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Willie OrrThe side only continued to improve under Orr and the following season in 1927 -- 28 the club finished 3rd in the league and the following season again, they finished runners-up, losing the title to Sheffield Wednesday by a single point (and with Leicester having a superior goal average), these still remain the club's highest ever league finishes.
Ian HollowayIn May 2012, Holloway guided Blackpool into The Championship play-offs for the second time in as many seasons in the division.
Lee Clark (footballer)In his second season in charge, Clark helped Huddersfield to secure a play-off spot and became the first manager to win three Manager of the Month awards in a single season since Roberto Martínez in 2007 -- 08.
Luigi CagniHis contract with Empoli was extended on March 2007 for another year, following impressive performances which led the team to fight for and eventually gain a spot in the next UEFA Cup, the first appearance in a continental competition for both the small Tuscan club and Cagni himself.
Scott DuncanHowever, Town were relegated the following season and Duncan stood down as manager in August 1955 season when Alf Ramsey took over.
Harry Kent (footballer)At the end of the 1925 -- 26 season, when the club finished 15th, Watford released a brief statement saying that Kent had resigned.
Keith Alexander (footballer)With Lincoln entering administration at the end of the 2001 -- 02 season, Buckley was relieved of his duties as manager on financial grounds and Alexander placed in charge of all football matters.
Matthias SammerSammer was sacked at the end of the 2003 -- 04 season after Dortmund finished in sixth place.
Dean SaundersWhen Souness was sacked on 2 February 2006 due to a run of poor results, his entire backroom team including Saunders were also replaced.
Ars?ne WengerWenger refuted suggestions that the season was a failure and said : In the 2003 -- 04 season, Arsenal made history by winning the Premier League without a single defeat -- an accomplishment last achieved by Preston North End 115 years ago, in the Football League.
Keith Alexander (footballer)Alexander was highly praised for his work at Lincoln during the 2002 -- 03 season, taking a club that had finished two places off the bottom of the League and was working its way out of administration, to a play-off position on a shoe-string budget.
Paul BrushHe was sacked as Assistant Manager on 8 March, as the club had slipped into the League One relegation zone after not recording a league win in 2010.
Howard KendallHowever, a series of rows with chairman Derek Pavis led to Kendall being sacked in April 1995 -- exactly why has never been fully clarified.
Damien Hardwick Hardwick's first season at Richmond did not begin well, with nine straight losses to start the season as well as a few disciplinary issues arising at the club.
Dave HockadayIn January 2007, as Watford struggled to avoid relegation, he was sacked by manager Adrian Boothroyd and replaced by Malky Mackay allegedly after complaints by a delegation of senior players about the team's style of play He then joined Martin Allen at MK Dons, helping them to reach the League Two play-offs.
Larry LloydIn 1981 -- 82, he guided them to promotion from the Fourth Division in only their fourth season as a Football League team, and guided them to survival in the Third Division a year later.
Dean Edwards (footballer)Shortly after being dumped out of the FA Cup by Hellenic League minnows Pegasus Juniors at the first qualifying round stage, Edwards departed the club on 15 September 2009.
Mark HarveyHarvey led Fremantle to win four of the seven remaining games in 2007 but it was n't enough to make the finals, finishing in eleventh place.
Kevin McHale (footballer) McHale arrived at Crewe Alexandra in January 1968 and four months later he had helped guide the Railwaymen to promotion from Division Four, which was followed by relegation in 1968 -- 69.
Lee SinnottHe ultimately proved unable to save the club from relegation, and they were relegated on 12 April 2008.
Tor ThodesenIn 2005, Thodesen took over Sandefjord, and led the club to its first promotion to Tippeligaen in his first season, after a very dramatical last round in the 2005 Norwegian First Division, where Moss were beaten 4-3.
Steve Davis (footballer born 1965)He led Nantwich to two promotions in three seasons and a FA Vase victory, just missing out on promotion to the Conference North at the end of the 2008 -- 09 season.
Ottmar Hitzfeld In 1991, Hitzfeld received an offer from Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund, which had just finished the season tenth.
Jimmy CalderwoodThe 2008 -- 09 season saw Calderwood come in for some stern criticism following the club's poor start to the campaign.
Walter NovellinoIn 2000, he led Napoli to a Serie A promotion, and repeated the feat the following season with Piacenza.
