Leroy Rosenior, is the first ever manager to be sacked in 10 minutes
Football can be cruel sometimes, with owners demanding the very best from managers, managers demanding players get on the go as soon as possible, and fans calling out players when they fail to deliver.
However, for Leroy Rosenior, that cruelty was taken to new extremes. His managerial career was left in tatters after a record-breaking 10-minute tenure as the boss of Torquay United in 2007. But what led to this shockingly swift sacking?
The bizarre episode unfolded in 2007 when Rosenior was re-appointed as manager of Torquay, a club that he had guided to promotion in 2004. Despite the joy that came with it, Rosenior had no idea it was going to be for such a short moment.
A takeover bid from a consortium that had bought a stake in the club meant Rosenior’s fate was already about to change as soon as he had signed the deal to become manager.
The new owners decided they needed a change, and unfortunately for Rosenior, he became the first man to be let go.
In an interview with BBC Radio, Rosenior recounted the moment he found out about his abrupt sacking, even thinking it was a harmless joke being played on him.
“I went down, did the press conference, and then Mike (Bateson), the chairman, called me about 10 minutes later,” he said. “I thought he was joking, but he said, ‘You’re not going to believe this, they’ve given me the offer I want.’”
Rosenior’s sacking broke the previous record for the shortest managerial tenure in English football, held by Dave Bassett, who managed Crystal Palace for four days in 1984.
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