Liverpool extend lead as harbinger of Premier League manager sackings

Jurgen Klopp laughs alongside the Liverpool badge. Those heartless sods at Liverpool have forced the sackings of comfortably more Premier League managers than any other club.

The following is a rundown of the clubs a Premier League coach faced last before losing their job, and the respective managers who were in charge of them. Sackings, resignations and mutual consents are all considered, provided there was one clear result which proved to be the tipping point. And it had to happen during the season, not in the summer.

On the rare occasion a manager left his post after winning, we will take into account their most recent defeat; we only want results so damaging that the manager in question had to go soon after. To use Frank Lampard’s 2021 Chelsea exit as an example, his final match was an FA Cup win over Luton so the previous game, a 2-0 defeat to Leicester, will be used. Same for Daniel Farke, who left Norwich after beating Brentford in November of that year, with the loss to Leeds in his penultimate match cited as key.

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From Ron Atkinson, who induced the first managerial sacking in Premier League history when Chelsea axed Ian Porterfield after a 1-0 defeat to Aston Villa in February 1993, to Fabian Hurzeler, who helped force Chelsea’s hand over Liam Rosenior in April 2026, 62 different coaches have proven to be the last straw for one Premier League manager.

Others include Tim Sherwood (Gus Poyet, Sunderland), Russell Slade (Ossie Ardiles, Tottenham) and Knut Torum (Jose Mourinho, Chelsea).

Marcelo Bielsa Xisco Munoz at Watford Daniel Farke at Norwich

Slaven Bilic Bob Bradley at Swansea Dick Advocaat at Sunderland

Phil Brown Luiz Felipe Scolari at Chelsea Gary Megson at Bolton

Chris Coleman Jacques Santini at Tottenham Velimir Zajec at Portsmouth

Sean Dyche Frank de Boer at Crystal Palace Alan Pardew at West Brom

Unai Emery Graham Potter at Chelsea Michael Carrick at Manchester United

Roy Evans Frank Clark at Nottingham Forest Gerry Francis at Tottenham

Brian Horton Brian Little at Leicester John Lyall at Ipswich

Paul Jewell Egil Olsen at Wimbledon Iain Dowie at Charlton

Dave Jones Ray Harford at Blackburn Roy Hodgson at Blackburn

Joe Kinnear Ron Atkinson at Aston Villa Brian Little at Aston Villa

Julen Lopetegui Nathan Jones at Southampton Erik ten Hag at Manchester United

Enzo Maresca Steve Cooper at Leicester Ange Postecoglou at Nottingham Forest

Steve McClaren Walter Smith at Everton Terry Venables at Leeds

Jose Mourinho Sam Allardyce at Bolton Mark Hughes at Southampton

Mauricio Pochettino Malky Mackay at Cardiff Roy Hodgson at Crystal Palace

Harry Redknapp Peter Reid at Leeds Mark Hughes at Manchester City

Marco Silva Steven Gerrard at Aston Villa Vitor Pereira at Wolves

Steve Bruce Paul Ince at Blackburn Paul Lambert at Aston Villa Javi Gracia at Watford

Alan Curbishley Kevin Keegan at Newcastle Chris Hutchings at Bradford Peter Taylor at Leicester

Avram Grant Sammy Lee at Bolton Chris Hutchings at Wigan Billy Davies at Derby

Mark Hughes Glenn Roeder at Newcastle Alan Irvine at West Brom Harry Redknapp at QPR

Andoni Iraola Sean Dyche at Everton Enzo Maresca at Chelsea Pierre Sage at Crystal Palace

David Moyes Nigel Pearson at Watford Bruno Lage at Wolves Frank Lampard at Everton

Stuart Pearce Graeme Souness at Newcastle Mick McCarthy at Sunderland Chris Coleman at Fulham

Ange Postecoglou Steve Cooper at Nottingham Forest Russell Martin at Southampton Ivan Juric at Southampton

Claudio Ranieri Garry Monk at Swansea Jose Mourinho at Chelsea Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at Manchester United

Dean Smith Rafael Benitez at Everton Claudio Ranieri at Watford Sean Dyche at Burnley

Rafael Benitez Alain Perrin at Portsmouth Tony Adams at Portsmouth Nigel Adkins at Southampton Mauricio Pellegrino at Southampton

Antonio Conte Roberto Di Matteo at Chelsea Alan Pardew at Crystal Palace Tony Pulis at West Brom Marcelo Bielsa at Leeds

