MANAGERS AND CLUBS

In 1940, on this day, the Arsenal FC made their debut in the "silver screen" when the Arsenal Stadium Mystery was released, a film involving Manager George Allison and several players including Cliff Bastin and Eddie Hapgood; the film involved a "poisoning" of a rival player during a "friendly" match between Arsenal and The Trojans, a "fictional amateur club". Match action was provided for the film when Arsenal took on Brentford in the last game of the 1938-9 season. It proved to be final game of the "Gunners' "season before World War II broke out.

Some data for you: Number of Managers appointed in Premier League by Club. You will be able to "justify" the data below based on time in PL etc. (eg why do Tottenham and Chelsea have most managers? and Barnsley only 1!!!).

Club	Total
Arsenal	9
Aston Villa	22
Barnsley	1
Birmingham City	3
Blackburn Rovers	10
Blackpool	1
Bolton Wanderers	7
Bournemouth	4
Bradford City	4
Brentford	1
Brighton & Hove Albion	3
Burnley	5
Cardiff City	4
Charlton Athletic	4
Chelsea	28
Coventry City	4
Crystal Palace	21
Derby County	6
Everton	20
Fulham	14
Huddersfield Town	3
Hull City	5
Ipswich Town	4
Leeds United	11
Leicester City	18
Liverpool	10
Luton Town	1
Manchester City	13
Manchester United	9
Middlesbrough	7
Newcastle United	24
Norwich City	9
Nottingham Forest	8
Oldham Athletic	1
Portsmouth	9
Queens Park Rangers	8
Reading	3
Sheffield United	6
Sheffield Wednesday	6
Southampton	23
Stoke City	4
Sunderland	14
Swansea City	10
Swindon Town	1
Tottenham Hotspur	28
Watford	13
West Bromwich Albion	18
West Ham United	15
Wigan Athletic	5
Wimbledon	3
Wolverhampton Wanderers	8

Managers below in bold are still active in the Premier League.

Manager	Total appointments	Total clubs
Sam Allardyce	9	9
Roy Hodgson	7	6
Mark Hughes	6	6
Harry Redknapp	6	5
Steve Bruce	5	5
Alan Pardew	5	5
Chris Hughton	5	4
David Moyes	5	4
Ron Atkinson	4	4
Rafael Benítez	4	4
Claudio Ranieri	4	4
Marco Silva	4	4
Graeme Souness	4	4
Neil Warnock	4	4
José Mourinho	4	3
Nigel Pearson	4	3
David Pleat	4	2
Dave Bassett	3	3
Kenny Dalglish	3	3
Iain Dowie	3	3
Nuno Espírito Santo	3	3
George Graham	3	3
Avram Grant	3	3
Glenn Hoddle	3	3
Paul Jewell	3	3
Paul Lambert	3	3
Martin O'Neill	3	3
Mauricio Pochettino	3	3
Tony Pulis	3	3
Peter Reid	3	3
Brendan Rodgers	3	3
Joe Royle	3	3
Dean Smith	3	3
Steve Coppell	3	2
Gérard Houllier	3	2
Kevin Keegan	3	2
Frank Lampard	3	2
Ray Lewington	3	2
Kevin MacDonald	3	2
Gary Megson	3	2
Ray Wilkins	3	2
Keith Millen	3	1
Micky Adams	2	2
Nigel Adkins	2	2
Carlo Ancelotti	2	2
Michael Appleton	2	2
Alan Ball	2	2
Slaven Bilić	2	2
Eric Black	2	2
Steve Clarke	2	2
Antonio Conte	2	2
Owen Coyle	2	2
Alan Curbishley	2	2
John Deehan	2	2
Roberto Di Matteo	2	2
Sean Dyche	2	2
Unai Emery	2	2
Gerry Francis	2	2
Javi Gracia	2	2
John Gregory	2	2
Stuart Gray	2	2
Ruud Gullit	2	2
Ian Holloway	2	2
Eddie Howe	2	2
Chris Hutchings	2	2
Martin Jol	2	2
Dave Jones	2	2
Brian Kidd	2	2
Joe Kinnear	2	2
Ronald Koeman	2	2
Brian Little	2	2
Roberto Martínez	2	2
Mick McCarthy	2	2
Steve McClaren	2	2
Alex McLeish	2	2
David O'Leary	2	2
Gary O'Neil	2	2
Scott Parker	2	2
Stuart Pearce	2	2
Manuel Pellegrini	2	2
Graham Potter	2	2
Claude Puel	2	2
Bryan Robson	2	2
Glenn Roeder	2	2
Tim Sherwood	2	2
Ole Gunnar Solskjær	2	2
Gordon Strachan	2	2
Graham Taylor	2	2
Colin Todd	2	2
Terry Venables	2	2
André Villas-Boas	2	2
Mike Walker	2	2
Howard Wilkinson	2	2
Danny Wilson	2	2
Clive Allen	2	1
Kevin Ball	2	1
John Carver	2	1
Alan Curtis	2	1
Duncan Ferguson	2	1
Paul Heckingbottom	2	1
Guus Hiddink	2	1
Stewart Houston	2	1
Joe Jordan	2	1
Kevin Keen	2	1
Howard Kendall	2	1
Ryan Mason	2	1
Hayden Mullins	2	1
Adam Sadler	2	1
Quique Sánchez Flores	2	1
Rubén Sellés	2	1
Peter Shreeves	2	1
Mike Stowell	2	1
David Unsworth	2	1
Steve Wigley	2	1
Chris Wilder	2	1

