Who is Marc Bircham? The current favourite to replace Ben Garner at Charlton Athletic

Anthony Hayes will take caretaker charge of Charlton ahead of their FA Cup second round replay at Stockport County on Wednesday evening. Marc Bircham is the current favourite to replace Ben Garner in The Valley hotseat. Birch am played for Millwall, Queens Park Rangers and Yeovil Town before retiring from football. He was the technical director of the Bahamas national team after retiring. His only manager role came at Irish top-flight side Waterford in 2021.

Bircham saved Waterford from relegation at the back end of the 2020/21 season. He was sacked in November last year. Since this summer, Bircham has been working as a first team coach at Como, who currently sit 19th, out of 20, in Serie B. Cesc Fabregas and Patrick Cutrone are among Coma's players. Birch am the current favourite to replace Ben Garner at Charlton Athletic.