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List of Crewe Alexandra F.C. managers

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This is a list of former and current managers of Crewe Alexandra Football Club. Since 1892, 29 men have managed Crewe; Ernie Tagg had two spells in charge, and Dario Gradi four (including one spell co-managing with Steve Holland). Gradi holds the record for the most games: 1,359 first team games.[1]

Lee Bell, current manager of Crewe Alexandra, applauding travelling supporters at Sutton United on 4 March 2023.

Two Crewe managers have been inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame: Gradi in 2004[2] and Harry Catterick, posthumously, in 2010.[3]

Managers

Key
  • Names of caretaker managers are supplied where known, and periods of caretaker-management are highlighted in italics and marked †
  • P = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; Win % = win percentage
  • Win percentage is rounded to two decimal places
  • Statistics are complete up to and including the match played on 11 April 2026
More information Name, Nationality ...
Name Nationality From To PWDLWin% Honours Notes
W.C. McNeill[a]  England August 1892 May 1894 50121028024.00
J.G. Hall[a]  England August 1895 May 1896 315323016.13
Robert Roberts[a]  Wales January 1897 December 1897 0000!—
John B. Blomerley[b]  England January 1898 May 1925 169564469033.14 4 Cheshire Senior Cups
Tom Bailey[a]  England August 1925 May 1938 578223113242038.58 2 Welsh Cups
George Lillycrop  England August 1938 July 1944 4520718044.44
Frank Hill  Scotland July 1944 October 1948 102451938044.12
Arthur Turner  England October 1948 December 1951 149563954037.58
Harry Catterick  England December 1951 June 1953 74311132041.89
Ralph Ward  England June 1953 May 1955 96252843026.04
Maurice Lindley  England August 1955 May 1958 143232892016.08
Harry Ware  England August 1958 May 1960 100362242036.00
Jimmy McGuigan  Scotland June 1960 November 1964 222878550039.19
Ernie Tagg  England November 1964 October 1970 2731056999038.46
Tom McAnearney  Scotland October 1970 July 1971 3915915038.46
Dennis Viollet  England August 1971 November 1971 15429026.67
Jimmy Melia  England May 1972 December 1973 70162331022.86
Ernie Tagg  England January 1974 December 1974 48131223027.08
Harry Gregg  Northern Ireland January 1975 May 1978 163535357032.52
Warwick Rimmer  England August 1978 May 1979 4661426013.04
Tony Waddington  England June 1979 July 1981 93242742025.81
Arfon Griffiths  Wales August 1981 October 1982 5991040015.25
Peter Morris  England November 1982 June 1983 338718024.24
Dario Gradi[6][c]  England June 1983 July 2007 1,241464476301037.39 2 Cheshire Senior Cups
1 Second Division play-off
Dario Gradi[d]
Steve Holland[e]		  England
 England		 July 2007 November 2008 72191637026.39
Dario Gradi[6] †  England November 2008 December 2008 8314037.50
Guðjón Þórðarson  Iceland December 2008 October 2009 3712718032.43
Dario Gradi[6]  England October 2009 November 2011 110382349034.55 2 Cheshire Premier Cups
Steve Davis  England November 2011 January 2017 2728471117030.88 1 League Trophy
1 League Two play-off		 [7]
David Artell  Gibraltar January 2017 April 2022 27410051123036.50
Alex Morris  England April 2022 November 2022 245910020.83
Lee Bell  England November 2022 Present 190725365037.89
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Notes

  1. [a]
    secretary-manager
  2. [b]
    John Bradburn Blomerley (also among the club's first directors in 1899,[4] and, in 1902, chairman of the Cheshire F.A.)[5] was secretary-manager to 1911; honorary secretary to 1925
  3. [c]
    As sole manager. Between 22 September and 17 October 2003, Gradi underwent heart surgery. Assistant manager Neil Baker took charge of the team for this period (P6, W0, D1, L5).
  4. [d]
    As technical director
  5. [e]
    As first team coach

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