data from soccerbase, sorted on day length of term days manager startdate enddate notes 3318 Ernest Blackburn 01-Dec-36 01-Jan-46 across ww2 3045 Cliff Britton 01-Jul-61 01-Nov-69 3011 Bill McCracken 01-Feb-23 01-May-31 2922 Ambrose Langley 01-Apr-05 01-Apr-13 2357 Terry Dolan 30-Jan-91 14-Jul-97 2253 Bob Brocklebank 01-Mar-55 01-May-61 1825 David Menzies 01-Jul-16 30-Jun-21 across ww1. later spell of 243 days making 2068 in all 1563 Terry Neill 01-Jun-70 11-Sep-74 1493 Steve Bruce 20-Jun-12 22-Jul-16 1412 Brian Horton 01-Jun-84 13-Apr-88 1354 Peter Taylor 14-Oct-02 29-Jun-06 1279 Raich Carter 01-Mar-48 01-Sep-51 1197 Phil Brown 04-Dec-06 15-Mar-10 1102 John Kaye 25-Sep-74 01-Oct-77 1035 Haydn Green 01-May-31 01-Mar-34 1003 Bob Jackson 01-Jun-52 01-Mar-55 951 Grant McCann 21-Jun-19 27-Jan-22 808 Mike Smith 17-Dec-79 04-Mar-82 707 Colin Appleton 08-Jun-82 15-May-84 later 161 day spell making 868 673 Brian Little 25-Apr-00 27-Feb-02 671 John Hill 01-Mar-34 01-Jan-36 670 Frank Buckley 01-May-46 01-Mar-48 669 Fred Stringer 01-Sep-14 01-Jul-16 604 Ken Houghton 17-Apr-78 12-Dec-79 579 Percy Lewis 01-Jul-21 31-Jan-23 561 Nigel Adkins 07-Dec-17 21-Jun-19 550 Liam Rosenior 03-Nov-22 06-May-24 518 Harry Chapman 01-Apr-13 01-Sep-14 516 Warren Joyce 20-Nov-98 19-Apr-00 503 Nigel Pearson 29-Jun-10 14-Nov-11 484 Mark Hateley 15-Jul-97 11-Nov-98 449 Stan Ternent 08-Nov-89 31-Jan-91 341 Eddie Gray 13-Jun-88 20-May-89 246 Shota Arveladze 27-Jan-22 30-Sep-22 243 James Ramster 01-Aug-04 01-Apr-05 243 David Menzies 01-Feb-36 01-Oct-36 190 Jan Molby 04-Apr-02 11-Oct-02 181 Leonid Slutsky 09-Jun-17 07-Dec-17 176 Nick Barmby 14-Nov-11 08-May-12 165 Mike Phelan 22-Jul-16 03-Jan-17 161 Colin Appleton 22-May-89 30-Oct-89 earlier 707 day spell making 868 160 Ruben Selles 06-Dec-24 15-May-25 158 Phil Parkinson 29-Jun-06 04-Dec-06 149 Tim Walter 01-Jul-24 27-Nov-24 140 Marco Silva 05-Jan-17 25-May-17 132 Bobby Collins 01-Oct-77 10-Feb-78 96 Bobby Brown 04-Mar-82 08-Jun-82 62 Iain Dowie 17-Mar-10 18-May-10 caretakers 45 Billy Russell three spells 3+6+36 days 33 Andy Dawson 01-Oct-22 03-Nov-22
That website is full of errors. A properly researched analysis of the tenure of each manager can be found on the Managers pages at www.oncloudseven.com
I felt Phelan was hard done to. Caretaker status for the opening weeks. A tiny squad embellished late by some decidedly average signings (I’m looking at you James Weir). Yet he beat the champions and had us briefly top after two games, and got us to the League Cup semi final. Small achievements for sure, but not nothing.
Ye totally agree, it wasn't a criticism of the manager, just more of the club situation at the time that was a bizarre situation, if I remember correctly... Over summer 2016, were the Allams going to sell the club or not...then we went into pre-season training with a handful of players, then **** the bed with strange signings - some huge, like Mason, then others totally unsuited for the PL, then beat the league champions and had a great August. .. then all went to **** until Marco Silva came in.. not sure if a club has ever come into the PL so under prepared for the task ahead.
