Peter Taylor was fired as Crystal Palace manager Monday after the London club's poor start to the League Championship season.
Palace drew 1-1 with Hull on Saturday and is in 19th place with 10 points from 10 games.
"Crystal Palace Football Club announce that Peter Taylor's contract has been terminated with immediate effect," the club said on its Web site.
Taylor, 54, took over after Iain Dowie left in June 2006, but the club did not challenge for promotion to the Premier League last season, finishing 12th. Palace was relegated from the Premier League in 2005.
Taylor previously coached at lower league clubs Hull, Brighton, Leicester, Gillingham and Southend.
He made four England appearances as a midfielder, twice managed the country's under-21 team and was caretaker manager for the senior team for one match in 2000, when he gave David Beckham the captaincy for the first time.
Palace chairman Simon Jordan now has the two-week international break to find a replacement for Taylor, who is the seventh manager to leave Selhurst Park in seven years.
Former Sheffield United manager Neil Warnock has been linked with the Palace job.
01 October 2007
Leeds United have brought in Championship strikers Mark de Vries and Wayne Andrews on month-long loan deals.
Dennis Wise has moved for reinforcements after first-choice forwards Tresor Kandol and Jermaine Beckford were sent off against Gillingham on Saturday.
With Tore Andre Flo and Leon Constantine injured, Wise was anxious to add to his squad before Tuesday's League One encounter at Oldham Athletic.
The Leeds boss has secured deals for De Vries and Andrews, who have moved to Elland Road from Leicester City and Coventry City respectively.
De Vries has scored once in eight appearances this season, but has been allowed out on loan by new Foxes boss Gary Megson.
Andrews, meanwhile, has just one late substitute outing for Coventry under his belt, and spent spells on loan at Sheffield Wednesday and Bristol City last term.
01 October 2007
Wales have problems in attack after naming their squad for the UEFA EURO 2008 qualifiers against Cyprus and San Marino.
Captain Craig Bellamy, who inspired a 5-2 win in Slovakia last month, is included by manager John Toshack even though he has missed West Ham United FC's last three games with a groin strain.
The manager's other options – Freddie Eastwood, Robert Earnshaw and Jermaine Easter – are all out of favour at their clubs.
Wigan Athletic FC midfielder Jason Koumas is included after missing the Slovakia trip through injury. Wales play Cyprus in Nicosia, on 13 October and face San Marino in Serravalle four days later.
Wales squad
Goalkeepers: Danny Coyne (Tranmere Rovers FC), Wayne Hennessey (Wolverhampton Wanderers FC), Lewis Price (Derby County FC).
Defenders: Danny Gabbidon, James Collins (West Ham United FC), Steve Evans (Wrexham FC), Lewin Nyatanga (Derby County FC), Craig Morgan (Peterborough FC), Sam Ricketts (Hull City AFC), Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspur FC), Neal Eardley (Oldham Athletic FC).
Midfielders: Simon Davies (Fulham FC), Joe Ledley (Cardiff City FC), Jason Koumas (Wigan Athletic FC), Andrew Crofts (Gillingham FC), Mark Jones (Wrexham FC), Carl Fletcher (Crystal Palace FC), Carl Robinson (Toronto FC), David Vaughan (Real Sociedad de Futbol).
Forwards: Craig Bellamy (West Ham United FC), Robert Earnshaw (Derby County FC), Freddy Eastwood (Wolverhampton Wanderers FC), Jermaine Easter (Wycombe Wanderers FC).
