The average tenure of a manager in the professional game in England has dropped to just 1.23 years. The League Managers' Association has revealed that in the Championship, where there were 20 dismissals in the recently-completed season, the average spell in charge is just 0.86 years.

There were 47 manager dismissals in the 2014-15 season, the most since the 2001-02 campaign when 53 were sacked.

LMA chief executive Richard Bevan said in the end of season review: "The numbers only serve to highlight that the game continues to present an increasingly more complex and volatile working environment for all the professional practitioners: the players, coaches and managers.

"If we are to see a significant change in the statistics within this report then the game and its leaders need to take a longer-term view and build stability."

Bevan says 17 of the dismissed bosses were first-time managers who may find it difficult to manage again and more than 150 coaches lost jobs as a consequence of managerial changes.

There were 64 managerial changes up until May 31, 2015, with 17 resignations.

The 47 dismissals is 10 more than in the 2013-14 season and featured five in the Premier League, 20 in the Championship, 12 in League One and 10 in League Two.

The average term for a Premier League boss is 1.8 years, which is higher than in the other three divisions: Championship (0.86), League One (1.41), League Two (1.44).