List of Walsall F.C. managers

The following is a list of Walsall managers from the founding of Walsall Football Club in 1888 until the present day. The list includes only managers who were in charge permanently and does not include any temporary caretaker managers. The club has been served by 48 different permanently appointed managers[1][2]:74–87, all of them born in the United Kingdom, aside from former Denmark international Jan Sørensen (1997–98).[2]:86

From 1888 to 1920, the team was selected by a committee whose secretary had the same powers and role as a manager has today. There are ten known secretaries from this period[1], although there is a gap in the history books from 1901 to 1908. The dates for appointment of these should be taken only as approximate, although the years should be correct. In 1920, as was becoming the norm across all football clubs, Walsall broke from this tradition and appointed player Albert Groves as the club's first official manager.[2]:74

The club's longest serving and, arguably, most-successful manager is Bill Moore who took charge of 470 matches over two spells from 1957–63 and 1969–72. During his first spell he took the team from languishing towards the bottom of the Third Division South to their highest ever post-war league position of 14th in the Second Division in 1962.[2]:78–79

Only five managers have achieved promotion for the club since Bill Moore: Alan Buckley in 1979–80, Tommy Coakley in 1987–88, Chris Nicholl in 1994–95, Ray Graydon in 1998–99 and 2000–01, and Richard Money in 2006–07.

Managers

Only competitive first team matches are counted. Wins, losses and draws are results at the final whistle; the results of penalty shoot-outs are not counted. Correct as of match on 4 May 2019.[1][2]:74–87

