LONDON, June 5 (Reuters) - The pressure to join the Premier League cash-bonanza cost 20 Championship managers their jobs last season, the worst casualty rate in the second-tier since 1992.
League Managers Association (LMA) figures showed that 47 managers were dismissed across the four divisions in the 2014-15 season -- a figure only exceeded in 2001-02 when there were 51.
Those in charge of Championship clubs are most at risk though as club owners gamble their cash on signings in the quest to gain promotion to the mega-bucks Premier League.
Among those axed last season were Stuart Pearce (Nottingham Forest), Felix Magath (Fulham), Ole Gunnar Solksjaer (Cardiff City), Lee Clark (Birmingham City) and Uwe Rosler (Wigan Athletic).