List of Hartlepool United F.C. managers
Hartlepool United Football Club is an English association football club based in Hartlepool, North East England and currently play in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. Fred Priest, who led the team to second in the North Eastern League in the 1909–10 season,[1] was elected as the club's first manager in August 1908.[2][3] The club was managed by Cecil Potter when it was named as a founder member of the Football League Third Division North for the 1921–22 season, in which the team finished in 4th position.[1][4] The club went throughout the period of 1940–43 without a manager due to the Second World War but appointed Fred Westgarth in August 1943.[5][6] Under the management of Angus McLean, the club won promotion to Division Three from Division Four after finishing in third place in the 1967–68 season.[1][7]
The 1990–91 season saw promotion gained under the management originally of Cyril Knowles and later Alan Murray.[8][9][10] Mike Newell led the team to promotion to Division Two in the 2002–03, after the season had initially been started by Chris Turner and also included the caretakership of Colin West.[8][11][12][13] After relegation to League Two in 2006, former Northern Ireland international Danny Wilson managed the team as they subsequently won promotion back to League One, finishing in second place.[8][14] Wilson was sacked in December 2008, with the team in the bottom half of the table.[15]
Managers[]
- As of December 28, 2021. Only professional, competitive matches are counted.
Name | Nationality | From | To | Matches | Won | Drawn | Lost | Win % | Honours | Notes |
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Fred Priest | England | 1 August 1908 | 31 May 1912 | 145 | 69 | 37 | 39 | 47.6 | - | [3] |
Percy Humphreys | England | 1 August 1912 | 31 May 1913 | 43 | 19 | 6 | 18 | 44.2 | - | [16] |
Jack Manners | England | 1 August 1913 | 1 May 1920 | 133 | 55 | 33 | 45 | 41.4 | - | [17] |
Cecil Potter | England | 1 May 1920 | 1 July 1922 | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 44.7 | - | [4] |
David Gordon | Scotland | 19 July 1922 | 16 February 1924 | 80 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 21.3 | - | [18] |
Jack Manners | England | 16 June 1924 | 31 May 1927 | 132 | 44 | 28 | 60 | 33.3 | - | [19] |
Bill Norman | England | 29 July 1927 | 16 September 1931 | 177 | 56 | 32 | 89 | 31.6 | - | [20] |
Jack Carr | England | 1 April 1932 | 1 April 1935 | 132 | 53 | 22 | 57 | 40.2 | - | [21] |
Jimmy Hamilton | England | 1 July 1935 | 30 July 1940 | 182 | 61 | 43 | 78 | 33.5 | - | [5] |
Fred Westgarth | England | 1 August 1943 | 1 February 1957 | 510 | 207 | 99 | 204 | 40.6 | - | [6] |
Ray Middleton | England | 1 May 1957 | 20 November 1959 | 116 | 38 | 26 | 52 | 32.8 | - | [22] |
Bill Robinson | England | 1 July 1959 | 30 June 1962 | 125 | 27 | 24 | 74 | 21.6 | - | [23] |
Allenby Chilton | England | 1 July 1962 | 1 April 1963 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 14.7 | - | [24] |
Bob Gurney | England | 1 April 1963 | 6 January 1964 | 44 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 20.5 | - | [25] |
Alvan Williams | Wales | 6 January 1964 | 31 May 1965 | 63 | 20 | 17 | 26 | 31.7 | - | [26] |
Geoff Twentyman | England | 1 June 1965 | 29 October 1965 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 37.5 | - | [27] |
Brian Clough | England | 29 October 1965 | 5 June 1967 | 84 | 35 | 13 | 36 | 41.7 | - | [28] |
Angus McLean | Scotland | 5 June 1967 | 24 April 1970 | 139 | 45 | 40 | 54 | 32.4 | - | [7] |
John Simpson | England | 24 April 1970 | 1 March 1971 | 31 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 16.1 | - | [29] |
Len Ashurst | England | 1 March 1971 | 1 June 1974 | 155 | 48 | 38 | 69 | 31.0 | - | [30] |
Ken Hale | England | 1 June 1974 | 1 October 1976 | 101 | 33 | 25 | 43 | 32.7 | - | [31] |
Billy Horner | England | 1 October 1976 | 31 March 1983 | 307 | 95 | 77 | 135 | 30.9 | - | [32] |
John Duncan | Scotland | 1 April 1983 | 1 June 1983 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 33.3 | - | [33] |
Mick Docherty | England | 14 June 1983 | 15 December 1983 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 5.6 | - | [34][35] |
Billy Horner | England | 15 December 1983 | 1 November 1986 | 94 | 30 | 21 | 43 | 31.9 | - | [36] |
John Bird | England | 1 October 1986 | 3 October 1988 | 94 | 32 | 27 | 35 | 34.0 | - | [37] |
Bobby Moncur | Scotland | 2 November 1988 | 27 November 1989 | 58 | 14 | 14 | 30 | 24.1 | - | [38] |
Cyril Knowles | England | 9 December 1989 | 4 March 1991 | 85 | 40 | 18 | 27 | 47.1 | - | [9] |
Alan Murray | England | 5 March 1991 | 15 February 1993 | 90 | 36 | 23 | 31 | 40.0 | - | [10] |
Viv Busby | England | 15 February 1993 | 24 November 1993 | 40 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 22.5 | - | [39] |
John MacPhail | Scotland | 24 November 1993 | 1 September 1994 | 36 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 19.4 | - | [40] |
David McCreery | Northern Ireland | 9 September 1994 | 20 April 1995 | 44 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 22.7 | - | [41] |
