Complex sentence: Following the sacking of Stuart Gray on 8 September 2009, Sampson was appointed as caretaker manager for the second time and on 5 October 2009 he was named Northampton manager until the end of the season.
Split into simpler sentences: Following the sacking of Stuart Gray on 8 September 2009, he was appointed as caretaker manager for the second time. On 5 October 2009, Sampson was named Northampton manager until the end of the season.