T3. Sammy Lee – Bolton – 11 Premier League games
A manager who started out as an assistant at the club. Sammy Lee joined Bolton in September 2005 as an assistant manager to Sam Allardyce.
Lee was offered a coaching role for the England under 21’s but he turned it down in order to stay with Sam Allardyce at Bolton and was nicknamed ”Small Sam” in contrast to Allardyce who’s known as ”Big Sam” by football fans.
In 2007 Big Sam left Bolton and it was confirmed that Sammy Lee would succeed him at The Reebok Stadium.
As manager of the club, Lee only manages one win in his 11 games in charge before he was sacked.
The Bolton fans responded to the news by giving the man they called Small Sam a huge round of applause for appreciation for the time he spent at the club as a player and as assistant manager.
