5 most weird managerial sackings in football

#4 Tommy Docherty

Found true love at the cost of his job

The mind of a human being is perhaps the most inscrutable object there is. One moment, it loves someone unconditionally and in some other moment, the same love is channelled towards someone else.

It is this change of mind that cost Tom Docherty his job at Manchester United in 1977. Mary Brown, the wife of a person named Laurie Brown, had a change of interest in love and got herself involved in an extra-marital affair with Docherty, who himself was married at that time.

Now, the problem was, Laurie was a physio at Manchester United. Ouch!

In the end, this turned out to be the downfall of Docherty at United. Not that he was too upset about it as he went on to marry Mary. And the best part? They are still together.

There is a cost for find true love it seems.