Rank	Manager	Nat.	Games	First	Last	Matches per club
1	Arsène Wenger		828	1996	2018	Arsenal (828)
2	Alex Ferguson		810	1992	2013	Manchester United (810)
3	David Moyes		683	2002	2024	Everton (427) West Ham United (184) Sunderland (38) Manchester United (34)
4	Harry Redknapp		641	1994	2015	West Ham United (269) Portsmouth (158) Tottenham Hotspur (144) Queens Park Rangers (48) Southampton (22)
5	Sam Allardyce		541	2001	2023	Bolton Wanderers (226) West Ham United (114) Blackburn Rovers (76) Sunderland (30) West Bromwich Albion (25) Everton (24) Newcastle United (21) Crystal Palace (21) Leeds United (4)
6	Steve Bruce		476	2002	2021	Birmingham City (165) Sunderland (89) Newcastle United (84) Hull City (76) Wigan Athletic (62)
7	Mark Hughes		466	2004	2018	Stoke City (174) Blackburn Rovers (147) Manchester City (55) Fulham (38) Queens Park Rangers (30) Southampton (22)
8	Roy Hodgson		416	1997	2024	Crystal Palace (182) Fulham (94) Blackburn Rovers (52) West Bromwich Albion (50) Liverpool (20) Watford (18)
9	José Mourinho		363	2004	2021	Chelsea (212) Manchester United (93) Tottenham Hotspur (58)
10	Martin O'Neill		359	1996	2013	Leicester City (152) Aston Villa (152) Sunderland (55)
	Rafael Benítez		359	2004	2022	Liverpool (228) Newcastle United (86) Chelsea (26) Everton (19)
12	Alan Curbishley		328	1998	2008	Charlton Athletic (266) West Ham United (62)
13	Tony Pulis		322	2008	2017	Stoke City (190) West Bromwich Albion (106) Crystal Palace (26)
14	Alan Pardew		320	2005	2018	Newcastle United (155) Crystal Palace (74) West Ham United (55) Charlton Athletic (18) West Bromwich Albion (18)
	Jürgen Klopp		320	2015	2024	Liverpool (320)
16	Brendan Rodgers		312	2011	2023	Leicester City (152) Liverpool (122) Swansea City (38)
17	Joe Kinnear		302	1992	2009	Wimbledon (284) Newcastle United (18)
18	Sean Dyche		300	2014	2024	Burnley (258) Everton (42)