Nowadays, it’s all about the hotshots. ‘Progressive and modern’ young coaches are the rage.
The days of the savvy veteran are fading. Wily pragmatism has been usurped by idealism, with the new generation of coaches seemingly all cut from the same Pep Guardiola-inspired cloth.
Crystal Palace attempted to move in a new direction when they appointed Patrick Vieira as manager in 2021. The Frenchman showed promise at Selhurst Park throughout his first 18 months on the job, but Palace’s dire run of form in 2023 rendered his position untenable.
With just the final quarter of the season remaining, the club opted against appointing their long-term successor and instead went for vintage familiarity. That’s right, folks; Woy’s back!
Roy Hodgson just can’t stay away. This will be his seventh stint in the Premier League, and he will smash his own record and become the division’s oldest-ever manager once he takes charge after the March international break.
Here’s who joins Hodgson as the ten oldest managers in Premier League history.
Big Sam Allardyce had developed the reputation of being a masterful escape artist. The former England boss had the knack of steering clubs away from relegation, but the West Brom job in 2020/21 was one even beyond his capabilities.
Slaven Bilic departed the club on 16 December 2020 having overseen just one Premier League win in 13 games. Big Sam was drafted in, and although he oversaw a memorable 5-2 victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, West Brom succumbed to the drop under his tutelage.
It was the first time Allardyce had ever been relegated from the Premier League.
Premier League stalwart Redknapp enjoyed success on the south coast at Portsmouth before securing Tottenham’s first-ever Champions League berth in 2010.
The majority of his 641 Premier League games in charge came at West Ham (269), but his last came at QPR.
Redknapp was 67 years, 335 days old when he led QPR out against Stoke in January 2015. He resigned in the wake of that defeat, with the west London club eventually dropping to the second tier.
Dutch manager Advocaat had been around the block before he rolled up at Sunderland in a bid to get the Black Cats out of trouble.
The journeyman boss led Sunderland to safety at the end of the 2014/15 season in…
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