List of Manchester City F.C. managers

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This is a chronological list of football managers who have managed Manchester City F.C. Only those who have been in permanent charge are listed; caretaker managers are omitted.

As of March 2, 2007

Manchester City F.C. managers
Name	From	To	P	W	D	L	Notes
Lawrence Furniss	1 August 1889	31 May 1893					First manager
Joshua Parlby	1 August 1893	31 May 1895	59	22	5	32
Sam Omerod	1 August 1895	1 July 1902	240	111	50	79
Tom Maley	1 July 1902	1 July 1906	150	89	22	39
Harry Newbould	1 July 1906	31 July 1912	245	93	61	91
Ernest Magnall	9 September 1912	1 May 1924	350	151	117	82
David Ashworth	1 July 1924	14 November 1925	59	20	13	26
Peter Hodge	27 April 1926	1 March 1932	261	122	59	80
Wilf Wild	1 March 1932	1 November 1946
Sam Cowan	1 December 1946	1 June 1947	30	20	6	4
John "Jock" Thomson	1 June 1947	1 February 1950	115	35	35	45
Les McDowall	1 June 1950	1 May 1963	592	220	127	245
George Poyser	1 May 1963	1 April 1965	89	38	17	34
Joe Mercer	1 July 1965	12 June 1971	340	149	94	97
Malcolm Allison	12 June 1971	30 March 1973	78	32	21	25
Johnny Hart	1 May 1973	16 November 1973	22	11	5	6
Ron Saunders	22 November 1973	12 April 1974	29	9	10	10
Tony Book	12 April 1974	1 January 1979	269	114	75	80
Malcolm Allison	16 July 1979	1 October 1980	60	15	20	25
John Bond	1 October 1980	3 February 1983	123	51	32	40
John Benson	3 February 1983	7 June 1983	17	3	2	12
Billy McNeill	30 June 1983	22 September 1986	156	63	42	51
Jimmy Frizzell	21 September 1986	1 May 1987	42	10	12	20
Mel Machin	1 May 1987	30 November 1989	130	59	27	44
Howard Kendall	6 December 1989	5 November 1990	38	13	18	7
Peter Reid	15 November 1990	26 August 1993	136	59	31	46	Player-manager
Brian Horton	28 August 1993	16 May 1995	96	29	33	34
Alan Ball	2 July 1995	27 August 1996	49	13	14	22
Steve Coppell	6 October 1996	8 November 1996	6	2	1	3	Shortest serving manager
Frank Clark	29 December 1996	17 February 1998	59	20	17	22
Joe Royle	18 February 1998	21 May 2001	171	74	46	51
Kevin Keegan	24 May 2001	11 March 2005	176	77	39	60
Stuart Pearce^[1]	21 March 2005	present	53	20	9	24	current manager