Sligo Rovers part company with Liam Buckley

Liam Buckley has become the first managerial casualty of the Premier Division season. ©INPHO/Tom Maher

Liam Buckley has become the first managerial casualty of the Premier Division season - his three-and-a-half year tenure at Sligo Rovers ended on Sunday by “mutual consent”.

Buckley’s three campaigns at the helm oversaw improving finishes of seventh, fourth and third in the table but a five-match winless streak has left them sixth approaching the midpoint point this season.