Karl Robinson, a former assistant coach for Leeds United, is one of the early favorites to replace Wade Elliott as manager of League One team Cheltenham Town.
Sam Allardyce brought Robinson to Leeds for the final four matches of the previous campaign as the Whites were being demoted from the Premier League.
With no victories in their first eight league games, Cheltenham made the announcement on Wednesday that Elliott had left the team. With just one draw from eight games while losing the other seven, they are at the bottom of the third-tier table.
As he awaits his return to work after leaving Leeds with Allardyce, Robinson is 8/1 with the bookmakers to take over at the club. Steve Cotterill, a former manager of Nottingham Forest, Cheltenham, Burnley, Portsmouth, Bristol City, Birmingham City, and Shrewsbury Town, is the 5/1 favorite, while Danny Cowley, a former manager of Huddersfield Town and Pompey, is tied for second place at 8/1 with Robinson. Martin Devaney and Leam Richardson are also 8/1 bets.
Robinson has extensive League One management experience, having led MK Dons out of the division and steered Oxford United to the third division from 2018 to 2023.
Robinson acknowledged regretting passing up the chance to manage at Elland Road earlier in his career when he spoke about his time at Leeds with the YEP earlier this summer.
Robinson told chief football writer Graham Smyth in an interview, “This is a true football club.
Sam always made fun of me for turning it down because I made the major error of turning it down years ago. I had my personal motives. I recollect telling the players that we were just ever passing through the supporters’ club, and that this was as authentic a football club as you were ever going to find. They are surrounded by it from the moment they are born till the moment they pass away; it is a part of their existence, and it is our obligation to show them that we care. The gamers genuinely care about the game. It’s crucial to demonstrate your affinity for your audience.
“The present Premier League is so different from the fans of yesteryear, who would have purchased season tickets, gone to the bar before the game, supported the club, and then returned home. Leeds United nevertheless holds true to its core values about the most crucial elements, namely the fan base, despite the fact that it has developed and grown into a global corporation.
