2007–08 premier league
managerial changes
Table:
Team

Outgoing manager

Manner of departure

Date of vacancy

Replaced by

Date of appointment

Position in table

Manchester City

Stuart Pearce

Contract terminated

14 May 2007[44]

Sven-Göran Eriksson

6 July 2007[45]

Pre-season

Chelsea

José Mourinho

Mutual consent

20 September 2007[46]

Avram Grant

20 September 2007[46]

5th

Bolton Wanderers

Sammy Lee

Mutual consent

17 October 2007[47]

Gary Megson

25 October 2007[48]

19th

Tottenham Hotspur

Martin Jol

Contract terminated

25 October 2007[49]

Juande Ramos

27 October 2007[50]

18th

Wigan Athletic

Chris Hutchings

Contract terminated

5 November 2007[51]

Steve Bruce

26 November 2007[52]

18th

Birmingham City

Steve Bruce

Wigan purchased rights for £3m

19 November 2007[52]

Alex McLeish

28 November 2007[53]

15th

Derby County

Billy Davies

Mutual consent

26 November 2007[54]

Paul Jewell

28 November 2007[55]

20th

Fulham

Lawrie Sanchez

Contract terminated

21 December 2007[56]

Roy Hodgson

30 December 2007[57]

18th

Newcastle United

Sam Allardyce

Mutual consent

9 January 2008[58]

Kevin Keegan

16 January 2008[59]

11th

Chelsea

Avram Grant

Contract terminated

24 May 2008[60]

Luiz Felipe Scolari

1 July 2008[61]

Post-season (2nd)

Manchester City

Sven-Göran Eriksson

Mutual consent

2 June 2008[62]

Mark Hughes

4 June 2008[63]

Post-season (9th)

Blackburn Rovers

Mark Hughes

Manchester City purchased rights for £4.6m[64]

4 June 2008[63]

Paul Ince

22 June 2008[65]

Post-season (7th)

With reference to the table in the article '2007–08 premier league' – see 'managerial changes', choose the correct column type(s) for the highlighted column from the following candidates: ice_hockey.hockey_team, ice_hockey.hockey_position, government.legislative_session, military.military_post, medicine.drug_ingredient, government.political_party, astronomy.astronomical_discovery, internet.website, soccer.football_league, tv.tv_writer, broadcast.genre, architecture.venue, tv.tv_personality, astronomy.orbital_relationship, business.job_title, aviation.airport, tennis.tennis_tournament_champion, business.consumer_product, award.award_discipline, boats.ship, architecture.architectural_structure_owner, film.film_genre, people.family_member, law.legal_case, automotive.company, education.university, film.writer, government.us_president, tv.tv_series_season, medicine.muscle, government.governmental_body, government.election_campaign, location.australian_local_government_area, meteorology.tropical_cyclone_season, book.periodical, government.u_s_congressperson, astronomy.celestial_object, interests.collection_category, sports.sports_championship_event, aviation.aircraft_owner, music.media_format, aviation.aircraft_model, exhibitions.exhibition_sponsor, award.award_ceremony, chemistry.chemical_compound, soccer.fifa, business.defunct_company, biology.organism, martial_arts.martial_artist, award.award, music.album, award.hall_of_fame_inductee, broadcast.tv_channel, tv.tv_director, film.film, government.government_office_or_title, location.us_county, time.recurring_event, location.capital_of_administrative_division, book.newspaper, olympics.olympic_games, finance.currency, american_football.football_coach, people.person, soccer.football_team, sports.sports_league_season, boats.ship_type, government.election, business.consumer_company, education.fraternity_sorority, music.writer, film.film_character, music.record_label, organization.organization, geography.river, people.ethnicity, cvg.cvg_developer, tv.tv_program, organization.membership_organization, sports.boxer, celebrities.celebrity, music.group_member, geography.mountain, location.country, astronomy.constellation, media_common.media_genre, soccer.football_team_manager, amusement_parks.ride, cvg.cvg_genre, spaceflight.astronaut, business.customer, sports.sports_league_draft, american_football.football_player, business.business_operation, organization.non_profit_organization, boats.ship_class, cricket.cricket_team, rail.locomotive_class, music.instrument, sports.sports_league, sports.golfer, baseball.baseball_position, astronomy.asteroid, cricket.cricket_player, broadcast.radio_format, location.province, sports.sports_award_type, baseball.baseball_league, military.military_person, military.military_conflict, geography.island, film.producer, broadcast.tv_station, music.musical_group, architecture.building, medicine.anatomical_structure, cvg.cvg_platform, location.region, education.educational_institution, tv.tv_network, film.film_distributor, protected_sites.listed_site, broadcast.radio_station, business.product_category, royalty.chivalric_order_member, language.human_language, tv.tv_program_creator, astronomy.star_system_body, broadcast.broadcast, fictional_universe.fictional_organization, basketball.basketball_team, comic_books.comic_book_character, broadcast.artist, sports.sports_award_winner, business.industry, basketball.basketball_player, music.producer, chess.chess_player, location.uk_statistical_location, business.brand, location.australian_state, tv.tv_actor, biology.animal, music.music_video_director, sports.sports_position, biology.organism_classification, ice_hockey.hockey_player, government.general_election, film.actor, baseball.baseball_player, award.recurring_competition, royalty.kingdom, sports.tournament_event_competition, tv.tv_genre, military.rank, government.politician, music.artist, location.hud_county_place, medicine.medical_treatment, location.uk_constituent_country, film.music_contributor, book.written_work, american_football.football_team, education.athletics_brand, sports.professional_sports_team, tv.tv_character, tv.tv_series_episode, soccer.football_player, location.in_state, baseball.baseball_team, computer.operating_system, award.competition, internet.website_owner, transportation.road, tennis.tennis_tournament, film.director, meteorology.tropical_cyclone, architecture.structure, sports.pro_athlete, metropolitan_transit.transit_stop, metropolitan_transit.transit_line, tennis.tennis_player, book.magazine, film.film_festival_focus, metropolitan_transit.transit_system, film.production_company, sports.cyclist, medicine.disease, aviation.airline, amusement_parks.park, government.government_agency, military.military_unit, olympics.olympic_event_competition, computer.software, cricket.cricket_bowler, location.jp_prefecture, computer.software_license, book.author, theater.play, law.invention, time.event, theater.theater_actor, visual_art.visual_artist, sports.sport, soccer.football_league_season, sports.sports_team, royalty.noble_title, basketball.basketball_coach, soccer.football_award, location.location, music.genre, music.composer, medicine.drug, location.citytown, cricket.cricket_stadium, soccer.football_position, music.composition, award.award_presenting_organization, american_football.football_conference, automotive.model, book.periodical_subject, basketball.basketball_position, chemistry.chemical_element, sports.sports_championship, music.musical_scale, computer.computer, location.in_district, education.field_of_study, location.administrative_division, education.school, travel.accommodation, royalty.noble_person, location.us_state, royalty.monarch, religion.religious_leader, basketball.basketball_conference, tv.tv_producer, sports.school_sports_team, religion.religion, music.lyricist, book.periodical_publisher, education.educational_degree, book.book, cvg.cvg_publisher, fictional_universe.fictional_character, sports.multi_event_tournament, geography.body_of_water, law.court, cvg.computer_videogame, food.food, award.award_category, music.performance_role, soccer.football_world_cup, military.armed_force, sports.sports_facility. Provide only the chosen type(s), separated by commas if multiple, within the list in this JSON: {"answer": ["ANSWER"]}.

{"answer": ["soccer.football_player", "sports.pro_athlete", "people.person"]}