Hayen sacked by Burnley after just 14 games

Nicky Hayen is sacked after just 14 games in charge at Burnley following a poor start to the season. Nicky Hayen becomes the second Championship manager to be sacked this season after Preston's Paul Heckingbottom Head coach Nicky Hayen has been sacked after just 14 games in charge at Burnley following a poor start to the season. Hayen's final match was Saturday's 4-1 defeat at Lincoln City, as the hosts came back from 1-0 down to emphatically condemn the Clarets to a sixth defeat of the campaign and leave them 22nd in the Championship. Belgian Hayen was only appointed on 10 July to succeed Scott Parker, who left at the end of April days after the Clarets' relegation from the Premier League was confirmed.

Burnley announced the news with a short two-sentence statement within two hours of their defeat at the ProAmpac Stadium. Speaking in his post-match press conference, Hayen had said: "I'm not going to lose my energy because this is something out of my hands" with reference to his future. Hayen won the Belgian title with Club Brugge in 2024 and was brought in by owner Alan Pace to oversee a promotion bid, with the Clarets having gone up in their last two Championship campaigns in 2023 and 2025. But after a promising draw with West Ham on