Robert Scully (footballer)He was sacked from his post in April 2011 due to poor performance from Penang FA which has seen the team occupying the last place in the Malaysian Premier League for that season.
Richard MoneyAfter a run of games in March 2010 where Luton won seven out of eight games, scoring twenty-seven goals, Money was given the Conference Manager of the Month award.
Alan Morgan (footballer born 1973) In 2007, Morgan joined Bangor City as assistant manager to former Tranmere player Neville Powell where they led the side to two consecutive top six finishes and UEFA Cup places.
Glenn HoddleWolves were expected to finish in the top 6 under Hoddle in the 2005 -- 06 season but again draws cost them with Wolves drawing 19 of their 46 league games.
Ray Williams (footballer born 1946)He lost his job again in the 2002 -- 03 season after the club entered Administration ; though he later was re-hired once finances were more stable.
John NortheyNorthey was known for his ability to rebuild struggling clubs, managing to produce results at all of these clubs, his first club as senior coach was Sydney Swans for one season in 1985 where he was unsuccessful and sacked at seasons end.
Herbert ChapmanDespite having failed on his promise to get the team promoted within two years, City's rising attendances and resulting better profits for the club kept the directors happy, and the club were confident of promotion in 1914 -- 15.
Davide BallardiniOn 21 January 2013, Ballardini returned to Genoa to try and save them from relegation.
Ewald LienenAfter a string of poor results, Lienen was fired in January 2003, just six months after his appointment.
Stephen Kenny (footballer)However the 2012 season proved to be a disaster for Kenny and Rovers, crashing out of Europe to Lithuanian side Ekranas and slumping to fourth place in the league table.
Gerry FrancisHe kept them clear of relegation over the next two seasons before finally resigning in February 2001 with a return to the lower half of the league imminent after more than 30 years.
Miguel ?ngel LotinaAfter his top level debuts with Logroñés in the 1996 -- 97 season, Lotina was sacked after 10 matches with the team out of relegations positions.
Percy MackrillTorquay finished in last place at the end of their first season in the Division Three (South) and he left in March 1929 with United struggling near the foot of the table once more.
Colin Murphy (footballer born 1950)However, he lasted only ten months in the role before being sacked in September 1977 having led the Rams to just seven wins in 35 games.
Reg SmithAfter two seasons of steady mid-table finishes, he resigned to take over as manager of Falkirk (then bottom of Division One) in January 1957.
Steve BruceHe twice led Birmingham to promotion to the Premier League during his tenure of nearly six years, but resigned in 2007 to begin a second spell as manager of Wigan.
Norizan BakarA heavy 6 -- 0 defeat by Kelantan FA on 7 July in the league seals Norizan's fate, Perak relieved him of his duties soon after, his job taken over by his assistant Chong Yee Fat for the remainder of the league games, and Jang Jung for the season-ending 2012 Malaysia Cup competition.
Billy McCandlessA month later he was appointed Cardiff City manager in 1946 and took the side to the Division Three South title in his first year finishing nine points clear of second place Queens Park Rangers but, after only a few months of the following season, he left to join local rivals Swansea Town.
Eamonn O'KeefeCork were heading to another mid-table place finish in 1988 -- 89 when O'Keefe was sacked.
Phil WoosnamHowever, he also guided the league into several poor business decisions, such as over-expansion to 24 teams, and the league's owners had been losing significant money and was removed from his duties as commissioner of the NASL in 1983 following a vote of the club owners.
Alan PardewPardew guided the Hammers to ninth place in the Premier League in the 2005 -- 06 season, which culminated in an appearance in the final of the FA Cup.
Gary MegsonMegson won the Premier League Manager of the Month award for November 2008.
M?rio WilsonAs an interim he also managed the club in three matches in two different campaigns (1996 -- 97 and the following), winning two and losing one.
Graham WestleyThe victory against Charlton was to spark a 13-game unbeaten run for Westley's Stevenage, and a 6 -- 1 away victory at Colchester United on Boxing Day 2011 meant the club were sat in sixth place, the final play-off position.
Brian CloughAfter finishing 8th in the old Second Division, in his first full season in charge alone, in July 1976 Clough was joined by his old assistant Peter Taylor from Brighton, who had just missed out on promotion from the old Third division.
