List of Gillingham F.C. managers

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The club's first full-time manager, William Ironside Groombridge.
The club's first full-time manager, William Ironside Groombridge.

This is a list of Gillingham F.C. managers since the club appointed its first full-time manager in 1896, along with the number of competitive games managed, winning percentage and honours won.

Although Gillingham F.C. was founded in 1893, a full-time manager was not appointed until 1896, when William Ironside Groombridge, who had previously served as the club's financial secretary, took charge of team affairs. Apart from a two-year spell between 1906 and 1908, when former England international Stephen Smith took over, Groombridge held the post until after the First World War. On joining the Football League in 1920, the club appointed Scotsman John McMillan to the post, the club's first non-English manager.

The next significant manager of Gillingham was Archie Clark, under whose management the club returned to the Football League in 1950, having been voted out in 1938. Clark managed Gillingham from 1939 until 1958, making him the club's longest-serving manager of the professional era, albeit with his stint interrupted by the Second World War.

Freddie Cox was the first and, to date, only manager to win a major trophy with Gillingham, taking the Football League Fourth Division championship in the 1963–64 season. Under his successor, Basil Hayward, the club was relegated back to the Fourth Division in the 1970–71 season, but Andy Nelson led the club to promotion back to Division Three three years later. After the Gills were relegated once again in the 1988–89 season, Tony Pulis managed the club to promotion seven years later. Pulis also took the team to the final of the play-offs for promotion to the second tier of English football in the 1998–99 season. Pulis was sacked immediately after this for gross misconduct,[1] but his successor, Peter Taylor, took the club back to the play-off final the following season, where victory over Wigan Athletic saw the club promoted to Division One for the first time in its history.

[edit] Managers

  • All statistics are from The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record unless otherwise stated.
  • All senior competitive first-team matches are included. Exact months of appointment for many managers appointed during the summer break between seasons are not known.
Name Nationality From To P[2] W D[3] L Win%[4] Honours Notes
Groombridge, WilliamWilliam Groombridge Flag of England England 1896Summer 1896 Summer 1906 323 106 82 135 32.82
Smith, StephenStephen Smith Flag of England England 1906Summer 1906 Summer 1908 84 24 19 41 28.57 [5]
Groombridge, WilliamWilliam Groombridge Flag of England England 1908Summer 1908 Summer 1919 293 97 62 134 33.11
Collins, GeorgeGeorge Collins Flag of England England 1919Summer 1919 Summer 1920 47 11 10 26 23.40
McMillan, JohnJohn McMillan Flag of Scotland Scotland 1920Summer 1920 Summer 1923 135 42 28 65 31.11
Curtis, HarryHarry Curtis Flag of England England 1923Summer 1923 Summer 1926 139 46 41 52 33.09
Hoskins, AlbertAlbert Hoskins Flag of England England 1926Summer 1926 Summer 1929 135 37 33 65 27.41
Hendrie, DickDick Hendrie Flag of Scotland Scotland 1929Summer 1929 December 1931 108 30 22 56 27.78 [6]
Maven, FredFred Maven Flag of England England 1932January 1932 Summer 1937 249 83 56 110 33.33 [6]
Ure, AlanAlan Ure Flag of England England 1937Summer 1937 Summer 1938 45 11 6 28 24.44
Harvey, BillBill Harvey Flag of England England 1938Summer 1938 Summer 1939 48 30 7 11 62.50
Clark, ArchieArchie Clark Flag of England England 1939Summer 1939 Summer 1958 608 260 136 212 42.76 Southern League champions 1946–47 and 1948–49,
Southern League Cup winners 1946–47,
Kent League champions 1945–46		 [7]
Barratt, HarryHarry Barratt Flag of England England 1958Summer 1958 Summer 1962 195 73 46 76 37.44
Cox, FreddieFreddie Cox Flag of England England 1962Summer 1962 Summer 1965 152 74 38 40 48.68 Fourth Division champions 1963–64
Hayward, BasilBasil Hayward Flag of England England 1965Summer 1965 Summer 1971 290 97 79 114 33.45
Nelson, AndyAndy Nelson Flag of England England 1971Summer 1971 Summer 1974 151 66 37 48 43.71
Ashurst, LenLen Ashurst Flag of England England 1974 (1)Summer 1974 October 1975 61 23 19 19 37.70
unknown caretaker 1975 (1)October 1975 October 1975 3 0 1 2 0.00
Summers, GerryGerry Summers Flag of England England 1975 (2)October 1975 Summer 1981 292 92 106 94 31.51
Peacock, KeithKeith Peacock Flag of England England 1981Summer 1981 December 1987 370 161 90 119 43.51
Taylor, PaulPaul Taylor Flag of England England 1987December 1987 November 1988 40 11 8 21 27.50
Burkinshaw, KeithKeith Burkinshaw Flag of England England 1988November 1988 April 1989 32 8 4 20 25.00
Richardson, DamienDamien Richardson Flag of Ireland Ireland 1989 (2)April 1989 October 1992 174 54 49 71 31.03 [6]
unknown caretaker 1992 (1)October 1992 October 1992 2 0 0 2 0.00
Roeder, GlennGlenn Roeder Flag of England England 1992 (2)October 1992 July 1993 37 8 12 17 21.62 [5]
Flanagan, MikeMike Flanagan Flag of England England 1993August 1993 March 1995 90 20 27 43 22.22
Smillie, NeilNeil Smillie (caretaker) Flag of England England 1995 (1)March 1995 May 1995 10 6 3 1 60.00 [5][8]
Pulis, TonyTony Pulis Flag of Wales Wales 1995 (2)August 1995 May 1999 218 94 62 62 43.12 [6]
Taylor, PeterPeter Taylor Flag of England England 1999July 1999 June 2000 62 34 12 16 54.84 Second Division play-off winners 1999–00 [9]
Hessenthaler, AndyAndy Hessenthaler Flag of England England 2000June 2000 November 2004 228 77 54 97 33.77 [5][10]
Gorman, JohnJohn Gorman (caretaker) Flag of Scotland Scotland 2004 (1)November 2004 November 2004 1 1 0 0 100.00 [11]
Ternent, StanStan Ternent Flag of England England 2004 (2)December 2004 May 2005 25 7 11 7 28.00 [12]
Cooper, NealeNeale Cooper Flag of Scotland Scotland 2005 (1)May 2005 November 2005 22 7 5 10 31.82 [13]
Jepson, RonnieRonnie Jepson Flag of England England 2005 (2)November 2005 September 2007 87 32 16 39 36.78 [14]
Onuora, IffyIffy Onuora
Docherty, MickMick Docherty (caretakers)		 Flag of Scotland Scotland
Flag of England England		 2007 (1)September 2007 October 2007 5 2 1 2 40.00 [15]
Onuora, IffyIffy Onuora (caretaker) Flag of Scotland Scotland 2007 (2)October 2007 November 2007 4 2 2 0 50.00 [6][16]
Stimson, MarkMark Stimson Flag of England England 2007 (3)November 2007 incumbent 36 8 16 12 22.22 [6][17]

