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QUIZ: How well do you know your Premier League managerial sackings?

Is your job safe or will you get the dreaded vote of confidence?
5.00pm, 15 Feb 2016
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Who was the first ever Premier League manager to get the boot?
Premier League
Howard Kendall
Ian Porterfield

Graeme Souness
Peter Reid
Of the 22 clubs who featured in the 1994–95 Premier League campaign, how many changed managers between the end of the 93/94 season and start of 95/96?
Merlin
3
7

11
15
Bruce Rioch was let go by Arsenal before the start of the 96/97 Premier League season but for what reason?
PA
Dispute over transfer funds
Health reasons

Failing to qualify for the Champions League
Mutual consent
Who replaced David Pleat as Sheffield Wednesday boss after his sacking in November 1997?
PA
Ron Atkinson
Danny Wilson

Paul Jewell
Trevor Francis
For what reason was Harry Redknapp sacked by West Ham towards the end of the 2000/01 season?
PA
Poor league position
Dispute over transfer funds

Comments made in a fanzine
Breach of contract
Which club sacked two managers in the 2002/03 season?
Merlin
West Brom
Sunderland

Leeds United
Fulham
Which of these managers was not the Southampton boss at some stage during the 2004/05 season?
Southampton
Harry Redknapp
Paul Sturrock

Steve Wigley
Gordon Strachan
Steve Bruce took over as Wigan manager in November 2007, but whose sacking did he benefit from?
PA
Paul Jewell
Chris Hutchings

Owen Coyle
Colin Greenall
Andre Villas-Boas was in charge of Chelsea for just 27 league games. How many did he win before his sacking in March 2012?
PA
3
8

13
18
Which of these clubs did not sack a manager last year?
Topps
Queens Park Rangers
West Bromwich Albion

Aston Villa
Sunderland
Answer all the questions to see your result!
PA
You scored out of !
Claudio Ranieri
Top of the league, nobody's going to give you the chop now.
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You scored out of !
Arsene Wenger
You'd have to do something pretty crazy to get sacked after that performance.
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You scored out of !
Steve McLaren
Let's face it, you're probably going to have to dust down that CV of yours.
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You scored out of !
Louis Van Gaal
We'll call it mutual consent but don't let the door hit you on the way out.
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