Tottenham endured their worst top-flight finish since 1976/77 last season, coming 17th before salvaging the campaign by winning the Europa League to qualify for the Champions League. That success - which ended Tottenham's 17-year trophy drought - was not enough to spare boss Ange Postecoglou from Levy's wrath as the Australian was sacked after two turbulent seasons in charge. Levy hired Thomas Frank from Brentford to replace Postecoglou in the last significant decision of his reign.
When Howard Wilkinson was appointed as Leeds boss in October 1988, the Whites had been marooned in Division Two for six seasons, after a host of Revie-era players such as Allan Clarke, Eddie Gray and Billy Bremner had failed to replicate their on-the-pitch heroics in the dugout.