It was a relationship that was doomed to fail from the start and so it should come as little surprise that Tim Walter and Hull City 's dalliance has finally come to an end after 149 days.

BBC Radio Humberside reports that the Hull City have held board meetings this morning over the future of boss Tim Walter.

Hull sack head coach Tim Walter - The Tigers’ 2-0 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday on Tuesday was their ninth match without a win.

Hull City have sacked head coach Tim Walter after Tuesday night's 2-0 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday as owner Acun Ilicali makes one of his biggest decisions yet with the team 22nd in the Championship, having amassed just 15 points from the first 17 games and on a run of four straight defeats.

HULL CITY have sacked Tim Walter following the club’s poor start to the Championship campaign. The German has paid the price for an awful nine-match winless sequence, which has left City in the relegation zone after a miserable haul of just three points from a possible 27.

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James Hoggarth and Mike White on the head coach's depature.

Tim Walter admits his Hull City team dropped off the performances of recent weeks and the defeats they took in that time had its effect on confidence.

Hull City have sacked head coach Tim Walter after a run of nine games without a win brought a fall into the Championship’s relegation zone. Walter only began his role at the MKM Stadium in July, signing a three-year deal to replace Liam Rosenior.