Confirmed: West Bromwich Albion sack manager Alan Pardew after eight straight defeats

Alan Pardew has left West Brom by mutual consent, the Premier League club have announced.

The manager has failed to rescue the Baggies from relegation danger this season, having claimed only one league win since succeeding Tony Pulis at the Hawthorns in November.

West Brom sit rock-bottom of the table and are on the brink of the drop following a run of eight successive defeats.

They suffered a 2-1 defeat to Burnley on Saturday, and it proved the final straw for club chiefs.

A club statement confirmed Pardew and assistant head coach John Carver had departed the club after just four months in charge.

First-team coach Darren Moore takes control of first-team duties "until further notice".

"The club would like to thank Alan and John for their efforts and wish them well in their future endeavours," added the statement.

Pardew was appointed the successor to Pulis on November 29 with the midlands club one point above the drop zone, but the former Newcastle and Crystal Palace boss was unable to transform their fortunes.

It was not until his ninth game that he claimed his first win - in the FA Cup at Exeter - while a 2-0 victory over Brighton on January 13 was the only league triumph of his tenure.

They edged out Liverpool at Anfield 3-2 in the FA Cup towards the end of January but have lost every game since then - their cup aspirations ended by a home defeat to Southampton.

They had taken the lead against Leicester and Bournemouth in recent weeks only to lose, and the setback to Burnley, in only his 18th league game in charge, has seen the club wield the axe.