Alan Pardew has time on his hands this Christmas after being sacked by Crystal Palace.
It was announced on Thursday that 55-year-old was leaving Selhurst Park after a little less than a year in charge.
He had done a pretty good job at Palace, to be fair, and guided the Eagles to the FA Cup final last season.
But sympathy was thin on the ground for a man who always appeared to be his own biggest fan.
Twitter was immediately awash with jokes at Pardew's expense, and here's some of our favourites.
Alan Pardew sacked - the funniest tweets we could find
Alan Pardew, you're fired! pic.twitter.com/qMwHMd19ip
— JOE.co.uk (@JOE_co_uk) December 22, 2016
Alan Pardew walking in to the job centre like… #CPFC https://t.co/IdkUziHyvV
— FootballFanCast.com (@FootballFanCast) December 22, 2016
Still my favourite Pardew legend...https://t.co/2wJ5KzvEul #cpfc pic.twitter.com/tEyivLfMQ2
— James Masters (@Masters_JamesD) December 22, 2016
Frazier Campbell is clearly gutted 😂@HLTCO @JackCPFC_ pic.twitter.com/kCt8QO4bpW
— James Vickery (@jvickerymusic) December 22, 2016
Alan Pardew just got sacked by the Aldi of football.
— Ashley Storrie (@ashleystorrie) December 22, 2016
So I bumped into Alan Pardew at London Victoria this morning.. turns out he was on his way to be sacked. His last picture as #CPFC manager 😂 pic.twitter.com/VeBvxXMGlO
— Ben Nagle (@bennagle17) December 22, 2016
Alan Pardew gone, then. A reminder Palace paid £2.5m in compensation for him... pic.twitter.com/8tYVvl7p74
— The Chronicle (@ChronicleNUFC) December 22, 2016
People who are free to stop for chat over the next few days...
Father Christmas ❎
Postmen ❎
Supermarket staff ❎
Alan Pardew ✅ pic.twitter.com/8rpiUnI26x— Profit Accumulator (@Profitacca) December 22, 2016
Seven of the last 9 managers to reach the FA Cup final have been sacked the same calendar year. The magic of the FA Cup.
— Richard Jolly (@RichJolly) December 22, 2016
Very unfortunate timing for Pardew... who's gonna bother buying his aftershave now? https://t.co/6Gc8ETlmf1
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) December 22, 2016
And, of course, we couldn't go without mentioning this one...
Please. Allow us to be the 3,405,321st to tweet this... pic.twitter.com/aFI06CZ0Xi
— Profit Accumulator (@Profitacca) December 22, 2016