Pep Guardiola Aitor Karanka at Middlesbrough Slaven Bilic at West Brom Julen Lopetegui at West Ham Scott Parker at Burnley

Ralph Hasenhuttl Claudio Ranieri at Fulham Quique Sanchez Flores at Watford Chris Wilder at Sheffield United Dean Smith at Aston Villa

Roy Hodgson Mick McCarthy at Wolves Andre Villas-Boas at Chelsea Claude Puel at Leicester Brendan Rodgers at Leicester

Eddie Howe Steve McClaren at Newcastle Ralph Hasenhuttl at Southampton Cristian Stellini at Tottenham Thomas Frank at Tottenham

Tony Pulis Sam Allardyce at Newcastle Paul Hart at Portsmouth Mike Phelan at Hull Craig Shakespeare at Leicester

Brendan Rodgers Andre Villas-Boas at Tottenham Rene Meulensteen at Fulham Manuel Pellegrini at West Ham Frank Lampard at Chelsea

Roberto Martinez Avram Grant at West Ham Steve Bruce at Sunderland Roberto Mancini at Manchester City David Moyes at Manchester United Brendan Rodgers at Liverpool

Alex Ferguson Howard Wilkinson at Leeds Joe Royle at Everton David Pleat at Sheffield Wednesday Attilio Lombardo at Crystal Palace Steve Wigley at Southampton Martin O’Neill at Sunderland

Jurgen Klopp Francesco Guidolin at Swansea Slaven Bilic at West Ham Slavisa Jokanovic at Fulham Jose Mourinho at Manchester United Marco Silva at Everton Scott Parker at Bournemouth

Arsene Wenger Ruud Gullit at Chelsea Peter Reid at Sunderland Jim Smitha at Derby Gordon Strachan at Southampton Kevin Keegan at Newcastle Phil Brown at Hull Ronald Koeman at Everton

Sam Allardyce Kevin Keegan at Manchester City Alan Pardew at West Ham Martin Jol at Tottenham Lawrie Sanchez at Fulham Martin Jol at Fulham Michael Laudrup at Swansea Roberto Martinez at Everton Paul Clement at Swansea

In a number which includes MK Dons (Neil Warnock, QPR), Port Vale (Ian Branfoot, Southampton), Bristol City (Graeme Souness, Liverpool) and Ipswich (Gary O’Neil, Wolves) 17 different clubs have inflicted one result so damaging that a manager paid with their job soon after.

Brighton Patrick Vieira at Crystal Palace Liam Rosenior at Chelsea

Cardiff Steve Clarke at West Brom David Wagner at Huddersfield

Nottingham Forest Jesse Marsch at Leeds Igor Tudor at Spurs

Portsmouth Dave Bassett at Nottingham Forest Peter Reid at Leeds

Sunderland Ruud Gullit at Newcastle Roberto Martinez at Everton

Swansea Tim Sherwood at Aston Villa Remi Garde at Aston Villa

Watford Danny Wilson at Sheffield Wednesday Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at Manchester United

Wimbledon Ron Atkinson at Aston Villa Brian Little at Aston Villa

Wolves Nathan Jones at Southampton Sean Dyche at Nottingham Forest

Blackburn Peter Reid at Manchester City Glenn Roeder at Newcastle Roy Hodgson at Liverpool

Burnley Frank de Boer at Crystal Palace Alan Pardew at West Brom Paul Heckingbottom at Sheffield United

Charlton Kevin Keegan at Newcastle Chris Hutchings at Bradford Peter Taylor at Leicester

Hull Luiz Felipe Scolari at Chelsea Gary Megson at Bolton Paul Lambert at Aston Villa

Leeds Xisco Munoz at Watford Daniel Farke at Norwich Ruben Amorim at Manchester United

Middlesbrough Walter Smith at Everton Terry Venables at Leeds Les Reed at Charlton

Bolton Alan Pardew at West Ham Kevin Keegan at Manchester City Roy Keane at Sunderland Sam Allardyce at Blackburn

Bournemouth Steve McClaren at Newcastle Javi Gracia at Leeds Sean Dyche at Everton Enzo Maresca at Chelsea

Crystal Palace Gary Megson at West Brom Claude Puel at Leicester Brendan Rodgers at Leicester Graham Potter at West Ham

Everton David Moyes at Manchester United Brendan Rodgers at Liverpool Paul Clement at Swansea Jose Mourinho at Tottenham

