Cooper may be next boss to take the exit door

Ten clubs have sacked 12 managers already in a campaign that promises to be memorable for one of the most intense relegation battles ever.

SICKENING DEFEAT: Nottingham Forest's Augusto Felipe (left) and manager Steve Cooper. Pic: David Davies/PA Wire.

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Steve Cooper, a manager handed a new contract by Nottingham Forest as recently as October, looks increasingly likely to become the 13th managerial casualty of this increasingly fraught Premier League season.