LONDON, Oct 19 — Ange Postecoglou’s miserable reign at Nottingham Forest came to a swift and brutal end yesterday 39 days after his appointment, making him the shortest-serving permanent Premier League manager to be sacked mid-season.

Twenty minutes after a chorus of boos met the full-time whistle following Forest’s 3-0 home loss to Chelsea, the club wielded the axe on the Australian — the first Forest boss to go winless in his opening eight games in charge.