41.   He then had spells in Italy with AC Milan, Brescia, Bari and Verona before moving to Spain with Espanyol.

42.   He has since also had spells with Huddersfield and Wigan in addition to his five months at the helm at Selhurst Park.

43.   His great uncles Jimmy and Willie both played for the club with Jimmy having a spell as manager.

44.   Blazevic, who succeeded Vlatko Markovic as coach two years ago, however, did have successful spells in Switzerland including Lausanne and the national team.

45.   Brazilian Jose Candido and Dutchman Leo Beenhakker both had brief spells in charge before Jorge Solari of Argentina took over.

46.   But Samways has rarely figured in the first team plans of current boss Joe Royle and last season had loan spells at Wolves and Birmingham.

47.   Clough, who also managed Derby County and had brief spells at Brighton and Leeds, retired from football three years ago.

48.   Courbis has had a spell out of the game since leaving second division Toulouse last autumn.

49.   Father John played at non-League level and brothers Willie and Raymond also had spells at Parkhead with the former now currently youth coach.

50.   Then tried his luck in Italy where he had two spells with Lazio as well as a stint with Juventus.