A disastrous final month at Chelsea saw Liam Rosenior claim some rather unflattering record, becoming the first Blues boss to lose five league matches in a row without scoring a goal since the year the Titanic sunk back in 1912. Demoralising and often humiliating defeats to Paris Saint-Germain, Everton, Brighton & Hove Albion, and Manchester City have left many wondering if the Englishman is one of the worst coaches the club has ever had. While he is one of the lowest points per game earners of the Premier League era, we’ll be going further back and looking through the team’s 100+ year history
Note: This only accounts for full-time stints
The Worst Chelsea Managers of All Time & Where Liam Rosenior Ranks
Danny Blanchflower
Northern Ireland’s Danny Blanchflower took charge in December of 1978, taking over from Ken Shellito who left the side rock bottom of the top division. This replacement didn’t work out too well as Blanchflower went on to win just five matches in his nine month tenure, losing 19 of his 32 outings in charge.
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His win percentage of just 15% is the lowest of any permanent manager in team history and is only bettered by some interim coaches from poor eras in their history.
Ian Porterfield
Scottish Ian Porterfield was appointed as Blues boss in 1991 and kept his job until 1993. His time in charge looks worse considering what came after, as the late 90s and 2000 marked a time of great improvement for Chelsea as they became serious contenders for trophies and for European football.
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Porterfield averaged just 1.34 points per game and lost as many matches as he won, floating around the lower ebbs of the table as he finished 14th in his full campaign before being sacked in February of the next year when the side eventually finished 11th.
Graham Potter
The only manager of the Premier League era who has a lower points per game average than Rosenior is the first major failure of the Clearlake era. Thomas Tuchel was sacked abruptly and replaced by Brighton & Hove Albion’s Graham Potter. What followed was the abrupt decline of a squad that had recently been crowned European champions.
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With just 33 goals scored in 31 matches and only 12 wins across all competitions in that time, Potter was unable to fulfil the expectations of the ownership or fans before being sacked when the pressure mounted following dismal performances on the pitch and results-wise.
Liam Rosenior
So, not the worst ever, but Rosenior is still one of the five worst coaches in Chelsea history. 11 wins in 23 is rather nice for what he achieved, four of those wins came against lower league opposition in cups, one was against Cypriot representatives Pafos, with only one league victory coming against a team in the upper half of the table.
Ending his stint with a losing, goalless record that harkens back to 1912 is a pretty tough way for him to be remembered but it sums up the low quality that was evident throughout his time in charge. He coached just two clean sheets across 23 fixtures before being let go.
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