Potter becomes 13th top-flight managerial departure in 2022-23

Graham Potter has become the 13th managerial departure in the Premier League this term — extending the record for in-season changes. 

Antonio Conte's exit from Tottenham last month surpassed the previous record of 10 and the tally moved up to 11 when Leicester axed Brendan Rodgers. 

Rodgers, 50, was sacked by the Foxes following Saturday's defeat by Crystal Palace, which saw them drop into the bottom three. 

And Potter quickly followed him into the ranks of the unemployed when Chelsea swung the axe following a limp 2-0 defeat to Aston Villa. 

Here, we look at the changes and how the tally compares to past campaigns. 

Timeline of trouble

August 2022: Parker axed

Scott Parker took Bournemouth to promotion last season but did not even see out their first month back in the Premier League after a 9-0 defeat to Liverpool.

September 2022: Tuchel out, Potter in

A shock Champions League defeat to Dinamo Zagreb prompted Chelsea to dismiss Thomas Tuchel, with Potter quickly lured from Brighton to replace him. 

October 2022: Lage and Gerrard exit

Wolves moved on from Bruno Lage early in the month, before Steven Gerrard was dismissed by Aston Villa. 

November 2022: Jones replaces Hasenhuttl

Southampton's struggles saw Ralph Hasenhuttl sacked and replaced by Nathan Jones. 

January 2023: Lights go out on Lamps

Everton's ongoing relegation fears cost Frank Lampard his role at Goodison Park. 

February 2023: Marsch and Jones out

Leeds ended Jesse Marsch's unhappy spell in charge before Jones became the second Saints casualty of the season after just three months at the helm.

March 2023: Pat and Conte pack their bags

Crystal Palace sacked Patrick Vieira after a 12-match winless run before Conte's increasingly fractious relationship with Spurs came to an end. 

April 2023: Rodgers and Potter go

Rodgers was dismissed after the Foxes slipped to a last-gasp defeat at Crystal Palace, which extended their winless run to six games. 

And Potter was dismissed just hours later with Chelsea languishing a lowly 11th in the table. 

Sacking season

Prior to this season, the record number of departures was 10 — set on three previous occasions in the Premier League era. 

The 2013-14 campaign was the first to hit double figures, with Fulham contributing two to that total as first Martin Jol and then Rene Meulensteen were shown the door. 

West Brom and Tottenham's in-season appointments, Pepe Mel and Tim Sherwood respectively, lasted only until the end of the season and Spurs then lured Mauricio Pochettino from Southampton, taking the that term's final total to 13. 

There were a record 15 exits in 2017-18, with 10 coming during the season — including two each from Southampton (Claude Puel and Mauricio Pellegrino) and West Brom (Tony Pulis and Alan Pardew). 

West Ham, Everton, Stoke and Swansea each made a second change when the season concluded, while Arsene Wenger resigned from his long reign at Arsenal. 

Last season was the other to see 10 managers jettisoned during the campaign, including Xisco Munoz and Claudio Ranieri being flung off the ever-erratic Watford roundabout. 

An 11th departure came at the end of the season as Manchester United interim boss Ralf Rangnick, appointed last November to succeed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, left Old Trafford. 

There have been three separate instances of nine in-season departures, in 1994-95 — when there were still 22 clubs in the Premier League — 2004-05 and 2008-09.