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Firstly the answer is not Stan Ternent who is currently tenth in the list of managers in the four top divisions. There are though two in next season's First Division who have been in charge of their clubs longer.
Top of the list is Ipswich Town's George Burley who replaced Paul Goddard and John Wark as manager at Portman Road as long ago as December 1994. Behind Burley comes Ronnie Moore who completed five years as Rotherham manager last Friday. Then it is Stan (June 1998) with Reading's Alan Pardew next despite being appointed another fifteen months later.
Neil Warnock is the only other First Division manager to be appointed before the millennium an incredibly only fourteen of them were in place before last New Year's Eve. Two of the clubs don't even have a manager at the moment and are looking to make early appointments.
There will be many more changes next season, during 2001/02 just half of the twenty-four clubs started and ended the season with the same manager.
The list in order of appointment is:
Manager | Club | Date Appointed |
a | a | a |
George Burley | Ipswich Town | 28th December 1994 |
Ronnie Moore | Rotherham United | 24th May 1997 |
Stan Ternent | Burnley | 2nd June 1998 |
Alan Pardew | Reading | 16th September 1999 |
Neil Warnock | Sheffield United | 2nd December 1999 |
Andy Hessenthaler | Gillingham | 12th June 2000 |
Mark McGhee | Millwall | 25th September 2000 |
Nigel Worthington | Norwich City | 4th December 2000 |
Dave Jones | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3rd January 2001 |
Gianluca Vialli | Watford | 1st July 2001 |
Paul Hart | Nottingham Forest | 12th July 2001 |
Terry Yorath | Sheffield Wednesday | 17th October 2001 |
Trevor Francis | Crystal Palace | 30th November 2001 |
Paul Groves | Grimsby Town | 28th December 2001 |
Nicky Law | Bradford City | 31st December 2001 |
Colin Lee | Walsall | 24th January 2002 |
John Gregory | Derby County | 30th January 2002 |
Harry Redknapp | Portsmouth | 25th March 2002 |
Micky Adams | Leicester City | 4th April 2002 |
Craig Brown | Preston North End | 29th April 2002 |
Gary McAllister | Coventry City | 13th May 2002 |
Steve Cotterill | Stoke City | 27th May 2002 |
The two clubs currently without manager are Brighton and Milton Keynes.