List of Stockport County F.C. managers
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Stockport County F.C. is an English professional association football club based in the town of Stockport. Founded in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers the clubs first manager was Fred Stewart who would manage Stockport for over 16 years making him the longest-serving manager in the clubs history.
The club has had 51 permanent managers. The first foreign manager of the club was the German, Bert Trautmann who was appointed in 1965.
The club's current manager is Dave Challinor, who took over from Simon Rusk in November 2021.[1]
Information correct after match played on 15 July 2024.[2][3] Only competitive matches are counted, except the abandoned 1939–40 Football League season and matches in Wartime Leagues and Cups.
- Key
- Names of caretaker managers are supplied where known, and the names of caretaker managers are highlighted in italics and marked with an asterisk (*).
- Names of player-managers are supplied where known, and are marked with a double-dagger (‡).
| Name | Nationality | From | To | Matches | Won | Drawn[a] | Lost | Win%[b] | Honours | Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Stewart |  England |
1 August 1894 | 31 May 1911 | 373 | 111 | 76 | 186 | 029.76 | Lancashire League winners: 1899–1900 Lancashire Combination winners: 1904–05 |
[4][5] |
| Harry Lewis | 1 June 1911 | 1 April 1914 | 110 | 29 | 30 | 51 | 026.36 | [6][7] | ||
| David Ashworth | England |
1 April 1914 | 1 December 1919 | 61 | 25 | 12 | 24 | 040.98 | [8][9] | |
| Albert Williams | 1 December 1919 | 1 November 1924 | 204 | 70 | 51 | 83 | 034.31 | Third Division North champions: 1921-22 | [10][11] | |
| Fred Scotchbrook | England |
1 November 1924 | 1 February 1926 | 60 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 028.33 | [12][13] | |
| Lincoln Hyde | 1 April 1926 | 1 April 1931 | 221 | 128 | 35 | 58 | 057.92 | [14][15] | ||
| Andrew Wilson |  Scotland |
1 July 1932 | 1 May 1933 | 43 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 048.84 | [16][17] | |
| Fred Westgarth | England |
1 May 1934 | 1 September 1936 | 95 | 46 | 16 | 33 | 048.42 | [18][19] | |
| Bob Kelly | England |
1 November 1936 | 1 January 1938 | 52 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 046.15 | Third Division North champions: 1936-37 | [20][21] |
| George Hunt | 1 January 1939 | 1 March 1939 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 040.00 | [22][23] | ||
| Bob Marshall | England |
1 March 1939 | 28 February 1949 | 141 | 60 | 28 | 53 | 042.55 | [24][25] | |
| Andy Beattie | Scotland |
1 March 1949 | 1 April 1952 | 150 | 71 | 28 | 51 | 047.33 | [26][27] | |
| Dick Duckworth | England |
1 October 1952 | 31 May 1956 | 181 | 74 | 42 | 65 | 040.88 | Cheshire Bowl winners: 1952–53, 1955–56 | [28][29] |
| Billy Moir ‡ | Scotland |
1 June 1956 | 1 July 1960 | 196 | 79 | 42 | 75 | 040.31 | [30][31] | |
| Reg Flewin | England |
1 October 1960 | 1 September 1963 | 137 | 47 | 27 | 63 | 034.31 | [32][33] | |
| Trevor Porteous ‡ | England |
1 September 1963 | 1 October 1965 | 107 | 31 | 21 | 55 | 028.97 | [34][35] | |
| Bert Trautmann |  Germany |
1 October 1965 | 1 April 1966 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 041.38 | [36][37] | |
| Eddie Quigley | England |
1 April 1966 | 1 October 1966 | 65 | 28 | 8 | 29 | 043.08 | [38][39][40] | |
| Jimmy Meadows | England |
1 October 1966 | 1 April 1969 | 135 | 56 | 38 | 41 | 041.48 | Fourth Division winners: 1966-67 | [41][42] |
| Walter Galbraith | Scotland |
1 August 1969 | 1 April 1970 | 46 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 013.04 | [43][44] | |
| Matt Woods | England |
1 April 1970 | 1 December 1971 | 71 | 22 | 17 | 32 | 030.99 | [45][46] | |
| Brian Doyle | England |
1 March 1972 | 1 May 1974 | 122 | 35 | 40 | 47 | 028.69 | [47][48] | |
| Jimmy Meadows | England |
1 May 1974 | 5 August 1975 | 49 | 12 | 15 | 22 | 024.49 | [41][42] | |
| Eddie Hopkinson* | England |
5 August 1975 | 31 May 1975 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 033.33 | [49][50] | |
| Roy Chapman | England |
31 August 1975 | 1 May 1976 | 46 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 026.09 | [51][52] | |
| Eddie Quigley | England |
1 May 1976 | 21 April 1977 | 47 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 031.91 | [39][40] | |
| Alan Thompson ‡ | England |
1 March 1978 | 17 October 1979 | 40 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 035.00 | [53][54] | |
| Mike Summerbee ‡ | England |
1 March 1978 | 17 October 1979 | 130 | 40 | 29 | 61 | 030.77 | [55][56] | |
| Jimmy McGuigan | Scotland |
13 November 1979 | 23 April 1982 | 130 | 40 | 29 | 61 | 030.77 | [57][58] | |
| Eric Webster | England |
23 April 1982 | 1 May 1985 | 152 | 48 | 37 | 67 | 031.58 | [59][60] | |
| Colin Murphy | England |
8 August 1985 | 24 October 1985 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 020.00 | [61][62] | |
| Les Chapman ‡ | England |
1 October 1985 | 1 July 1986 | 39 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 035.90 | [63][64] | |
| Jimmy Melia | England |
9 July 1986 | 1 November 1986 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 011.11 | [65][66] | |
| Colin Murphy | England |
