Manager ins and outs - December 2019

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Watford manager Quique Sanchez FloresImage source, Getty Images
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Quique Sanchez Flores was sacked by Watford on 1 December

BBC Sport tracks all the manager ins and outs, as well as listing all the current bosses in the Premier League, Scottish Premiership, English Football League and National League.

All of the managerial movements for December will appear below, followed by the full list of each club, league by league.

To read the list for November, visit the ins and outs page.

Date

Ins

Outs

1 Dec

2 Dec

4 Dec

5 Dec

6 Dec

14 Dec

15 Dec

17 Dec

17 Dec

20 Dec

21 Dec

23 Dec

28 Dec

30 Dec

31 Dec

Premier League

Club

Manager

Appointed

Predecessor

Arsenal

Mikel Arteta

20 Dec 2019

Unai Emery

Aston Villa

Dean Smith

10 Oct 2018

Steve Bruce

Bournemouth

Eddie Howe

12 Oct 2012

Paul Groves

Brighton & Hove Albion

Graham Potter

20 May 2019

Chris Hughton

Burnley

Sean Dyche

30 Oct 2012

Eddie Howe

Chelsea

Frank Lampard

4 Jul 2019

Maurizio Sarri

Crystal Palace

Roy Hodgson

12 Sep 2017

Frank de Boer

Everton

Carlo Ancelotti

21 Dec 2019

Marco Silva

Leicester City

Brendan Rodgers

26 Feb 2019

Claude Puel

Liverpool

Jurgen Klopp

8 Oct 2015

Brendan Rodgers

Manchester City

Pep Guardiola

1 Jul 2016

Manuel Pellegrini

Manchester United

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

19 Dec 2018 (as caretaker - 28 Mar 2019 on permanent basis)

Jose Mourinho

Newcastle United

Steve Bruce

17 Jul 2019

Rafael Benitez

Norwich City

Daniel Farke

25 May 2017

Alex Neil

Sheffield United

Chris Wilder

12 May 2016

Nigel Adkins

Southampton

Ralph Hasenhuttl

5 Dec 2018

Mark Hughes

Tottenham Hotspur

Jose Mourinho

20 Nov 2019

Mauricio Pochettino

Watford

Nigel Pearson

6 Dec 2019

Quique Sanchez Flores

West Ham United

David Moyes

30 Dec 2019

Manuel Pellegrini

Wolves

Nuno Espirito Santo

31 May 2017

Paul Lambert

Scottish Premiership

Club

Manager

Appointed

Predecessor

Aberdeen

Derek McInnes

6 Apr 2013

Craig Brown

Celtic

Neil Lennon

26 Feb 2019

Brendan Rodgers

Hamilton

Brian Rice

31 Jan 2019

Martin Canning

Heart of Midlothian

TBC

Craig Levein

Hibernian

Jack Ross

15 Nov 2019

Paul Heckingbottom

Kilmarnock

TBC

Angelo Alessio

Livingston

Gary Holt

24 Aug 2018

Kenny Miller

Motherwell

Stephen Robinson

15 Mar 2017

Mark McGhee

Rangers

Steven Gerrard

4 May 2018

Graeme Murty

Ross County

Steven Ferguson & Stuart Kettlewell (co-managers)