Norwich Mike Walker at Everton Rafael Benitez at Everton Claudio Ranieri at Watford Sean Dyche at Burnley

Stoke Sam Allardyce at Newcastle Paul Hart at Portsmouth Alan Irvine at West Brom Harry Redknapp at QPR

Leicester Garry Monk at Swansea Jose Mourinho at Chelsea Marco Silva at Watford Manuel Pellegrini at West Ham Frank Lampard at Chelsea

Wigan Iain Dowie at Charlton Paul Ince at Blackburn Avram Grant at West Ham Steve Bruce at Sunderland Roberto Mancini at Manchester City

Fulham Howard Wilkinson at Sunderland Jacques Santini at Tottenham Velimir Zajec at Portsmouth Ian Holloway at Crystal Palace Steven Gerrard at Aston Villa Vitor Pereira at Wolves

Arsenal Ruud Gullit at Chelsea Peter Reid at Sunderland Jim Smith at Derby Gordon Strachan at Southampton Kevin Keegan at Newcastle Phil Brown at Hull Ronald Koeman at Everton

Aston Villa Ian Porterfield at Chelsea Colin Todd at Derby Sir Bobby Robson at Newcastle Brian McDermott at Reading Gus Poyet at Sunderland Graham Potter at Chelsea Michael Carrick at Manchester United

Tottenham Roy Evans at Liverpool Mark Hughes at Manchester City Steve Bruce at Newcastle Marcelo Bielsa at Leeds Steve Cooper at Nottingham Forest Russell Martin at Southampton Ivan Juric at Southampton

West Brom Chris Hughton at Newcastle Mick McCarthy at Wolves Andre Villas-Boas at Chelsea Paolo Di Canio at Sunderland Chris Hughton at Norwich Mike Phelan at Hull Craig Shakespeare at Leicester

Manchester United Howard Wilkinson at Leeds Joe Royle at Everton David Pleat at Sheffield Wednesday Attilio Lombardo at Crystal Palace Steve Wigley at Southampton Martin O’Neill at Sunderland Mark Hughes at Southampton Nuno Espirito Santo at Tottenham

Newcastle John Deehan at Norwich Gianluca Vialli at Chelsea Martin Jol at Tottenham Lawrie Sanchez at Fulham Mauricio Pellegrino at Southampton Javi Gracia at Watford Ralph Hasenhuttl at Southampton Cristian Stellini at Tottenham Thomas Frank at Tottenham

Manchester City Brian Little at Leicester John Lyall at Ipswich Graeme Souness at Newcastle Mick McCarthy at Sunderland Chris Coleman at Fulham Roberto Di Matteo at West Brom Aitor Karanka at Middlesbrough Slaven Bilic at West Brom Julen Lopetegui at West Ham Scott Parker at Burnley

Southampton Roy Hodgson at Blackburn Glenn Hoddle at Tottenham Mark Hughes at QPR Malky Mackay at Cardiff Neil Warnock at Crystal Palace Claudio Ranieri at Fulham Quique Sanchez Flores at Watford Chris Wilder at Sheffield United Dean Smith at Aston Villa Antonio Conte at Tottenham

West Ham Stuart Gray at Southampton Martin Jol at Fulham Michael Laudrup at Swansea Dick Advocaat at Sunderland Bob Bradley at Swansea Nigel Pearson at Watford Bruno Lage at Wolves Frank Lampard at Everton Erik ten Hag at Manchester United Nuno Espirito Santo at Nottingham Forest

Chelsea Kenny Dalglish at Newcastle Sam Allardyce at Bolton Sammy Lee at Bolton Chris Hutchings at Wigan Billy Davies at Derby Nigel Adkins at Southampton Alan Pardew at Crystal Palace Tony Pulis at West Brom Roy Hodgson at Crystal Palace Steve Cooper at Leicester Ange Postecoglou at Nottingham Forest

Liverpool Frank Clark at Nottingham Forest Gerry Francis at Tottenham Jean Tigana at Fulham Alain Perrin at Portsmouth Tony Adams at Portsmouth Andre Villas-Boas at Tottenham Rene Meulensteen at Fulham Francesco Guidolin at Swansea Slaven Bilic at West Ham Slavisa Jokanovic at Fulham Jose Mourinho at Manchester United Marco Silva at Everton Scott Parker at Bournemouth Pierre Sage at Crystal Palace

