Teddy Sheringham fearful of Stevenage sack

By Daniel Lewis, Senior Reporter | 13 November 2015

Stevenage boss Teddy Sheringham admits that seeing certain high-profile managers come under increasing pressure has left him fearing for his own job.

Teddy Sheringham has revealed that his number one personal target for the campaign is to simply survive at Stevenage.

The 49-year-old made the move into management in May, taking over a side now languishing at the wrong end of the League Two table.

Sheringham cites the recent departure of Chris Powell at Huddersfield Town in particular as to why he fears the sack in his first senior position, but admits that he was fully aware of the dangers when taking on the job earlier this year.

Speaking to ESPN, the former Manchester United striker said: "My ambition is to survive at Stevenage, simple as that. Statistics confirm that 70% of first-time managers last less than six months and never get another job. So if I survive until the end of my first season, I will have done an okay job at least.

"Obviously, I want to do more than OK. I have ambitions to do very, very well, and at the moment I'm doing less than okay as we are struggling. I have to do better to keep my job, I know that. I can't look any further than the next game and hopefully the one after that.

"Three months ago, the likes of Chris Powell and Garry Monk were being hailed as great managers. Monk was being touted as the next England manager not so long ago, and now he is allegedly under pressure, apparently. We all know what we are getting into when we go into football management, and you need results if you are going to stay around."

Stevenage find themselves five points above the drop zone ahead of this weekend's trip to fellow strugglers Yeovil Town.