24 Apr 2018

Owen Coyle

St Johnstone

Tommy Wright

10 Jun 2013

Steve Lomas

St Mirren

Jim Goodwin

28 Jun 2019

Oran Kearney

Championship

Club

Manager

Appointed

Predecessor

Barnsley

Gerhard Struber

20 Nov 2019

Daniel Stendel

Birmingham City

Pep Clotet

20 Jun 2019 (as caretaker - 4 Dec 2019 on permanent basis)

Garry Monk

Blackburn Rovers

Tony Mowbray

22 Feb 2017

Owen Coyle

Brentford

Thomas Frank

16 Oct 2018

Dean Smith

Bristol City

Lee Johnson

6 Feb 2016

Steve Cotterill

Cardiff City

Neil Harris

16 Nov 2019

Neil Warnock

Charlton Athletic

Lee Bowyer

6 Sep 2018

Karl Robinson

Derby County

Phillip Cocu

5 Jul 2019

Frank Lampard

Fulham

Scott Parker

28 Feb 2018 (as caretaker - 10 May 2019 on permanent basis)

Claudio Ranieri

Huddersfield Town

Danny Cowley

9 Sep 2019

Jan Siewert

Hull City

Grant McCann

21 Jun 2019

Nigel Adkins

Leeds United

Marcelo Bielsa

15 Jun 2018

Paul Heckingbottom

Luton Town

Graeme Jones

7 May 2019

Nathan Jones

Middlesbrough

Jonathan Woodgate

14 Jun 2019

Tony Pulis

Millwall

Gary Rowett

21 Oct 2019

Neil Harris

Nottingham Forest

Sabri Lamouchi

28 Jun 2019

Martin O'Neill

Preston North End

Alex Neil

4 Jul 2017

Simon Grayson

Queens Park Rangers

Mark Warburton

8 May 2019

Steve McClaren

Reading

Mark Bowen

14 Oct 2019

Jose Gomes

Sheffield Wednesday

Garry Monk

6 Sep 2019

Steve Bruce

Stoke City

Michael O'Neill

8 Nov 2019

Nathan Jones

Swansea City

Steve Cooper

13 Jun 2019

Graham Potter

West Bromwich Albion

Slaven Bilic

13 Jun 2019

Darren Moore

Wigan Athletic

Paul Cook

31 May 2017

Warren Joyce

League One

Club

Manager

Appointed

Predecessor

Accrington Stanley

John Coleman

18 Sep 2014

James Beattie

AFC Wimbledon

Glyn Hodges

23 Oct 2019

Wally Downes

Blackpool

Simon Grayson

6 Jul 2019

Terry McPhillips

Bolton Wanderers

Keith Hill

31 Aug 2019

Phil Parkinson

Bristol Rovers

Ben Garner

23 Dec 2019

Graham Coughlan

Burton Albion

Nigel Clough

7 Dec 2015

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

Bury

Paul Wilkinson

2 Jul 2019

Ryan Lowe

Coventry City

Mark Robins

6 Mar 2017

Russell Slade

Doncaster Rovers

Darren Moore

10 Jul 2019

Grant McCann

Fleetwood Town

Joey Barton

2 Jun 2018

John Sheridan

Gillingham

Steve Evans

21 May 2019

Steve Lovell

Ipswich

Paul Lambert

27 Oct 2018

Paul Hurst

Lincoln City

Michael Appleton

20 Sep 2019

Danny Cowley

MK Dons

Russell Martin

3 Nov 2019

Paul Tisdale

Oxford United

Karl Robinson

22 Mar 2018

Pep Clotet

Peterborough United

Darren Ferguson

26 Jan 2019

Steve Evans

Portsmouth

Kenny Jackett

2 Jun 2017

Paul Cook

Rochdale

Brian Barry-Murphy

3 Apr 2019

Keith Hill

Rotherham United

Paul Warne

5 Apr 2017

Kenny Jackett

Shrewsbury Town

Sam Ricketts

3 Dec 2018

John Askey

Southend United

Sol Campbell

22 Oct 2019

Kevin Bond

Sunderland

Phil Parkinson

17 Oct 2019

Jack Ross

Tranmere Rovers

Micky Mellon

6 Oct 2016

Gary Brabin

Wycombe Wanderers

Gareth Ainsworth

8 Nov 2012

Gary Waddock

League Two

Club

Manager

Appointed

Predecessor

Bradford City

Gary Bowyer

4 Mar 2019

David Hopkin

Cambridge United

Colin Calderwood

19 Dec 2018

Joe Dunne

Carlisle United

Chris Beech

26 Nov 2019

Steven Pressley

Cheltenham Town

Michael Duff

10 Sep 2018

Gary Johnson

Colchester United

John McGreal

4 May 2016

Kevin Keen

Crawley Town

John Yems

5 Dec 2019

Gabriele Cioffi

Crewe Alexandra

David Artell

8 Jan 2017

Steve Davis

Exeter City

Matt Taylor

1 Jun 2018

Paul Tisdale

Forest Green Rovers

Mark Cooper

9 May 2016

Adrian Pennock

Grimsby Town

Ian Holloway

31 Dec 2019

Michael Jolley

Leyton Orient

TBC

Carl Fletcher

Macclesfield Town

Daryl McMahon

19 Aug 2019

Sol Campbell

Mansfield Town

Graham Coughlan

17 Dec 2019

John Dempster

Morecambe

Derek Adams

7 Nov 2019

Jim Bentley

Newport County

Mike Flynn

9 May 2017

Graham Westley

Northampton Town

Keith Curle

1 Oct 2018

Dean Austin

Oldham Athletic

Dino Maamria

19 Sep 2019

Laurent Banide

Plymouth Argyle

Ryan Lowe

5 Jun 2019

Derek Adams

Port Vale

John Askey

4 Feb 2019

Neil Aspin

Salford City

Graham Alexander

14 May 2018

Anthony Johnson & Bernard Morley

Scunthorpe United

Paul Hurst

13 May 2019

Stuart McCall

Stevenage

Graham Westley

15 Dec 2019

Dino Maamria

Swindon Town

Richie Wellens

13 Nov 2018

Phil Brown

Walsall

Darrell Clarke

10 May 2019

Dean Keates

National League

Club

Manager

Appointed

Predecessor

Aldershot Town

Danny Searle

20 May 2019

Gary Waddock

Barnet

Darren Currie

23 Jan 2019

John Still

Barrow

Ian Evatt

15 Jun 2018

Ady Pennock

Boreham Wood

Luke Garrard

14 Oct 2015

Ian Allinson

Bromley

Neil Smith

4 Apr 2016

Mark Goldberg

Chesterfield

John Sheridan

9 Jan 2019

Martin Allen

Chorley

Jamie Vermiglio

26 Jun 2018

Matt Jansen

Dagenham & Redbridge

Peter Taylor & Terry Harris

5 Jun 2018

John Still

Dover Athletic

Andy Hessenthaler

8 Oct 2018

Chris Kinnear

Eastleigh

Ben Strevens

5 Nov 2018

Andy Hessenthaler

Ebbsfleet United

Kevin Watson

2 Nov 2019

Garry Hill

AFC Fylde

Jim Bentley

28 Oct 2019

Dave Challinor

FC Halifax Town

Pete Wild

25 Jul 2019

Jamie Fullarton

Harrogate Town

Simon Weaver

21 May 2009

Neil Aspin

Hartlepool United

Dave Challinor

11 Nov 2019

Craig Hignett

Maidenhead United

Alan Devonshire

5 May 2015

Johnson Hippolyte

Notts County

Neal Ardley

23 Nov 2018

Harry Kewell

Solihull Moors

Tim Flowers

20 Jun 2018

Mark Yates

Stockport County

Jim Gannon

20 Jan 2016

Michael Flynn

Sutton United

Matt Gray

1 May 2019

Paul Doswell

Torquay

Gary Johnson

13 Sep 2018

Gary Owers

Yeovil Town

Darren Sarll

19 Jun 2019

Darren Way

Woking

Alan Dowson

16 May 2018

Anthony Limbrick

Wrexham

Dean Keates

6 Oct 2019

Bryan Hughes

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