Pressure increases on managers

Last season there were 51 managerial changes – 36 dismissals – compared to 46 the previous season, of which 33 were sacked.

The statistics compiled by the LMA also show that half of first-time managers who are sacked never get another managerial job at a league club. The tenure of dismissed managers has dropped from an average of 1.47 years and in League Two the figure is just less than a year.

LMA chief executive Richard Bevan said: "In League Two the financial pressures on the clubs this season have been significant.

"In the Premier League, however, the tenure has improved and I think that's because of the high quality of experienced domestic managers that we have – Roy Hodgson, Harry Redknapp, Tony Pulis, Mick McCarthy, Sam Allardyce and Steve Bruce among them."

Bevan said the statistics also showed that replacing a manager for the last few games of the season usually did not work.

Around 60 of the 92 clubs employ an English manager and Bevan said the FA needed to do more to help them progress.

He said: "There is a phenomenal amount of young talent – what you have to do is make sure they aren't left to sink or swim and the FA have to help managers develop."