Statistics for current manager correct to 2008-05-03

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Mike Taylor (2001-04-27). Football: Pulis denies engineering Gills sacking. The Independent. Retrieved on 2008-01-07.
  2. ^ Includes goals scored in the Football League, FA Cup, Football League Cup, Football League Trophy, Football League Group Cup, Football League Third Division South Cup, Southern League and Southern League Cup, plus matches in the Kent League and Kent League Cup in the 1945–46 season, the only season in which the club's first team played in these competitions. Does not include goals scored in other county competitions such as the Kent Senior Cup and Kent Senior Shield, in which the club rarely, if ever, fielded its first team.
  3. ^ Drawn matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
  4. ^ Win% is rounded to two decimal places.
  5. ^ a b c d Player-manager.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Former Gillingham player who returned to take over as manager.
  7. ^ Clark's statistics include three matches (two wins and one defeat) played at the start of the 1939–40 season before competitive football was abandoned due to the outbreak of the Second World War.
  8. ^ Glenn Moore (1995-03-27). FOOTBALL COMMENTARY : Little pity for the poor relations. The Independent. Retrieved on 2007-12-21.
  9. ^ Peter Taylor's managerial career. Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2007-12-24.
  10. ^ Andy Hessenthaler's managerial career. Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2007-12-24.
  11. ^ John Gorman's managerial career. Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2007-12-24.
  12. ^ Stan Ternent's managerial career. Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2007-12-24.
  13. ^ Neale Cooper's managerial career. Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2007-12-24.
  14. ^ Ronnie Jepson's managerial career. Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2007-12-24.
  15. ^ Caretaker Docherty leaves Gills. BBC Sport (2007-10-08). Retrieved on 2007-10-08.
  16. ^ Iffy Onuora's managerial career. Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2007-12-24.
  17. ^ Mark Stimson's managerial career. Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2008-05-03.

[edit] References

  • Manager Search (Back to 1888!). Since1888.co.uk. Retrieved on 2007-12-20. (paid subscription required)
  • Manager History for Gillingham. Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2007-12-20.
  • Bateson, Bill; Albert Sewell (1989). News of the World Football Annual 1989/1990. Invincible Press. ISBN 0-8554-3172-5. 
  • Bateson, Bill; Albert Sewell (1993). News of the World Football Annual 1993/1994. Invincible Press. ISBN 0-8554-3208-X. 
  • Bradley, Andy; Roger Triggs (1994). Home of the Shouting Men: Complete History of Gillingham Football Club 1893–1993. Gillingham F.C.. ISBN 0-9523-3610-3. 
  • Brown, Tony (2003). The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record. Soccerdata. ISBN 1-8994-6820-X. 
  • Rollin, Jack (2007). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2007–2008. Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 0-7553-1664-9. 
  • Triggs, Roger (1984). Gillingham Football Club: A Chronology 1893–1984. Kent County Libraries. 
  • Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X. 
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