A list of managerial appoints by the Peterborough United chairman which inspires little confidence
Darragh MacAnthony will soon appoint the 14th manager of his 20-year reign at London Road.
And his track record inspires little confidence, especially as the one manager who has delivered success for him, Darren Ferguson, has already ruled himself out of a fifth spell in charge.
The average length of service for the 13 managers appointed by MacAnthony has been a little over 16 months. The average number of Football League matches those bosses have overseen is a touch over 62.
Take the four spells of Ferguson from those figures and the numbers drop to an average stay of nine months and the overseeing of just over 32 EFL games each.
Only one of the 13 managers left London Road of his own accord and that was Jim Gannon. The others were sacked.
Gary Johnson’s nine months in charge included a summer as did Dave Robertson’s four month-stay, although the latter was a caretaker manager before he was given the job full-time. Robertson managed 20 League One games in total, but only six after his appointment of permanent boss.
Johnson and Steve Evans were in play-off positions when they were sacked.
Darren Ferguson (first spell): 22 months, 126 matches
Mark Cooper: 3 months, 12 matches
Jim Gannon: 3 months, 14 matches
Gary Johnson: 9 months, 25 matches.
Darren Ferguson (second spell): 49 months, 149 matches.
Dave Robertson: 4 months, 6 matches.
Graham Westley: 7 months, 36 matches.
Grant McCann (first spell): 22 months, 79 matches.
Steve Evans: 11 months, 41 matches.
Darren Ferguson (third spell): 25 months, 125 matches.
Grant McCann (second spell): 11 months, 38 matches.
Darren Ferguson (fourth spell): 33 months, 127 matches.
Luke Williams: 11 months, 40 matches.
*Only Football League matches have been included.