Chairman explains Southgate sacking

Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson says he sacked Gareth Southgate because he feared the club would fail to win promotion back to the Premier League this season.

Southgate was fired following a string of bad results and despite Tuesday night's victory over Derby which took Boro to one point off the top of the Championship.

BBC Tees commentator Ali Brownlee obtained an exclusive interview with Steve Gibson which can be heard in full on the BBC Tees website.

Reaction has been coming in to BBC Tees since Southgate's sacking.

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Names being suggested as a successor range from Steve Coppell to Kevin Keegan, but the one who's emerging as the bookies' favourite seems to be Gordon Strachan.

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