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List of Oxford United F.C. managers
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The following is a list of Oxford United Football Club managers from 1949, when the club turned professional, to the present day. During this time the club has had 25 full-time managers, of whom three (Jim Smith, Denis Smith and Darren Patterson) have had more than one spell in the post, and eleven periods of caretaker-management. The first manager appointed was Harry Thompson in July 1949.[1] Thompson was in charge for nine years, during which he led the team to the Southern League title in 1953, as well as the Southern League Cup in 1953 and 1954. He was dismissed in November 1958 and replaced by Arthur Turner. Turner, the longest-serving manager in the club's history with more than a decade in charge, led United to back-to-back Southern League titles, of which the second, in 1962, resulted in their election to the Football League.[2] Promotion followed from the Fourth Division in 1965, and the club were crowned Third Division champions three years later.[1] Turner left the club nine months after this success. Over the next 13 years, five managers took charge: Ron Saunders, Gerry Summers, Mick Brown, Bill Asprey and Ian Greaves. During Brown's four-year run, United were relegated back to the Third Division after eight years in the Second.[3]
Jim Smith started his first spell as manager in 1982, and led Oxford into the top tier of English football after consecutive promotions as champions in 1984 and 1985. However, he moved to Queens Park Rangers before the 1985–86 season, so never managed Oxford in the First Division.[4] New manager, former chief scout Maurice Evans, had immediate success winning the 1986 League Cup, beating his predecessor's new club in the final.[5] For the next 24 years, the only manager to guide the club to promotion or silverware was Denis Smith, who won promotion from the Second Division in 1996. Ramón Díaz, the club's first non-British manager, took charge for five months between December 2004 and May 2005. Jim Smith returned as manager at the end of the 2005–06 season, shortly before Oxford United were relegated to the Football Conference after 44 years in the Football League.
Having missed out on promotion in the 2006–07 season, Smith resigned and manager Darren Patterson was hired in November 2007.[6] Patterson was sacked over a year later and was replaced by Chris Wilder,[7] who won promotion back to the Football League by winning the 2010 Conference play-off final.[8]
Wilder resigned in January 2014 and was announced as the new manager of Northampton Town the following day.[9] He was replaced by Gary Waddock,[10] who lasted four months, before himself being replaced by Michael Appleton.[11] Appleton, having gained promotion to League One and led the club to two Wembley finals in the Football League Trophy, left the club after three seasons in charge to join Leicester City as their assistant manager.[12] He was replaced by Pep Clotet, former assistant manager at Leeds United, in July 2017.[13] Clotet was sacked on 22 January 2018,[14] with a record of 12 wins from 36 matches in charge.[15] After two months under the caretaker management of Derek Fazackerley, Karl Robinson was appointed by new owner Sumrith Thanakarnjanasuth on 22 March[16] with United 15th in League One and only six points above the relegation zone.[17]
Managers[]
Manager dates and statistics are sourced from Howland, Complete Record up to and including Lawrenson,[18] and from Soccerbase thereafter.[19] Results in competitions not recorded by Soccerbase are sourced from The English Football Archive.[20] Only professional, competitive matches are counted. Statistics are complete up to and including 21 March 2021.
- Key
P: Matches played W: Matches won D: Matches drawn L: Matches lost
Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win % | Honours | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Harry Thompson | English | 1 July 1949 | 6 November 1958 | 466 | 210 | 87 | 169 | 45.1 | Southern League champions: 1952–53 Southern League runners-up: 1953–54 Southern League Cup winners: 1952–53, 1953–54 |
[1][21] |
Committee of board members | 6 November 1958 | 1 January 1959 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 54.5 | [22] | ||
Arthur Turner | English | 1 January 1959 | 28 February 1969 | 504 | 218 | 119 | 167 | 43.3 | Southern League runners-up: 1959–60 Southern League champions: 1960–61, 1961–62 Fourth Division promotion: 1964–65 Third Division champions: 1967–68 |
[1][23] |
Ron Saunders | English | 1 March 1969 | 30 June 1969 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | [24] | |
Gerry Summers | English | 1 July 1969 | 1 October 1975 | 293 | 93 | 89 | 111 | 31.7 | [25] | |
Mick Brown | English | 1 October 1975 | 22 July 1979 | 187 | 53 | 61 | 73 | 28.3 | [26] | |
Bill Asprey | English | 22 July 1979 | 26 December 1980 | 82 | 23 | 20 | 39 | 28.0 | [27] | |
Ian Greaves | English | 26 December 1980 | 30 January 1982 | 50 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 46.0 | [28] | |
Roy Barry (caretaker) | Scottish | 3 February 1982 | 28 February 1982 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | [29][30] | |
Jim Smith | English | 1 March 1982 | 11 June 1985 | 167 | 89 | 42 | 36 | 53.3 | Third Division champions: 1983–84 Second Division champions: 1984–85 |
[31][32] |
Maurice Evans | English | 11 June 1985 | 26 March 1988 | 140 | 41 | 41 | 58 | 29.3 | League Cup winners: 1986 | [5][33] |
Mark Lawrenson | Irish | 26 March 1988 | 25 October 1988 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 17.4 | [34] | |
Brian Horton | English | 25 October 1988 | 27 August 1993 | 251 | 79 | 65 | 107 | 31.5 | [35][36][37] | |
