City’s Richard done good
Penney drops in at Darlo
Dowie quits Palace
—– Captain Richard Dunne’s first-half goal clinches Manchester City first win in four games.
Left back Ben Thatcher returns to starting line-up after his eight-match ban but the home defence is rarely troubled by the Middlesbrough attack until the nervy closing stages.
On the down side, the crowd of 36,720 is the lowest for a City Premiership home game since they left Maine Road in 2003.
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—– League One Darlington appoint Dave Penney as their new manager.
Caretaker boss Martin Gray will stay with the Quakers as assistant to the 42 year-old.
Penney parted company with Doncaster Rovers in August after four-and-a-half years in charge.
He guided Rovers from the Conference to League One.
David Hodgson was sacked as Darlo boss on 4 October after he was suspended while they carried out an internal investigation.
—– Bob Dowie leaves his role as director of football at Crystal Palace with immediate effect.
Palace chairman Simon Jordan stated in the summer that Dowie’s job was secure following the appointment of Peter Taylor as manager.
Dowie is the younger brother of Iain who left his job as Palace boss in acrimonious circumstances in May and is now manager at Charlton Athletic.
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