Record number of sackings

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A record 56 managers were sacked in the 2015/16 season, according to statistics from the League Managers’ Association.

The LMA’s end-of-season report revealed there were 70 managerial changes across the Premier League and Football League during the 2015-16 campaign, with 56 dismissals exceeding the previous high of 53 in 2001/02.

Eleven Premier League managers were axed, while there were 18 dismissals in the Championship – two short of the record high of 20 from the 2014/15 season.

Chief executive Richard Bevan will also be alarmed by the average length of service at a club.

The average tenure for the 56 dismissed managers this season was one year and 113 days – little more than 15 months and the second-lowest average …

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