Alan Pardew has been lucky to stay so long at the club, and it was almost inevitable that he would get the sack at some point this season. Many people expected him to be dismissed when his team lost 5-4 Swansea, with some truly shambolic defending. However, it’s happened now after an awful run in 2016 were they had the worst points per game in the Football League. One of the main reasons he stayed at the club last season was because he got Palace to the FA Cup final – though, in the end he threw away the lead to lose 2-1.
The person heavily linked to the job right now is Sam Allardyce, who agreed to leave the position of England manager by mutual consent, just three months ago.