Sacking/ losing managers in first season after PL promotion
Points-per-game difference after manager left
Relegated
PPG diff.
Nottingham Forest (98/99)
1.16
Bolton (95/96)
0.74
Hull City (16/17)
0.52
Fulham (18/19)*
0.33
Birmingham (07/08)
0.21
Crystal Palace (97/98)*
0.04
Sunderland (05/06)
−0.02
QPR (14/15)
−0.1
Derby (07/08)
−0.22
Reading (12/13)
−0.23
Middlesbrough (16/17)
−0.26
Cardiff (13/14)
−0.29
Burnley (09/10)
−0.44
Survived
PPG diff.
Crystal Palace (13/14)
1.02
West Brom (10/11)
0.42
QPR (11/12)
0.26
Southampton (12/13)
0.19
West Brom (04/05)
0.13
Newcastle (10/11)
0.04