English football on course for record number of sackings


Referee Laurent Duhamel shows a red card to Maxime Poundje of Girondins Bordeaux during his French Ligue 1 soccer match against Toulouse at the Chaban Delmas Stadium in Bordeaux, southwestern France, January 11, 2014. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

LONDON (Reuters) - More managers will be sacked in the Premier League and Football League than ever before if current trends continue, according to the League Managers Association's (LMA) quarterly report.

As of the end of December, 27 managers -- more than a quarter of the Premier League and Football league's 92 clubs -- had been dismissed from their clubs. The tally is three more than at the same stage last season.

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