List of Margate F.C. managers

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This is a list of Margate F.C. managers since the club appointed its first full-time manager in 1929, along with the number of competitive games managed and winning percentage where available.

[edit] Managerial history

Although Margate F.C. was founded in 1896, a full-time manager was not appointed until 1929, when Arthur Graves was appointed upon the club's reformation after a year's hiatus. Three other managers came and went before the Second World War, after which Charlie Walker took over. He held the post for two years before being controversially sacked over claims his outside business interests were interfering with his management of the team.^[1]

The next significant manager of Margate was Almer Hall, who was appointed in 1950 and held the post for twenty years and led the team to a large number of cup victories, but was unable to achieve success in league competition. He was replaced in 1970 by former American international Gerry Baker, but his reign lasted only a year. Les Riggs was the next manager and remained in the job for six years but resigned over budget restrictions. Over the following decade a number of managers came and went in quick succession as the club's financial problems increased.^[1]

In the late 1980s and early 1990s former professional players such as Tommy Taylor and Mark Weatherly managed the club with little success, but in 1996 former Dover Athletic manager Chris Kinnear took charge and oversaw the club's rise to the Conference National, the highest level of non-league football. The club experienced various off-field problems during this period and had fallen back to the Isthmian League Premier Division by the time Kinnear was dismissed in 2006, with former Gillingham player Robin Trott taking over.^[1] He held the job until his dismissal in April 2008.^[2]

[edit] Managers

All senior competitive first-team matches are included.

Name	Nat	From	To	Record					Notes
				P	W	D	L	%W
Arthur Graves		1929	tbc
Jack Ramsay		1934	1936
Jack Lambert		1936	tbc
Bill Fogg		1939	1940
Charlie Walker		Summer 1946	June 1948	85	53	13	19	62.35	[3]
Alex Weir		July 1948	October 1948	11	5	1	5	45.45	[4]
Club committee		November 1948	June 1949	30	12	4	14	40.00	[5]
Jock Basford		June 1949	May 1950	40	19	7	14	47.50	[6]
Almer Hall		June 1950	May 1970	1137	566	220	351	49.78	[7]
Gerry Baker		Summer 1970	September 1971	85	31	17	37	36.47	[8]
Committee/Eddie Clayton/Terry Morris		October 1971	November 1971	9	5	0	4	55.56	[9]
Les Riggs		November 1971	March 1977	347	146	84	117	42.07	[10]
Peter Donnelly		March 1977	May 1977	16	2	5	9	12.50	[11]
Dennis Hunt		May 1977	November 1978	68	34	17	17	50.00	[12]
Jack Smith		November 1978	June 1979	38	10	9	19	26.32	[13]
Terry Morris		June 1979	November 1982	185	47	30	108	25.41	[14]
Peter Donnelly		November 1982	May 1983	24	10	3	11	41.67	[15]
Alan Fagan		May 1983	November 1983	22	5	4	13	22.73	[16][17]
John Wickens		November 1983	March 1987	192	70	45	77	36.46	[18]
Norman Fusco		March 1987	October 1988	83	31	32	20	37.35	[19]
Phil Winfield		October 1988	October 1988	1	0	1	0	0.00	[20]
Garry Aldous		November 1988	May 1989	35	6	8	21	17.14	[21]
Trevor Ford		May 1989	1990
Colin Powell		1990	1990
Steve McRaye		1990	1991
Tommy Taylor		1991	1993
Mark Weatherly and Andy Woodford		1993	tbc
Chris Kinnear		1996	2006
Robin Trott		2006	2008
Steve McKimm		2008	incumbent

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