Brian Horton – Brian Little at Leicester (resigned in November 1994) and John Lyall at Ipswich (resigned in December 1994)

Alan Curbishley – Chris Hutchings at Bradford (sacked in November 2000) and Peter Taylor at Leicester (sacked in September 2001)

Stuart Pearce – Graeme Souness at Newcastle (sacked in February 2006) and Mick McCarthy at Sunderland (sacked in March 2006)

Avram Grant – Chris Hutchings at Wigan (sacked in November 2007) and Billy Davies (mutual consented in November 2007)

Roberto Martinez – Avram Grant at West Ham (sacked in May 2011) and Steve Bruce at Sunderland (sacked in November 2011)

Roy Hodgson – Mick McCarthy at Wolves (sacked in February 2012) and Andre Villas-Boas at Chelsea (sacked in March 2012)

Mark Hughes – Alan Irvine at West Brom (sacked in December 2014) and Harry Redknapp at QPR (resigned in February 2015)

Claudio Ranieri – Garry Monk at Swansea (sacked in December 2015) and Jose Mourinho at Chelsea (sacked in December 2015)

Dean Smith – Rafael Benitez at Everton (sacked in January 2022) and Claudio Ranieri at Watford (sacked in January 2022)

Alex Ferguson (1996/97) – Howard Wilkinson at Leeds (sacked in September) and Joe Royle (resigned in March)

Alex Ferguson (1997/98) – David Pleat at Sheffield Wednesday (sacked in November) and Attilio Lombardo at Crystal Palace (resigned in April)

Chris Coleman (2004/05) – Jacques Santini at Tottenham (resigned in November) and Velimir Zajev at Portsmouth (returned to director of football position in April)

Sam Allardyce (2013/14) – Martin Jol at Fulham (sacked in December) and Michael Laudrup at Swansea (sacked in February)

Brendan Rodgers (2013/14) – Andre Villas-Boas at Tottenham (mutual consented in December) and Rene Meulensteen at Fulham (sacked in February)

Sean Dyche (2017/18) – Frank de Boer at Crystal Palace (sacked in September) and Alan Pardew at West Brom (mutual consented in April)

Jurgen Klopp (2018/19) – Slavisa Jokanovic at Fulham (sacked in November) and Jose Mourinho at Manchester United (sacked in December)

David Moyes (2022/23) – Bruno Lage at Wolves (sacked in October) and Frank Lampard at Everton (sacked in January)

Eddie Howe (2022/23) – Ralph Hasenhuttl at Southampton (sacked in November) and Cristian Stellini at Tottenham (sacked in April)

Ange Postecoglou (2024/25) – Russell Martin at Southampton (sacked in December) and Ivan Juric at Southampton (sacked in April)

Avram Grant (Chelsea, 2007/08) – beat Sammy Lee’s Bolton 1-0 in October, Chris Hutchings’ Wigan 2-0 in November and Billy Davies’ Derby 2-0 in November

Dean Smith (Norwich, 2021/22) – beat Rafael Benitez’s Everton 2-1 in January, Claudio Ranieri’s Watford 3-0 in January and Sean Dyche’s Burnley 2-0 in April

John Deehan (Norwich, 1994/95) – drew 0-0 with Mike Walker’s Everton in November; resigned after 3-0 defeat to Kevin Keegan’s Newcastle in April

Jean Tigana (Fulham, 2002/03) – beat Howard Wilkinson’s Sunderland 1-0 in March; sacked after 2-0 defeat to Gerard Houllier’s Liverpool in April

Gordon Strachan (Southampton, 2003/04) – beat Glenn Hoddle’s Tottenham 3-1 in September; resigned after 2-0 defeat to Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal in February

Sam Allardyce (Bolton, 2006/07) – beat Alan Pardew’s West Ham 4-0 in December; resigned after drawing 2-2 with Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea in April

Roberto Di Matteo (West Brom, 2010/11) – beat Chris Hughton’s Newcastle 3-1 in December; sacked after 3-0 defeat to Manchester City in February

Steve Clarke (West Brom, 2013/14) – beat Paolo Di Canio’s Sunderland 3-0 in September; sacked after 1-0 defeat to Malky Mackay’s Cardiff in December

Malky Mackay (Cardiff, 2013/14) – beat Steve Clarke’s West Brom 1-0 in December; sacked after 3-0 defeat to Mauricio Pochettino’s Southampton in December

