In a recent thread, Jimbags asked whether any top flight manager had 'achieved' three relegations in three and a half seasons, as Alex McLeish is attempting at this very moment. I don't know the answer (although I rather doubt it) but I give you Billy McNeill. In 1986-87 he jumped ship from Man City- then bottom of Division One, if memory serves- to replace Graham Turner at Villa. Both clubs were relegated. Can anyone beat this?
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Villa got relegated in the late 80s? Wow, memory cells failed me on that one, did you bounce straight back up?
It doesn't beat 3 in 3 1/2 seasons but another to note, Avram Grant relegating Pompey and West Ham in consecutive seasons. -
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At an uneducated guess, it has always felt like Iain Dowie taking over the reins has always looked like the kiss of death to a team. I've no idea what his official record is, though.Comment
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This is the kind of question they discuss in The Knowledge on the Guardian football website.Comment
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Dowie was relegated with Palace in 2004-05 and Hull City in 2009-10. He was sacked by Charlton before he could take them down too.Comment
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Dowie was also Shearer’s no. 2 at Newcastle, so he can also lay claim to a little of that glory.Comment
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Brian Laws was manager of both Burnley and Sheff Weds in the season they were both relegated. That takes some doing.
Oh how we laughed.Comment
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On the flipside of this, Nigel Adkins has achieved four promotions in five years, two with Scunthorpe, with a relegation sandwiched between, and two consecutive ones with Southampton.Comment
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