Relegation into the Championship after having a year or two in the Premier League is never an easy thing to take for fans and players alike and both are keen to return to the top flight as soon as possible. However this is not always so easy as teams like Coventry City have found out since they were relegated back in 2001 and have since failed to even make the play offs.  If instant success is not happening then it is often the manager that is the first to go and The Clarets are no exception after Brian Laws was removed from his post after being in charge at Turf Moor for less than a year after his team suffered a dip in form and slid to the 9th in the Npower Championship.

Of the managers in the frame to take on the role Sam Allardyce who was recently removed as manager of Blackburn may fancy a return to Championship life and relish the opportunity of taking a side up this season.

Next Burnley Manager Odds with Skybet.com at 12/01/2011

• Eddie Howe – 1/20
• Derek McInnes -10/1
• Paul Cook – 14/1
• Stuart Gray 14/1
• Sam Allardyce -14/1
• Gary Megson – 14/1
• Chris Hughton – 20/1
• Malky Mackay – 20/1
• Paul Lambert – 20/1
• Billy Davies – 20/1
• Steve Clarke – 20/1
• Gareth Southgate – 20/1
• Kevin Keegan – 33/1
• Bar

Odds supplied by Skybet and are subject to change

Burnley were promoted to the Premier League in May 2009 following their win in the Play-Off Final to complete a dream season for the Lancashire based club managed then by Owen Coyle. However after after 6 months into a new contract Coyle left the side to join Premier League rivals Bolton Wanderers and was replaced by Brian Law who failed to keep his side in the top flight of English Football and they were relegation to the Npower Championship for the 2010/11 season.

Burnely seem to have a solid and stable boardroom currently and they are not normally a club to make knee jerk reactions on the spur of the moment so are likely to back the Manger both financially and in terms of time to let the team settle into the Premier League.

Manager History

Recent history shows that Burnley are more than happy to stick with their Managers and allow them time however with the side now in the Premier League the pressure will be cranked up a notch for Coyle. Stan Ternant was in charge for a good six years and Coyle will be hoping he last that long in the job unless he is tempted by a bigger club.

From        To

Brian Laws 13-01-2010 – 29-12-2010
Owen Coyle 22-11-2007 2010 05-01-2010
Steve Davis 08-11-2007  22-11-2007
Steve Cotterill 03-06-2004  08-11-2007
Stan Ternent 02-06-1998  03-06-2004
Chris Waddle 08-07-1997  12-05-1998
Adrian Heath 07-03-1996  27-06-1997
Jimmy Mullen 01-10-1991  12-04-1996
Frank Casper 01-01-1989  01-10-1991
Brian Miller 01-06-1986  01-01-1989
Tommy Cavanagh 10-10-1985  01-06-1986
Martin Buchan 22-06-1985  10-10-1985
John Benson 01-08-1984  22-06-1985
John Bond 14-06-1983  01-08-1984
Frank Casper 19-01-1983  01-06-1983
Brian Miller 16-10-1979  19-01-1983
Harry Potts 20-02-1977  16-10-1979
Joe Brown 07-01-1976  20-02-1977
Jimmy Adamson 01-02-1970  06-01-1976
Harry Potts 01-02-1958  01-02-1970
Billy Dougall 01-07-1957  01-02-1958
Alan Brown 01-08-1954  01-07-1957
Frank Hill 01-09-1948  01-08-1954
Cliff Britton 01-10-1945  01-09-1948
Alf Boland 01-08-1935  31-05-1939
Tom Bromilow 01-10-1932  31-07-1935
Albert Pickles 01-01-1925  30-09-1932
John Haworth 01-07-1911  31-12-1925
R H Wadge 01-08-1910  31-07-1911
Spen Whittaker 01-09-1903  01-04-1910
Ernest Magnall 01-01-1899  01-09-1903
Harry Bradshaw 01-08-1896  01-08-1899
Arthur F Sutcliffe 01-08-1893  01-08-1896

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