Simon GraysonAfter diverting Blackpool away from relegation that season he was given the job on a permanent basis for the start of the 2006 -- 07 season.
Don White (rugby union)He continued in the job until 1971, finishing with a record of three wins and a draw from 11 matches.
Carl ShuttIn the 2002 -- 03 season, he managed the club through a very difficult period with the club up for sale and facing administration.
Nigel WorthingtonWorthington was sacked by Norwich almost immediately after a 4 -- 1 defeat to Burnley on 1 October 2006, a result that left the team 17th in the table.
John Sheridan (footballer)Sheridan's second season with the club saw him bringing in his own players, and on 22 April 2011 a draw between Torquay United and Wycombe Wanderers meant Chesterfield were promoted without even kicking a ball in League Two.
John Harris (footballer born 1917)He took over from Joe Mercer as manager of Sheffield United on 20 April 1959 and finished the season third, seven points behind second placed Fulham.
Neale CooperAfter a poor run of form at the start of the 2012 -- 13 season, Neale resigned as Hartlepool boss in late October.
Eusebio Di FrancescoHe was removed from his managerial duties on 4 December 2011, after achieving only eight points in thirteen games, and leaving his side at the bottom of the league table.
Gordon StrachanBut he proved the critics wrong again and, after beating Rangers twice at home, on 22 May 2008, Strachan became only the third ever Celtic manager to guide the club to three consecutive Scottish league titles.
Tom WernerIn May 2012 he made a controversial decision by sacking manager and club icon Kenny Dalglish citing the club's poor league results.
Dick Campbell (footballer)In the 2005 -- 06 season, he guided the Partick Thistle team to promotion through the play-offs into the First Division, after finishing fourth in the Second Division.
Gerry McCabeWith only 3 wins out of 11 league games, McCabe was dismissed in November 2007 after only 18 months at the Strathclyde Homes Stadium.
Massimo FiccadentiHe left the club by mutual consent on 2 October 2012 after a dismal start to the new season that left Cagliari bottom-placed in the league table.
John Harris (footballer born 1917)After years of mid-table finishes, he was'' promoted'' to general manager in August 1968 after the team had been relegated the previous season, replaced by Arthur Rowley.
Dean WilkinsUnder his management, Brighton secured eighteenth position in League One at the end of the 2006 -- 07 season, thus narrowly avoiding relegation.
Ilian IlievHowever, on 3 March 2006, after a two years spell at the Sailors, he resigned after a home 0 -- 1 loss against Rodopa Smolyan.
Uwe ReindersThe begin of the then next season saw Reinders keep on at MSV, but on 21 October 1993, he left the Ruhr club to take charge of fellow 2nd Bundesliga side Hertha BSC.
Billy AyreAyre was able to keep largely the same team together and guided them back to Wembley the following 1991 -- 92 season, in which they finally gained promotion after another, more successful penalties experience.
Ron Smith (football coach)On 3 November 2007, Ron was sacked as Perth Glory's coach, after 11 matches without a win that season and 5 points adrift at the bottom of the A-League table.
Steve Thompson (footballer born 1955) He took over as manager of Lincoln in November 1990, with Lincoln near the bottom of the Fourth Division.
Frank HillHe saved Charlton from relegation that season and took them to fourth in 1963 -- 64.
Ken DavyAfter Huddersfield's 2 -- 3 loss to Yeovil Town on 16 September 2006, he addressed a peaceful demonstration of around 100 Town fans who had called for him to up the transfer budget or go, because of Town's poor start to the season in Football League One in which they only picked up nine points from the first nine games.
Angelo MassiminoHe however returned once again in 1992 to save the club from bankruptcy, but was unable to avoid a controversial cancellation of his club one year later.
Peter SuddabyHis managerial career was unsuccessful, however, and he left the club in January 1988 after only five league wins from 25 matches.
Rob ScottGrimsby who had suffered relegation from the Football League in the previous season had hoped for an instant return but following a mid-season slump that led to the sacking of the previous manager, Hurst and Scott could only manage to salvage an 11th place spot come the end of the 2010 -- 11 campaign.
Roddy CollinsBohemians were a side which, despite being tipped as outside contenders for the title at the start of the year, were facing a relegation dogfight when Collins arrived in the 1998 -- 99 season.
