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The upheaval did not begin this summer. The 2025-26 Premier League season featured 11 managerial changes, with Forest among the clubs to make multiple appointments during the campaign.
The average tenure of a top-flight boss now stands at about 20 months, illustrating just how fleeting life in one of football’s most demanding jobs can now be.
Recent history also suggests changing manager offers no guarantees. During the 2025-26 season,
Katie said Ruairi had held a season ticket since birth and regularly attended home, away and European matches with his family.
Supporting Man Utd was “all we do”, she said, adding that she met her husband at Old Trafford and had held her own season ticket for nearly 20 years, along with her late mother and siblings.
“Since [Ruari] could walk, he’s had a ball at his feet,” she said.
Southampton say they have appealed against their removal from the Championship play-offs as it is “manifestly disproportionate to every previous sanction in the history of the English game”.
An EFL independent disciplinary commission on Tuesday evening expelled Southampton from the play-offs and reinstated Middlesbrough, who are now set to face Hull City in the final on Saturday.
The St Mary’s club were also deducted four points in the Championship next
Middlesbrough’s promotion hopes were dealt a painful blow as Conor Coady gave Charlton a surprise win at the Riverside Stadium.
Boro were hoping to keep up the pressure on Championship leaders Coventry with victory but instead dropped precious points in their pursuit of a place in the Premier League.
Coady’s second-half winner leaves Boro eight points behind the Sky Blues, and more importantly just one ahead of a charging Millwall
Derby County cannot relax and treat the remaining 10 Championship games as a free hit, according to boss John Eustace.
Having avoided relegation on the final day of last season, the Rams go into Tuesday’s game at Millwall (19:45 GMT) in seventh place, three points short of the play-offs.
Expectations have dramatically shifted from 2025 as the Rams are firmly in the play-off race and outside of matches against Millwall,
The visitors had controlled much of the first half, registering nine attempts, seven corners and 22 touches in Wednesday’s box, but struggled to turn pressure into clear-cut chances, leaving Millwall boss Neil a frustrated figure as he headed down the tunnel at halftime.
Azeez had repeatedly threatened down the right and Langstaff and Josh Coburn were both denied before the break as Wednesday defended resolutely.
The breakthrough came on 60
The 3-0 defeat by Nottingham Forest at home on Saturday was bad but the loss against PSV was arguably the low point of Liverpool’s season.
“Liverpool seem to keep finding ways to hit new lows under Arne Slot, and of course, that is leading to questions around the manager’s future,” Josh Sexton of Liverpool fan group the Anfield Wrap told BBC Sport.
“He will accept that as part of the
Stoke City manager Mark Robins says he wants to “hit the ground running” after “a bit of downtime” over the international break.
The Potters are fifth in the Championship but are winless in four matches after a 1-0 defeat to QPR on 20 September was followed by three consecutive draws.
“I think it is important for us all to have a bit of downtime, as it is such a long
Robert Sanchez, Chelsea, keeper, £4.5m – Everton (h)
Visitors Everton only have four goals in their past six games and their 10 big chances is the third lowest in the league.
Trent Alexander-Arnold, Liverpool, £7.2m – Tottenham (h)
This might be one of the last times we can pick maybe the greatest FPL defensive asset of all time – if rumours of a summer move to Real Madrid are true.
