The former Blackpool manager hopes he will not suffer same fate as Adkins and McDermott

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Nigel Adkins believes Reading's experience of the Championship gives them a "good opportunity" to make a Premier League return at the first attempt.

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Leeds United's El-Hadji Diouf fined for red gesture

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Gary Megson / Bryan Robson - West Brom - December 2004
Megson left with West Brom bottom of the table, 3 points away from safety. Robson became the first manager to ever save a club bottom at Christmas from relegation on the last game of the season, when West Brom beat Portsmouth 2-0 at home to stay up.

Does sacking a manager late in the season work?

Reading today announced Nigel Adkins as Brian McDermott's successor

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Paul Lambert's side move out of bottom three with crucial win over fellow strugglers Reading

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Akpan, 21, joined the Toffees as an eight-year-old

Reading watch as Wigan's Kone slots his goal home
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The veteran missed the midweek Champions League game against Real Madrid

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