis and one for the Final. It will be the individual scores for each matchday against the allotted opponent, with some kind of tie breaker for a drawn match.

The prize for winning will be enormous. Another rep point.

This weekend's games have all been postponed. Midweek should be going ahead:-

Tuesday 13th September:
Town v Wigan
Town scorers:
Wigan scorers:

Blackburn Rovers v Watford
Hull City v Stoke City
Middlesbrough v Cardiff City
Swansea City v Sheffield United
Preston North End v Burnley

Wednesday 14th September:
Luton Town v Coventry City
Millwall v Queens Park Rangers
Norwich City v Bristol City
Rotherham United v Blackpool
Reading v Sunderland
West Bromwich Albion v Birmingham City

Table after Matchday 6:

1. themaclad = 141 pts
   
2. theo_luddite = 140 pts
   
3. jjamez = 139 pts
   
4. ritchiebaby = 126 pts
   
5. Lord Snooty = 121 pts
   
6. Devongone = 110 pts
   
7. neonfoxinthebox = 109 pts
   
8. Baggiebob(BBB) = 107 pts
   
9. St Charles Owl = 103 pts
   
10. Amelia Chaffinch = 97 pts
    
11. SHEP_HTAFC = 97 pts
    
12. WakeyTerrier = 73 pts

Just watched Wealdstone play Woking. Not a special game I'm afraid but ........

I had not realised that Wealdstone have such a big lad as their physio'. He's the biggest physio I've ever seen.

And he's got a really nice face too! If you actually WERE injured, which is fairly rare in players requiring a physio', you'd be glad to see him.

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Well, they say an early goal makes a big difference; clearly , 2 of `em make an even bigger one.

I know I`m slightly less than impartial, but I do think the scoreline flattered Oldham. We could and should have had a few more – again – and other than when we gave the ball away in midfield and allowed them the chance to counter, I can`t remember them creating a great deal. Probably their best chance was in the first half when Covolan was caught too far off his line and their guy lobbed him but it landed on the roof of the net. In fairness, he was probably still feeling guilty about having buggered up my prediction at Dorking and was just trying to make amends. (It`s alright, Lucas; I appreciate the gesture, but there`s really no need.) I should also say that, apart from that one instance, I can`t remember him looking anything other than solid as a rock.

Oldham seemed to be short on confidence at times – which we`re certainly not at the moment. In fact, that was one of our only 2 weaknesses to my thinking. I know I`m nit-picking here, but we sometimes tried to be too intricate in midfield when we didn`t need to be and gave the ball away as a result. Having said that, I still prefer us to go looking for more goals to kill the game off rather than sitting back and giving the initiative away. It meant that I wasn`t quite as nervous in those last 10 minutes as I could have been – although I still was.

We really do need to start putting away a few more of the chances we`re creating, though. That was our only other weakness yesterday. With a bit more calmness in front of goal we really could have given our goal difference a healthy boost, as did all our main competitors. That could come back to bite us at the end of the season. Joe Quigley`s hold-up and lay-off play were brilliant, but he did scuff a couple of chances in the second half that he really should have put away. Should have had a hat-trick.

The lad from Arsenal looked a real talent when he came on. Strong, fast, creative. Shame we can`t have him for the whole season .

All in all, I came away a very happy bunny – why wouldn`t I? – and starting to wonder whether my uncanny and unwanted knack of putting the mokkers on us whenever I turn up is starting to fade. That`s 2 wins in 5 days I`ve seen at grounds where we rarely do anything. It must be 50, probably nearer 60, years since I`ve been to Boundary Park and I can`t believe how its surroundings have changed from what I remember. It used to be quite Lowryesque; grim, semi-derelict factory buildings that perfectly matched my mood when we lost. Now it`s a modern housing estate; all very pleasant. How some of these old mill-towns have changed is unbelievable.

I like the ground, too. It`s changed but kept its character.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62697650

Celtic already 5 pts ahead at the top of the Scot Prem and Ange must have studied Rangers previous Euro game in Eindhoven when they should've been losing by three or four goals at HT. Celtic in mesmeric form and Rangers "never at the races" - blown away by a far more focused and better team than them. A good skelping and fully deserved!! One negative was Kyogo injured in the 1st min after a lunge by Lundstram.

I thought you would like to know who the true predictors were, who score a game correctly.

So out of 93 games predicted this season, THEO is the top of the tree with 14 correct.

12 - JJ
11 - Them
10 - Ritchie. Devon.
09 - Amelia
08 - Shep
07 - Lord Snooty
06 - St Charles. Neon. BBB
05 - Wakey

BBB

Morecambe owner Bond Group Investments has put the League One club up for sale, with Jason Whittingham and Colin Goldring stepping down from the board.

Whittingham and Goldring also own financially troubled Premiership rugby union side Worcester Warriors.

Warriors have been served a winding-up petition by HM Revenue & Customs over an unpaid tax bill of around £6m.

London-based investment group Bond Group took over Morecambe in May 2018 after G50 Holdings sold its shares.

Worcester stars flood social media over club crisis
Amid speculation over the Warriors' financial position, Morecambe issued a statement last week saying that the finances of the two clubs were separate.

In a statement on Morecambe's website, Whittingham and Goldring said "our attentions have been elsewhere".

Despite assurances that Warriors players would be paid amid a pledge to pay 65% of August's wages, BBC Hereford & Worcester have been told they have not been paid.

"Bond Group will continue to own and support the board as the majority shareholder until the club is sold. We aren't in a rush to sell and will make sure we take the time to find the right buyer with the right ambition for the future of the club," Friday's statement said.

Having taken over Morecambe just days before the final day of the 2017-18 League Two season, which could have seen the club drop out of the English Football League, Bond Group have been in control during an upturn in the club's fortunes ever since.

In 2021, under Derek Adams, the club won promotion to League One for the first time in their history as they beat Newport County at Wembley in the League Two play-off final.

After a short stint at Bradford City, Adams returned to Morecambe and led them to safety in the third tier as they avoided an immediate return to League Two last season.