Roberto Martinez (Everton, 2015/16) – drew 1-1 with Brendan Rodgers’ Liverpool in October; sacked after 3-0 defeat to Sam Allardyce’s Sunderland in May

Tony Pulis (West Brom, 2017/18) – drew 1-1 with Craig Shakespeare’s Leicester in October; sacked after 4-0 defeat to Antonio Conte’s Chelsea in November

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (Manchester United, 2021/22) – beat Nuno Espirito Santo’s Tottenham 3-0 November; sacked after 4-1 defeat to Claudio Ranieri’s Watford in November

Claudio Ranieri (Watford, 2021/22) – beat Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Manchester United 4-1 in November; sacked after 3-0 defeat to Dean Smith’s Norwich in January

Julen Lopetegui (West Ham, 2024/25) – beat Erik ten Hag’s Manchester United 2-1 in October; sacked after 4-1 defeat to Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City in January

Graham Potter (West Ham, 2025/26) – beat Nuno Espirito Santo’s Nottingham Forest 3-0 in August; sacked after 2-1 defeat to Oliver Glasner’s Crystal Palace in September

Enzo Maresca (Chelsea, 2025/26) – beat Ange Postecoglou’s Nottingham Forest 3-0 in October; sacked after 2-2 draw with Andoni Iraola’s Bournemouth in December

Sam Allardyce (Newcastle, 2007/08) – beat Martin Jol’s Tottenham 3-1 in October; beat Lawrie Sanchez’s Fulham 1-0 in December; mutual consented after 0-0 draw with Tony Pulis’ Stoke in January

Marcelo Bielsa (Leeds, 2021/22) – beat Xisco Munoz’s Watford 1-0 in October; beat Daniel Farke’s Norwich in November; sacked after 4-0 defeat to Antonio Conte’s Tottenham in February

Dean Smith (2021/22) – sacked by Aston Villa after 1-0 defeat to Ralph Hasenhuttl’s Southampton in November; beat Rafael Benitez’s Everton 2-1 in January; beat Claudio Ranieri’s Watford 3-0 in January; beat Sean Dyche’s Burnley 2-0 in April

Vitor Pereira (2025/26) – sacked by Wolves after 3-0 defeat to Marco Silva’s Fulham in October; beat Igor Tudor’s Tottenham 3-0 in March.

Sam Allardyce (Newcastle, 2007/08) – beat Lawrie Sanchez’s Fulham 1-0 in December; mutual consented after drawing 0-0 with Tony Pulis’ Stoke in January

Phil Brown (Hull, 2009/10) – drew 2-2 with Gary Megson’s Bolton in December; resigned after 2-1 defeat to Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal in March

Nigel Adkins (Southampton, 2012/13) – beat Mark Hughes’ QPR 3-1 in November; sacked after drawing 2-2 with Rafael Benitez’s Chelsea in January

Martin Jol (Fulham, 2013/14) – beat Ian Holloway’s Crystal Palace 4-1 in October; sacked after 3-0 defeat to Sam Allardyce’s West Ham in December

Garry Monk (Cardiff, 2015/16) – beat Tim Sherwood’s Aston Villa 2-1 in October; sacked after 3-0 defeat to Claudio Ranieri’s Leicester in December

Jose Mourinho (Manchester United, 2018/19) – drew 1-1 with Mark Hughes’ Southampton in December; sacked after 3-1 defeat to Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool in December

Graham Potter (West Ham, 2025/26) – beat Nuno Espirito Santo’s Nottingham Forest 3-0 in August; sacked after 2-1 defeat to Oliver Glasner’s Crystal Palace in September

Dave Jones – Blackburn (forced Ray Harford’s sacking with Stockport in October 1996, then Roy Hodgson’s sacking with Southampton in November 1998)

Joe Kinnear – Aston Villa (forced Ron Atkinson’s sacking in November 1994, then Brian Little’s sacking in February 1998, both with Wimbledon)

Roy Hodgson – Leicester (forced Claude Puel’s sacking in February 2019, then Brendan Rodgers’ sacking in April 2023, both with Crystal Palace)

Ange Postecoglou – Southampton (forced Russell Martin’s sacking in December 2024, then Ivan Juric’s sacking in April 2025, both with Tottenham)

Sam Allardyce – beat Martin Jol’s Tottenham 3-1 with Newcastle and Martin Jol’s Fulham 3-0 with West Ham.

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