It’s become synonymous with modern football in England that
managers aren’t given enough time to stamp their authority on clubs, with the
average life spans of the men in the hot seat shortening by the season.
But even by today’s standards, some tenures have been
ridiculously short. Let’s take a look back at five which were over before they
had barely even begun:
Leroy Rosenior – Torquay United, 2007 – 10 Minutes
The quickest managerial reign in the history of the English
game – a record he will likely hold forever – Rosenior was appointed Torquay
manager in May 2007 following their relegation out of the Football League, replacing
Keith Curle. It was a return to the club Rosenior had managed for four years
from 2002 to 2006.
But at the same time, Torquay chairman Mike Bateson sold 51
per cent of the club to a consortium, who made one of their first orders of
business to relieve Rosenior of his duties before he could even get his feet
under the desk, and hire Paul Buckle instead.
Speaking in 2016, Rosenior said: “I went down, did the
press conference and Mike rang me about 10 minutes later.
“I thought he was joking but he said: ‘you’re not going to
believe this, but they’ve given me the offer I want’.”
— Football Back Then ⚽️?⚽️ (@FootballThen) March 27, 2019
Lasting not much longer than Rosenior was Dave Bassett at
Crystal Palace, who left Wimbledon in June 1984 for the Second Division club,
only to change his mind after four days in the job and go back to Wimbledon.
“I gave it some serious thought, but in the end it just
did not feel right,” he said.
“We have unfinished business, and I didn’t really want to
leave here.”
Billy McKinlay – Watford, 2014 – 8 Days
Since the Pozzo family took over Watford in 2012, they’ve
garnered a reputation for parting with their managers almost at will, but even
by their standards, this was rapid.
Billy McKinlay, who had previously worked as a coach at
Fulham, and then at Real Sociedad with David Moyes, was already the Hornets’
third manager of season when he replaced Oscar Garcia less than two months into
2014-15.
Just eight days later, though, after presiding over a win a draw in his two games in charge, McKinlay was replaced Slavisa Jokanovic, who himself was let go by Watford even after winning promotion to the Premier League that same season.
Jokanović is Watford's fourth manager of the season after Beppe Sannino, Oscar Garcia and Billy McKinlay. #SSNHQpic.twitter.com/c6XJ2qpABe
2009-10 is not a campaign Paul Hart will remember fondly. First, he was sacked by doomed Portsmouth in November, who would be relegated from the top-flight and become the first Premier League team to enter administration that season, then he was let go by QPR just two months after leaving Pompey.
Hart (left)
Hart was only five games into his spell at the Championship
club having replaced Jim Magilton in December 2009, but was duly relieved of
his duties by owner Flavio Briatore the following month.
He endured a similarly short managerial reign at Swindon
Town the following season; appointing in early March and sacked by early April,
Swindon would go on to finish bottom of League One.
Paul Scholes – Oldham Athletic, 2019 – 31 Days
It was all smiles when Paul Scholes became manager of Oldham
Athletic, his boyhood club, in February 2019, but it didn’t take long for those
to turn to frowns. 31 days, in fact.
The club’s owner, Abdallah Lemsagam, has long been regarded
as a dubious figure in football, and so Scholes swiftly discovered, blaming interference
from him and the Oldham hierarchy as the reason for his premature departure.
He lasted just seven games in charge of the League Two club, winning only one. Though, as of November 2019, Oldham have had three different men in the hot seat since Scholes left, so perhaps he could hardly be blamed for having second thoughts.
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