Kevin Pressman Pressman's most high profile role as a coach was as Assistant Manager to Ian Baraclough at Scunthorpe United, Both men however lost their jobs in March 2011 after a string of poor results left The Iron deep in relegation trouble in the Football League Championship.
Rudi GoresHe then became manager of Wuppertaler SV but had a difficult standing with the supporters due to his sympathies for Rot-Weiss Essen and was fired in January 1999 after two unsuccessful years.
Herbert ChapmanArsenal went on to finish second in 1925 -- 26, five points behind Chapman's old side Huddersfield Town, as they became the first club in England to manage three titles in a row.
Brian GodfreyHe quit at the end of the 1982 -- 83 season after Exeter marginally avoided relegation to the Fourth Division.
Tommy DochertyOn 19 January 1970, with Aston Villa bottom of the Second Division, Docherty was sacked.
Ken Davy Davy lead the successful consortium, out of three interested, that took over Huddersfield Town in 2003, when they were in administration following the collapse of ITV Digital and Town's recent relegation to the Football League's bottom tier.
John McGrath (English footballer)Although results were not always impressive, McGrath began to mould the side that would to go on to win promotion in 1985 -- 86 after further strengthening by Mick Speight and Harry McNally.
Luigi DelneriOn 20 January 2013, Delneri was sacked from Genoa following the 0 -- 2 home loss to Catania and a string of bad results for the team finding only two wins in his 13 matches long tenure at the club.
Mick McCarthyIn the 2007 -- 08 season he took the club to within a single placing of a successive play-off finish, ending seventh, losing the coveted sixth place to Watford by a goal difference of only one (although another goal would have been required to overcome Watford's superior goals scored record).
Ronnie MooreScunthorpe subsequently went on to win the play-offs, thus earning promotion to the Championship, and Moore was sacked by Tranmere in June 2009.
Bruce RiochHe won the Manager of the Month award for November 2000, but left the club the following February, as they occupied the Division Two play-off zone.
Jack Hill (footballer)Things did not turn out so well in the following season, and in January 1936, Hill was dismissed, to be replaced by David Menzies who was unable to prevent Hull being relegated with only 20 points.
Glenn HoddleHoddle prevented Swindon from slipping into the Third Division and further improvement throughout the 1991 -- 92 season saw the Wiltshire club finish ninth, just missing out on a play-off place.
Jim McIntyre (footballer) McIntyre was appointed caretaker head-coach of Dunfermline Athletic on 4 December 2007, After four straight wins, McInytre was awarded the First Division Manager of the Month award for December.
G?nter BittengelHe took over at FK Viktoria Žižkov in the winter break of the 2003 -- 04 Gambrinus liga, with the club second from bottom in the league.
John KearIn 2009 Kear led Wakefield Trinity to 5th position, their highest ever Super League finish.
Graham Westley He was appointed manager of Rushden & Diamonds in December 2006, with the club sitting 22nd in the table, two points adrift of safety.
Gary Peters (footballer) Exeter City quickly secured his services and issued him with the challenge, with just 13 matches of the 2002 -- 03 season remaining, of preserving their league status.
Kevin MacDonald (footballer)Despite these claims, Villa named Gérard Houllier as their permanent manager on 8 September 2010 ; however, MacDonald remained in charge for the following two Premier League matches against Stoke City and Bolton due to Houllier having to work his notice with the French Football Federation.
Mark HughesHe won the Premier League Manager of the Month award for October 2007, and eventually led Blackburn to a league finish of 7th in 2007 -- 08, Hughes' final season in charge at Ewood Park.
Parviz MazloomiHe was sacked after 17 weeks on 2 November 2009 because of the poor results in the league.
Mark StimsonHe was unable to recreate his previous success, however, and at the end of the 2007 -- 08 season Gillingham were relegated from League One.
Juan Carlos GarridoIn 2011 -- 12, Garrido and Villarreal could not manage one single point in the Champions League, and the team ranked dangerously close to the relegation zone in the league in that period.
Osvaldo ArdilesTottenham finished 15th in the Premiership and despite the expensive acquisition of Jürgen Klinsmann, Ilie Dumitrescu and Gheorghe Popescu in the 1994 close season, Ardiles was sacked in October 1994 with Tottenham languishing in the bottom half of the Premier League.