More managers will be sacked in the Premier League and Football League than ever before if current trends continue, according to the League Managers Association’s (LMA) quarterly report.
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As of the end of December, 27 managers – more than a quarter of the Premier League and Football league’s 92 clubs – had been dismissed from their clubs. The tally is three more than at the same stage last season.
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A further seven managers resigned or departed by mutual consent.
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“If the trend continues we are on course to exceed the total dismissal record of 46 set in 2006-2007,” the LMA report stated.
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“The managers dismissed so far this season have been in post for an average of only 1.04 years.”
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Premier League dismissals are down six from last season, however, as only Crystal Palace’s Neil Warnock and West Bromwich Albion’s Alan Irvine were sacked by the New Year.
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Twelve clubs in the Championship (second tier) dismissed managers up to December 31, with the average tenure of current managers in the division standing at an alarming 0.82 years.
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Leeds United are on their third permanent manager of the season having appointed Neil Redfearn in November after the sackings of David Hockaday and Darko Milanic.
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Five managers were sacked in League One (third tier) and eight in League Two (fourth tier).
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Arsenal’s Arsene Wenger remains the longest serving current manager at 18.26 years, while West Ham United’s Sam Allardyce is the second longest serving Premier League manager at 3.5 years.
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Queens Park Rangers boss Harry Redknapp, who has spent time in charge of West Ham, Portsmouth and Tottenham Hotspur, holds the record for most games managed by a current manager at 1 383 matches.
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