Forget Forest & Spurs... Barrow are the kings of chaos
The 2025-26 season will surely be remembered for the clubs that have lurched from one crisis to another, chopping and changing managers and head coaches at the drop of a hat. Four different bosses at Nottingham Forest. Tottenham Hotspur needing three to try to avoid an unheard of relegation from the Premier League.
North of the border, Old Firm pair Celtic and Rangers have both changed bosses mid-season for the first time ever. The Hoops have even performed the hokey-cokey with Martin O'Neill, bringing the 74-year-old in, not once but twice, to perform interim spells either side of the disastrous reign of Frenchman Wilfried Nancy. Meanwhile, in the Championship, West Bromwich Albion burned through Ryan Mason and Eric Ramsay before handing over to James Morrison for their late-season survival bid.
And Watford are on their third boss, but nothing new there. All very chaotic and all worthy of consideration for the prize of the most disruptive season award. But the winner, emerging from the pack is League Two Barrow.
Sat in the relegation zone trying to avoid the drop to the National League, the Bluebirds have had five different head coaches - three permanents and two interims. So how have Barrow ended up in such a perilous position? Tucked away in the south west corner of Cumbria, Barrow are a long way from the beating heartlands of English football.
But keeping up with events at Holker Street this season has created a soap opera all of its own with the main characters changing so frequently. They have gone through the managerial playbook at alarming speed. The man coming up through the ranks from non-league.