The worst Tottenham manager in 20 years? The damning stats that defined Thomas Frank’s tenure

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Tottenham Hotspur confirmed on Wednesday that they had parted ways with manager Thomas Frank, following the club’s 2-1 defeat to Newcastle on Tuesday night. The North London club had offered very little resistance in a first half that had seen the away side take the lead through a Malick Thiaw header, before Jacob Ramsey’s strike in the 68th minute overturned Archie Gray’s equaliser in the 64th minute. Boos rung out across the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium at half time and full time and as a result the club have now decided to look elsewhere for inspiration in the dugout.

“The club has taken the decision to make a change in the Men’s Head Coach position and Thomas Frank will leave today,” read a statement from Tottenham. “Thomas was appointed in June 2025, and we have been determined to give him the time and support needed to build for the future together. However, results and performances have led the board to conclude that a change at this point in the season is necessary. Throughout his time at the club, Thomas has conducted himself with unwavering commitment, giving everything in his efforts to move the club forward. We would like to thank him for his contribution and wish him every success in the future.”

Tuesday’s result was clearly seen as the last straw by the decision makers at Tottenham, who have now gone eight Premier League games without a single win – a record that goes all the way back to October 2008 – and leaves the club sitting precariously in sixteenth position in the league table, just five points above the drop. Such proximity to the threat of relegation led to renewed calls from Tottenham fans to make a change in the dugout and if Frank’s record at the club is anything to go by then it may have been the correct call to make.

Following Tuesday night’s defeat, Frank had won 13 games, drawn a further 10 and lost 15 of his 38 matches in charge of Tottenham. That gave him a dreadful points-per-game average of just 1.29. And not only was that a 15% drop from his predecessor Ange Postecoglou’s average of 1.52 points per game, but it was also considerably worse than the managers that came before both of them.

Indeed, Frank’s average represented the poorest return for any permanent Spurs boss in over two decades, officially undercutting the 1.35 PPG record held by Juande Ramos during his ill-fated spell between 2007 and 2008. The gap widens further when looking back to the “Golden Era” under Mauricio Pochettino (1.84 PPG) or even the pragmatic tenures of José Mourinho (1.77 PPG) and Antonio Conte (1.78 PPG). Frank’s inability to find consistency has seen him fall behind even Nuno Espírito Santo, who averaged 1.65 PPG before his dismissal in 2021.

While Frank would certainly argue that a large number of injuries to key players played their part in his downfall in North London, it seems as though the Dane was either entirely ill-equipped to handle the pressure of the job or seriously struggled to encourage his squad to perform better. As such he was the worst Tottenham manager in 20 years. And the club will now be hoping to find a far better replacement, as they look to climb back up the league table and far away from the threat of relegation.