Football365’s top ten predictions for 2021
Date published: Friday 1st January 2021 2:52 - Matthew Stead
Only one of Gerrard and Lampard will end 2021 in Premier League management. If there is a season at all, of course.
10) Crystal Palace and Roy Hodgson to finally part
The longest-serving boss in England’s top four divisions is Harrogate head coach Simon Weaver. The 43-year-old was born in December 1977, making him 18 months younger than Roy Hodgson’s managerial career. Only Sean Dyche, Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola are on lengthier unbroken Premier League spells than Crystal Palace’s current safety net.
Neil Warnock, Alan Pardew, Sam Allardyce and Frank de Boer managed 133 Premier League games for Palace between them; Hodgson has ticked over to 139 without anyone noticing, finishing 11th, 12th and 14th, losing 16, 17 and 17 games, conceding 55, 53 and 50 goals and installing a concrete floor as well as a glass ceiling at Selhurst Park in his almost