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Next Bristol City manager: the live picture

The dugout watch for Bristol City: how much pressure the current manager is under, who's being linked, and what this club's history says about how these things end.

Recomputed from live match and managerial data · how the pressure index works

30Pressure index (0-100)
1stIn the Championship sack race (of 24)
Roy Hodgson

Roy Hodgson

Currently in post. Status: Drop zone, fighting for survival. Full record on the Sack-o-Meter.

How it usually ends at Bristol City

Across the completed tenures in our records, a Bristol City manager lasts roughly 3.4 years. Recent occupants of the job:

ManagerFromTo
Liam Manning 2023 2025
Nigel Pearson 2021 2023
Lee Johnson 2016 2020
Steve Cotterill 2013 2016
Steve Coppell 2010 2010
Terry Skiverton 2005 2010
Gary Smith 2005 2010
Gary Johnson 2005 2010

Year-level data from our manager career records — a guide, not a stopwatch.

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