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Finished first season, but it seems like managers aren't sacked as often as they should be.

Wikipedia tells me that there are usually anywhere from 8 to 12 managerial changes a year for big leagues such as the Premier League or Serie A.

Yet after one season (from July '09 to July '10) these were the sackings:

Premier League

West Ham sacks Zola - May 9th

Portsmouth sacks Hart - May 9th

Serie A

Palermo sacks Zenga - May 16th

All three sackings came the day they were relegated. Meanwhile Gareth Southgate is still in Boro after finishing 11th in the Championship, Phil Brown stays on with Hull at the foot at the table, and so on.

Also, though I've loaded 20 leagues, I've only had 68 total sackings around the world. Four sackings a league (granted that USA and Russia run on different calendars) seems too low.

Of course, this is an incredibly small sample size, so it would be really cool if my season was an anomaly.

Anyone else see similar results or not?

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Not got any data on hand but I would be shocked if it is 8-12 managers a season in the Premiership

For last season (08-09) it was:

Five sacked managers

Juande Ramos--Tottenham

Roy Keane (technically a resignation)--Sunderland

Paul Ince--Blackburn

Tony Adams--Portsmouth

Luiz Felipe Scolari--Chelsea

Three resignations

Alan Curshibley--Newcastle

Kevin Keegan--West Ham

Ricky Sbragia--Sunderland

Season before that (07-08) it was:

Five sacked

Sammy Lee--Bolton

Martin Jol--Tottenham

Chris Hutchings--Wigan

Lawrie Sanchez--Fulham

Avram Grant--Chelsea

Four by mutual consent

Jose Mourinho--Chelsea

Billy Davies--Derby

Sam Allardyce--Newcastle

Sven-Goran Erickkson--Manchester City

And the above doesn't include clubs purchasing managers from one another (Hughes leaving Blackburn, etc.) nor medical leaves.

I admit that saying 8 to 12 sackings is too specific, but the spirit of the argument remains the same.

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