Long Serving Managers North v South

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Long Serving Managers North v South Dec 11, 2017 17:06:07 GMT

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Post by Wortleyblue on Dec 11, 2017 17:06:07 GMT

Being bored due to snow outside I have been looking at the length of service of current National League managers and it seems northern teams are less tolerant with their managers than our southern counterparts. With the exception of Macclesfield and Fylde no northern manager has been in the job more than 18 months. Are we more demanding or do the southerners see the bigger picture better than us. I know we were more than tolerant with our previous incumbent and needed a change and I don't really want this to turn into another thread about him but its just got me thinking are we less tolerant or do the southern teams get better results or is it they are more prepared to have faith in who they've got any thoughts

Club Manager Appointed
Aldershot Town Gary Waddock 5 May 2016
Barrow Ady Pennock 27 Oct 2017
Boreham Wood Luke Garrard 14 Oct 2015
Bromley Neil Smith 4 Apr 2016 Mark
Chester Marcus Bignot 20 Sep 2017
Dagenham & Redbridge John Still 31 Dec 2015
Dover Athletic Chris Kinnear 19 Jan 2013
Eastleigh Richard Hill 2 May 2017
Ebbsfleet United Daryl McMahon 28 Apr 2015
AFC Fylde Dave Challinor 2 Nov 2011
Gateshead Steve Watson 10 Dec 2017
Guiseley Paul Cox 4 Sep 2017
FC Halifax Town Billy Heath 24 May 2016
Hartlepool United Craig Harrison 26 May 2017
Leyton Orient Justin Edinburgh 29 Nov 2017
Macclesfield Town John Askey 4 Jun 2013
Maidenhead United Alan Devonshire 5 May 2015
Maidstone United Jay Saunders 17 Mar 2011
Solihull Moors Mark Yates 15 Nov 2017
Sutton United Paul Doswell 15 May 2008
Torquay United Gary Owers 13 Sep 2017
Tranmere Rovers Micky Mellon 6 Oct 2016
Woking Anthony Limbrick 7 May 2017
Wrexham Dean Keates 25 Oct 2016

Last Edit: Dec 11, 2017 17:07:31 GMT by Wortleyblue

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Long Serving Managers North v South Dec 11, 2017 18:50:17 GMT

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Post by Captain Duff on Dec 11, 2017 18:50:17 GMT

Well without getting a calculator out it appears that with a few exceptions most managers have a life expectancy of around 18 months which seems really poor to me and doesn't seem very different from the Prem manager lifespan which cases like Wenger aside seems equally as short.

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Long Serving Managers North v South Dec 11, 2017 18:59:43 GMT

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Post by Wortleyblue on Dec 11, 2017 18:59:43 GMT

Dec 11, 2017 18:50:17 GMT Captain Duff said:

Well without getting a calculator out it appears that with a few exceptions most managers have a life expectancy of around 18 months which seems really poor to me and doesn't seem very different from the Prem manager lifespan which cases like Wenger aside seems equally as short.

You may well be right CD I only looked at the National very rarely look at anything to do with the premiershite

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Long Serving Managers North v South Dec 11, 2017 19:50:27 GMT

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Post by Hannibal on Dec 11, 2017 19:50:27 GMT

We're 7 and a half seasons in and have had 4 managers. Hopefully Marcus can be here beyond the end of next season. My feelings about us staying up have improved after Saturdays win and James Jones very promising debut.