article_snippet.sent: Malky Mackay bid to rescue Malky Mackay managerial career was left in tatters on Monday night after Malky Mackay was sensationally sacked by Wigan Athletic.
article_snippet.sent: Malky Mackay was handed the job by former owner Dave Whelan back in November to a backdrop of an FA investigation into a shocking series of text messages, exposed by Sportsmail.
article_snippet.sent: Mackay Wigan manager Malky Mackay has been sacked after just five months in charge, with Mackay Wigan facing relegation .
article_snippet.sent: Malky Mackay gesticulates on the touchline during the defeat to Derby County, which would prove to be Malky Mackay last .
article_snippet.sent: Cardiff City manager at the time, Malky Mackay is accused of sending racist, sexist and homophobic messages in an exchange with former head of recruitment Iain Moody.
article_snippet.sent: Mackay won just five of Mackay 25 fixtures in charge and picked up only three home points - damning statistics referenced in the club’s official statement last night.
article_snippet.sent: June 2011: After Dave Jones is sacked following a Championship play-off semi-final defeat, Mackay is appointed manager.
article_snippet.sent: Mackay's head of recruitment, Iain Moody, with whom Mackay had worked at Watford, is replaced by 23-year-old Kazakh Alisher Apsalyamov, reportedly on work experience, although Mackay is unable to take the job on visa grounds.
article_snippet.sent: Mackay is sacked by Wigan after just five months in charge .
highlights_snippet.sent: Malky Mackay had only been in charge since November .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Under Mackay Wigan have picked up just 19 points in 24 games .
  