Name From To P W D L Win% Honours Notes
H. Smallwood sec 01 Aug 1888 01 Aug 1891 69 32 9 28 046.38
A. G. Burton sec 01 Aug 1891 01 Aug 1893 49 15 6 28 030.61
J. H. Robinson sec 01 Aug 1893 01 Aug 1895 62 22 3 37 035.48
C. H. Aislo sec 01 Aug 1895 01 Aug 1896 31 19 6 6 061.29
A. E. Parsloe sec 01 Aug 1896 01 Aug 1897 33 12 5 16 036.36
Louis Ford sec 01 Aug 1897 01 Aug 1898 31 12 5 14 038.71
G. Hughes sec 01 Aug 1898 01 Aug 1899 35 15 12 8 042.86
Louis Ford sec 01 Aug 1899 01 Aug 1901 79 25 24 30 031.65 [lower-alpha 1]
J. E. Shutt sec 01 Aug 1908 01 Jul 1912 192 117 28 47 060.94
Haydn Price sec 01 Jul 1912 01 Aug 1915 114 57 19 38 050.00
Joe Burchell sec 01 Aug 1915 01 May 1920 56 20 12 24 035.71
Albert Groves p 01 May 1920 01 Aug 1921 36 19 6 11 052.78
Joe Burchell 01 Aug 1921 01 Feb 1926 201 74 36 91 036.82 [lower-alpha 2]
David Ashworth 01 Feb 1926 01 Feb 1927 42 16 9 17 038.10
Jimmy Torrance 01 Feb 1927 01 May 1928 59 17 12 30 028.81
James Kerr 01 May 1928 01 Apr 1929 44 15 13 16 034.09
Sid Scholey 01 Apr 1929 01 Oct 1930 59 19 9 31 032.20
Peter O'Rourke 01 Oct 1930 01 Feb 1932 62 21 11 30 033.87
Bill Slade 01 Feb 1932 01 Oct 1934 117 55 23 39 047.01
Andrew Wilson 01 Oct 1934 01 Apr 1937 130 47 30 53 036.15 Third Division North Cup runners-up 1935
Tommy Lowes 01 Apr 1937 01 Sep 1939 102 32 21 49 031.37
Sam Longmore 01 Sep 1939 05 Aug 1944 166 54 34 78 032.53
Harry Hibbs 05 Aug 1944 30 Jun 1951 305 113 73 119 037.05 Third Division South Cup runners-up 1946
Tony McPhee 01 Jul 1951 01 Dec 1951 26 8 3 15 030.77
Brough Fletcher 01 Mar 1952 01 Apr 1953 59 10 11 38 016.95
Frank Buckley 01 Apr 1953 01 Sep 1955 105 23 26 56 021.90
John Love 01 Sep 1955 01 Dec 1957 116 38 24 54 032.76
Bill Moore 01 Dec 1957 01 Nov 1963 283 121 60 102 042.76 Fourth Division champions 1959–60
Third Division runners-up 1960–61
Alf Wood 01 Nov 1963 01 Oct 1964 43 10 9 24 023.26
Ray Shaw 01 Oct 1964 01 Mar 1968 179 79 36 64 044.13
Dick Graham 01 Mar 1968 01 May 1968 15 6 4 5 040.00
Ron Lewin 01 Jul 1968 01 Feb 1969 37 11 12 14 029.73
Bill Moore 01 Feb 1969 16 Oct 1972 187 69 53 65 036.90 [lower-alpha 3]
John Smith 16 Oct 1972 23 Mar 1973 26 7 5 14 026.92
Jimmy MacEwan 23 Mar 1973 01 Jun 1973 9 3 2 4 033.33
Ronnie Allen 06 Jun 1973 20 Dec 1974 26 6 9 11 023.08
Doug Fraser 01 Jan 1974 07 Mar 1977 163 60 45 58 036.81
Dave Mackay 09 Mar 1977 05 Aug 1978 72 30 27 15 041.67
Alan Ashman 23 Aug 1978 17 Feb 1979 27 8 6 13 029.63
Frank Sibley 01 Mar 1979 05 May 1979 19 2 6 11 010.53
Alan Buckley p 27 Jun 1979 01 Jul 1981 102 38 36 28 037.25 Fourth Division runners-up 1979–80
Alan Buckley p &
Neil Martin		 01 Jul 1981 01 Jan 1982 22 11 5 6 050.00
Neil Martin 01 Jan 1982 01 May 1982 30 4 11 15 013.33
Alan Buckley p 01 May 1982 01 Jun 1986 225 99 51 75 044.00 [lower-alpha 4]
Tommy Coakley 01 Aug 1986 27 Dec 1988 148 62 37 49 041.89 Third Division play-off winners 1987–88
John Barnwell 17 Jan 1989 01 Mar 1990 62 13 19 30 020.97
Paul Taylor 01 Mar 1990 15 May 1990 15 4 4 7 026.67
Kenny Hibbitt 16 May 1990 01 Aug 1994 213 72 57 84 033.80
Chris Nicholl 01 Aug 1994 21 May 1997 157 72 38 47 045.86 Third Division runners-up 1994–95
Jan Sørensen 25 Jun 1997 05 May 1998 62 26 13 23 041.94
Ray Graydon 05 May 1998 22 Jan 2002 199 79 49 71 039.70 Second Division runners-up 1998–99
Second Division play-off winners 2000–01
Colin Lee 24 Jan 2002 16 Apr 2004 116 38 30 48 032.76
Paul Merson † p 16 Apr 2004 06 Feb 2006 94 32 23 39 034.04
Kevan Broadhurst 22 Feb 2006 24 Apr 2006 11 1 4 6 009.09
Richard Money 03 May 2006 22 Apr 2008 102 44 33 25 043.14 League Two champions 2006–07
Jimmy Mullen 22 Apr 2008 10 Jan 2009 29 10 5 14 034.48
Chris Hutchings 20 Jan 2009 04 Jan 2011 98 31 24 43 031.63
Dean Smith † 04 Jan 2011 30 Nov 2015 260 84 96 80 032.31 Football League Trophy runners-up 2015
Sean O'Driscoll 18 Dec 2015 06 Mar 2016 16 6 5 5 037.50
Jon Whitney † 07 Mar 2016 12 Mar 2018 109 38 29 42 034.86
Dean Keates 16 Mar 2018 6 Apr 2019 60 18 13 29 030.00
Darrell Clarke 10 May 2019 present 0 0 0 0 !—
Key
sec Secretary-manager.
p Player-manager.
† Served as caretaker manager before being appointed permanently.

Footnotes
  1. Louis Ford's second spell in charge after 1897–88.
  2. Joe Burchell's second spell in charge after being secretary-manager 1915–20.
  3. Bill Moore's second spell in charge after 1957–63.
  4. Alan Buckley's second spell in charge after 1979–82.

References
  1. "Walsall Managers". Soccerbase. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  2. Matthews, Tony (1999). The Complete Record of Walsall Football Club. Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1859831564.
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