Six Everton managers who were worse than Rafael Benitez
Rafa is the latest Everton boss to get the axe but we've found six Toffees managers who were arguably worse than the Spaniard.
The Toffees are once again enduring a sticky spell. They sit 15th in the Premier League, just six points above the bottom three.
Saturday's 2-1 defeat to Norwich was their 10th league loss of the season and third in four games. With supporter unrest reaching fever pitch, it proved to be the final straw for the club's board, with Rafael Benitez sacked the following day.
However, supporters who wanted Benitez out should be careful what they wish for. Everton might end up worse off, as these previous managers prove.
Cliff Britton
As we've seen on countless occasions, though, a good player does not necessarily make a good manager. Despite taking charge of a colossal 344 games, Britton hardly set the world alight after swapping Burnley, whom he steered to the 1947 FA Cup final, for Goodison to take over from Theo Kelly.
Britton oversaw 11 back-to-back defeats in 1950/51 as Everton were relegated after finishing bottom of the First Division.
Ian Buchan
Mike Walker
The Toffees failed to win any of their opening 12 matches of the 1994/95 season, and although he did manage to break that duck with a 1-0 victory over West Ham in early November, Walker was removed from his role less than a fortnight later, ending his time on Merseyside with a win percentage of 17.14%.
Howard Kendall
Walter Smith
Following Kendall's ill-fated third stint as Everton boss, the club brought in then-Rangers manager Smith in 1998. Smith had enjoyed great success north of the border with seven league titles, three Scottish Cups and three Scottish League Cups. Hopes were high that the man to turn their fortunes around had finally been found.
Smith's time finally came to an end in March 2002, after a dire run of results that saw the Toffees win just five times in 20 games. His final match in charge was a humbling 3-0 home defeat to Middlesbrough in the FA Cup, and he ended up being sacked and replaced by another Scotsman, by the name of David Moyes.