This season is on course to break the record for the most managerial sackings, with 41 having lost their jobs since the first ball was kicked last August.

The League Managers’ Association Quarterly Manager Statistics for the 2014-15 season (as at 31 March 2015) were released on Monday, with the report revealing that 16 managers have been sacked in the Championship alone. That figure does not include Malky Mackay, who was relieved of his duties by Wigan last week.

That means this season’s total is only five short of the record of 46 in 2006-07. The average tenure of those is 1.24 years, while in the Championship that figure drops to just 0.94 years.

Their counterparts in the Premier League have fared much better at an average of 2.27 years, with five sackings way down on last season’s record of eight.

Arsenal’s Arsène Wenger remains the longest serving current manager, having arrived in 1996. But there is almost a 10-year gap to Exeter’s Paul Tisdale in second place, while Rotherham’s Steve Evans makes the top 10 despite only being in charge since April 2012.