LONDON -- If the grapevine is to be believed, Sunderland manager Peter Reid will be fired should his team lose to Aston Villa on Saturday, making the former England midfielder the ignominious winner of the Premiership sack race.
Someone had to be first to go and Reid has been the short-odds favorite. Perhaps ominously, earlier this week the bookmakers stopped taking bets on Reid's departure.
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