MANAGERIAL SACK STAT- A TOTAL OF 56 COACHES GOT THE AXE LAST SEASON ACROSS ENGLAND

A staggering 70 managers left their Premier or Football League jobs

last season - the highest amount ever.

And there are only 92 clubs...

Fifty six of them were sacked - and 14 resigned in “another very

relentless, disappointing and embarrassing season for the sport”.

Manuel Pellegrini was dismissed by Manchester City to make way for Pep Guardiola Getty Images

Newcastle said goodbye to Steve McClaren and replaced him with Rafa Benitez Reuters

On top of that more than 100 professional coaches were dismissed

following a managerial change.

These startling managerial merry-go-ground figures, released by the

League Managers’ Association, show that the average lifespan of

manager whose reign ends with the sack is now just 1.23 years, the

lowest ever.

Eleven high profile dismissals in the Premier League included Jose

Mourinho at Chelsea, Brendan Rodgers (Liverpool), Manuel, Pellegrini

(Manchester City), Roberto Martinez (Everton), Louis Van Gaal

(Manchester United) and Steve McClaren (Newcastle).

The average tenure in the top flight has a fallen to 1.91 years, a

figure reinforced by the fact that Arsene Wenger is close to

completing 20 years at Arsenal.

The next longest serving boss Paul Tisdale (9.89 years) with Exeter in

League Two followed by Karl Robinson (6.02) at Milton Keynes.

Overall, a manager can expect to be in his job for 1.38 years in the

Championship, 1.20 years in League One and 1.61 in League Two.

The number of 56 dismissals was an unprecedented high, exceeding 53 in

2001-02 - the year of the ITV Digital collapse.

Staying power...Arsene Wenger is close to completing 20 years at Arsenal Getty Images

Paul Tisdale...the Exeter manager is the second longest serving manager PA:Press Association

Karl Robinson is also in for the long haul at MK Dons EMPICS Sport

There were 18 Championship dismissals, 14 in League One and 13 in League Two.

Said LMA chief executive Richard Bevan: “It’s another very relentless,

disappointing and embarrassing season for the sport.

“It’s the worst season ever. There’s a lot of pressure these days, not

only on the managers and the professional practitioners, but also on

the owners and executives running the clubs.

“The need for results, the strive for promotion and relegation, you

just need the people running the clubs to take a step back to assess

what actually is a successful season for them and to manage the

expectation of the fans.”

Sam Allardyce, one of only four Englishmen managing in the Premier

League at Sunderland along with Crystal Palace’s Alan Pardew,Bournemouth’s Eddie

Howe and newly-promoted Sean Dyche at Burnley, recently suggested

there could be no English managers left in the top flight very

shortly”.

LMA chief executive Richard Bevan..."It's the worst season ever" EMPICS Sport

Sam Allardyce fears soon the Premier League could find itself without an English manager Getty Images

Sean Dyche...joins short list of Englishmen managing in the Prem Reuters

Bevan added: “I’m not so sure about that, but he’s certainly right to

bring it up.”