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Chesterfield
at 17:05 14 Jan 2025

Reading the Chesterfield forum to see what they think of thier new signing somebody stated that on the Ipswich forum .

"A sizeable number are critical of Morsy"

Who are these people and where have they been for the last three years ?

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Hold on to your manager
at 15:20 13 Jan 2025

Since 1936 when we joined the Football League, we have had 19 managers. I make that an average of just over one every 4 years 7 months.

I have made a short list of clubs with indications of numbers of managers since 1936.
Some managers that went away and returned I have counted as two. (Change of manager)
Some have dual managers, again two. I have not counted this season's changes.
Unsurprisingly successful teams tend to have settled management.

Number of managers since 1936
Arsenal 13 (one every 7 years 5 months)
Liverpool 16
Man Utd 16
West Ham 18
Ipswich 19
Tottenham 21
Everton 23
Portsmouth 36
Southampton 36
Norwich 37
Hull 39
Swansea 42
Northampton 42
QPR 45
Tranmere 46
Carlisle 46
Watford 49 (8 of those during the time that KMcK has been here)
Notts County 59
Barrow 68 (one every 16 months)

Then I started to look at what I call the "Half life of recent managers" Meaning taking 13 managers as the Arsenal have. How far back from 2025 in time does 13 managers get you.

Arsenal 1934
Liverpool 1959 (Shankly)
Man Utd 1969 (Wilf McGuiness. (14 managers takes it back to 1945 Matt Busby))
Ipswich 1982 (Bobby Ferguson. (14 managers takes it back to 1968 Robson))
West Ham 1990
Everton 1994
Norwich 2000
Carlisle 2001
Tottenham 2001
Northampton 2003
Portsmouth 2005
Hull 2006
Southampton 2008
QPR 2009
Swansea 2009
Tranmere 2009
Notts County 2012
Barrow 2013
Watford 2017 (averaging just over 6 months each)

If you want to know the number of managers since 1936 for another specific team then let me know and I will count it up. But just for now I am starting to lose the will to live from counting so many names so give me a moment

[Post edited 13 Jan 15:23]

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Beginning of the end.
at 11:53 9 Jan 2025

Is this now the beginning of the end for most of the old Div 1 boys that got us here ?

Burns, Chappers, Woolfy, et al. Those names that will live rattling around in our heads for the rest of our lives like Cooper, Burley, Mills, Beattie and Hunter etc do mine even now.

Some are already gone, Jackson, Harness, Fridge.

Football can be a glorious but also a harsh game.

To those that have already left, may leave over the next month and those that could leave in the summer I would like to say a most profound THANK YOU for what you have given us over the last 3 years.

That team was special.

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Ben Godfrey
at 16:55 7 Jan 2025

At last we have a player good enough to get into the Budgies team you would have thought.
But no, according to the pink thingy.
Apparently

"He's gone off",
"Does not suit our system",
"Getting on a bit".
"Over rated".

There is just no pleasing some people.

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Football Focus
at 13:32 4 Jan 2025

Pundits on Football Focus today think "Ipswich just have something about them. I think they will avoid the drop".

But WE always knew that !

COYB

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