Management in the Premier League is tough, and for some it’s so tough that they barely get their head around the gig before it’s over.
In the two-and-a-half years since winning the Premier League, Claudio Ranieri has been sacked twice, by both Leicester City and Fulham. His spell at Fulham lasted just 106 days, one of the shortest reigns in Premier League history – excluding caretakers.
But who holds the shortest, most inconsequential Premier League managerial stints? Read on to find out who is keeping Ranieri company in an unwanted section of the record books.
8. Claudio Ranieri
Club: Fulham
Number of league games managed: 16
Days in charge: 106
The magical tinker man who won the Premier League with Leicester in 2016 sadly kicked the bucket at Fulham just a few months after it all began.
Ranieri took over in November with the club looking to improve their chances of Premier League survival following the sacking of Slavisa Jokanovic.
As boss at Fulham, Ranieri managed three wins in 16, but leaves the club in 19th in the Premier League with to near-non existent chances of staying up – they are currently 10 points off Southampton in 17th-place.
Along with 11 league defeats came a FA Cup third-round exit at home to League Two side Oldham.
7. Tony Adams
Club managed: Portsmouth
Number of league games managed: 15
Days in charge: 106
The former Arsenal stalwart won just two league games in charge at Portsmouth, earning 10 points from a possible 45 overall.
With a point-per-game ratio of 0.67, Adams’ time on the south coast will be remembered as totally anathema to his proud playing days.
6. Colin Todd
Club: Derby County
Number of league games managed: 16
Days in charge: 98
The doomed Derby boss managed to win four games while in charge of Derby in 2001; he was swiftly sacked and the Rams were relegated that season in 19th spot.
The former Nottingham Forest defender managed a points average of 0.88 per game over the course of his 98 days at the helm.
5. Terry Connor
Clubs: Wolverhampton Wanderers
Number of league games managed: 13
Days in charge: 91
Initially named caretaker following Mick McCarthy’s departure in 2012, Connor was soon named official Wolves manager for the remainder of the season as the club tried to fight off relegation.
But in his 13 games in charge Connor managed to gain just four points, failing to win a single match as Wolves finished 20th and returned to the Championship.
4. Bob Bradley
Club: Swansea
Number of league games managed: 11
Days in charge: 85
Bradley was seen as America’s finest active manager for a while before he got his somewhat surprising move to Wales in 2016. The coach had been in charge at a number of MLS clubs before a relatively successful stint in charge of the US men’s national team between 2006 and 2011.
After a job in charge of Egypt and a nomadic set of European clubs, Bradley was appointed manager at Liberty Stadium.
In taking over the hot seat, Bradley became the first American manager to work in the Premier League, though his tenure didn’t last long, as he lost seven of his 11 league games.
The Swans were 19th when Bradley was sacked 85 days after being given the reins.
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3. Frank de Boer
Club: Crystal Palace
Number of league games managed: 4
Days in charge: 77
Frank de Boer was seen as an accomplished manager off the back of his successful spell at Ajax, where he won four consecutive Eredivisie titles – the first manager to do so in Holland’s top flight.
But that’s where the good stuff ends. Although De Boer was in the mix for the vacant Spurs job, Tottenham ultimately went with Mauricio Pochettino, while De Boer went to Inter Milan in 2016 but was sacked after 14 games.
Things at Selhurst Palace… were even worse. Appointed as the manager in June 2017, the Dutchman was tasked with changing the image and style of Palace over a period of time, but he was out of a job 77 days later.
He departed after four-straight league defeats without scoring, though he did win one game in the League Cup.
2. Rene Meulensteen
Club: Fulham
Number of league games managed: 13
Days in charge: 75
The Dutchman was Alex Ferguson’s right-hand man at United but was totally exposed when in the hot seat himself.
He managed just three league wins before he got the axe and was replaced by Felix Magath (who was also pretty terrible).
1. Les Reed
Club: Charlton Athletic
Number of league games managed: 7
Days in charge: 40
Reed was in charge of Charlton for seven games in 2006, but was actually at the helm in south-east London for just 40 games, making him the record-holder for the least number of days in charge of a Premier League football club.
Reed, who replaced Iain Dowie, registered one win, while his side were dumped out of the League Cup by League Two side Wycombe.
The media attacked him frequently, nicknaming him “Les Misérables” and “Santa Clueless”. Reed was replaced by Alan Pardew.
Honourable mentions:
Steve Wigley
Club: Southampton
Number of games managed: 14
Days in charge: 107
Narrowly missing out on the worst eight, Wigley managed Southampton during what was a tumultuous time on the south coast. The Englishman was in charge of Southampton for 14 league games, winning just one, before ultimately getting the sack.
Jacques Santini
Club: Spurs
Number of games managed: 11
Days in charge: 154
The Frenchman left his role as France manager (announced during Euro 2004) for the Tottenham job, but while he guided France to the quarter-finals, his time at Spurs was fairly awful.
Santini’s Spurs won three games in 11 league matches, and presided over the worst goalscoring start to a Premier League season by any Tottenham outfit; they had scored just six goals by the time he was sacked in early November.
A mix of personal problems and suspected disagreements over the running of the club with then Sporting Director Frank Armesen led to Santini tendering his resignation.
A job in charge of Auxerre followed but he hasn’t managed a club since.
Sammy Lee
Club: Bolton
Number of games managed: 11
Days in charge: 170
Sammy Lee, as in ‘Little Sam’, was installed as permanent boss at Bolton following the sacking of ‘Big Sam’, Sam Allardyce.
Lee had been Allardyce’s assistant at the club for his 371-game reign, but his own managerial stint wasn’t quite as successful as the man whose team once had JayJay Okocha and Youri Djorkaeff in it.
The former Bolton player Lee won just one of his 11 league games, and like a few others on the list, was made to walk with his team in 19th. A tendency to always look on the bright side as the bad results kept rolling in didn’t help.
Stints in the coaching staff at Liverpool, Bolton and Palace have since followed.
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