Where it all went wrong for Wayne Rooney at Plymouth: Bad results, bachelor living at pub karaoke - and now HE could be next on I'm A Celeb
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The message ‘Make Waves’ is emblazoned across one of the bridges which Wayne Rooney drove under each week on the high-speed route west into Plymouth. That is what he saw himself doing in the golden days of August when Plymouth Argyle, the most remote league club in Britain, offered him the prospect of rehabilitation after 83 grim days at Birmingham City had appeared to finish him as a manager.
![[Plymouth are bottom of the Championship and four points from safety at the midway point]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/06/23/92893119-14167061-image-a-3_1733527023845.jpg)
The only waves in Plymouth in recent weeks were those thumping against the dock wall at the historic Royal William Yard, where Rooney rents an apartment, as a brutal rainstorm doused the city and wind howled through the place. He was contemplating his worst week in management — a 4-0 hammering at Bristol City on the back of a 6-1 loss at Norwich. It left the club one place and two points above the Championship relegation zone, and Plymouth’s owner, Simon Hallett, telling a fans’ forum in Cornwall that there have been ‘no conversations’ about sacking him.
![[Rooney's wife Coleen took part in ITV show I'm a Celebrity in Australia]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/06/23/92893115-14167061-image-a-2_1733526952646.jpg)
But the dreaded vote of confidence only lasted so long, and on Tuesday he was sacked as Plymouth boss after just 25 matches. It carries a particular enormity for Rooney. Failure here, after that disaster at Birmingham, seems to offer little prospect of a road back into management.
![[Rooney won just five of his 25 matches with Plymouth and lasted only seven months in charge]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/06/23/92893105-14167061-image-a-4_1733527118407.jpg)
Perhaps this beat having insects crawling in an ear and requiring medical intervention to have one of them flushed out — his wife Coleen’s experience in the I’m a Celebrity jungle. But the lesser of the two evils was a hard one to call. Man United icon Wayne Rooney is fighting to save his managerial career after Plymouth sack.
![[He seems tired and worn down, but the 39-year-old insisted he loves being in management]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/06/23/92893121-14167061-image-a-5_1733527145439.jpg)