1 November 1986 | 26 May 1987 | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 035.29 | [61][62] | |
| Asa Hartford ‡ | Scotland |
12 June 1987 | 1 April 1989 | 93 | 24 | 34 | 35 | 025.81 | [67][68] | |
| Danny Bergara |  Uruguay |
1 April 1989 | 31 March 1995 | 319 | 137 | 83 | 99 | 042.95 | Fourth Division runners-up/promoted: 1990-91 Third Division Playoff Finalists: 1991-92 Second Division Playoff Finalists: 1993-94 Football League Trophy runner-up:1991-92, 1992-93 |
[69][70] |
| Dave Jones | England |
31 March 1995 | 23 June 1997 | 117 | 57 | 32 | 28 | 048.72 | Second Division runners-up/promoted: 1996-97 | [71][72] |
| Gary Megson | England |
1 July 1997 | 25 June 1999 | 102 | 35 | 27 | 40 | 034.31 | [73][74] | |
| Andy Kilner | England |
28 June 1999 | 29 October 2001 | 119 | 29 | 42 | 48 | 024.37 | [75][76] | |
| Craig Madden* | England |
29 October 2001 | 6 November 2001 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 000.00 | [77][78] | |
| Carlton Palmer ‡ | England |
6 November 2001 | 18 September 2003 | 92 | 25 | 17 | 50 | 027.17 | [79][80] | |
| John Hollins* | England |
18 September 2003 | 16 October 2003 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 028.57 | [81][82] | |
| Sammy McIlroy |  Northern Ireland |
16 October 2003 | 25 November 2004 | 58 | 14 | 18 | 26 | 024.14 | [83] | |
| Mark Lillis* | England |
25 November 2004 | 18 December 2004 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 016.67 | [84][85] | |
| Chris Turner | England |
19 December 2004 | 26 December 2005 | 51 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 013.73 | [86][87] | |
| Jim Gannon* |  Ireland |
26 December 2005 | 17 January 2006 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 040.00 | [88] | |
| Jim Gannon | Ireland |
17 January 2006 | 6 May 2009 | 182 | 79 | 42 | 61 | 043.41 | League Two play-off winners: 2007–08 | [89][90] |
| Gary Ablett | England |
9 July 2009 | 17 June 2010 | 51 | 7 | 10 | 34 | 013.73 | [91][92] | |
| Paul Simpson | England |
12 July 2010 | 4 January 2011 | 27 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 018.52 | [93][94] | |
| Peter Ward | England |
4 January 2011 | 9 March 2011 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 015.38 | [95][96] | |
| Ray Mathias | England |
9 March 2011 | 1 July 2011 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 020.00 | [97][98] | |
| Dietmar Hamann | Germany |
5 July 2011 | 7 November 2011 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 015.00 | [99][100] | |
| Jim Gannon | Ireland |
14 November 2011 | 16 January 2013 | 233 | 112 | 62 | 59 | 048.07 | [89][90] | |
| Darije Kalezić |  Netherlands  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
24 January 2013 | 20 March 2013 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 025.00 | [101] | |
| Ian Bogie | England |
31 March 2013 | 15 October 2013 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 025.00 | [102][103] | |
| Alan Lord | England |
16 October 2013 | 17 May 2015 | 80 | 27 | 22 | 31 | 033.75 | [104][105] | |
| Neil Young | England |
17 May 2015 | 13 January 2016 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 030.77 | [106][107][108] | |
| Jim Gannon | Ireland |
18 January 2016 | 21 January 2021 | 266 | 136 | 64 | 66 | 051.13 | National League North champions: 2018-19 Cheshire Senior Cup winners: 2015-16 |
[89] |
| Dave Conlon* | England |
21 January 2021 | 27 January 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 000.00 | [109] | |
| Simon Rusk | Scotland |
27 January 2021 | 27 October 2021 | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 050.00 | [110][111] | |
| Dave Conlon* | England |
27 October 2021 | 2 November 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | [110][1] | |
| Dave Challinor | England |
2 November 2021 | Present | 204 | 113 | 45 | 46 | 055.39 | National League Champions: 2021-22 Cheshire Senior Cup winners: 2021-22 League Two play-off finalist: 2022-23 League Two Champions: 2023-24 |
[1][112] |
Notes
- ↑ Drawn matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
- ↑ Win% is rounded to two decimal places.
References
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- 1 2 3 "Dave Challinor returns to County as manager". stockportcounty.com/. 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Stockport County Managers List". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Stockport County Managers List stats". managerstats.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Fred Stewart". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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- ↑ "Harry Lewis". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Harry Lewis stats". managerstats.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "David Ashworth". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "David Ashworth stats". managerstats.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Albert Williams". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Albert Williams stats". managerstats.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Fred Scotchbrook". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Fred Scotchbrook stats". managerstats.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Lincoln Hyde". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Lincoln Hyde stats". managerstats.