Summary
RAY LEWINGTON took the call on his mobile phone from Graham Simpson at 7.30am. Just before the Watford manager was about to jump into his car and begin his daily battle with the M25 traffic from his home in Kingston to the club's London Colney training ground, he was summoned to a meeting at the chairman's Hertfordshire home.
Two hours later Simpson had brought Lewington's three-year reign as manager to an end.See the full content of this document
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Lewington Was Axed 'to Placate Directors'
"He knew what was coming," Simpson said. "I think he is an intelligent man and understood what was going on. It was all perfectly amicable. He said to me, 'If you are going to do it, now is the right time'."
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