The stories behind the shortest managerial reigns in football

6) Kevin Cullis

When and where: Swansea City, 1996

Duration for which he was manager: 7 days

What happened?

Kevin Cullis never played professional football in his life, and his only previous managerial experience was as youth coach of non-league club Cradley Town. But despite his seemingly shallow CV, he was appointed Manager of Swansea in 1996.

Cullis’ managerial record at Swansea reads 2 games played, 2 games lost. A more accurate description would be that he was manager for one-and-a-half games, as in the second match, the players ignored his half-time team-talk and took matters into their own hands. Cullis understood his standing at the club, and resigned soon, lasting a total of 7 days.

There’s more. Cullis was jailed for 9 months after being convicted of fraud and deception. No, not for pretending to be a manager, but for pretending to be a highly-paid marketing consultant.

A sign of Cullis’ zero internet footprint is the fact that not even Google can find a decent image of the man!