Andy Woodman leaves Bromley: Who are top five longest-serving managers in Premier League, EFL?

With lone 7 clubs successful the Premier League and EFL having kept their existent managers successful the dugout for longer than 4 years, changes to the longest-serving managers database for those 4 divisions is simply a rarity.

However, connected Thursday, League One nine Bromley announced that Andy Woodman - who was appointed successful March 2021 - had near his relation by communal consent.

Having accumulated conscionable 8 points from 10 matches to beryllium successful 23rd spot successful the League One table, it was deemed that the 55-year-old's clip astatine Hayes Lane had tally its course.

Here, Sports Mole takes a look astatine the caller top-five list, with Woodman having dropped retired from 3rd position.

Mikel Arteta (Arsenal)

With Arsenal winning past season's Premier League and earning draws against the likes of Bayern Munich successful the Champions League, the Gunners person nary plans to depart with Mikel Arteta anytime soon.

Earlier successful October, the Spaniard signed a caller contract that volition tally until the extremity of 2029-30. Barring a tendency to instrumentality connected a caller challenge, it is plausible that the 44-year-old could go 1 of the longest-serving managers successful Premier League history.

Arteta, astatine six years and 304 days, is already 21st successful that peculiar list, and helium is motivated to adhd to a Premier League trophy, FA Cup and 3 Community Shields.

The erstwhile midfielder boasts a grounds of 223 wins, 68 draws and 74 defeats from 365 matches.

Nigel Clough (Mansfield Town)

Remarkably, Arteta is retired successful beforehand by astir a year, but Nigel Clough closing successful connected six years astatine Mansfield Town is an accomplishment successful itself.

Clough is nary alien to agelong managerial reigns. He has amassed 1,598 matches successful complaint of conscionable the 4 clubs, with 2 spells coming astatine Burton Albion.

At Mansfield, the 60-year-old delivered promotion from League Two successful 2023-24, and has since consolidated with 17th and 10th-placed finishes successful League One.

With the Stags having 15 points from 10 games successful the 3rd tier successful 2026-27, Clough is successful nary information of being sacked, but his existent declaration is owed to expire astatine the extremity of the season.

Phil Parkinson (Wrexham)

There has been caller speech of Phil Parkinson departing his relation astatine Wrexham, a effect of a comparatively dilatory commencement to the caller Championship campaign.

Nevertheless, the 58-year-old has already secured legendary presumption astatine the Racecourse Ground, a effect of spearheading Wrexham's complaint from the National League to the 2nd tier of English shot successful 3 consecutive seasons.

A full of 161 wins, 69 draws and conscionable 56 defeats person been posted successful 286 matches. As a manager, Parkinson present has six promotions astatine 4 antithetic clubs to his name.

However, portion helium retains the backing of the club's Hollywood owners, helium volition request to determination Wrexham up the Championship array from their existent 14th position.

Dean Brennan (Barnet)

A caller summation to the database done Barnet's 2024-25 National League rubric success, Dean Brennan moves into 4th spot successful these rankings.

Brennan has taken a antithetic vocation way to others successful this list. From 2010 to 2025, helium worked astatine a fig of non-league clubs, portion helium was initially caput of shot astatine Barnet earlier taking connected the managerial reins erstwhile Harry Kewell near successful September 2021.

Despite Barnet's instrumentality to the EFL, the 46-year-old has inactive won astir fractional of his 265 matches successful charge, signaling 132 wins, 61 draws and 72 defeats.

With the Bees successful 2nd spot successful League Two with 2 games successful hand, Brennan is targeting taking the nine into the 3rd tier of English shot for the archetypal clip since 1993-94.

Paul Cook (Chesterfield)

Ahead of Leyton Orient's Richie Wellens by conscionable 27 days, Chesterfield brag Paul Cook is the newest subordinate of this top-five list.

After an unsuccessful stint with Ipswich Town, Cook took complaint of Chesterfield successful February 2022 erstwhile they were successful the National League. After seventh and third-placed finishes, Cook lifted the rubric successful 2023-24.

Chesterfield person since finished seventh and sixth successful League Two, narrowly missing retired connected promotion to the 3rd tier.

Cook, who is closing successful connected 1,000 matches arsenic manager, has racked up a grounds of 121 wins, 59 draws and 72 defeats during his 252-game reign astatine the SMH Group Stadium.