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    Nathan Jones

    Southampton manager Nathan Jones

    After working wonders at Luton Town, Nathan Jones stepped up a level to become the manager of Premier League side Southampton, but his stay was incredibly brief.

    Welshman Jones was a stalwart of several clubs in a playing career that spanned six teams, including Spanish sides Badajoz and Numancia.
    The versatile left-back played over 100 matches for Southend and Brighton, where he was part of a side that won three promotions in five years.
    He also spent seven seasons at Yeovil and captained the team that lost in the 2007 the League One play-off final.
    After hanging up his boots he had spells in coaching at Charlton and Brighton, before taking his first full-time managerial role with League Two side Luton Town in 2016.
    He led the Hatters to League Two promotion in the 2017/18 season and continued to make progress the following campaign which caught the eye of Championship side Stoke City.
    Jones took the Stoke job in January 2019 but only won seven of the 38 games he was in charge and was sacked that November.

    In 2020, he returned to Luton and guided them to a sixth-placed finish in the Championship during the 2021/22 season. The Hatters lost in the play-off semi-final, however Jones was named EFL Championship manager of the season.

    His second stint at Luton was again cut short after he accepted a job in the Premier League as manager of Southampton in November 2022.
    Southampton sacked Jones on February 12, 20223 with the club entrenched in a desperate fight for Premier League survival.
    Five wins and nine defeats from his 14 games in charge left Saints seeking a third boss of the season.
    In February 2024, Jones took the reins at League One Charlton, with the club three points above the drop zone and on a winless league run of 12 games.

    Jones at Brighton

    First success at Luton Town

    Grim times at Stoke

    The return to Luton

    Another flop with Southampton

    Taking over at Charlton

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