Maurice Evans (caretaker) | English | 27 August 1993 | 10 September 1993 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | [38][39] | |
Denis Smith | English | 10 September 1993 | 24 December 1997 | 247 | 99 | 60 | 88 | 40.1 | Second Division runners-up: 1995–96 | [40][41] |
Malcolm Crosby (caretaker) | English | 24 December 1997 | 24 January 1998 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | [42][43] | |
Malcolm Shotton | English | 24 January 1998 | 25 October 1999 | 88 | 26 | 22 | 40 | 29.5 | [44] | |
Mickey Lewis (caretaker) | English | 25 October 1999 | 2 February 2000 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 27.3 | [45][46] | |
Denis Smith | English | 3 February 2000 | 2 October 2000 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 26.7 | [47] | |
Mike Ford (caretaker) | English | 3 October 2000 | 31 October 2000 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.0 | [48] | |
David Kemp | English | 31 October 2000 | 30 April 2001 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 22.6 | [49] | |
Mike Ford (caretaker) | English | 1 May 2001 | 8 May 2001 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | [48] | |
Mark Wright | English | 8 May 2001 | 22 November 2001 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 18.2 | [50] | |
Ian Atkins | English | 23 November 2001 | 21 March 2004 | 122 | 47 | 35 | 40 | 38.5 | [51] | |
Graham Rix | English | 22 March 2004 | 14 November 2004 | 29 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 20.7 | [52] | |
Darren Patterson (caretaker) | Northern Irish | 14 November 2004 | 9 December 2004 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.3 | [53] | |
Ramón Díaz | Argentine | 9 December 2004 | 4 May 2005 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 40.0 | [54] | |
David Oldfield (caretaker) | English | 7 May 2005 | 7 May 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | [55] | |
Brian Talbot | English | 6 May 2005 | 14 March 2006 | 44 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 22.7 | [56] | |
Darren Patterson | Northern Irish | 14 March 2006 | 22 March 2006 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.3 | [53] | |
Jim Smith | English | 22 March 2006 | 9 November 2007 | 82 | 34 | 26 | 22 | 41.5 | [31] | |
Darren Patterson | Northern Irish | 9 November 2007 | 30 November 2008 | 59 | 24 | 11 | 24 | 40.7 | [53] | |
Jim Smith (caretaker) | English | 30 November 2008 | 21 December 2008 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.0 | [31] | |
Chris Wilder | English | 21 December 2008 | 26 January 2014 | 269 | 121 | 70 | 78 | 45.0 | Conference Premier play-off winners: 2009–10 | [57] |
Mickey Lewis (caretaker) | English | 26 January 2014 | 22 March 2014 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 25.0 | [58] | |
Gary Waddock | Irish | 22 March 2014 | 4 July 2014 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 12.5 | [59] | |
Michael Appleton | English | 4 July 2014 | 20 June 2017 | 173 | 78 | 46 | 49 | 45.1 | League Two runners-up: 2015–16 Football League Trophy runners-up: 2015–16, 2016–17 |
[60] |
Pep Clotet | Spanish | 1 July 2017 | 22 January 2018 | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 33.3 | [61] | |
Derek Fazackerley (caretaker) | English | 22 January 2018 | 22 March 2018 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 25.0 | [62] | |
Karl Robinson | English | 22 March 2018 | Present | 195 | 80 | 52 | 63 | 41.0 | Losing finalists in the 2020 EFL League One play-offs | [63] |
References[]
General
- Howland, Andy and Roger (1989). Oxford United: A Complete Record (1893–1989). Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 0-907969-52-6.
- Brodetsky, Martin (2009). Oxford United: The Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-715-3.
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- ^ "Maurice Evans managerial career". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 9 January 2005. Retrieved 29 March 2008.
- ^ "The Anglo-Italian Cup Results 1994". English Football Archive. Archived from the original on 20 November 2006. Retrieved 30 April 2008.
- ^ "Denis Smith". League Managers Association. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
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- ^ a b "Mike Ford managerial career". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 9 January 2005. Retrieved 29 March 2008.
- ^ "David Kemp managerial career". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2008.
- ^ "Mark Wright managerial career". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2008.
- ^ "Ian Atkins managerial career". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2008.
- ^ "Graham Rix managerial career". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 30 March 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2008.
- ^ a b c "Darren Patterson managerial career". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 15 December 2004. Retrieved 29 March 2008.
- ^ "Ramon Diaz managerial career". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 7 April 2006. Retrieved 29 March 2008.
- ^ "David Oldfield (caretaker)". Rage Online. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "Brian Talbot managerial career". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2008.
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- ^ "Managers: Mickey Lewis". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
- ^ "Managers: Gary Waddock". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
- ^ "Managers: Michael Appleton". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
- ^ "Managers: Josep Clotet Ruiz". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
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- ^ "Managers: Karl Robinson". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
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