Hull City sack boss Tim Walter after just 17 league games in charge with the team in the Championship relegation zone.

Hull City have sacked head coach Tim Walter after Tuesday night's 2-0 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday as owner Acun Ilicali makes one of his biggest decisions yet with the team 22nd in the Championship, having amassed just 15 points from the first 17 games and on a run of four straight defeats.

Hull have sacked coach Tim Walter after just 18 games following Tuesday night's defeat to Sheffield Wednesday. That loss leaves the Tigers in 22nd place having picked up just 15 points all season. Walter joined the Humberside club in the summer with a real pedigree in German football.

Tim Walter admits his tenure at Hull City is the toughest spell of his managerial career as he faces up to the very real prospect of losing his job.

HULL CITY have sacked Tim Walter following the club’s poor start to the Championship campaign. The German has paid the price for an awful nine-match winless sequence, which has left City in the relegation zone after a miserable haul of just three points from a possible 27.

Hull City have sacked head coach Tim Walter after a run of nine games without a win brought a fall into the Championship’s relegation zone. Walter only began his role at the MKM Stadium in July, signing a three-year deal to replace Liam Rosenior.

TEAM_LINK|5096|Hull City have sacked struggling manager COACH_LINK|28264|Tim Walter after just 17 league games following last night's defeat to Sheffield Wednesday.