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Andrew Wilson". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Andrew Wilson stats". managerstats.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Fred Westgarth". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Fred Westgarth stats". managerstats.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Bob Kelly". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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- ↑ "George Hunt". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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- ↑ "Bob Marshall". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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- ↑ "Andy Beattie". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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- ↑ "Dick Duckworth". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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- ↑ "Billy Moir". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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- ↑ "Reg Flewin". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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- ↑ "Trevor Porteous". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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- ↑ "Bert Trautmann". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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- ↑ Ponting, Ivan (23 April 1997). "Obituary: Eddie Quigley". The Independent. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
- 1 2 "Eddie Quigley". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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- 1 2 "Jimmy Meadows". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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- ↑ "Walter Galbraith". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Walter Galbraith stats". managerstats.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Matt Woods". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Matt Woods stats". managerstats.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Brian Doyle". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Brian Doyle stats". managerstats.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Eddie Hopkinson". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Eddie Hopkinson stats". managerstats.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Roy Chapman". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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- ↑ "Alan Thompson". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Alan Thompson stats". managerstats.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Mike Summerbee". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Mike Summerbee stats". managerstats.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Jimmy McGuigan". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Jimmy McGuigan stats". managerstats.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Eric Webster". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Eric Webster stats". managerstats.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- 1 2 "Colin Murphy". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- 1 2 "Colin Murphy stats". managerstats.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Les Chapman". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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- ↑ "Jimmy Melia". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Jimmy Melia stats". managerstats.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Asa Hartford". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Asa Hartford stats". managerstats.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Danny Bergara". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Danny Bergara stats". managerstats.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Dave Jones". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Dave Jones stats". managerstats.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Gary Megson". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Gary Megson stats". managerstats.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Andy Kilner". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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- ↑ "Craig Madden". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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- ↑ "Sammy McIlroy". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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- 1 2 3 "Jim Gannon". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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- ↑ "Ray Mathias". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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- ↑ "Dietmar Hamann". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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- ↑ "Darije Kalezić". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
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- 1 2 "Club Statement: Simon Rusk". Stockport County F.C. 27 October 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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