Keith Houchen | England | 20 April 1995 | 4 November 1996 | 73 | 19 | 17 | 37 | 26.0 | - | [42] |
Mick Tait | England | 4 November 1996 | 18 January 1999 | 115 | 33 | 37 | 45 | 28.7 | - | [43] |
Paul Baker Brian Honour (joint caretakers) |
England | 18 January 1999 | 24 February 1999 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 28.6 | - | [44] |
Chris Turner | England | 24 February 1999 | 7 November 2002 | 195 | 82 | 49 | 64 | 42.1 | - | [12] |
Colin West (caretaker) | England | 7 November 2002 | 21 November 2002 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 | - | [13] |
Mike Newell | England | 21 November 2002 | 31 May 2003 | 35 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 45.7 | - | [11] |
Neale Cooper | Scotland | 28 June 2003 | 4 May 2005 | 110 | 48 | 26 | 36 | 43.6 | - | [45][46] |
Martin Scott | England | 4 May 2005 | 28 January 2006 | 39 | 11 | 10 | 18 | 28.2 | - | [47] |
Paul Stephenson (caretaker) | England | 2 February 2006 | 13 June 2006 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 20.0 | - | [48] |
Danny Wilson | Northern Ireland | 13 June 2006 | 15 December 2008 | 133 | 58 | 29 | 46 | 43.6 | - | [14][15] |
Chris Turner | England | 15 December 2008 | 19 August 2010 | 81 | 23 | 19 | 39 | 28.4 | - | [15][49] |
Mick Wadsworth | England | 19 August 2010 | 6 December 2011 | 74 | 26 | 17 | 31 | 35.1 | - | [50] |
Mickey Barron (caretaker) | England | 6 December 2011 | 28 December 2011 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.3 | - | [51] |
Neale Cooper | Scotland | 28 December 2011 | 24 October 2012 | 40 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 17.5 | - | [52] |
Micky Barron (caretaker) | England | 24 October 2012 | 12 November 2012 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | - | [51] |
John Hughes | Scotland | 13 November 2012 | 9 May 2013 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 31.3 | - | [53] |
Colin Cooper | England | 24 May 2013 | 4 October 2014 | 65 | 19 | 14 | 32 | 29.2 | - | [54] |
Sam Collins (caretaker) | England | 4 October 2014 | 23 October 2014 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20.0 | - | [55] |
Paul Murray | England | 23 October 2014 | 5 December 2014 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14.3 | - | [56] |
Sam Collins (caretaker) | England | 9 December 2014 | 16 December 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | - | [55] |
Ronnie Moore | England | 16 December 2014 | 10 February 2016 | 59 | 19 | 11 | 29 | 32.2 | - | [57] |
Craig Hignett | England | 10 February 2016 | 15 January 2017 | 52 | 15 | 12 | 25 | 28.8 | - | [58] |
Sam Collins (caretaker) | England | 15 January 2017 | 23 January 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | - | [55] |
Dave Jones | England | 23 January 2017 | 24 April 2017 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17.6 | - | [59] |
Matthew Bates (caretaker) | England | 24 April 2017 | 26 May 2017 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.0 | - | |
Craig Harrison | England | 26 May 2017 | 21 February 2018 | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 27.8 | - | [60] |
Matthew Bates | England | 21 February 2018 | 28 November 2018 | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 34.2 | - | [61] |
Craig Hignett (caretaker) | England | 29 November 2018 | 11 December 2018 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.0 | - | [62] |
Richard Money | England | 11 December 2018 | 23 January 2019 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 25.0 | - | [63] |
Craig Hignett | England | 23 January 2019 | 10 October 2019 | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 34.4 | - | [64] |
Antony Sweeney (caretaker) | England | 10 October 2019 | 11 November 2019 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 60.0 | - | [65] |
Dave Challinor | England | 11 November 2019 | 1 November 2021 | 90 | 41 | 24 | 25 | 45.6 | - | [66] |
Antony Sweeney (caretaker) | England | 1 November 2021 | 1 December 2021 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 37.5 | - | |
Graeme Lee | England | 1 December 2021 | Present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | - | [67] |
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- ^ Was never formally appointed as manager; had control of team affairs as Director of Sport
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- ^ "John Hughes". Soccerbase. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
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- ^ "Hartlepool appoint Money as new boss" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Hartlepool sack manager Hignett" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ https://www.hartlepoolunited.co.uk/news/2019/january/230119-hartlepool-united-club-statement-on-reshuffle-in-football-department/[bare URL]
- ^ "Challinor to become new Hartlepool boss" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Graeme Lee: Hartlepool United appoint former defender as boss" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
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