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Published 21:57 27 Sept 2016 BST
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Gareth Southgate will take charge of the senior squad for next month's World Cup qualifiers against Malta and Slovenia, while the FA looks to rebuild.
It's all a very troubling and serious situation. A man has lost his dream job. Football's dark underbelly appears to have been revealed. The Football Association once again has to look at its methods and practices as they look to bring the England National Team to international football's big table.
So of course everyone responded to the news by taking the piss.
https://twitter.com/JonnyGabriel/status/780842081313026050
Football fans around the world shunned the Champions League games that were on and Tuesday night and did what they did best: making jokes about a man who last managed Charlton Athletic a decade ago.
https://twitter.com/DaleJohnsonESPN/status/780840494448476160
https://twitter.com/ben_dumbo/status/780840202533277696
The speedy rise and fall of Big Sam became prime material for joke making.
https://twitter.com/richardosman/status/780845812133888000
https://twitter.com/JohnBrewinESPN/status/780848888643190784
As did the man who'll replace Big Sam in the big job.
https://twitter.com/chrs00/status/780842289665040384
https://twitter.com/LowQualityRegen/status/780849392383303680
It all got a lot funnier/more tragic when you took into account Big Sam's England record.
https://twitter.com/jar_ie/status/780841638344159232
https://twitter.com/JohnBrewinESPN/status/780847321777106945
Gary Lineker had his two cents as per...
https://twitter.com/GaryLineker/status/780844929882923008
And then came the obligatory Simpsons and wrestling references to wrap things up.
https://twitter.com/colin_a_mcbride/status/780839425467097089
https://twitter.com/WhatupDetroit/status/780856610432376832
Football fans eh? What are they like? *Heads to Sunderland to ask Black Cats fans what they think*

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